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Allen Weh is running for the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico. You’ll remember Weh from the U.S. attorneys scandal, in which, as chair of the state GOP, he played a key role in pressing the Bush administration, successfully, to fire David Iglesias.
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[T]he Wall Street Journal reported (sub req.):
Mr. Weh, who is currently running for governor of New Mexico, on Tuesday portrayed his role in the firing as demonstrating his willingness to take on officials of his own party. ‘I have been equally critical of leaders in both political parties, those who have either betrayed the public trust or failed to do their job,’ he said.
Then the other day, Weh doubled down on that line in an interview with a New Mexico radio station, saying:
Think about this. I was taking on my own party. This is an appointee of the president of the United States. There would have been a lot of people who would have said, ‘Well, I’m not going to say anything about that guy.’
Yes, that’s right: Allen Weh is packaging himself as a mavericky do-the-right-thing-and-party-be-damned outsider… for pushing the Bush administration to fire a US Attorney who chose law over loyalty. How could anyone not want a person of such obvious integrity and courage running their state?
Perhaps we can next look forward to, say, NY-GOV candidate-in-waiting Rudy Giuliani bragging that he "took on" the Bush White House by demanding more and harsher torture, or PA-SEN candidate Pat Toomey bragging that he "took on" the Bush White House by demanding weaker financial regulations.
It’s not surprising to see Republicans distancing themselves from Dubya, but I didn’t expect any of them to say he was too honest and they had to push him to do the wrong thing. Has the GOP gone so far ’round the bend that this is now a winning primary strategy? Wait, did I really just ask that?
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Wait, did I really just ask that?
nah, man, it’s just a really, really bad dream. I know, ’cause I’m having the same one.
P.S. When does this damned thing end?
good evening Eli,want to buy an Obama Tshirt cheap?
Only if he looks like Hitler! Or Stalin! I can never tell them apart, to be honest.
Stay away from the purple acid, man.
Or is it the green acid?
Whichever, dude.
Either way, we’ll stick with you ’til the trip ends.
Eli!
ermm.. didn’t Weh know Bush Admin WANTED Iglesias gone? My head hurts.
Perhaps History’s Greatest Monster can help.
Although I suppose he’s only History’s *Second*-Greatest Monster now.
And with that, Sara Taylor is in much deeper trouble.
I like it.
im going to bed early tonite
heres my towel
g’nite sadly
’tis a shame -teehee
This Weh guy is a giant in a land of mice.
That sounds… euphemism-y.
thanks! – breaking out The Allman Brothers now….
You Dimmocrats don’t knw who yer messin with. I’m a loyal Bushie and a Regent U grad. And I did not have sex with Pat “Diamond Mines” Robertson. – Sarah “Tool Time” Taylor
She fronted for Weh in her Senate hearing. It was a slime-fest. I am trying to dig it out now.
rethug: we’re mavericks! Nihilistic maverick crooks who stand for nothing at all, maybe. But mavericks none the less, and that’s what counts. So vote maverick!
A real maverick doesn’t let the law or the Constitution tell him what to do. Liberty!
Hi, Eli!
What’s up, pups?
I’m really feeling grumpy about the whole healthcare debate thingy. I only watch KO and Rachel, and I STILL end up shouting at the TV. But usually only at guests.
Grrrrrr.
FunnyWheelieDiva
Hi, FD!
Well, tomorrow we’ll know for sure where Obama stands. I’m assuming it will be exactly where he’s been signaling he stands for the past 2-3 months: “I’m in favor of a public option, but it’s more important to pass something, anything so I can declare victory.”
I think they found a new species of giant rat in Papua New Guinea that grows up to five feet in length. That must be the type of giant rodent Weh is. ‘course they also found a giant pitcher plant in PNG that actually eats mice…
what the hell kind of name is “whe” martian? its like those names in bradburys martian chronicles like “Mr. Ixl” and “MS. Ttt” ..i know not tangential to his agressive insanity it just seems to me republicans become more like cartoons every day.
“what about the ROUSes?” “Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t believe they exist…”
FWDiva
Yep, I suspect you’re right.
Still pisses me off, though…
FWDiva
ROUSes and the Democratic plants that eat them?
Perhaps Betty Brown will urge him to adopt a name that’s easier to pronounce…
She flicked her hair and sighed – exasperated by the nerve of a Democrat to call attention to the fact that she had misplaced her loyalty to uphold the fucking Constitution and noT the fucking Bush.
Then, everyone went home b/c IOKIYAR.
In any ordinary, semi-rational state I’d say that Alan “Why is Iglesias still here” Weh has two chances of winning the Republic nomination in next year’s primary. And Slim has already left town.
Unfortunately, we here in The Land of Enchantment do not have an ordinary, semi-rational Republic Party. So, Alan stands a reasonable chance of winning the primary. His name recognition isn’t particularly high: we don’t really much care who the various Party Chairmen are. But he’s got some bucks behind him, and as Al-my-barber says, “Money talks, and bull**** walks.”
On the Democratic side, Diane Denish (our current Light Gov) looks to be a lock. Big Bill Richardson is term-limited out. The real race in the Democratic Party is for second chair on the ticket.
If it’s Weh vs. Denish in the general, I think Diane wins in a walk.
More like feed them…
FWDiva
So you don’t think this gambit will play well in the general?
OK, OT again…
What is it with even mainstream Rethugs and their false equivalencies?!
“I’m sure if W had planned to address school kids, there’d have been the same uproar from the Left”
“Well, the Left does it, too!”
Yeah, horseshit.
yep, still grumpy today!
FWDiva
oh jesus i forgot not to make any werid-name jokes. im sorry!!
Oh, I wasn’t chiding you, I was just remembering what a dick Betty Brown is.
That moment encapsulated by one of the funniest comments I have read here – something about number of orgasms per hair-toss.
I would like to credit the author, but it was some time ago…
he’s old. he’s white. he’s clean cut. he’s a highly decorated military officer. He’s a successful defense contractor. And he has precisely the type of authoritarian persona that the orcs love to follow and fall in lock step behind. I’d say he has a very good shot at winning a Republican primary. All he has to guarantee a slam dunk election for himself would be to say a few racist and homophobic things and publicly endorse the birthers and the deathers. Landslide.
Another ReichWingNut who is lying about everything to try and get elected. What a duffes!
It kinda sounds like he’s *not* lying. Just spinning like a centrifuge.
This is all message-testing for Jeb! in 2012: “Not as crazy as my brother.”
that leaves a lot of sediment
Sara Taylor? Orgasms? You must be joking.
Now, don’t go all sedimental on us!
FWDiva
She has in the shower, grits her teeth so no one, including herself can hear them.
mmrrrph.
that is all she wrote.
well, yes.
*runs the fuck away!*
Not before hitting every wall in the stall confused by the actual feeling rising from her inner most parts.
Are you trying to pick a fight?
me?
I must apologize for breaching the taste barrier before late, late night but one must do what one must. I think.
Just back from cold shower:
What were you saying, Mary?
I said, “mmrrrph.”
Jeez… I pop in expecting to engage in some intelligent discourse. It’s Tuesday, fer cryin’ out loud!
Get a room
;~P
Mary gets in clown car and drives away. honk honk.
The democrats, in large part, are addressing the smart people, and the republicans are engaging the stupids.
May I edit that for you, please?
Begging your pardon, ma’m.
Teddy and newt race after mary, taste summons in hand. Beep-beep! Wooooooooo!
Generals in New Mexico, like most places, come down to a combination of electorate breakout, name recognition and not stepping on your crank.
The New Mexico electorate breaks out about 3:2 Democratic. Advantage Denish.
Diane Denish has a long history in New Mexico politics, Weh has none. Denish has held elected office up the food chain. Weh has not. Denish is the sitting Light Gov, Weh is the former Republic Party chair. Nobody but the faithful gives a flip about that. Big advantage to Denish.
In the not-stepping-on-the-crank item, Weh is tied to the Iglesias scandal. It did play to some degree here, although most folks don’t seem to give a rat’s hind end. Denish is not closely tied to Big Bill’s pay-to-play games. That’s the closest she’s come to stepping on the crank.
I don’t think that Weh’s involvement in the Iglesias affair is going to play a very big role, but I can’t see it being a positive for him.
(no one has caught me yet.)
Seeing as how I’m on crutches, you run and I’ll just pop back into the shower.
What is the genesis of stepping on your crank?
Crutches, in the shower? Careful. You may need both hands.
Perfect!
What happened, newt?
Newt,
Did you break something?
kidding with Mary and Teddy, my dear
oh you!
Most recently in New Mexico politics, the First Congressional District race in 2006 was close, but Patsy Madrid (D) held an edge over Heather Wilson (R-Torture) going into the last debate. Patsy couldn’t remember her name in the last debate, and lost a razor-thin race.
Prior to that, we got Governor Gary Johnson (R-Ganja) when then Gov Bruce King reneged on his deal with then Light Gov Roberto Mondragon. Bruce said he wanted one more go at the Roundhouse, and Mondragon agreed to run for the Light Gov seat and then run for Gov four years later. Bruce decided he liked being Gov and wanted four more years.
Mondragon primaried Gov King, who won a squeaker. The Green’s offered Mondragon their nomination. Mondragon accepted the Green’s nomination. Johnson won election with about 48% of the vote when King and Mondragon were unable to kiss and make up.
We have lots of history of candidates stepping on ye old crank here.
By the way, The Land of Enchantment is such a weird place that one can step on the crank wearing golf shoes and still win.
Most recently, one of our candidates for the Regulatory Commission did just that (symbolically, anyway) and won election anyway. Our PRC candidates are publicly financed, one of them received sanctions from the Sec State and AG’s offices for misallocation and misaccounting of public campaign funds (basically, he billed for a campaign rally that apparently never happened). He was elected anyway.
Weh in German means pain. This dummkopf is a real pain in the arsch. Must be no coincidence.
Sounds a lot like Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois,
pick a state – most any state.
Love your summary, BCT. Of course the Patsy race was the one that inspired Weh and Co. to put their fingers on the scale. Maybe Pat Rogers will try for Atty. Gen.
Remind me – which one was defeated at Waterloo?
Love the music, BTW. One of AC/DC’s best.
I think it was the Frenchie dude. or not.
I have forgotten way more than I evah learnt.
Oh, good!
“I got better.”