Moldy City nails Bayham on his recent column which has been approvingly quoted and disseminated by the Ron Forman for Mayor campaign. First, Bayham slags on the Gambit Weekly for having liberal leanings, but neglects to mention that in his Bio he boasts about being published in the weekly.
Then, this non-New Orleans resident informs us he's supporting Peggy Wilson for mayor. Bayham rates her chances as follows in his column from 4/12/06:
"Can Ms. Wilson make a runoff? Possibly, if she runs strong in Algiers and Lakeview..."OK. Well, that might be a "possibility" if Algiers and Lakeview went totally insane, en masse. If they all woke up and said, "yeah, let's all vote for a whack-job whose only solution for every problem is such a complete non-starter it doesn't pass the laugh test. (Her "Tax Free City" is not a plan so much as a GOP wet dream.)
Nonetheless Bayham offers his support for Peggy "crazy eyes" Wilson, and then, THE VERY NEXT WEEK he handicaps Rob Couhig's chances:
So why is voting for Rob Couhig, the most unapologetically aggressive candidate in the race for mayor, such a bad idea?
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Because a vote for Couhig is in effect a wasted vote...
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Since there is no chance of Couhig making a runoff
So, according to this political consultant, Peggy Wilson has a shot at the runoffs, but a vote for a surging Couhig candidacy is "wasted". That's some valuable, insightful stuff, there, from a guy who claims he has "some knowledge" of politics.
Seriously, the only thing "wasted" is any money ever paid to Bayham for his loony "analysis". Does he get a salary from Bayou Buzz? He should return it, with an apology for such stupid public clowning.
Rob Couhig has totally dominated Forman in every debate I've seen, and has earned his conservative support. But GOP mouthbreathers like Bayham finally perceived the obvious-- that Couhig is taking votes away from establishment conservative Forman-- and they don't like it. They especially don't like his temporary nonagression pact with Mitch Landrieu, because it weakens Forman's chances.
Aw, poor babies. A candidate who had the balls to run as a Republican in New Orleans ruined the chances for your DINO stealth candidate. Millions of conservative dollars down the drain. Someone call the Whaaambulance.
Mitch understood how this dynamic would play out weeks ago; he knows the game. And it's funny to see establishment conservatives flailing around, trying in vain to rally support for an uninspiring, limp, DINO candidate like Forman, whose campaign has been reduced to citing Bayham's idiotic column to try to drum up last minute votes.