Burnt Orange Report

There is that Chris Bell name being invoked again. He's right. Bell doesnt offer store brand soda. He offers New Coke. New formula and tastes like crap.

Jason is right. We have been offering store-brand cola for years now. And the middle isn't buying it. We need to put some lime in that Coke.

If Chris Bell is now being "marketed" you have to wonder when the "fire sale" will be held.

And as for Alison Bell's speech to Hadassah last Sunday, a number of people noticed she only mentioned the occupation of the husband of one of the friends who came and brought dinner every night. Her friend Andrea. Who she wanted everyone to know was the mayor's wife. Which some felt was a reflection of the speech being just another "marketing tool" for his run for governor more than a speech about her cancer survival. And not a very effective tool at that. Most then wondered why her friend Andrea's husband had not endorsed him. Good question considering some believe the mayor might not have become the mayor if Chris Bell hadn't "saved" us all from the evil Sylvester Turner who supposedly, allegedly, possibly, was conspiring to put another Bill White on the ballot.

Crap indeed.

The only coke i know for sure is the the stuff that right wing dictator george w and his buddies like perry are snorting. We need to all stand up and get behind Bell. He is decent, hardworking, and honest and that is new for Texas politics -- refreshing too!

All carbonated metaphors aside, I think Stanford was saying a bit more than John's giving credit for. Bell's campaign is fresh because he actually offers an affirmative world view for Democrats. Something that many Dems let slip away due to defensive posturing, left wing tribalism and right wing backlash.

who are you karl rove or lee atwater? despicable hateful comment ... attacking a cancer survivor? you're a true patriot!

If anyone wants to take on Alison after she's kicked chemo's ass, they'd better bring something better than a crappy little nom de dumbass.

If you want to read this speech that Baby Snooks is anonymously (read, with maximum cowardice) criticizing, feel free to read it yourself at: http://www.chrisbell.com/insights/10232005_Alison. And if you want to criticize Alison for getting invovled in promoting stem cell research into finding a cure for the disease that almost killed her and another disease that killed Chris's mother, well, then go right ahead.

But if you think that a breast cancer (and chemo) survivor has the right to speak out on issues, then you might want to tell Baby Snooks to rejoin the human race for a moment.

Criticize me all you want. Even behind the cover of your cowardly little screen name. And anyone on the ballot is used to slings, arrows and slander.

But if you mess with Alison, you're picking a fight that you won't win.

I think she has every right to speak out on cancer survival and on the need for expanded stem cell research. I applaud her for doing so. But I don't think she has the right to use that podium to interject implied endorsement of her husband as a political candidate by someone who in fact hasn't endorsed him. And when she does so, she becomes fair game.

And I'm not really anonymous. As one of the staff of BOR discovered when he pulled my email and emailed me.

Snooks, you should lay off Chris' wife! She has earned the right to say whatever the hell she wants at whatever forum she desires to say it.
Fight on!
Richard Morrison

Again, a political wife is a political wife. If she doesn't like the heat, get out of the kitchen. I suspect she does just fine in the heat. Is probably used to it more than he is.

Damnit Baby Snooks...

You know, you say things that have merit, and are legitimate, and you for a while everyone is OK and listens and puts up with the 1,000 word posts...and then you do this.

What's the point in attacking Alison? You rant and rave about the lack of morality in politics, then you attack someone on a bullshit issue. Claiming that someone is "fair game" hardly justifies asinine comments. I know everyone takes cheap shots at candidates, but (in my case) I try to keep it to attacking policy issues and things of substance.

You can't whine about the problem if you're not willing to be part of the solution.

Good luck with this, but I'm thinking that it would be best to stop the name calling internally before you start working to bring in the moderates and marginal conservatives.

Sure would be nice, Texas needs a resurgent Democratic party worse than it needs border control right now, if for no other reason then to make the Repubs work for it a little.

Maybe Bell's the answer, maybe not, but he's gonna have to work a hell of a lot harder than he is now to get his name out there.

Right now he's got the Internet Left, and not much else. Not hopeless by any means, since Bill White started out in the same boat himself.

Look for White to withold his Bell endorsement until there's no political advantage to be gained.

Bill White is the next "Golden Child" for the Dems, all he needs is one more "high voter volume" election to set the table.

S.

If she wants to give a speech about cancer survival and the need for expanded stem cell research, more power to her. If she wants to give a speech about her husband running for governor, more power to her. But don't interject the latter into the former and expect people not to notice what you're doing. Again, fair game.

Candidate's spouses are not fair game. Well, except for Hillary's.

Looks like another one of those "We Democrats just need to find a better way to present our message." ideas. Hmmm...Democratic message: more taxes, ban (ultimately) all guns, put a stop to school prayer and strangle businesses to the point of having to close shop or leave the country. How much more sugarcoating of their message do the Democrats think they need to do to get themselves elected again?