Blackfive Is Running for Office
Long time friend of IMAO Matt Burden (Blackfive) is running for state congress in Illinois. It’s time for bloggers to enter the political arena (Scott Ott — damn you, Scrappleface! — has also thrown his hat in the ring), and it would be nice to have someone in government I don’t particularly hate.
IMAO was actually the first blog to send Blackfive traffic, linking to one of my favorite military anecdotes of all time. It also gives you a good idea what kind of man Matt is — one who doesn’t take crap from a French general.
So put some money Matt’s way if you can (and if you’re an American; let’s keep things legal). It will be a good investment. I’m pretty tired of most of the politicians out there, so it’s time for some new ones that our children and grandchildren can get tired of.
(17 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)
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September 18th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Unfortunately, he’s just outside of my area. I have some friends I can spread the word to-after I find out if he represents my views, of course. But I can tell you already that he’s probably better than any of the candidate in that district and also the 5 closest.
September 18th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
The revolution will be tweeted.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I’m in for 10 and probly some donation work too. Not my area but anybody willing to jump into Illinois politics from outside is worth helping out.
September 18th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Most excellent. And the French general story is, in a word, priceless. I look forward to using it when appropriate.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Why doesn’t he just force his opponent out of the race, like another Illinois politician was fond of doing?
September 19th, 2009 at 12:47 am
I don’t think they actually vote for their politicians in that state, it is whoever raises the most money. So even though you may live outside the state of Illinois (ie the real world) give anyway. On the off chance that they do count votes then I don’t think that being registered in the state counts so vote anyway.
September 20th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I’d just like to add that I will send Matt an additional One Hundred every time he makes nanna cry – once he is in office. Hell, I’ll send him 50 if he can make her cry without even being in office.
Bona-fide offer.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Well, yeah
http://www.noonanfornevada.com/