http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/bud-kennedy/article52190600.html
But nothing is normal in politics anymore, and there is no sign of normalcy returning before the March 1 primary.
So Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, has every chance in the world to be re-elected in Texas House District 92, even though opponent Scott Fisher’s campaign has unearthed past message-board posts covering a decade of Stickland’s obsessions with (1) fantasy games, (2) politics and (3) marijuana.
On a Missouri-based fantasy football forum, somebody using Stickland’s email address in 2001 called another commenter a “bratwurst-loving homo,” among many posts reflecting a 17-year-old of limited maturity and zero political forethought.
As recently as 2008, according to the Austin-based Quorum Report newsletter, he asked how to pass a employer’s drug test: “What can I do, have to take it by 5PM tonight.”
But nothing is normal in politics anymore, and there is no sign of normalcy returning before the March 1 primary.
So Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, has every chance in the world to be re-elected in Texas House District 92, even though opponent Scott Fisher’s campaign has unearthed past message-board posts covering a decade of Stickland’s obsessions with (1) fantasy games, (2) politics and (3) marijuana.
On a Missouri-based fantasy football forum, somebody using Stickland’s email address in 2001 called another commenter a “bratwurst-loving homo,” among many posts reflecting a 17-year-old of limited maturity and zero political forethought.
As recently as 2008, according to the Austin-based Quorum Report newsletter, he asked how to pass a employer’s drug test: “What can I do, have to take it by 5PM tonight.”
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