No, this is not a career award, although that would surely be worthy of discussion. Or not.
No, this is based on items taken directly from the News-Journal’s website.
Contender #1: Evan Queitsch.
You may have read that double-dipping State Senator Gary Simpson is retiring from his post as ‘Director of Alumni Relations’ at the University of Delaware after 20 years. Prior to that, he was General Manager of the Delaware State Fair. Along with the Delaware River & Bay Authority, the Delaware State Fair is arguably THE #1 Good Ol’ Boys feeding ground in Delaware. Simpson was first elected to the Delaware State Senate in 1998, so he’s been a double-dipper for the last 13 years.
To ensure that I in no way distort the thoughts of Mr. Q, allow me to quote in verbatim and in entirety the reason for his nomination in his own words:
I am glad to see that Senator Simpson has found a way to avoid any future problems with his status as an employee of an organization that gets millions of dollars in funding from the State of Delaware. I hope that more legislators will do the same thing and understand that it’s time for them to choose one branch of government or the other. Are you legislators OR public servants? I applaud Senator Simpson for coming to this conclusion.
Uh, Evan? Have you read the article? He just wants to spend more time with his grandkids. He will have two fat pensions to live on, and he will continue to work on building his third pension while collecting his salary as a State Senator. He said nothing about ‘doing the right thing’ here because it never even crossed his mind. When it comes to elected officials, it rarely does.
Contender #2: Tom Carper.
First, read this article, roll it around in your subconscious, and then come back.
The chickens came home to roost as our Democratic, yes, Democratic, U. S. Senator Tom Carper spoke before the Delaware Farm Bureau yesterday.
Our Democratic, yes, Democratic, U. S. Senator Tom Carper called for a culture of thrift from the Federal government and, like his predecessor Bill Roth, cited an anecdotal example to support his empirical proposal:
Carper, a Democrat who is up for re-election next year, cited an example of wasteful spending he’s found in the Defense budget in which the Pentagon spends eight times the cost of parts for certain helicopters.
Why, it’s Bill Roth’s $200 toilet seats all over again.
Except the intellectually dishonest/bankrupt (you decide) Carper knows that you ain’t saving $3 trillion on overpriced helicopter parts.
No, our Democratic, yes, Democratic U. S. Senator Tom Carper says that you’ve gotta adopt the Catfood Commission proposal (Simpson/Bowles)…:
…to reduce deficit spending by $4 trillion over the next decade with $3 of spending cuts for every $1 of new tax revenue. “The best jobs bill we could have is a bipartisan deficit reduction package,” Carper said at a Delaware Farm Bureau meeting at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover.
I have no way of knowing if this is what Carper really thinks, or whether it’s the result of the computer program surreptitiously implanted into his cranium by either Ed Freel or Joe Lieberman, depending on which conspiracy theory you believe.
I do know this. Our Democratic, yes, Democratic, U. S. Senator Tom Carper is no Democrat. He is Bill Roth with lousier constituent services.
OK, kids, time to pick: More clueless, Evan Queitsch or Tom Carper?