When is an elephant a donkey? Well, an elephant can’t be a donkey, and vice versa, right? Wrong.
When it comes to local politics, there are elephants disguised as donkeys. Case in point: A political flier recently came to my door. (I am a donkey.) On the flier, there is a list of Democrats, including President Obama, the big donkey.
Next is Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s name, a big California donkey. And then there is Susan Eggman, a medium-sized donkey from Stockton. At the bottom of the list is a little donkey from Tracy, Bob Elliott.
But I’ll bet this donkey is really an elephant in disguise. Doing some research, I found out that Elliott paid $900 as his share of the printing costs for this flier. But why pay good money and disguise yourself as a donkey?
Well, this flier was sent to registered Democrats in Tracy in an effort to mislead at least some of them. If it misleads 300 or 400, that could be enough to steal the election. In fact, local elephants have been disguising themselves in political fliers in the last three or four elections.
It is time for good donkeys and good elephants to stand up and tell their kind that this chicanery is not the way to conduct their election — and then hand them a moral compass.
Did you once hold the office of the former 'President of the Tracy Democrats Club'? The Tracy Democrats club is the local chapter of the Democrats, whose website says "we value human dignity, social and environmental justice, equal opportunity and fairness."?
If so, why make such a big deal out of a race that does not matter which party the candidate belongs to?
I honestly don't care which flyer he put's his name on. Anyway, each candidate has the capablity to do the same thing. Correct?
So, exactly how does this "mislead" the Tracy Dems? Are the Tracy Dems without the capacity to reason for themselves after reading the flyer and they need your help?
Would appreciate any clarifications, here.
Big brother is watching. You tried to play this off in another comment section, but you have done this before. Why don't you say what you really mean? Negative comment and despite what you say, it has no place here.
If ya wanna see what a jackass looks like look no further than th author of th article.
Come on, ya know ya wanted ta say it but didn't have th courage ta do it yerself.
Relax Marvin, it's no worse than ya callin a Republican an elephant, thank of th allusion ta weight, or a Democrat bein called a donkey, another more politically correct word fer a jackass. So please don't get yer knickers in a wad over it. Chalk it up ta some political humor.