@DanielMorain
Which was more stupid: pulling the sunt, or getting caught for pulling the stunt?View quoted post on X
@DanielMorain Idiots. What an unconscionably stupid idea this was, particularly in this election cycle.View quoted post on X
This won’t be popular among my most partisan Democratic friends. But it needs to be said.View quoted post on X
The folks who did this stupid stunt in Alaska, if they did it at the behest of the actual campaign, and sought to obfuscate it and lie about it…
They shouldn’t work in politics again.
If the Dan Sullivan guy did it of his own accord, even if he did it to just fuck with the Republican, that’s not unethical. It’s a little nasty, but whatever.
But when someone is running a campaign they need to have strong ethics and put the integrity of the election system first. And seeking to confuse voters is an attack on the integrity of the elections. It’s the equivalent of Dems mailing Republicans to say “don’t forget to vote on Thursday!”
Has this happened before? Yeah, obviously. The funniest was when Hector De La Torre ran for Assembly as a reformer in the southeast cities of LA and those corrupt idiots found another Hector De La Torre to put on the ballot. And, of course, a bunch of staffers plead guilty to campaign finance violations around a move to put a candidate on the ballot to impact the Doris Allen recall in the 90s.
But that shit was unethical and stupid and the folks who did that should never work in politics again either.
Also, while the Trump lawsuit is also stupid, don’t be surprised if there are campaign finance violations around this AK thing. You will have people getting seriously pressured from the DOJ to prove that they didn’t miss-report trips paid for during these Dan Sullivan fishing expeditions or if they were keeping stuff off the books why there weren’t in-kind contribution reports for every beer bought for every Dan Sullivan they courted. This could be a total shitshow.
So, in the future let’s run our campaigns straight-up and when someone says “let’s go steal lawn signs” or “let’s recruit a candidate to dilute the vote of our opponent” tell that person to F-off or if it’s the campaign, quit on the spot. Go work for someone else.
Life update: My final stretch at The Sacramento Bee is here, and what a thrill it has been.View quoted post on X
I am also thrilled to say that later this month I will be joining Sacramento-based Abridged to add a regional sports voice for an already fantastic news source.
abridged.org/news/joe-david…
First night in Sacramento (Jan 2019) ➡️ last morning in San Francisco (Sept 2026)
Proudly born and raised in Illinois, but I really grew up in California 🌁
It’s bittersweet to leave this paradise behind, but an honor to continue telling Golden State stories in DC. Onward!View quoted post on X
