tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6577900371975941333..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-27970467583693851182008-02-29T13:55:00.000-05:002008-02-29T13:55:00.000-05:00Ed Mahern held his seat for ten years. He defeated an incumbent Republican. His brother,Louis, served 4 terms in the sate Senate from 76'to 92'. The Mahern-Elrod election was tainted by the fact that one heavily Democratic precinct in Beech Grove received the wrong ballots that contained neither Elrod or Mahern's names. The 8 vote difference between the two candidates could esaily have been made up in that precinct. The State election board voted 2-1, along party lines, to uphold the results, effectivly disenfranchising the voters of that precinct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19922543309272586412008-02-28T08:40:00.000-05:002008-02-28T08:40:00.000-05:00Marti, you need to go out and buy some new batteries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-24559695174081121562008-02-28T07:25:00.000-05:002008-02-28T07:25:00.000-05:00anon 6:03, I suspect RiShawn was tacking on the many years Louis Mahern served in the legislature to Ed Mahern's time.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5622179376099043052008-02-28T06:03:00.000-05:002008-02-28T06:03:00.000-05:00Marti, there must be some rock somewhere you can crawl back under. Geeeeesh.<BR/><BR/>A good post, Gary, but RiShawn gets tripped up on small details that could easily be researched.<BR/><BR/>The Maherns have not held that House seat for 30 years. Redistricting has changed it substantially, paritcularly in the 90s. But brother Louis was in the Senate, not the House. <BR/><BR/>RiShawn was fired becuase he didn't check enough facts. His firey writing was and is entertaining, and mostly spot-on. But when someone routinely forgets to check the little facts, which could easily be checked, it makes editors wonder about the bigger facts.<BR/><BR/>The overall tone of the RiShawn article is correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7739343387736685782008-02-27T22:56:00.000-05:002008-02-27T22:56:00.000-05:00Biddle should watch out. No doubt Andre will threaten him as he has others. <BR/><BR/>I have to agree with 758, thanks for posting this AI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13695713501526046602008-02-27T22:10:00.000-05:002008-02-27T22:10:00.000-05:00Great post AI. Your last paragraph speaks volumes about our local media. <BR/><BR/>It brings to mind the pathetic apology Dennis Ryerson staged with the old school Carson machine and the now defunct former mayor. He and Bart looked like two little boys that were taken out to the woodshed and spanked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-57073232919597992852008-02-27T22:00:00.000-05:002008-02-27T22:00:00.000-05:00LOL, you're impugning Thomas? That's about the funniest thing I've heard all week. Tell me, did Rishawn call Andre a zip coon?Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135098390389506633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18744234086799207722008-02-27T21:43:00.000-05:002008-02-27T21:43:00.000-05:00Amen! Anon 8:49, let me share a story from you, and I am not making this up. I was visiting a multi Service Center, I will not share the location, however. I was talking to a African American woman who said that she has recieved mailers from the Carson campaign. And this is what she said: "These so called black leaders or political cronies if you will, continues to play as if the African American community cannot think for themselves, moreover, she said that she will not support Carson nor will her husband. They through it in the trash". Mr. Carson in his many ads continue to avoid the issues, rolling back Bush tax cuts, universal health care, and safer streets. Mr. Amos Brown needs to understand we do appreciate you here in Indianapolis, but it is time for a change, and Mr. Carson is not the one who can deliver the seventh district, nor is Jon Elrod for that matter. Billy Bro, Bill Crawford, Carl Slummer, and Macy Johnson I hope you are reading this. Wilson, you should start preparing to choose your nursing home sweet heart, because it's right around the corner.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>DARK HorseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44483365972912829772008-02-27T20:49:00.000-05:002008-02-27T20:49:00.000-05:00Andre Carson strikes me as just another Kwame Kilpatrick riding that tired old '60's machine all the while their neigborhoods bleed and crumble.<BR/>Carson won't make out of the primary. After March 11 the real fight begins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19939246412253456682008-02-27T20:07:00.000-05:002008-02-27T20:07:00.000-05:00Thomas does a great job with his site. Wilson is a special case. I think we all disapprove of his tactics and behavior.Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75907425296304620252008-02-27T20:06:00.000-05:002008-02-27T20:06:00.000-05:00Bring back RiShawn Biddle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-46443358717240936522008-02-27T20:03:00.000-05:002008-02-27T20:03:00.000-05:00It would fit right in with the rumor and innuendo that Thomas has allowed Wilson Allen to make his blog into.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-50031794224612049752008-02-27T19:59:00.000-05:002008-02-27T19:59:00.000-05:00Ok, Mr. Welsh. I'll not post that on this site. I'll head over to Blue Indiana and write a diary about my suspicions.Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7117133323174678302008-02-27T19:58:00.000-05:002008-02-27T19:58:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing, Gary. I didn't always agree with RiShawn, but I really miss him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-32672125318123699872008-02-27T19:55:00.000-05:002008-02-27T19:55:00.000-05:00You were saying something false about him, Vox Populi. Enough said.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65527886823959369582008-02-27T19:51:00.000-05:002008-02-27T19:51:00.000-05:00I'm not with a candidate at the moment, AI. I'm still shopping, but I'm not inclined to vote for Mr. Carson. And don't try to make it look like I said something terrible about Mr. Elrod.Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14732123479439793012008-02-27T19:46:00.000-05:002008-02-27T19:46:00.000-05:00It's a quote from Biddle, Vox Populi. And by the way, if I were to show the comment you attempted to post about Jon Elrod on my site the other day to David Orentlicher, he would be pushing you as far away from his campaign as possible as the Carson campaign should have done with Wilson Allen long ago.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90184147660048651952008-02-27T19:41:00.000-05:002008-02-27T19:41:00.000-05:00Oh my god... you mean to tell me Carson's black?Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.com