Daily Glean: Mum's the word; Adelson has a cow

• What happens here, stays here. And then it's found by a 5 year-old Scottish girl. Who puts it in her mouth. Gross. Glasgow Daily Record
• Careful, or at least persistent, readers of Thursday's gubular race coverage will find end-of-story references in both the RJ and the RGJ to Titus slamming GOP frontrunner Jim Gibbons for voting against bonuses for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Good one.
• On the other hand, unless w We missed it (and please tell us if we did), neither careful, persistent nor any other manner of readers will find local MSM coverage of Gibbons' brazen flip-flop on the gay marriage ban amendment. (UPDATE: Thanks to a helpful reader, we now know that the R-J injected Gibbons' statement into its national wire story Wednesday, resulting in a wire-staff hybrid version that apparently was not published online [who uses the Internet anyway?] but that ran on page A10 of the newspaper. We still think a front page headline reading "Gibbons flip-flops" is in order, but nobody ever takes our advice.) We can understand why Titus or Jim Gibson, to say nothing of the GOP gube wannabes, would refrain from emphasizing the subject, politicians these days being so pitifully scared of saying something that might offend the ruling elite in the churchy heartland. But the media silence is a mystery. By the way, you know who could get the most mileage out of blasting Gibbons for the flippity-flop? Gibson. Being an anti-gay marriage crusader himself, and one who even gave money to the cause, he's in an excellent position to hammer the failed congressman for inconsistency, underscoring yet again his own churchy cred in the process. We're just saying...
• A thousand years ago when the Gleaner had a paycheck, the Venetian's Sheldon Adelson called to complain about this story. We were most flattered ... until about 9 seconds into the call, when it became clear that Adelson is a mercurial megalomaniac who trips into apoplexy at the merest hint that he is less than wonderful or brilliant, even if that hint was published in a free weekly with sex ads in the back. So it is with bemusement to note that Adelson's outfit is suing Sun bidness columnist Jeff Simpson for writing -- accurately -- that the company had a "sorry Nevada regulatory record." This is, of course, an absurd lawsuit aimed vaguely at chilling free speech but stemming mostly from Adelson's inability to stop himself from lashing out. And it is really quite astounding coming from a man who gives so much money to Republicans who champion tort reform and complain about frivolous lawsuits.
• With Anjeanette Damon getting corrupted by all that pernicious secular liberal elitism at Harvard, the RGJ"s Ray Hagar is now posting at the paper's Inside Nevada Politics blog. One of the kick-off posts is a bit of a gem, quoting TV celebrity and GOP lt. gov. candidate Barbara Lee Woolen explaining, among other things, how much her Hispanic employee loves his BMW. A lot of people have been making fun of Woolen, noting that she's making a big deal about illegal immigration even though she's running for an office that has effectively no official duties whatsoever. We, on the other hand, are intrigued, and eagerly await Woolen's plan for peace in the Middle East.

Comments

[Hart to Hart]

Has anyone seen Woolen's website? She is so into Nevada politics, that she has as one of her goals to "work to pass a ballot measure to guarantee that marriage can only be between a man and a woman."

Unless I'm wrong I thought the ban was sadly written into the Nevada constitution in 02.

[IronJawed]

Woolen looks like a sweet Granny, but her only prerogative is xenophobia. It's creepy.

[Buck]

Sheldon Adelson--the Jim Rogers of gaming!

[d'Oh!]

Barbara Lee Woollen: She loves Mexicans, and thinks everybody should own one.

[Bleeding Neon]

Just got the press release from the Titus camp announcing the launch of http://www.monorailjim.com. Have to say that I am wary of these candidates -- whether their slags are accurate or not -- focusing on their opponents' shortcomings and not on their own strengths.

That's it. Forget the bipartisan primaries. Independents smell better everyday. Sorry Dina.

[The Penguin]

Bleeding, the standard MO in politics these days is not to tell voters why you should voet for them, but why you shouldn't vote for the other guy. The "lesser of two evils" thing. Which in itself is an unspoken concession by candidates that their opponents have just as much crap on them, so better to throw around as much as you can to show that your shit doesn't stink as bad as your opponent's.

I am with you. I cannot bring myself to vote for either of these bottom dwellers in the primary and certainly will not vote for a Republican in the general. Who's running on the Green ticket?

[Bleeding Neon]

Penguin! You know, I was listening to as much of Dave Berns' State of Nevada series of interviews on KNPR with each of the eight major gubernatorial candidates. Aside from being disgusted by that moron Chris Hansen and being amused by the defensiveness of Jim Gibbons, I remember little else about the other candidates. However, what I do recall about the Green Party candidate was that Dave did all the talking and he offered little input. Sounded like a guy that you'd hang out with and watch movies with while swigging brews, but not a guy you'd want making decisions in Carson City.

[CollegeStudent]

I have met the Green Party candidate. He's a really nice guy, he has some very legitimate concern but seems like he is lacking some information on very key issues in this state. Not neccesarily, factual or topical, more proceedural; and he just isn't clear on the process of the Nevada government. which is fine, i am not either, then again, I am not running for governor.

[The Neon]

Neon and CS, I just threw the Green candidate out as a metaphor as I cannot vote for Gibson or Titus (or any R) and be able to sleep at night. Nonetheless, I'd rather swig brews with that guy than Gibbons, Gibson, Hunt or Titus any day. He has my vote, unless the Libertarian is a beer drinker, too.

[CollegeStudent]

Funny, I'd rather have a beer with Beers, no pun intended. While I think he is politically wacked out and such, I think he is pretty funny and probably reasonablly intelliegent, which is more than I would say about Gibbons.
And have you seen the Beers bumperstickers...
"I like Beers Vote Responsibly" Seriously, I would way rather knock back a few with Beers.
That said, I usually give the head tilted confused puppy dog look to some one who casts a vote based on who they would rather drink with.
On that note, I think I will never get over the irony that people would have rather had a beer with a recovering alcoholic than Al Gore.
And how did that turn out?

[The Penguin]

In truth, I usually cast my votes based on which candidate I'd rather sleep with...well, of course, assuming one of those canddiates is female. In the case of who wants to be the fastest guber, neither Lorraine nor Dina arouse interest in my nether regions. Mimi Miyagi, on the other hand...

[CollegeStudent]

wow

[The Penguin]

CS, none of the above posts related to my voting habits are to be taken seriously. Everyone, LIGHTEN UP, IT'S FRIDAY!!!

[The Penguin]

...although if Mimi were to offer, um, you know...in exchange for votes...I'd happily change my registration for the primary...