Posted on 09/14/2006 5:44:44 AM PDT by sauropod
I don't know how I missed this. This is too delicious.
Janet Owens, ex-Anne Arundel County Executive, ran a campaign for state Comptroller against King William Donald (who is 84 years old) whose slogan is "Grandpa should give up the car keys."
Schaefer's performance as state Comptroller is the stuff of legend (particularly during the Reign of Parris the First). The squabbles that used to erupt during the Board of Public Works meetings have been sources of great amusement across the state.
Maryland comptroller candidate Janet S. Owens denounced her opponent yesterday for dubbing her "Mother Hubbard," characterizing the remarks by incumbent William Donald Schaefer as "coarse and insulting."
Schaefer told Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher in comments published yesterday that Owens, the Anne Arundel County executive, is a "prissy little miss" who wears "long dresses, looks like Mother Hubbard -- it's sort of like she was a man." Schaefer made similar comments in a taped interview with NewsChannel 8. "She's got these long clothes on and an old-fashioned hairdo," he said. "You know it sort of makes you real mad."
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Ze ping!
I thought it was Terrell Owens there for a second.
Real mad that he can't ogle the shape of her butt and publicly order her to strut it for him, I guess.
Glad he's gone.
MD is a mess
I Really dont have a position on this race, but when women get into the political arena the have no excuse to complain about their gender being used against them when the full capacity to respond in kind against their opposition face to face. Don't call to them a sexist and run.
Seems that way.
That was the old news.
The new news was his criticizing the appearance and wardrobe of a 62-year-old woman. One of his opponents. During a campaign.
It's, um, "less than professional", aside from being rude and pretty damned dumb, and does not assure the public that their 84-year-old comptroller is not suffering from dementia.
Whatever else you can say about Willy Don Schaefer ( and you can say a lot), he always put Maryland first.
From the perspective of a Maryland State employee and a taxpayer in Maryland, William Schafer is a cancer that was cut out way too late.
This is a man who would have his tax paid limo take him to private citizens homes so he could confront them for something they said. Interesting that Marylanders would overlook this behavior
"Show me a man who is 84 years old who doesn't look at girls' backsides," or as I would put it, "Show me a man who is 84 years old who doesn't look at girls' backsides, and I show you a dead man."
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You sound a little less than fully informed as to the facts of this particular incident. It was not just the checking out of the caboose. You're right, we all do that. In this case, though, the young lady in question brought him a cup of tea, was walking away and nearly out of the room when he called her back and told her to walk away again (for his viewing pleasure). It was not simple checking her out.
He always put Baltimore first, that's where his heart has always been. He reflected in an interview that the job of mayor was his favorite job.
He certainly was no big fan of the eastern shore of MD, as they were no big fans of his.
He thinks he is untouchable. That sort of behavior in public by elected or appointed officials is unacceptable. Good Bye Schafer. We can do better.
I was looking for the original remarks from 9/5 (haven't found them yet), and came across some radio article about Schaefer being asked "if his apology was sincere", to which Shaefer began singing "I'm sincere, I'm sincere" to no recognizable tune. Outdoors in front of reporters, the week before election day.
Yeah, that Schaefer has a mind like a steel trap.
His comments about running for Mayor of Ocean City were hilarious (after he lost the Comptroller race).
Wow.
I've only lived in Maryland for a couple years. Apparently hubby still has some work ahead of him, bringing me up to speed on Maryland politics. :D
I didn't hear his comments, but did here comments about them on the radio this morning. Something about OC officials said he can't may the 4 month residency requirement by next Tuesday's deadline :)
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