Governor Cashmore's DiaryThe political and social observations of the Governor of a Southern state.Called Bill- October 27, 2002 Gave Bill a call, had to get the latest scoop from the UK. Looks like our loyal aly and stalwart defender of the free world from Socialism Tony Blair is likely to get the chop if he tries to help invade Iraq. So despite all the visits to Washington, support at the UN and such all their support means is that they will 'allow' us to use our base at Diego Garcia which we have occupied since WW II and would have used with or without their permission. More salacious gossip emerges concerning the...http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/10/26.html#a12 How on earth- October 27, 2002 How on earth did he get there Oh yes I remember, daddy was President. Just shows how in a classless society like ours you can get anywhere, even become President without passing any classes. Just watched him throwing out red meat to the faithful like an old trooper, those horrid Democrats in the Senate, how can they be so partisan Fortunately the media are so cowed they don't even point out the obvious hypocrisy. It's like playing basketball with a hoop to shoot at the size of a dinner table,...http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/10/26.html#a11 Exercise- October 26, 2002 With campaigning suspended for the weekend took time for some exercise with Tina, who has been working on the campaign on weekend breaks from college. She had heard about the office closing but had come down "to see if I can help in any way". And did she ever, in two positions. Afterwards I wrote an address on the need to preserve familly values. After all who knows more about familly values than someone who has more than onehttp://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/10/26.html#a10 Spin glorious spin- October 26, 2002 There is nothing so heartwarming as to see a public official desperately trying to defend the indefensible. "There was nothing he told us three months ago or last night that would lead us to believe Mr. Muhammad or Mr. Malvo would have the kind of future that led them to where they are today," This after the FBI are told that Muhammad is looking for a way to fix a silencer to a sniper rifle to 'go and shoot cops'. One has to wonder how long it is going to be before the press wise up to the fact.http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/10/26.html#a9 Wellstone- October 25, 2002 News just came through that Wellstone was killed today. Put on my black suit and tie, put out a deepest condolences PR and shut the office. Last thing I need is some loose lipped staffer saying anything they should not. With luck we can avoid talking about anything else till Monday - thus depriving Jackass of a weekend of campaigning. Of course the first thing everyone is talking about is how this affects chances of retaking the Senate. I can't see that it will help. The Dems will do what..http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/10/25.html#a8 Well Duhh- October 25, 2002 The AP are just putting out the astonishing story that the prosecutors might just possibly seek the big D for the beltway snipers. I mean well duhh! The snipers had it all wrong, they should have got themselves elected govenor, then they could have had their sport all straight and legal and done it from the comfort of their office. Fortunately I'm not facing the problem Jimmy Ryan has in Chicago with incumbent George Ryan looking set to give clemency to all 158 prisoners currently on.http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/10/24/death_penalty/index.html Two weeks and I'm Governor- October 25, 2002 In two weeks time the Tribune will be reporting my victory in the Governor's election. Unless of course the polls lie or Jackass can get his vote out. The first is possible, after all if Kenny-boy Lay and Martha Stewart can turn out to be liars then I guess we have to accept the possibility that John Zogby is just stringing us all along. I mean the economy is in the toilet, the stock market has tanked, we are about to start a war and we are led by President Harken and Vice President...http://blogs.salon.com/0001189/2002/10/24.html#a6 |