Umm...OK, WHY?

We now post an amusing ramble from the comments on the candidate's forum topic. Gird your eyes and look upon true madness! Or annoyance...

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Anonymous said...
THE SO-CALLED "TRUTH" TAZER & IT'S BAND OF FLUNKIES SAY "ACTIVIST" LIKE A SMEAR ON GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN. WHAT ARE ANDERSON OR BELL FOR. THATS RIGHT THERE FOR THEMSELFS. GAYLE REALLY CARES ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY BUT BIG BUSINESS LIKE CHEVRON EXPLOIT YOU WITH POLLUTION AND GREED AND DON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAX SO YOU TURN A BLIND EYE BECAUSE YOU PART OF THE CORPORATE PROBLEM. I BET YOU HAVE'NT READ GAYLE'S 10-PT PLAN FOR RICHMOND OR YOU WOULD KNOW SHE IS ONLY CANDIATE CAPABLE OF MAKING YOUR CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. WHAT SHE REALLY WANTS IS REAL JUSTICE FOR ALL NOT JUST FOR FEW. GAYLE'S PLAN IS TO BRING BACK WHAT IRMA ANDERSON TOOK AWAY WITH GREED AND ARROGANCE. GAYLE WILL BE A MAYOR WITH HONESTY AND INTEGRITTY WHO WORKS FOR YOU TO MAKE A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT OIL OR POLLUTION AND MAKES PROGRAMS TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS WITH CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE. IF YOU PEOPLE WERE MORE OPENMINDED YOU WOULD SEE THAT GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN SHOULD BE MAYOR!

12:14 PM

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Thanks for your comment! Now it's our turn...

For starters, get that caplocks key looked at. We don't like to read entire screeds that LOOK LIKE THIS!

And for the last time the Tazer is about TRUTH. Not so-called, or sort-of, or what-have-you. The truth is that you need to fix that caplocks key, take a deep breath before you type next time, and try for some complete and readable sentences. We sometimes have trouble spelling, too. That's how we found out a dictionary works wonders.

We doubt very much that Gayle McLaughlin would object to being called an "activist." In fact, we'd be surprised if it's not already on her calling cards. If we're wrong, then Ms. McLaughlin is free to correct us. Until then, we use the word as-is.

We observe the use of "your" quite often, as in "YOUR community," "YOUR city," and "YOUR problems" that makes it sound like you're not from around here. The Great Tazer Conspiracy thinks that YOU are a non-Richmond outsider, and that YOU have some sort of conspiracy going. This sort of behavior has all the earmarks of what resident Tazerville gamehunter Dread Captain would likely call "Sockus Puppetus," or the fabled sockpuppet.

We think you were put up to this or otherwise encouraged to speak on behalf of the Green Party candidate. We're glad that you're interested and we can't stop you from commenting unless you break our common sense rules of conduct, but we can't really take you seriously and would prefer that you butt out since this isn't YOUR community, city, problems, etc. ALLCAPS didn't help either.

If there's any substance in your "message," we'd like to take care of that directly. Yes, we've read Gayle's "10-point plan." It's on her website and we could dissect it if we wanted to. But we don't want to. Residents of Tazerville can look it up or wait for you or one of your fellow volunteer stumpers to come around and wedge a flyer in our door...which has happened already, thank you very much. Richmond voters can make up their minds on those 10 points for themselves.

In fact, we encourage it, just like we would encourage any voter to get smart and be informed about any candidate or issue. This isn't to say we endorse the candidate or plan. In fact, it's quite the opposite since we don't think too much of either one around Tazerville. But learn from her and it just the same. Trust us, you'll thank us come November 7th!

Now, if you don't mind, we've got bigger fish to fry. With butter and lemon.

EDIT 1:12 PM: While we were preparing this post, a response to it came from Tazer friend Mike Ali...

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Micheal Ali- The committee said...
Ms. McLaughlin HAS no plan, her 10- point platform does not even reflect the TRUE NEEDS OF RICHMOND. Her platform is taken from then Matt Gonzales; who was the Green member who was a Supervisor on the City and County Board of Supervisors for San Franciscoin 2003.

Her 10-point platform has no substance, no details, no plan of action nothing EXCEPT some photocopy paper that has a vague little outline like kids use in middle school! She couldn't even come up with a original platform for Richmond. She had to use somebdy else's.

The Richmond community sees Ms. McLaughlin as an outsider, she was not born here, did not go to school here. She truly does not have the knowledge or the juice into this community to know what we think or what OUR goals and aspirations are.
Nobody in this Community wants what she says she can 'deliver'.
As for 10-point platform, Gary Bell has one that everybody in this town agrees on.

If you were really a down activist in Gayle's movement, you would not be leaving postings that make it seem like you have issues with people that disagree with your candidates political views.

Pal, it's election time, my one word of advice to you, don't get your nose out of joint. Because if you think it's bad now, the mud-slinging is going to get worse! That is what I have in 20 plus years of community organizing and activism.

Yours in the Struggle for Human and Civil Rights in Richmond,

Mike Ali- The Committee of Families for the Safety of Our Children

1:02 PM

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EDIT August 25, 12:01 AM: Sorry everyone but some of these comments are getting out of hand. We're moving through the bushes with the Banstick even now.

We'd like to remind everyone that they're free to comment but to please be on point and about your business. No idle name calling or acting dumb, thanks.