Nevada blessed with abundance of generous souls who will make everything better

Nevada owes a deep debt of gratitude to political fixers and juice peddlers Pete Ernaut and Greg Ferrarro. While hundreds of thousands of un- and semi-employed Nevadans cower in their worthless homes agonizing over how to make ends meet and grousing about a corrupt system that concentrates wealth at the top while methodically eliminating the middle class, Ernaut and Ferraro are effectively digging into their own pockets and selflessly providing their talent, expertise and magical backroom conniving powers to Nevada gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval -- for free!

But then, Brian Sandoval is quite a catch. Upon resigning from the federal judiciary last year to run for governor, Sandoval was immediately hired by the Jones Vargas Barristers Warehouse and Lobbying Emporium, where the strapping Latino heartthrob "focuses his practice on mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution." How can a man who's been running for governor full-time from the nanosecond he left the bench (or before) also perform quality work/billable hours for clients whose very livelihood may depend on his attention to each detail of their niggling little problems? He's Brian Sandoval, that's how.

Then again, sleepwalking through the least consequential gubernatorial campaign in American history is a full-time job, so maybe Sandoval hasn't been doing much (any) work for the firm since signing on. Hopefully, Jones Vargas has found a way for Sandoval to earn a little extra money to take care of his family of Real Americans while he's running for governor anyway -- especially during these our Scary Sad Times. The rainmaking power of having Nevada's next pointless governor on the firm's payroll must be worth a buck or two.

Some other guy, Rory Reid, is also running for governor, and he too is benefiting from absolutely free and generous assistance from a professional campaign operative (albeit one who has never won a race that anybody cared about so this might be a case of you get what you pay for).

Like Sandoval, Reid too is connected with a firm whose revenues hinge largely on cronyism, er, an "extensive experience in government." And Reid isn't merely an attorney at Lionel Sawyer & Collins, he's a shareholder. Good -- he'll need something to fall back on. His chances of becoming governor are twofold -- slim and fat. (And channeling Jim Gibbons must have seemed like such a good idea at the time.)

Anyway, back to The Important Point: Nevada and Nevadans enjoy a veritable bounty of exceptional politicians, selfless consultants and public-spirited legal/lobbying firms, all working together to sustain the same quality of thoughtful, mature leadership that has done so much already to make the state what it is today.

And most importantly of all -- Nevada voters wouldn't have it any other way.

Comments

[RussBBinVegas@aol.com]

Haha, gotta give it to ya Gleaner. You talk like the typical Las Vegas voter (standing in line at Boulder Station to receive his or free "free" gift, a throw-away Chinese trinket that cost Mr & Mr Fertita approx 17¢ for which the invited guest must have gambled & lost approx $1,000) gives a shit.

[RussBBinVegas@aol.com]

his or her

[RussBBinVegas@aol.com]

And btw, poor Rory. He shoulda canned the $1,000-an-hour consultants, puttin' all them hi-fallutin words in his mouth and commercials 'bout ehjookaeshun. 35 bucks an hour for a trainer at Golds (to put a little meat on that scrawny bod that always makes his Men's Wearhouse suit look 2 sizes too big) and 6.99 for some L'Oreal (suggested tint: tawny Sandoval) at Walgreens would have been dinero MUCH wiser spent.

[dave404]

Like most races in Nevada, the winner of the Gov race will likely be determined by the number of road-side signs sighted by the "thoughtful" voter.

[Goldy]

Ouch, baby. Bitter much? It's called a republic, baby. It ain't perfect, but it’s the best we (man kind) has come up with.

Sure, you can try your plutocracy. Get your philosopher kings, elect them by a generous, understanding, and educated electorate. It will push Ernaut out of a job. Or maybe you can go the benevolent dictator route. His selfless, kind, thoughtful leadership will put Ferraro in the poor house. But we gots a Republic, baby. And in the immortal words of Montel Williams, "This is how we do it!"

Don't h8. It's the longest, most successful form of government mankind has ever known. Not perfect, that’s for sure. God's chosen reporter, Schwartz, astutely, cogently, and correctly points that out. But no need to get all bent over it, baby! The strongest criticism faced by your cherished Founding Fathers was that they were too cozy with the folks that helped elect them. That, effectually, makes Sandoval and Reid like Jefferson and Hamilton. Wait...

[Fed Up]

Let's rephrase the Gleaner's main point:

Nevada is a democracy in form, but a plutocracy in content. Campaigns for public office is funded by private interests. The successful candidates end up as whore for their big campaign contributors.

[Schmoldy]

As a lobbyist for the foreign gold corporations and anybody else who's paying him, Goldy is a beneficiary of the legalized bribery system that he and others have honed so well in Nevada. So of course he is sensitive to the Gleaner's truthiness.

[Goldy]

Ouch again, baby! No sensitivity. Gleaner and Schwartz are on point.

Just sayin' there are no better forms of government out there. Most times you try to pass laws to improve the system, you trade one set of poorly thought out problems for another.

The wise electorate gets what they want. The advocates in the system get what they want. The elected get what they want. The only ones who are unhappy are the losers in the system. Personal loss, frustration, and inadequacy is expressed as self-rightous indignation over a "system" that is "rigged."

My suggestion for improving the greatest form of governemnt known to mankind--timely disclosure of everything, baby.

[Scorpiogal]

That 'Welcome to Nevada' sign SHOULD read, '125 Years of Vision Loss'.

[Scorpiogal]

@ Goldy,
"...in the immortal words of Montel Williams, "This is how we do it!"

You mean Montel Jordan. I'd stay away from those smelters if I were you. Just sayin'.

[Goldy]

HE SAID IT TOO??!! The odds must be sick,,,