Okay, what? - The 327th Flustercuck

Okay - what in the entire hell did they say?

El Paso Matters did a story on the dumpster fire that is half the field of candidates in the 327th race. As you know, I posted a couple of items having to do with the candidates' social media mistakes. 

If you haven't read the El Paso Matters piece - go read it. 

There are a few things in the El Paso Matters article that I didn't know that are huge. 

First, remember the thing with Cori Harbour and the picture of her all smiled up standing next to Chapo Guzman's wife at the Federal Courthouse in Manhattan just a couple of weeks before the verdict? Well I wondered how she was able to take that picture. In my head, I just assumed she was in NYC and being a lawyer she was curious about the case and was hanging out at the courthouse. I figured it was a right-place, right-time sorta thing and she snapped the pic, posted it, and forgot about it when she filed. 

You could almost forgive that. I mean it would still represent a major fucking lapse in judgement - but I could see it. 

Well - no. I couldn't have been more wrong. Someone posted a comment on my blog Facebook page asking if maybe she was a client. Turns out that person wasn't far off. The reason she was there was because she was representing a codefendant of Chapo Guzman - the guy who brags about killing more people than 9-11. 

When she was asked about that picture on her Facebook she said that it was done for "strategic purposes" with her defense. 

I'm calling bullshit. What strategic purpose? And conveniently she says she can't talk about it. So for "strategic purposes" can only mean a couple of things. It clearly wasn't meant for a jury to see it because they never would. 

That means it was meant for a specific audience that wasn't the jury. I'll let you figure out the rest. 

But the article also says she was removed as council for Chapo's codefendant back in 2019. That was literally years ago. 

So why is it still there? 

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The other thing I didn't know was about Alexandria Serra. Sweet baby Jesus! No WONDER she never spoke about her judicial experience! She was ASKED TO RESIGN by the Council of Judges because of her pinche social media. 

And trust me - Serra's social media is simultaneously her identity and her biggest liability. She must see a ring light in her sleep. She probably wastes countless hours a day for Tik-Tok hearts that will never turn into votes. 

This is where Serra looks super-shady. 

And she must have the absolute worst consultants on planet earth at media relations because some dumbass probably told her she shouldn't answer any questions about time on the bench. That might be the worst campaign advice I've seen since a mayoral candidates campaign team tried to call a fucking time-out during an interview that wasn't going well. 

So here's some free crisis management advice to future candidates. First - if you got baggage and aren't ready to being asked about it - don't run. Because you're rightfully going to be asked about it and you can't huff and puff and complain when you are asked about it - because you're a candidate and your past time on the bench, and why it suddenly ended - matters. 

Second, be master of your own ship. If there is bad news, control who gets it, when they get it, and how they get it. If you tell the story, you have a hell of a lot better chance of controlling the narrative - or at least minimizing damage, than if you let someone else tell the story. 

When you refuse to answer questions - you look guilty. You know who says "no comment"? Mafia dons on their way to prison, or corrupt politicians caught with their hands in the cookie jar or their manhood in places they aren't married to...

And when you demand questions in advance and in writing - its a dead giveaway that you know you messed up and you have a team trying to come up with answers. It is also a dead giveaway you have something to hide. A candidate that wants questions in advance is a candidate that doesn't deserve your vote. 

Expect Serra - who lives for social media - to keep her head under the stand and avoid media and forums between now and Election Day because she knows she's going to be asked about why she was forced to resign by the Council of Judges. 

I almost feel bad for her. But I keep things in perspective because at the end of the day, Serra and Cori Harbour's social media woes come down to one important thing for voters - honesty. 

Cori Harbour - she should tell the truth to voters. She's been connected with some pretty deadly and shady people. 

Just be honest about that. 

And when you take a selfie with a deadly drug lord's ol' lady and were dumb enough to post it on your Facebook - just be honest and move on.

And Serra - sweet baby Jesus if you were asked to resign your gavel, you might want to wait a while before taking another stab at being a judge. Maybe put your Tik-Tok account away for a while and focus on work. If you didn't think it through before you ran - then you don't possess good judgment and shouldn't be elected. 

People are forgiving. They give folks a second chance. El Paso is kinda famous for that. But you have to actually be sorry for it. Hiding it means you're not ready to be honest with voters about it and that is pretty much a disqualifier. 

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The other two candidates have no drama and no controversy. They are almost boring. In this race - boring is a good thing. While I personally find the drama entertaining - El Paso has to be a better community than one that elects someone who takes pics with international drug kingpin's spouses or people that are asked to step down from a judicial seat because they can't respect a judicial seat. 

Seriously, we should be better than that.