Incumbent Congressperson, and chicken, Stephen Lynch has joined incumbent (anyone notice a similarity) Secretary of State, and chicken, William Galvin in BMG’s Royal Coop (stage right). Lynch apparently doesn’t have what it takes to fulfill one of the most basic requirements for public office: the ability to defend one’s positions in open debate. Even George W. Bush and Healey pal Dick Cheney could manage that. Galvin suffers from the same weakness. The condition is closely related to Incumbentus Entitlitis sydrome, a pernicious cancer in Massachusetts government: the belief, often shared with royalty, aristocrats, and other discarded political relics, that one is entitled to an office and does not have to answer to anyone, least of all the voters, for one’s actions.
Pimpin’ my own diary.
Reilly has debated and is participating in the process. He may be a lot of things, but he’s not properly a resident of the Royal House of Chickens.
Lynch’s chicken doesn’t work! 🙁
To be fair, he has attended debates. But, to also be fair, he’s ducked the two debates that cover specific issues he’d likely bomb at — environmental and sexual-social.
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Were it just one, I’d buy “scheduling conflict.” But, when you consider both of them, it seems like he’s chickening out of certain discussions. So, maybe part of a chicken?
In the September 7th edition of the Dorchester Reporter Stephen Lynch said, “There’s not a lot of time between now and the [September 19 primary], but there could be another opportunity for a debate if we could work out a date.”
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Well, working out a date is no problem for me; any time, any place. If the Duckster has finally been shamed into a debate, the Dunkster is ready.
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It is curious to me that he wouldn’t contact us directly, to suggest a time and place. I hope he’s serious.
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We’ll be suggesting a televised debate. Of the regional media, encompassing the whole of the 9th District, NECN has given this race the most coverage. Curtis, Braude, and Sahl are all seasoned, respected TV journalists who could organize a fair program which would maximize the opportunity for an infomed vote on the 19th. TV also reduces the logistical obstacles, where the debate could be taped whenever mutually convenient and aired later.
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Anyway, if you’d like to see this debate, even a fraction as much as I’d like to do it, please blog for it. Thanks.
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Phil Dunkelbarger