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* Republican Jason Plummer won the 12th Congressional District race by 20 points last night. He now faces Democrat Brad Harriman in retiring US Rep. Jerry Costello’s district…
Jason Plummer, the GOP’s newly minted 12th U.S. House District nominee, talked up his party’s prospects in the November general election during a unity breakfast Wednesday.
“It’s great to see a united Republican Party,” said Plummer at St. Clair County GOP headquarters a day after his win in the Tuesday primary race.
“It’s not just a united Republican Party,” said Plummer, of Fairview Heights. “But a growing Republican Party.” […]
Plummer, however, might not be able to count on the help of Rodger Cook, who finished second to Plummer in the three-way GOP contest.
Cook, after sharing a perfunctory handshake with Plummer Wednesday morning, said he still felt some hard feelings toward Plummer.
* Commenter “Oswego Willy” has been firing on Plummer for years here with some of the funniest posts on the blog. So, this must-watch mashup of Plummer’s disastrous 2010 Chicago Tonight appearance, featuring EPMD’s “So What Cha Sayin,’” is for OW…
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:20 pm
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Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:21 pm
Jason is such a disaster that he only won by 20 points against a popular and well organized primary opponent?
JBP (not RJP)
Comment by JP Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:25 pm
That was AWESOME.
Great use of multimedia.
@JP -
In the Land of the Blind, a one-eyed man is King.
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:32 pm
Plummer is a strong candidate in this part of the state. He mopped up the floor with Rodger Cook, defeating him by 28 points, and now this should be a pretty competitive general election.
Comment by East Sider Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:33 pm
Ah, JBP,
You can win AND be a disaster … Look at the 1986 Mets, Jack! Ryan, or any American Idol winner we loved, but can’t remember their name…
Rich,
This has made my entire time of “watching” and commenting on Jason Plummer worth every post.
Not only do I get a “Page” from Rich Miller, the page is to let me know a post is dedicated to me, for my favorite subject.
To paraphrase Jason, “I will glady match my mocking of Jason up against anyone …”
This is cool, you have my Marker …I’ll bring the cannoli.
Oswego willy
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:35 pm
Jesse Jr. tries to buy a Senate seat..has a personal scandal, wins by 20+ points and is “just jaw-dropping”
Jason doesn’t really show up very well on an interview with uber-hack Carol Marin and it’s a “disastrous” two years later when he wins by a 20+ margin.
JBP
Comment by JP Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:38 pm
- East Sider -
===Plummer is a strong candidate in this part of the state. He mopped up the floor with Rodger Cook, defeating him by 28 points, and now this should be a pretty competitive general election.===
To that, the DCCC says, “Thank you!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:38 pm
Mr. Willy , did the Met’s Jack Ryan have an exclamation mark in his name, or do you have some weird and intentional “punctuation association” thing going on there?
Comment by The REAL Anonymous fka Anonyous Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:42 pm
“Now, you guys promised, No Phil Ponce…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:42 pm
“Jack!” Ryan had a thing for the punctuation, not me … sorry for the confusion.
The 1986 Mets … they had other problems besides punctuation.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:46 pm
I don’t the Republicans get very far by playing to what the DCCC wants to do. The voters wanted Jason and he won. Republican turnout was 44K. Democrat was 39K.
I think Jason can safely proceed without worrying too much about bunch of naying from negative nabobs.
JBP
Comment by JP Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:50 pm
===Jason doesn’t really show up very well on an interview with uber-hack Carol Marin and it’s a “disastrous” two years later when he wins by a 20+ margin.===
I thkn you made my point … Jason can’t put together a thought and a sentence and wins by 20 points - That is shocking.
J-Trips wins by 40, after starting with a run for Congress and keeping a seat.
Junior didn’t run for LG, a heartbeat away from running the 5th largest state on his Daddy’s cash and interships as a resume …
But I will say this, “I would match … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:51 pm
===uber-hack Carol Marin===
If JP isn’t Jason Plummer I’ll eat my Sox hat. Mixing up Carol Marin and Phil Ponce was the final tell.
I have no proof, I haven’t checked the IP address, I’m just sayin…
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:54 pm
Makes me think we should have a special campaign funding law against parents buying their children’s elections.
And that goes for both parties.
Comment by mark walker Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:55 pm
Jason won by 20+ points because the voters are not real concerned what Carol Marin thinks about the candidates. They have some concept of the future of the country, rather than concerns with Carol’s media empire.
JBP
Comment by JP Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:55 pm
===I don’t the Republicans get very far by playing to what the DCCC wants to do. The voters wanted Jason and he won. Republican turnout was 44K. Democrat was 39K.
I think Jason can safely proceed without worrying too much about bunch of naying from negative nabobs.===
Is the DCCC afraid of the interships, … or the speaking gaffes …
The voters wanted Jason, the DCCC doesn’t mind Jason … and if anyone can find Jason, we will see if Jason minds releasing those tax returns … or minds telling us how “kool” the interships have been … or even what the last two years have been like … “Spring Break” or “Summer Vacation”?
If Jason was a Dem, the Repubs would destroy the dem with his Dad’s cash, no job unless Daddy gave it to him and THEN be a heartbeat away from running the state of Illinois at age 27!
How can you be blind to that insanity …
(pause)
and … did you see the video above?
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:57 pm
Ha Rich,
I have blocked that interview from my memory, and refuse to watch it again, but still detest Carol Marin.
JBP
Comment by JP Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 1:58 pm
If that is Jason … I will say Thank You for your military service.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:02 pm
This polluting of EPMD hurts my soul. I just hope Plummer buys YouTube in the next half hour and takes that down so it won’t hurt others.
Comment by The Captain Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:03 pm
===I have blocked that interview from my memory, and refuse to watch it again===
I am willing to go out on a limb … you may see part of it again … and again … and again …in 30 second or 1 minute incriments.
Wishing it away … like wishing away the monster under the bed, kinda, sorta?
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:05 pm
===Jason won by 20+ points because the voters are not real concerned what Carol Marin thinks about the candidates. They have some concept of the future of the country, rather than concerns with Carol’s media empire.===
Or negative campaigning, and huge dollars, to hide a very thin resume … its a toss-up really.
Am I confused … do you not think the interview(s) was/were bad? Sounds like you think the interviewer(s) are bad, but Jason was ok … again … maybe you do need to watch the interview again.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:10 pm
Oswego, that was really good, and nice of Rich to reward a longtime commenter with his own page. I am sure when phil ponce did that interview he said to himself 6 years ago I was moderating barack obama’s final senate primary debate and now I’ve got a 27 year old kid who was probably blacking out doing keg stands that night who can’t remember his talking points. Marin is definitely a lefty, but I think Phil Ponce has done a really really good job with debates over the years and was fair in that interview.
Comment by Shore Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:12 pm
Too funny. “Milkman and the Plummer 2014″
Comment by Golden Eagle Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:19 pm
=…nice of Rich to reward a longtime commenter with his own page.=
Well…at least it’s generating spam.
Comment by The REAL Anonymous fka Anonymous Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:21 pm
…but “snark” in the tradition of CapFax, not so much IMHO. Maybe Mr. Willy was up too late last night and is off his game a bit today.
Comment by The REAL Anonymous fka Anonymous Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:23 pm
Ouch!
Maybe watching this is causing me to Blank …
“I look forward to running in the 12th district, and if memory serves from the primary last time, I will just be in the “border precincts” on a listening tour, which will be real cool too.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:35 pm
Ok, JB, explain to me what the appeal of Jason is…
What is/are his big accomplishments, big ideas, big goals?
Heck mock Jack! all you want but at least he did something before running for office (besides the stuff that came up in the divorce). I am sorry I really don’t get the appeal of Plumber.
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:39 pm
“I get to go on an airplane A-LOT if I win, so I wanna win real bad.”
“This is going to be a tough race … there is less area to hide and all the good spots are out of the district.”
“The first bill I want to introduce is the ‘Wooden Nickel’ bill, making the wooden nickel legal tender … and … um … to be able to use it like any other nickel too … in hour of my Dad and Plummer Lumber … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:40 pm
“Ideas … I gotta bunch … I call upon President Obama … that … he come right down to the congress … right there … once a year … and tell us members of congress what kind of … thing … we are in, and what he plans on doin’ about it!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:42 pm
“I promise … if elected … that I won’t take recess … when the rest of the members are on recess, I will come back to the district and make those working days … not recess days, and you can count on it.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:44 pm
“I do, I want to debate … I … ‘WANT’ to. I fear debates might lead to ‘information overload’ for me and the voters, so I might only agree to either none or zero …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:46 pm
“I want to be very clear on my financials … My family makes the money, I just spend it …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:48 pm
As a Metro East resident, I am ashamed to say that IF Jason Plummer wins in the fall, John Shimkus will no longer be the most naive, the most poorly informed, the goofiest member of this state’s congressional delegation. Plummer will make Shimkus look like The Thinker. And it’s a sad day when ANYONE makes Shimkus look sharp.
Comment by Steve Downstate Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:48 pm
Plummer-thin skinned, arrogant, vindictive, condescending and, Oh, he can’t put two sentences together.
Look forward to more laughs and gaffs from Plummer in the future.
Comment by Marty Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:53 pm
“What do you think was the reason I beat Cook … well, for one thing …’Rodger’ … the ‘d’ really spooked me… REALLY spooked me, serously… and when I was in the precincts I would ask, “Who puts a ‘d’ in ‘Rodger’, right? …Right? … so then .. um, I would say, ‘I don’t even have a ‘d’ in my first name, like ‘Jadson’ and then that was it, I became the congresman last night … uh … (softly) what? ….nominee congressman … like a Pledge in a fraternity I think ….(softly)right? … Yeah, but without eating goldfish … it was the ‘d’ in ‘Rodger’ …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 2:55 pm
“I like campaigning, I like the parades … and the ice cream at the picnics, yes! … I get to dress up, that’s pretty cool. I get to read a whole bunch, out loud like in school … and I read it real loud and people listen … they just stop talking and I read.
Sometimes … it seems like I keep reading the same thing … over and over … blah, blah, blah … and people, they act like never heard me read, and they clap. Reminds me of school. So I like the campaigning.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:00 pm
“I have a question for you, the press … this ‘trail’ … campaign ‘trail’ … I have gone up and down Illinois, and now I really was down here and stuff … and i can’t find a ‘trail’ for the campaign stuff … seriously … where is it…. didn no one tell me because the 1st time everyone was giving me a hard time …so I am doin’ it again … so where is that ‘campaign trail’ located?
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:03 pm
“Sorry, spelling was never a strong point … when someone asked if I was going to reach across the ‘isle’, I really did think, ‘Like the Hawaiian ‘isles’ or Gilligan’s ‘isle’ … that was a trick question … the hallway without walls and everybody sits on one side or another and stuff, ‘aisle’ … yeah I will reach across … do we hold hands, how does THAT work, because i am still trying to get the ‘isle’ thing out of my head …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:14 pm
“I am not afraid to say it … being a congressman can be something scary … I meam, … I haven’t seen the dorms, and where do I do my laundry…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:17 pm
“Yes, I did call Jerry Clarke … I said, ‘Guess who might need a roommate in DC next year?’ … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:21 pm
“Yeah, Rodger had hard feelings, but he started it … this is my nomination and he made me spend my Dad’s hard earned money … and me like … do things … and I got mad … and this is mine … so he can just be mad … being a ‘congress candidate’ is real hard and he didn’t help me … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:29 pm
“Funny story … few years ago … I am on U of I’s Student Council …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:30 pm
“I don’t have to answer that question because, ‘a’ I didn’t study for it, ‘2′ you in the media will twist it like a celery stick, and ‘d’, Members of Congress do not handle ‘federal’ things like you said, we handle ‘NATIONAL’ things … you should know the difference.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:36 pm
“I like Washington DC, I have always loved the West Coast, and the surf … and Seattle … the Emerald City in Washington too…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:38 pm
He’s a “game changer” for sure.
O’Willy — do I feel a script coming?
Comment by mark walker Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:40 pm
Carol Marin’s media empire? Seriously?
Comment by soccermom Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:42 pm
- mark walker -
You have come the closest …I will leave it there
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:44 pm
===Carol Marin’s media empire? Seriously?===
It took Him a while to figure out her spelling too …
“Marin … I am pretty sure there are two ‘e’s … you know … M.A.R. …. E …N. E. “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:47 pm
“I would not catagorize the 12th a ‘Swing’ district … we love Jazz, the Blues … and some County … but not a ‘Swing’ distirct, no …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:49 pm
“I was told if I won, the Republican Party here wants me to spend as much time in Washington learning as possible … just stay there in DC and learn … can’t learn about congress-suff in Illinois, they say, so they have been telling me alot ‘get out to DC’ … which is good.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:53 pm
He can see Russia from his house.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:54 pm
“The best part is that this is a 6 year term, so I don’t have to keep ‘running ang running’ like the Senators … whew … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 3:58 pm
I think ABC-7’s Charles Thomas put it best when he said if Jason was a Democrat the media would be bending over backward to say what a treasure it is to have a young man serve his country in the Navy and in political office.
Run as a Republican and you get the peanut gallery shooting spitwads at you for doing the right thing.
JBP
Comment by JP Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:02 pm
“Sure, I will join some caucuses if I win. I looked if they had one, and they don’t … so…
I am going to start the ‘12th Districts Caucus’ and invite everyone who is in their state’s 12th district to join. We can do things with 12 in them, like have ‘donut days’ for the caucus, and watch the movie ‘The Dirty Dozen’ once a month … and just real cool stuff like that …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:02 pm
“One question … where do I get a cloak? I remember watching Harry Potter and they had that ‘wand store’ … for wands, duh … but Congress has a ‘Cloak Room’ … is the ‘cloak store’ in Washington?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:05 pm
Plummer won because he was the best organized. Unlike some of the presidential candidates who had trouble circulating petitions, Jason had teams of 8 and 9 people at community festivals last fall complete with clipboards, petitions and a smile.
The negative attacks on Cook hurt him. It would have been nice if the media had looked into them and let the rest of us know if they were legitimate or bogus.
Jason may be young, but even old Abe could have looked up to him.
Comment by Downstate Illinois Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:05 pm
“When they told me we had a ‘media buy’, I thought we bought you thru November … no? … really? … this word stuff is so confusing”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:09 pm
I am disappointed. He was pretty dirty in the campaign’s last 2 weeks. The BND comboxes express much dislike for him.
Comment by Southern Peggy R Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:09 pm
===Jason may be young, but even old Abe could have looked up to him.===
Careful …Careful
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:10 pm
“Is this true …if I sit on Lincoln’s lap in DC, my fortune will appear on the wall … is that really true???”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:12 pm
“Well, my week is pretty full … some campaign stops, thank you visits to supporters … doctor vist … how’s that …. yeah, doctor visit … I got to get my shots for Potomac Fever, which is kinda like Strep I guess … gives me the chills, so I am going to get my shots and a case of Sunny D …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:15 pm
==Heck mock Jack! all you want but at least he did something before running for office (besides the stuff that came up in the divorce).
Heck, Jack is ahead in at least having had a hot wife.
Comment by ArchPundit Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:17 pm
“I plan on staying and living in this district for as long as the law requires me, that I can promise you.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:23 pm
“I will be really suprised if I have to keep defending my resume. My reusme speaks for itself.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:25 pm
=== “Is this true …if I sit on Lincoln’s lap in DC,
my fortune will appear on the wall … is that
really true???”===
“… cuz I just think the banks oughtta have better security than that…. can’t be putting people’s fortunes all over other people’s walls.”
Comment by haverford Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:27 pm
“Will someone … please … tell me who is running with ME as my Lt. Congressman!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:27 pm
I think some may be whistling as they walk past the graveyard when it comes to dismissing Plummer’s shot at the seat in the general.
Comment by Bitterman Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:28 pm
- haverford -
Outstanding!!!!
- Bitterman -
“I don’t go by graveyards … or even know how to whistle, I just want everyone to think twice about wether I can win, cuz’ I can …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:30 pm
“Turnout? … yeah things turned out real good … I won … duh … dumb question.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:34 pm
So Willy, is it better for you for him to win and have so much material or lose and have so much material the next time he runs?
Comment by ArchPundit Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:42 pm
“I am not asking for me … but I heard the White House gives out the best candy for Halloween … true or false?!?!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:44 pm
===So Willy, is it better for you for him to win and have so much material or lose and have so much material the next time he runs? ===
That is like asking which REAL Plummer quote is the most priceless …
Win - I get all the Freshman jokes, all the “fit-in” jokes …
Lose - I get the family/Dad/money jokes, the akward HS or College rejection jokes …
Hopefully we all win till November and take it from there … don’t make me choose.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:47 pm
“This election, for me was like the epic tale of good versus evil, the establishment, versus the ones who want it ’shaken up’ … it became real clear to me early on … Rodger Cook was … wait … ‘Captain Hook … Cook’ …I was …”Peter Pan …Plummer’ … hello? See it … yes … Once you understand that, I couldn’t see how I was going to lose.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 4:54 pm
Oh, gonna make me blush, OW. I forgot, “cuz that’s socialism,” at the end of mine - which is fairly inexcusable. You,however, are on quite a roll.
After Rich’s guess that JP was Plummer, I can’t stop looking at the initials jbp. For some reason, I want his middle name to be “breakfast” more than I can say. Jason Breakfast Plummer.
Comment by haverford Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:08 pm
“Now … when I am working … I want them other Congress guys to realize … I gotta be home when the street lights come on or I get in trouble …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:08 pm
“I want the people fo the 12th District to know, i will not go on any junkets (whispers, ‘boring’) while a member of congress .. I may go on field trips to Six Flags or the Wisconsin Dells, but no junkets.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:12 pm
“This says, ‘List all your business references; do not include family members.’ … Do I just leave this blank, Dad?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:18 pm
- The REAL Anonymous fka Anonyous -
===Mr. Willy was up too late last night and is off his game a bit today.===
Have I redeemed myself? You made me even more self-conscious.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:21 pm
“I heard the Congress has a …’Gym’ … great, there are Math questions to RUN for Congress, and ‘Gym’ once your IN Congress … real jobs are alot like High School…”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:25 pm
“Being a Congressman won’t change much for me, actually. Yes, I will have a job, and there is ’session’, but on recess and breaks, I’ll go work for my Dad to earn money for next semester as I always did …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:30 pm
“How do you get on the ‘Meal Plan’ at the Congressional Dining room … is the form in my admission papers?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:47 pm
“How will I like Congress … i will love it! It’s like going to those large college classrooms and the professor is speaking, and other ’students’ speak, that’s all the same.
Now, I don’t have to study and they won’t call my name unless I raise my hand, which is the REALLY cool part.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:52 pm
“I am only going to say this once … Wether its in or out of the District, I am heading to Oswego …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:56 pm
“I have had TOUGH votes … the ‘keg rule’ vote while on the U of I Student council still haunts me …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 5:58 pm
INTERMISSION …
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 6:03 pm
“Some reporter keeps asking me about G-O-TV .. is that like European Soccer channel on Cable or Satellite … G-O-TV … I am running for Congress, I don’t care about soccer right now!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 6:42 pm
“I am humble. All I hear is that I am not humble. ‘Jason Plummer’ knows ‘Jason Plummer’ is humble. ‘Jason doesn’t need to tell anyone how humble ‘Jason’ is … I’ll show them humble, I will be the most hum-bil-ie humble person ever to humb … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 6:45 pm
JPB, a little advice: if you want to match wits with Oswego Willy, you better double up, son. Half ain’t going to cut it.
Otherwise, you’re bringing a knife to a gunfight. And a pretty dull knife at that.
Willy, if the state GOP doesn’t understand where you’re coming from, they’re content to remain in the minority, draw their checks, have their staff, and get their per diem. Which, I’m convinced, is the deal after all these years.
On a, somehow, related subject, it being spring and all:
–The 1986 Mets … they had other problems besides punctuation.–
Unless “blow” is a punctuation mark.
Who would have thought that Gary Carter would die before Doc and Straw?
I had a buddy working plumbing down in Tampa when Doc and Straw were coming through the Mets system, and he used to go to their games and party with them. Those dudes could party, as we all found out.
They weren’t in Tampa long. Doc won 19 games in The Bigs when he was 18. The next year, he won 21. Straw was one of the most feared hitters in baseball when he was a kid.
The thing with Doc, he never knew what he had. He had a lightning bolt in his arm. When they taught him to throw a noon-to-six curveball, it took him about ten tosses, and all of a sudden he’s better than Bert Blyleven.
He was a natural. He never appreciated his gift. Until it was gone. All you old Little Leaguers out there, can you imagine?
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 6:58 pm
- wordslinger -
Those words are too kind. You are THE “Gold” Standard, and there is no question why the Golden Horseshoe for Commenter is named for you.
I know my posts are to deaf “eyes”, but it does give me great solace that you “get” where I come from with the ILGOP, Cross, Plummer, et al.
IF … the GOP read what I post, I would hope they understand that I am just trying to point out how they all could be so much better, and try to look at things a bit differently, in hopes to helping the cause.
Admittedly, I do enjoy a good mocking too…
This is not the first time you have made me feel better that my snark is out there and has a sting of truth to try to help the cause … That is pretty cool, so thanks.
To the Mets …Right on the mark, interviews of the 1986 and the 1987 Mets consisted of guys not appreciateing the gifts they had, and thinking “everything always turns out well for us, this will never end.”
Gary Carter
As a kid, I was one of the kids who specifically bought a catcher’s mitt to imitate the “Catcher from the Expos” and when “the Kid” went to the Mets, you knew that Team was cookin’ with gas.
“Wasted talent, that is what my Father always warned me about … wasting my talent.”
Thanks for the “Cherry on the Sundae” with your post - wordslinger -, I would enjoy talking politics or baseball with you anytime.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 7:24 pm
“Really, Grand Old Party …. You sure? … Dad said it was for Good Ole Plummer!.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 7:27 pm
“I know how Washington works … I saw “The American President” like 10 times in a row on HBO one weekend, so I know the ‘Beltway’ and I am going to change it.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 7:30 pm
This is the best post I’ve read anywhere about anything. I laughed till I cried. My hat is off to OW et al.
Comment by Calhoun Native Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 7:45 pm
- Calhoun Native -
For all of us who contributed, thanks!
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:01 pm
“I do hope the real Congress, is like the “Mock Congress” I went to; a few worksheets, a PowerPoint presentation and a participatory certificate …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:04 pm
“Yes … I was told some members of Congress get apartments, is that true … yeah, …I don’t think I am ready for Off-Campus housing, do you have a Freshman Dorm, or do you throw us in with the older kids right away …. Jason Plummer … P-L-U-M-M-E-R … from Illinois….No, this is not a radio bit, I am the GOP Nominee from the 12th District … Are you saying the Freshman Dorms are full, or all the dorms are full … oh, NO dorms … I would be willing to pay to be a Resident Assistant if that helps … Yes, Plummer, Jason Plummer … and I do want to get on the ‘Meal Plan’ for the Congressional Dining Room … Yep, that’s me … oh … so you HAVE heard of me …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:11 pm
“I do not look like Will Ferrell … “
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:15 pm
O.W.–wow…what a long riff!
I call him the Little Plummer Boy.
Comment by Southern Peggy R Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:27 pm
“Why does everyone older than me asks ‘Have you seen the movie The Candidate’ … what does that mean?”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:30 pm
Calhoun, there are many of us who would be a lot more Red than Blue if guys like Willie and Schnorf were valued in their own party today.
It never ceases to amaze me that they are not. Brains, talent, hard work, wit and guts don’t mean much in some circles.
Of course, many Republicans can’t cut the mustard in some circles these days, Reagan (voted for FDR four times) or Goldwater, would be treated like Bolsheviks by the Tea Partiers.
Sez la vie. Until then, Willie jabs like Ali, and Schnorf goes to the gut like Frazier. And they fight the good fight.
God bless Willie and Schnorf, we all need them.
And for all you canaries in the coal mine out there, it’s looking possible that our friends in Indiana are fixing to push out Sen. Lugar.
Military intelligence advisor to Pres. Eisenhower (Ike, for all you youngsters out there). Innovative mayor of a big city. Brilliant senator. Beat swords into plowshares by decommissioning nuclear material aimed at us and converting it to electric power.
Yeah, the GOP and the country doesn’t need any of that. The Tea Party said so. And they’re the depository of all virtue and wisdom. Just ask them.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:32 pm
“Well, one thing that Harriman and I have in common is the ‘double letter’ in the last name … ‘Harriman - two ‘r’s … Plummer - two ‘r’s … uh … ‘m’s … so the district has some cool names to choose from … that have double letter last names …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:32 pm
“Yeah, I had a real good feeling going into Tuesday. I walked a ton of precincts, we got our message out on TV, our mail was spot on, and my Magic 8 ball said, ‘All signs point YES’ when I asked if I was going to win, so I was cautiously optimistic.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:44 pm
Of course, Plummer could be the national GOP’s star of the future. (Bear with me a sec.) Remember Quayle? Many of us thought he was a dunce in ‘88. Along came Dubya, and suddenly Quayle started to seem like a Rhodes Scholar. Then Sarah Palin showed up, leaving Dubya looking like the smartest boy in the class. Now (heaven forbid), what if Plummer went national in ten years? Plummer for president! (Did I really just write that? No, no, I’m sure I did not.) Jay Jay would make Sarah Palin look like — I don’t know — Margaret Thatcher, perhaps.
But please, please, please — may this never come to pass.
Comment by Steve Downstate Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:45 pm
That last one was Post 100 … Hopefully some you liked, some you really liked, and some were Jason Plummer (maybe?) … Just noting the milestone, if i get a few more, I’ll drop them.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:46 pm
– Along came Dubya, and suddenly Quayle started to seem like a Rhodes Scholar.–
No. Dubya was, and is, a lot smarter than Quayle. A lot. But Dubys could be shockingly disinterested sometimes.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:50 pm
===– Along came Dubya, and suddenly Quayle started to seem like a Rhodes Scholar.–
No. Dubya was, and is, a lot smarter than Quayle. A lot. But Dubys could be shockingly disinterested sometimes.===
That was the knock on W., great when it was something he wanted to focus on, but once he loses interest and moves on, forget it.
Quayle is intellectually not in the same orbit as a focused W. when it comes to governing or politics.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 8:54 pm
“I do miss Jerry, and Bill, and everyone from my race for Lt Governor.
Boy, if Bill and Jerry hadn’t blown that race, I would be the Lt. Governor of Illinois.
In quiet moments, I think, ‘I covered all those border counties, I hid, when I messed up I went to my room, I did EVERYTHING I could do to help, and it came down to others that I … Jason Plummer … am not a Lt. Governor’ …
It stings, but I know I have the best possible candidate to help me win … and that’s me.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 9:17 pm
“To be honest, did I learn anything from my run for Lt. governor … No, No I did not.”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 9:20 pm
“I think what upsets me the most is when someone gets mad at me for a campagingn strategy. I leave all that up to people who know what they are doing, which doesn’t include me …”
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 9:27 pm
OK - 9:30 …
Rich, I hope I earned that “Page”, I am leaving the building.
Big thank you … and maybe JBP will stick around next time.
Again, thanks to all!
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 9:34 pm
Putting Quayle in the same league with an er, unfocused GWB may be giving DQ too much credit, word.
Great work today, Willy.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 9:40 pm
Man, the funny bar on this blog has been raised so high today I’m afraid to post anything other than this: Thanks Oswego Willy for being such a great contributor to Rich’s blog. It’s people like you that make this place so special.
You’re a funny guy Willy.
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 10:15 pm
OK - 9:30 …
Curfew?
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Mar 21, 12 @ 11:38 pm
Enough already.
Comment by Sick of It All Thursday, Mar 22, 12 @ 2:00 am
AA, 47th … thanks, appreciate it …
No curfew, just had somethng to do …
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 22, 12 @ 6:54 am
And 47th ..
I always look forward to your take on things, you make me pause and think, so thanks for that.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 22, 12 @ 7:03 am
Like Will Ferrell did with Bush, perhaps Oswego Willy should bring this act to the stage. Bravo!
Comment by Wensicia Thursday, Mar 22, 12 @ 7:57 am
- Wensicia -
Thanks! I don’t think anyone can capture “Jason Plummer” like … Jason Plummer.
The play would have to be a “road show” and in undisclosed locations, probably in border counties …
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 22, 12 @ 8:25 am