But We DID Elect Him

I'm about tired of the Tony Sanchez campaign's motto, "Rick Perry: We didn't elect him, we don't have to keep him."

I understand the implied point -- Rick Perry ascended to governor as lieutenant governor, and was never elected as governor.

But he was elected as lieutenant governor in a race in which then-Governor Bush campaigned hard for the Republican ticket (with sort of an implication he might run for President). In that sense, the election was about the person who might succeed Bush were he to head to higher office. And Rick Perry was elected.

I realize it's a minor point in a campaign where Perry and Sanchez continue to crank up nasty ads and essentially call each other liars, but I find this motto more grating than most of the retarded ads.

[Posted at 22:22 CST on 10/27/02] [Link]