NEW TOON 2/18 -- Special for PA Voters

[radfringe]

the toon: http://radfringe.tripod.com/

of interest to PA Voters:

Swann walks out on voting record questions
February 16, 2006
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-swann0216,0,1857844.story

Pennsylvania's Lynn Swann Opposes Abortion, Unclear on Stem Cell Research
http://www.lifenews.com/state1410.html
by Steven Ertelt -- LifeNews.com Editor
February 13, 2006

[joanski0]

1. Thanks for the special, rad.

Sounds like Swann is dumb as shit. My vote will go to Rendell.

[Robeson]

2. He's an Uncle Tom, who enjoys feeding from the table....

...Massa has given him. I truly hope that Pennsylvanians are smarter than voting for a football team. Because that's the ONLY thing he is running on...

[radfringe]

3. walking out on simple questions

he's finding out that politics is a whole new game

it's not as easy as taking a few questions in the locker room after a football game, nor is it just holding a microphone giving sports commentary

if he can't handle these preliminary questions - how is he going to handle things when the going really gets rough? In one of the articles he's asked how he would make decisions -- "ummmm, talk to advisors...." Where have we heard that one before?

IMHO - he's out of his league on this one

meanwhile - tomorrow's toon is another PA special

[Divernan]

4. He refers to WHEN, not IF the SC overrules Roe v. Wade

His shadowy neocon backers have evidently assured Swann that it is a certainty that Bush's SC will be overturning Roe in the near future. I look forward to hearing exactly who his handlers are - they have a long way to go to educate Swann on the basics of state government, and the governor's responsibilities, let alone on policy issues. Swann has made some really dumbass comments on how he will simply eliminate the property tax without increasing any other taxes to replace state, local govt., and school district revenues. I think Gov. Rendell has cut Swann off at the knees on the property tax issue by calling a special session of the legislature to address the matter. Whatever the legislature comes up with, it will have had to have received the approval of the Republican majority in the state House and Senate, so Swann cannot criticize it.

I think of Swann as a glorified, talking jockstrap. And while I'm a Steelers fan, it is beyond idiotic to elect a pro athlete as governor. How would all the football fans like it if they had to use the team's accountant as quarterback? Of course, no accountant would be egotistical or stupid enough to think he could perform as quarterback. And unlike Texas, which has basically a figurehead governor, and Bush could sit in his office playing computer games, Pennsylvania gives its governor a major amount of both power and responsibility. The state is facing hard times financially, particularly with it's large number of senior citizens on fixed income. Swann would be disastrous.