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LA-02 Democratic primary turns ugly.

Uglier.

It’s a real rooting for injuries kind of situation. On the one hand, you have DCCC minion (and state representative) Cedric Richmond, who apparently goes to bars and tries to push people around using his elevated status as a… state representative:

…and then you have state representative Juan LaFonta, who is allegedly using a group called Louisiana TruthPAC (the group that produced the above video) to slam Richmond with videos like the above and somewhat… odd… comic book-style attack websites like this one. And then you’ve got Eugene Green, who was Dollar Bill Jefferson’s* former chief of staff. Which means that he’s just as likely to have set up this site to mutually assure the destruction of the two candidates standing between him and the primary win. It is, as they say, an absolute mess down there: arrogant stalking horse vs. would-be character assassin vs. guy who probably gave Jefferson the tin foil that Jefferson wrapped his dirty bribe money with. None of them are really worth the time and trouble, are they?

Which is why you need to go and vote for the Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao.

It’s important.

*…in his freezer.

COMMENTS

  • qixlqatl

    Shapes up like a steel cage death-match ;)

  • redtillimdead

    In a low turnout, 4 candidate field, we should hope for a run-off, on Oct. 2, exactly ONE month before election day. Richmond is very close, or above the 50% needed to avoid a run-off. If you are an independent voter in this district (New Orleans), vote in the Dem primary for LaFonta. Cao is unopposed and Vitter will win with over 70%. We need a run-off here. LaFonta will forget his nice pledge in a run-off and go back to his old ways of destroying his opponent. Hopefully his union buddies come through for him Saturday and force a run-off that will leave Dems bleeding support to Indy Ron Austin. The winner will emerge broke with a fractured party and only 1 month to raise money and unite. We need a run-off here.

  • redtillimdead

    Moe, you also left out former LOUISE SLAUGHTER and BARNEY FRANK aide Gary Johnson, who has run a surprisingly good grassroots campaign and could hurt Richmond with young African Americans. Also hurting Richmond: He and Green share the same geographic base, and, in a low-turnout, low-info election, his name is last on the ballot.