Written on
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 at
7:51pm by
Christopher Smith |
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Things I’ve learned in the past couple of days while wondering whatever happened to Ross Perot…
Jessica Maglietto’s Mom wants me to vote for her. Until I hear from Aunt Ruth, I’m not certain I can make a decision here. In the annals of corny and pointless campaign literature, this one ranks near the top.
Michael LoCurto is a fighter. His political mailer has no less than eight variations on the theme. He’s fighting for what’s right, he’s going to fight for me, he’s going to fight, fight, fight until he can’t fight no more. Evidently, he’s the Mr. T of Buffalo Common Councilmembers. He pity the foo who wants to step up and fight him for the title of most rabid fighter. Also, unless I receive a mailer rom Mike’s Aunt Ethel, I’m not sure I want him as my latex salesman, err, councilman.
Block parties are the lifeblood of neighborhoods. It’s fantastic to have everyone pour out onto the street once a year for a BBQ, music, games, and chatter. It’s a necessary evil that the politicos show up to do the campaign season grip and grin, but, that’s life in the big city. I met Joel Feroleto, Byron Brown, Mike LoCurto, Jess Maglietto, and Lynn Marinelli. What did I take away from all of that? Well, Mike LoCurto didn’t threaten to outfight anyone, so, that was good. Also, Lynn Marinelli left early to go to the Genesis concert. With that move, she lost my vote. (Not that she ever had it in the first place)
The customer service at Joe Cecconi’s Five Star Chrysler Complex is no better than One Star. We traded in the old Jeep for a new one and my beloved Kane Doyle Jeep has recently closed its doors, thus forcing us into the arms of Mr. Cecconi. Not a pleasant experience. If you need to buy a Jeep/Dodge/Chrysler, I’d recommend you go somewhere else. The salesman was disorganized, the sales manager couldn’t find my car for three days, and the entire experience was just a mess.
JP Losman, while a super swell Buffalover, is an inept mess at QB. There wasn’t much of a difference between the JP we saw today and the JP we saw last year. He still struggles with intermediate routes, checkdowns, read progressions, and he simply has no clue as to how to finish a drive. The sooner this three year experiment with JP as our QB ends, the better. Also, the Dick Jauron era is everything I had hoped it would be after watching him mismanage games in Chicago for three years. Lazy training camps, poor execution, poor clock management, and obnoxiously awful playcalling are the calling cards of this low rent Norv Turner. Marshawn Lynch looked pretty excellent. So, we have that going for us, which is nice.
Headline writers at The Buffalo News could use a little help. If I were in DC, this guy wouldn’t be the most feared man in the city. Why? Because I don’t have anonymous gay sex (Not that there’s anything wrong with that). How about a headline that says “Former Buffalo Activist Has D.C. Republican Closet Queens On The Run”? Too lengthy? Perhaps. Maybe “Buffalo Activist Takes Wide Stance On Closeted DC Republicans”?
I need to call this guy.
Donn Esmonde can be pretty smug when talking about the Higgins/Brown power grab that resulted in the shift of Bass Pro from Canalside back to The Aud.
That’ll do it…
Interesting Tweets
You should be so lucky to have a primary in your district.
I had to laugh at your post this am and I needed a good laugh so thank you my friend..P.S. If My Aunt Gertrude happens to call tell her I said hello
My dad’s a clinical psychiatrist with over 45 years’ experience, and he endorses me not only because I’ll be a great legislator, but he can certify that I’m not suffering from any sort of psychosis.
And this line is awesome:
All the headline needed was an asterisk.
I met candidate Maglietto at another block party this weekend, and I’ll tell you what, that picture doesn’t do her justice. She’s a pretty good looking broad.
And looking at LoCurto, she’d kick his ass. (Right, right, no making fun of the liver transplant survivor, but HE brought it up)
Chris – if you would like me to facilitate an intro to Paul McAfee, let me know.
as a psuedo-washingtonian thank you for the jauron-norv turner comparison…scientists will spend ages trying to figure out how these coaches keep getting hired.
and wtf? whoever wrote the headline about that guy being the most powerful guy should probably…like…visit…DC sometime.
Is LoCurto going to drink and drink and drink and drink and drink and drink and drink and then he’ll fight and fight and fight and fight and fight and fight?
mike locurto doesn’t/can’t drink
Boy oh boy tough crowd here on the political flier critique.
Since I am the guy who writes and designs this stuff for the Dems here in Cheektowaga, let me tell you it is no easy task coming up with something that will grab people’s attention between the 10 seconds it takes to go from the mailbox to the trash can.
To: Pamela Maglietto
Hello. My maiden name is Maglietto. Grandpa was Elio Maglietto from Buffalo NY. My dad was Carlo Maglietto. Who’s daughter are you? I live in Westlake Village, CA
Carla