Lynch at Large

Democratic candidate wrote checks on Republican senator's account
Wednesday, Aug 10, 2005
By Doug Thompson
Arkansas News Bureau

Doug Thompson's fine article is linked above. It will tell you a lot about the most colorful candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Despite his cavorting with Yanks and Republicans, and a spell of obvious bad judgment, I still like Drew Pritt.

Please understand that I also liked Steve Clark, Bill McCuen, and Tommy Robinson. I am a notorious bad judge of character, at least as far as politicians are concerned. There is a very cool Drew Pritt interview in the WAI Radio.com archive, which is linked in the left column. Pritt gets quite a bit of coverage if you scroll down in this blog.

Here is the part where I put on my political consultant's hat and render free advice to the candidate. Be comfortable with yourself, Drew. A few hot checks is not as bad as joining the Klan. Lots of folks have done the same thing, but something that made you different is paying back the money. Talk about how you learned from your youthful misadventures and be sure to make the voice quiver. That is an essential qualification for any aspiring office holder.

Remember what P. T. Barnum said: "The only bad publicity is no publicity."

That applies to radio broadcasters too!