Best Event/Worst Event!
We’re all buried in invitations to fundraisers and political events this time of year. The fact that 59 of 60 legislative seats are up for election this cycle due to redistricting, makes it even more confusing to sort it all out.
But here’s a complete no-brainer for best/worst events for the week. Let’s start with best.
You can spend a Friday evening with the amazing Pete Petersen who is running for re-election on Anchorage’s East Side. He’ll be there with the equally amazing Tom Begich to delight you with an evening of yummy food, yummy music, and yummy company.
Now, grab the handrail and the Pepto Bismol as we explore… The Worst. Fundraiser. Ever.
Or.
You can leave work an hour early on Wednesday for this fun-filled evening.
Get ready to join the Republicans running on the West side, including musk-ox poaching, finance-finagling Bob Bell. This fundraiser is put on by the Republican Party. They’re so excited about this presidential debate watch party that they can’t even bring themselves to show you a picture of their candidate, or even mention his name. Instead, you’re treated to two dueling semi-senile old guys babbling at empty chairs. Yes, they’d rather invoke the most humiliating, horrifying and unprofessional moment in Republican Convention history and multiply it by 2, than actually talk about Mittens and Princess Ann.
Fear not, though. If you manage to survive sitting through the debate while trying to feel optimistic about Mr. Romney’s chances, you’ll get the opportunity to win a fabulous door prize! What do we have for the lucky winner? Dinner for two? A free car wash? A gift certificate for a dog grooming? Even better…
(drum roll)
You could win… Lunch with Dan Sullivan!
(saggy accordian noise)
Oh boy. Can you think of a more scintillating lunch companion?
The invitation does not specify if you will have to pick up the tab, or be the designated driver.
I think your choice is clear.
The mere thought of being in the same room with scowling/sneering Bob Bell, much less an occasion where Dan the Sullivan is also there along with him, is enough to make one gag. Nuff said.
No Talking about this. Please GO or donate on line. Chris Tuck, Pete Petersen and Andy Josephson are great Democrats in close races. Shoot. There are more than those. Help somone. On Line. Or At a fundraiser. But soon. Or live with the election consequences. Thanks. Les
PS the candidates are all looking for volunteers – so call your favorite canddidate, or the Democratic party to find out about the constant volunteer needs for canddiates. They have money. We have nearly as much, beleive it or not. But we have people who help, and that could be the tipping point.
Les!
Hey all you mud pups, Les knocked on my door the first year he was running for public office. And I had one of his yard signs too. While I am healed and no longer have to stay, long term, in Anchorage… I am proud to of had the opportunity to vote for him. Les knows foster care. From the inside out. And I use Les as a example. I point my finger at him, in a good way, when talking to my foster kids.
A couple years ago, I saw Les in Juneau, at a grocery store check out stand and took a picture of him. I printed the photo up, wrote his name on the bottom and pinned it up on the wall in the school room (we homeschool). My kids asked about the photo. I said to “google him, I’m busy…”. My kids figured out that he too was/ is a foster kid. This is a fabulous thing. Believe me, this IS a fabulous thing!
Okay, now that I’m done fawning all over Les, hopefully he doesn’t feel used and ya all need to do what he says. *giggle*
Had I had the cash to spare (I didn’t), I could have attended an event with Elizabeth Warren last night.
My DS1 was lamenting he and his wife (my fab just-earned-her-Doctorate! DS1DiL) missed seeing Michele speak in their current hometown, Appleton, WI., today. Tickets were free, but gone in a finger-snap. He sooooo admires her — says he knows her husband is smart, but he KNOWS she is even smarter — smarter than most everyone and anyone in DC/politics, he says. Like Hilary was -and is- smarter than Bill, he says, but even more so — Michele is waaaay smarter than the whole lot of them.
I thought that an interesting observation. beth.
will the party planner be at the lunch? if so,slip will be there !
Could the potential lucky winner of the already-too-fabulous-for-words Sullied Lunch “door prize”, also look forward to having the Party Planner included in the package? Don’t know about anyone else, but that’d sure make the promised chance at winning such a magnificent prize, waaaaay too sweet a deal for me to pass up. [/snark] beth.
PS – Is it just me, or does invitation to “grab yard signs” make it sound as if (I’m) being invited to participate in some sort of dark, unwholesome, hit-and-run, ‘stealth’ activity? As if it’s an acknowlegement on their –the GOTPs– part, of such desperation for support of their slate, that they’ll resort to any means necessary to Rah-Rah the party for election? Personally, I’d much prefer to be invited to “pick up yard signs” than to “grab” them… b.
Door prize, I misread that “boor prize”.
“(saggy accordian noise)”
That’s a hoot!
Lunch with Dan Sullivan? Sounds like fun!
I’ll buy hot dogs from the stand, and Dan and I can sit on the sidewalk in front of City Hall enjoying them!
If you do, the mayor could then arrest himself.
Here people actually BID on a chance to have lunch with the current mayor!