The Truth About Junior

by: huntsu

Thu Nov 02, 2006 at 08:42:35 PM EST

But the truth is Tom Kean Jr. is full of shit.

This is a guy I actually used to like.  Personally.  We weren't friends who spent the holidays together or anything, but we definitely were glad to see each other at various political and social events.  All in all, he was someone who I might have considered voting for if the Democrat was a complete putz.

At the time I did not realize Tom Kean Jr. was the complete putz.  If I see him at an event now I will probably be polite but look for a quick escape.  Anyone else to talk to other than Junior.

You can look at the five paragraphs above through a partisan lens, sure.  I'm a lifelong Democrat and while I am angry with Menendez for voting to allow torture and to eradicate habeas corpus, I am voting for him next Tuesday.  Any good and loyal Democrat and Menendez supporter would be able to say the same thing.

But I have evidence now, courtesy of Herb Jackson of the Bergen Record, that Junior is a mendacious liar looking to spin anything into the crime of the century solely to benefit his own ambitions and power.

Republican Senate hopeful Tom Kean Jr.'s campaign called developer Murray Kushner's money "dirty" in a September news release that noted Democrat Bob Menendez had taken $7,700 of it.

On Wednesday, Kean's campaign said it had made a mistake.

What changed?

Kushner gave Kean $8,000 on Friday.

Junior would have us believe that a scandal-plagued political player donating to Bob Menendez is proof that Menendez is corrupt.  But that same scandal-plagued political player donating to Junior is not a problem.  See, Junior is a "reformer."

In the dictionary Junior had printed up just for his campaign's use "reformer" is defined as, "Someone who accomplishes little in four years of elected office yet is so eager for a major jump in authority, power and responsibility he is willing to do anything no matter how hypocritical or sleazy."

The only positive of all this is that this scorched earth, Karl Rovian campaign has done so much damage to his reputation that Junior has little chance of rehabilitating himself.  If he loses this election after throwing so much shit against the wall he will be damaged goods, and have to run for his own State Senate seat next year.  He is fortunate that the 21st is such a safe district.