We’ve just got back to Gotham from a delightful weekend in Cape Cod — including a brief hop, courtesy of a friend with a a small plane, over to Martha’s Vineyard (where the lovely Nina and I first met, 35 summers ago).
During the drive back to the city, we listened in on a “debate” amongst the many candidates for the governorship of the Empire State. Our Dauphin, Andrew Cuomo (who is the Platonic form of the elite New York Democrat, will almost certainly win, and who gives me hives) made a thoroughly professional showing with no gaffes, while the volatile and rapidly self-immolating Republican challenger Carl Paladino was unfocused, inarticulate, and entirely unimpressive.
On the far left we heard from Socialist eat-the-rich racial-grievance-mongers, as well as the monomaniacally entertaining “Rent Is Too Damn High” party’s candidate, Jimmy McMillan.
Finally, there were two other candidates I actually started paying attention to: the Libertarian candidate Warren Redlich, and the Anti-Prohibition Party’s offering Kristin Davis, whose former occupation involved running a bordello (and who drew on her employment experience for a number of tart joculisms at the other politicians’ expense). She was surprisingly intelligent and well-spoken, seems to have a sound, small-government outlook, and favors, among other things, legalizing marijuana.
As matters stand, she has the coveted endorsement of this website.
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Not to be confused with the other Kristin Davis.
Either Tucker Carlson is genuinely uninterested in attaining political office or he’s a complete idiot.
If I could satisfy the residency requirements, I’d serve under her in whatever capacity.