Char-Lie Hales's campaign contribution limit pledge was a joke to begin with, but even so, he can't seem to live by it. Caught in a falsehood, once again he blames it on staffers. It was an honest mistake.
It's not unlike the murderer who tells you that the victim accidentally ran into his knife. Twelve times. In the back.
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According to your poll, Char-Lie will win in a landslide even with his significant truth-telling issues.
I had a friend who gave Jefferson a home fund raiser last weekend. She lamented how Jeffy is a better listener than Charlie, and seemed to be listening. He was also able to convince the gathering that all the indiscretions were long ago and his wife has him all under control. Wow. Easily swayed. He was smooth. When I filled her in on some of the facts, she replied, "I didn't know that". Just breezing along, don't get into policy issues.
Jefferson threw the punch less than a year ago, so if he says his indiscretions were long ago, he's lying. The problem is he has a high IQ but really bad emotional intelligence. That's why he needs his wife to keep him on the path. Emotionally, he's a dunce.
What often happens is this personality type puts on an act to get what he or she wants, and after they're in power, and they no longer have to suppress it as much, it's back to letting the weirdness out again.
There are sudden bad decisions like the sports violence that represents a lack of impulse control. That's bad enough as impulse control is one of the main attributes that define a stable human being.
But it's the driving decisions like going 95-miles-an-hour or failing to yield to an emergency vehicle - which is, as far as I can tell, a failure to pull over when the cop put on the lights - that really show what an absolute mess this guy is.
Anyone who doesn't want Charlie Hales over Jefferson Smith should have his or her head examined. This is no time to put the city in the hands of a problem child.
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Comments (10)
According to your poll, Char-Lie will win in a landslide even with his significant truth-telling issues.
Posted by reader | September 25, 2012 2:56 PM
I'm not so sure. Nutsy has a strong following.
Posted by Jack Bog | September 25, 2012 3:11 PM
Meh...all the same! And the city is doomed either way.
Posted by Portland Native | September 25, 2012 3:49 PM
We've already had one nutsy mayor. I do believe Char-Lies would be better than Smith. At least we know who pulls his strings.
And I do realize that's not saying much.....
Posted by talea | September 25, 2012 5:26 PM
It's not unlike the murderer who tells you that the victim accidentally ran into his knife. Twelve times. In the back.
So what? Jeffy is like that too, only as you lay dying, he'd punch you in the nuts.
Posted by Bill McDonald | September 25, 2012 6:20 PM
I had a friend who gave Jefferson a home fund raiser last weekend. She lamented how Jeffy is a better listener than Charlie, and seemed to be listening. He was also able to convince the gathering that all the indiscretions were long ago and his wife has him all under control. Wow. Easily swayed. He was smooth. When I filled her in on some of the facts, she replied, "I didn't know that". Just breezing along, don't get into policy issues.
Posted by Lee | September 25, 2012 7:54 PM
Jefferson threw the punch less than a year ago, so if he says his indiscretions were long ago, he's lying. The problem is he has a high IQ but really bad emotional intelligence. That's why he needs his wife to keep him on the path. Emotionally, he's a dunce.
What often happens is this personality type puts on an act to get what he or she wants, and after they're in power, and they no longer have to suppress it as much, it's back to letting the weirdness out again.
Don't be fooled, Portland.
Posted by Bill McDonald | September 25, 2012 8:25 PM
Charlie's going to be the next mayor, and ironman will be right there behind him.
Portland attracts idiocy.
Posted by shally | September 25, 2012 8:39 PM
That's why he needs his wife to keep him on the path.
I doubt she's up to that task. No one is.
Posted by Jack Bog | September 25, 2012 9:23 PM
There are sudden bad decisions like the sports violence that represents a lack of impulse control. That's bad enough as impulse control is one of the main attributes that define a stable human being.
But it's the driving decisions like going 95-miles-an-hour or failing to yield to an emergency vehicle - which is, as far as I can tell, a failure to pull over when the cop put on the lights - that really show what an absolute mess this guy is.
Anyone who doesn't want Charlie Hales over Jefferson Smith should have his or her head examined. This is no time to put the city in the hands of a problem child.
Posted by Bill McDonald | September 25, 2012 9:53 PM