'Burban Babies

Once in a while BigZam likes to get a little political, but, when Blogging, does not like to gang up on one party or the other. More so, besides referring to himself in the 3rd person, he likes to gang up on idiocy. Here’s another attempt: I’m driving around town, with 89.3 the Current turned up and their news guy, Bob Collins comes on and he tells me about a heated battle of words taking place, in the race for Congress’ 3rd district, the one being vacated by Jim Ramstad.

Appalled, I went online and looked it up. Here’s what I found, as it is written at mpr.org (btw, after you read this, guess which guy pictured here is the suburban cry-baby):

Paulsen camp knocks Madia for lacking kids, mortgage
Posted at 6:00 PM on September 30, 2008 by Curtis Gilbert
Republican congressional candidate Erik Paulsen's campaign says his DFL opponent Ashwin Madia lacks the "suburban life experience" to represent Minnesota's 3rd District.

"Raising a family in the district, sending your kids to the public school, owning a home, working in the 3rd District, paying property taxes in the 3rd District. Erik Paulsen has done all these things. And Ashwin Madia has not," said state Sen. Geoff Michel, R-Edina, who spoke on behalf of the Paulsen campaign at a press conference today.

And Michel, argues those distinctions matter to voters.
"Do you feel what my family feels trying to save for college?" he asked. "Do you feel what my family feels sending our kids to public schools? When you talk about No Child Left Behind and the growth of the federal government's role in education, do you feel that as a father? These are all important, sort of minimum requirements for a member of Congress from the 3rd District."

Paulsen, 43, is a state legislator and father of four. Madia, 30, is a bachelor, and he's making his first run for office. He's also a lawyer and an Iraq war veteran.
"That is certainly something to be applauded, but it's not a shortcut to Congress," Michel said.

Wow

I love the last comment by Michel, about how being a military veteran and a lawyer is not a shortcut to Congress. Well, NEITHER IS HAVING A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS AND DRIVING YOUR ASS TO 8,000 SOCCER PRACTICES!!!

GEEZ!!! Even more beautiful is the opening line which states that Madia is lacking, “suburban life experience." Are you frickin’ serious?!?! OH, yeah, it’s sooooo tough living in the ‘burbs. I don’t know how anyone, manages it. You city folk have it SO EASY!!!! Look, I live in a suburb, and have TWO stinkin’ mini-vans, and 3 kids, THAT DOESN’T MAKE MORE QUALIFIED TO BE A CONGRESPERSON THAN JOE BACHELOR DOWN THE STREET!!!!

Furthermore, HE’s A WAR VETERAN, and you’re trying to tell me that he lacks SUBURBAN LIFE EXPERIENCES!!!! WTF!!?? Anyway, here's the link to the audio story. If nothing is below, head over to the links on the right side of the page: (NEVERMIND!!! I checked it out, and it is boring as hell)