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Oh look, another Republican polymath to enrich our lives.
P.S. Why is it most of the guys I see riding Harleys are fat old boomers? This guy looks like a massive coronary on wheels!
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For the non-motorcyclists out there, Iāll explain the āIf you want more inches - stroke itā comment.
The size of an engine is determined by itās bore (how wide each cylinder is) by itās stoke (how far the piston moves up and down inside the cylinder) times the number of cylinders. So if you āstrokeā an engine, youāre just making the piston travel farther, thus increasing the amount of inches.
Picking cotton would be one way this guy could get an excellent aerobic workout which, judging by his appearance, he hasnāt participated in since the 70s.
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According to my database, Brown is one of those perpetual candidates who claims that God wanted him to run for elective office and he has been kinda-sorta trying that since 1993. In other words, Brown has been trying to get elected to SOMETHING for 21 years.
Brown himself describes his political career thusly: to the Idaho Statesman: " You ever see videos of one of those early '50s-era test rockets? How they rise just a few feet off the launching pad and then tip over and crash in a spectacular explosion? Thatās how Iād describe most of my political career."
The remark seems really self-effacing; even enough to get an Idaho voter to vote for him in sympathy, but be apprised that was probably the sunnier side of Brownās personality.
Brown is also one of those guys who has never seen a problem that in his mind could not be solved with extreme violence. When he was running for either President of the United States or the Idaho 1st Congressional District (my database does not say which), Brown suggested mining the Mexican border and nuking the entire Middle East before stealing their oil. Seriously.
āHarley Brownā isnāt even his real name. His REAL name is Robert John Brown and said he changed it for āpolitical reasons.ā I have no idea what those could be.
In a moment of self-awareness, Brown said of himself āA lot of people love me, but a lot of people think Iām a bizarre asshole.ā truer words were never spoken.
Brown has been described as the following:
āan incredibly racist pig.ā
āa Beluga Whaleā
And my favorite
āA mutant combination of Don Rickles, Mickey Rooney and Popeye the Sailor.ā
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Does picked cotton have anything ti do with bikes?
So why does Otter want him included? Is it that Otter thinks he will look sane by comparison, or that Otter is trying not to piss off the baser part of his base or does Otter see this as a form of GOP outreach ?
Harley Brown is one of those guys that drive around in an old truck plastered with stupid signs. He is nothing like a serious candidate.
One can only hopeā¦
Since his statements sound as if they came from bumper stickers, why not just park his truck on stage and let the camera pan over it for his contribution?
There are local āgentlemenā who submit monthly diatribe letters to the newspaper containing similar pithy āgems of wisdomā, including the same comment about welfare dependence. I have recently read two separate posters to Politico and The Hill articles make the same cotton-picking comment. I would not be surprised if a tax-exempt group were pushing this stuff as āissue educationā talking points.
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To fritter away debate time for his real opponent to make points.
So Harley Brown is just a cycle-geek and not making a sexual double-entendre. Quel surpris!
Not all boomers are fat. Yes we are getting older but then so will you. If your arenāt into issues that affect older folks now, you will beā¦eventually.
The GOP needs to reincarnate Harold Stassen.
He knew how to tilt at windmills.
Today Stassen would be too honorable, too honest, too bi-partisan and too liberal to be elected as a Republican. I donāt think that Reagan could pass muster as a national Republican candidate with Faux and Limbaughtarians attacking him.
āā¦God, how I wish we had picked our own cottonā¦ā
Dude couldnāt pick up a pair of socks on the floor.
First, I didnāt say all boomers were fat, only that most of those who ride Harleys appear to be. Down here in Arizona, almost all the guys riding Harleyās look kinda like Johannes Brahms, in later life, gave up composing and got into leather. I used to ride myself - A Kawasaki Vulcan with fuel injection. Gave it up because of two neck surgeries; not from an accident, though; aging; Iām 66. This dude is his own caricature.
I agree he is a caricature of a biker. I see a few here in Tucson. I rode a bike for a short time until I skidded out at 2 mph and dropped the bike in my own driveway. Sold it that same day and got a truck. 4 wheels are better than 2 for staying upright.
You in Tucson; me too; love Arizona, hate the right-wing politics. I know about skidding out. I was riding home going through what passes for downtown Ajo back in '99 and made a slow left turn. What I hadnāt taken into account were the gravel trucks that regularly drive through here. As I was turning, I hit pea-gravel; like riding on marbles; rear wheel spun out, I was on the ground with a bike on top of me, 4 cracked ribs, one broken rib, a broken collarbone and a pneumothorax.
Take care.
āGod, how I wish we had picked our own cottonā
Donāt worry, Harley. You have yet to say this for the last time. Trust.