Last night was the annual Sussex County Democrats Spring Dinner, held once again at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. A sell-out crowd of 200 people (and this is an off year) gathered for some good food (catered by Georgia House) and live and silent auctions. The main speaker was Lt. Governor Matt Denn, who really inspired the crowd with his talk about how Democrats are the responsible party when it comes to running this state and instead of the Republican slash and burn methods of dealing with tight budgets, how he and Governor Jack Markell have made difficult, but sensible cuts.
Senator Tom Carper gave another of his rah-rah speeches and Congressman John Carney also gave a short talk on his two months in office and how that he prefers the way Democratic and Republican elected officials here talk to each other (most times) to solve problems instead of the DC-version of talking at each other to score political points.
State Treasurer Chip Flowers was there (he bought a table) and got a rousing round of applause when he was introduced. Sussex Democrats made the difference for Chip in the primary and he again told people how thankful he was to them for their support.
KWS was there (sans Elliott Jacobson) but wasn’t allowed to speak. Elliott wouldn’t have liked the dinner anyway because it wasn’t help yourself (he knows how to pile on a plate of food, especially when he’s not paying for it). I managed to avoid having to talk to her (cell phones are a great way to avoid having to be phony). I don’t like her and I’d rather eat nails than have to even shake her hand. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Gene Reed was there, but he sat with his sister, Cheryl Fruchtman, and not KWS.
It was interesting to see Rep. Bryon Short, chair of the Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee. Was he there to gauge support for a possible primary against KWS next year? And rumor has it that there are a couple of other Dems thinking about running against her in the primary.
The one rumor that had me in stitches was that Chrissie Pooh and the Fatman from WGMD are shopping around a talk show to be syndicated nationwide. They did a bit not long ago on WGMD and thought they were good enough to go national. Give me a break. Who in the hell would want to listen to a grifter-witch and a 325-pound racist blowhard for hours on end, 5 days a week? We all know that Curley hates being down here in Sussex (he was run out of Syracuse for his racist and homophobic rants on WFBL) and was angling to be Urkel’s press spokesman if he had beaten John Carney. While we’d love to be rid of this slime bag, bad behavior should not be rewarded.