Odds & Ends - Shadowing, Enriquez, & Poll Sitting

Shadowing Okay, I'm shadowing another candidate for the day. This time its Vince Perez. Don't complain about who I'm shadowing because I issued a blanket invitation and they are the ones that responded so far. Offer still stands if you are interested. Clarifying Enriquez & Perry Donation I've been having a conversation with someone on Twitter about Mary Gonzalez and Hector Enriquez. This person and I, (I don't know if the person is male or female) agree on more than 90% of everything, except HD 75. Their issue with Gonzalez is the Austin money. My issue with Enriquez, other than not knowing much about issues, is that he donated to Rick Perry, three different times and in my opinion there has not been a worse Governor for El Paso than Perry. So maybe I haven't clarified why its such a problem. Enriquez donated to Perry on more than one occassion. Enriquez counters that he's been a life-long Democrat and donated a $1000 to the TDP. In fact I think Enriquez said on Twitter once that he has been a Democrat longer than Gonzalez has been alive. So for the sake of argument, lets assume thats true. That leads me to this question. Why does a life-long Democrat and someone who has been a Democrat longer than his opponent has been alive, not know better than to donate to Perry? Seriously, you'd think someone like that would know better. And lets not forget something else. Enriquez is a former school board member. How does someone with that background provide financial support to Perry, and not the Democratic opponent, considering his abysmal record on education? I'd really like to understand that one because it perplexes me. And the alleged uber-Democrat has something else to answer for. If he's such a big Democrat, why was he circulated material, that he PERSONALLY handed to me, that features a picture of Enriquez and Republican President George W. Bush? Now he's all up on the Clinton band wagon, but he made no mention of Clinton at his announcement. He only mentioned Bush. And, he made sure he drew attention to it. And don't even get me started on something else...when exactly was the contribution made? Enriquez floated the story that it was at an Hispanic Chamber event. But the HC says that didn't happen. And why would he write three different checks? Something just doesn't jive. Staying Cool at the Polls People are doing everything they can to stay cool at the polls. Some of the set-ups are starting to remind me of Occupy El Paso. Just an observation. No real point to that.