4'9" Senate Candidate With Hook Launches TV Ads

[lil d]

Source: Huffington Post

Harper's magazine's Scott Horton writes, "One of the more unconventional races in the country this year may pit Democratic challenger Steve Novick against a distinguished Republican incumbent, Gordon Smith, for a U.S. Senate seat in Oregon. It wouldn't be hard to pick out Novick: he's 4'9" and has a steel hook in place of a left hand. And rather than view these traits as handicaps, the resilient, relentlessly upbeat Novick has made them his hallmark."

Check out Novick's latest campaign ad here:
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2UesvrH-cs"

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/28/49-senate-candidate-wit_n_83596.html

[Ediacara]

1. From his site

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Smith must go.

[swag]

3. Steve is great. Very well versed on the issues.

I met him at a house party this summer, and he's ready to take on Smith.

Both he and Jeff Merkley are great candidates to defeat the awful Gordon Smith.

[Jennifer C]

4. Catchy

from his site.

[superconnected]

5. How... republican.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. that looks like on of his sites, or at least a support site. nt.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

6. Cool ad, but he won't be the nominee

Jeff Merkley will. He's the Speaker of the Oregon House, so populist I can barely stand it, and with a one vote majority has pushed through a raft of legislation. Steve Novick is a Portland activist with absolutely no experience holding office, exceptionally shaky ethics, and a penchant for smearing progressive Democrats. Kind of like the worst of HRC and Mike Gravel put together in one package.

Or maybe I'm being unfair to Mike Gravel.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Winterblues]

7. Just curious, in what way do you consider yourself Conservative?

Socially or Fiscally or both. And what Democratic ideals do you claim?

[ConservativeDemocrat]

10. I...

am pro-firearm (studies show that overall, it reduces violent crime),
am pro-balanced budget - looking to reduce waste (no-bid contracts) in government first before raising taxes,
am pro-corporation (although some certainly deserve to be spanked, and the list of bad actors has certainly grown under the GOP),
am pro-US and think it is a force for good in the world (despite its unfortunate detours into GOP wingnuttisms),
dislike Che, Chomsky, and Chavez, and now even Cindy,
generally like much of the DLC - although not Al From (he's just as guilty of attacking Dems as the hard left),
think Israel has no moral responsibility to capitulate to terrorists (and won't be for Palestinians until
they propose a deal that doesn't end in the immediate or eventual destruction of Israel),
dislike whining - which many on the far left and nearly all the GOP specialize in,
believe what people do in their bedrooms isn't the government's business,
ditto for women and doctors,
...
I guess I could go on.

I'm on the conservative end of the Democratic party, which itself is pretty conservative compared to the world.
What I'm not is "Con" with a capital C, and that rhymes with B, and that stands for Batshit Crazy. There is no
way on God's green earth I'd ever vote Republican. I canvass in my highly conservative neighborhood, have
changed dozens of party registrations, and have swayed independents. I dislike any leftist who pulls some stunt
that gets them featured on FOX news. Makes my job harder.

I used to be for HRC, but with this recent escapade of lying, shifted to Obama.
I don't expect miracles from him though, even if he does get in. He's just a politician.

There. I've said more than I usually do. I've been a member of his board from nearly it's beginning.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Toots]

15. Well your list is certainly Conservative but hardly any Democratic ideals listed

And you said this recent escapade of lying by Hillary. Maybe you could go into a bit of detail and specify exactly what lies she told, because frankly I don't believe she lied about anything and people that say she did without specifics are much worse than what they claim she is..

[ConservativeDemocrat]

16. I'm sorry, you must have the Democratic party...

confused with the Socialist party. It's a common mistake among many DUers, many of whom - by their own admission - are not Democrats.

The Democratic party, unlike the Socialist party, is a big tent. We don't blindly hate entire classes of people (like "corporatists" - a thinly disguised rephrasing of the old Communist epithet: "Capitalist pigdog"). We don't waste time displaying cheap childish alienation and tribalism. That doesn't help anything or anybody.

Nor do we hate people merely for being rich. We do ask them to pay more taxes, because they receive a disproportionate benefit from society, and try to make sure that rich (CEO) thieves are treated the same way as poor ones. But hatred of success is not what our party is about. We want every child to have equal opportunity to be successful, to have decent schools, libraries, and basic services so that they can go as far as their talents, inclination, and work ethic takes them.

Those may not be DU values, but they certainly are Democratic values.

Insofar as HRC is concerned, I'm not talking about a small slip of the tongue or what any stand-in said for her. Her unforgivable lie is one she signed on paper. She said she was not going to campaign in any of the states that deliberately skipped the primary calendar. Now she is doing exactly that. As an Oregonian, a resident of a state that plays by the rules, I don't like this lying or cheating.

Specific enough for you?

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[jaybeat]

8. Hold on there, cowboy.

The Merkley vs. Novick battle is big news for Oregon Dems (check out Blue Oregon for a peak), but no fair trying to do a one-sided snow-job on unsuspecting folks on DU.

Yes, Merkley has the support of Oregon's Dem establishment, he's great, and will I'm sure do very well.

But Novick ROCKS, and has the "uppityness" to challenge Smith on stuff that Merkley hasn't. Merkley has the money and the connections, but Novick has the grass-roots spunk.

So, please, lets not bad-mouth a good Dem when either one of them would make a GREAT Senator.

One more thing--you might want to change your screen name if you want to be taken seriously. (By Democrats OR conservatives, not that anyone should care about the latter!)

[gratuitous]

11. Met Novick at the State Fair

Personable, friendly and cute as a bug's ear. Once again, Democrats have a surfeit of good candidates, and I'd be glad to send Mr. Smith back to the private sector with either Novick or Merkley.

[portlandia]

12. Steve is a great candidate and a highly ethical individual

If you drill down (not that I recommend it) into that "ethics" controversy being pumped on BlueOregon (a site which is run by the internet guy for Steve's primary opponent), you'll find that it was blown up from next to nothing for partisan purposes.

Steve is a friend of mine and I have supported him since the very beginning of his campaign, and he is the first candidate for any office that I have ever maxed out to. (Yes, other friends have run for office, and no, none of them have ever gotten that kind of money from me).

I can understand why a self-described "Conservative Democrat" would be more comfortable with Jeff Merkley than with Steve Novick. Steve supports full repeal of NCLB, raising the Social Security earnings cap, equalizing marginal tax rates on earned income and capital gains/dividends, and full marriage equality. Jeff is to the right of Steve on all these issues. You'll find information and links to confirm what I'm saying here. However, I am very comfortable with Steve's positions, even though several of them will cost me money, and when I do disagree with him I am at peace with it, because I trust the integrity of his decisionmaking processes.

[WistfulAssassin]

13. Hehe

tough guy.

[Oreegone]

14. Mr. Novick

Met Mr. Novick this summer, a truly brilliant individual.

[KamaAina]

17. In an age where a black man is running against a woman (oh, and John)

for the Democratic presidential nomination, should not the headline read simply "Senate Candidate Novick Launches TV Ads"?

That is, we (most of us, anyway, outside the M$M) have moved beyond Obama being "the black candidate", or Hillary being "the woman candidate". So why must Novick be "the disabled candidate"?

Besides, two of our finest Dem Senators, Barbara Mikulski and Barbara Boxer, are both 4'11". What's another couple of inches? Also note that, over on the House side, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI02) is a quadriplegic; arrangements had to be made to evacuate him in his wheelchair from the House floor during their seemingly weekly terralerts!