Bentzin: "I'm Vince Young, and it's Halftime"
By Phillip Martin
Ben, you're a Sun Devil, not a Longhorn. Don't insult us.
From today's Daily Texan:
Bentzin noted the low voter turnout, which was about 14 percent, and said that a higher turnout would be in his favor. He said that his campaign plans to promote the importance of this election in order to increase voter turnout.
"I'm Vince Young, and it's halftime," the former Dell executive said.
I can understand why Bentzin would say that. Republicans are always comparing themselves to God, and Vince Young is - in all honesty - a god here in Austin. Bentzin is just being true to his oversized ego.
The thing is, though, is that if Bentzin was Vince Young, he would have won the special election 85,323 to 3. In case you're wondering, that's the total number - as of 2004 - of folks registered to vote in HD 48. Of course, that's presuming folks wouldn't have registered just to vote for Vince, and that the other candidates would have voted for themselves (which may be a bit of a stretch).
Think I'm exaggerating? I took my photo by the tower a week after the Rose Bowl. It was almost 1:00 AM. There were approximately 45 people out there taking pictures. I had to wait five minutes to get a clear spot in front of the fountain. I guarantee you that at least ten times as many people took photos of the tower lit up #1 than voted in the HD 48 special election.
A friendly note to Ben Bentzin -- don't compare yourself to Vince Young. Vince Young isn't even "Vince Young" anymore -- considering we've (and I mean all UT sports fans) -- now equate "Vince Young" with people like Odysseus, George Washington, and Denzel Washington's character in the movie Man on Fire.
P.S. This should have been Matt's post, but I couldn't resist. Sorry, Matt.
KT gives another important angle comparing the Rose Bowl spread to the election results.
Posted by Phillip Martin at January 20, 2006 01:05 PM
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hey, maybe he could compare himself to Jake Plummer, Denver qb and Arizona State alum, but then again jake's no VY.
This actually reminds me of those old Nike commercials with all the little kids saying "I am Tiger Woods". Bentzin needs to make a campaign commercial like that if he's gonna have any chance of winning this election.
Donna Howard, in her next speech, needs to say something like, "I know Vince Young, Vince Young is a friend of mine. Mr. Bentzin, you are no Vince Young."
This is some pretty good stuff coming from an engineer. All you political consultants out there need to be taking notes ;-)
