Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
I almost don’t know where to begin because, once again, my traditional hyperbole fails me here. What I really want to say is, “nothing can top this,” but we both know that, given the rapid descent of the KC GOP and with a month left to go before election day, that’s exactly what they’re gonna do.
“Truth is stranger than fiction” used to work, but when you’re talking about immigrants eating pets that caveat loses all meaning.
Apparently, Kane County Board member David Young and the Campton Hills Terriers, I mean Warriors, won’t be inviting co-board member Mavis Bates to Christmas dinner anytime soon. How do I know this? Please allow me to explain.
The self-appointed Worriers grand wizards, Michelle and Larry Bettag, board member Young, 4th District MAGA moron board challenger Robert Dennin, and blowhard KC GOP Chairman Andro Lerario got together in their super-secret parents’ basement clubhouse blanket fort to break out the Hot Pockets just long enough to come up with this one.
Step one was to create the depicted fake letter from Ms. Bates and send it to her County Board constituents. How do I know it’s counterfeit?
- Mavis has never previously sent a campaign letter.
- No Democratic candidate would put a “Pritzker 2024” logo at the top of any campaign piece.
- It doesn’t bother naming the actual board district.
- “I want to follow the teachings of Democrat Board Chairman Corrine Pierog?” Oh, that’s not fake at all!
- The grammar is horrific and there are five separate punctuation errors. So much for editing.
- “The Democrat Party is going through some confusing times?” That’s what all Democratic candidates say when they want to be reelected.
“Oh c’mon, Jeff. So, they sent a fake campaign mailer. Like that’s never happened before!” That may be true, but there’s a little more to this one.
You see, not only did our Gang of Five, with their collective IQ of 36, send that piece, but they filed a complaint with the Illinois State Board of Elections for Ms. Bates’ purported failure to apply the “Paid for” disclaimer on a mailer she didn’t send.
How do I know they were responsible for the complaint? Because, instead of having a minion do his dirty work, Young personally signed the complaint and showed up at the subsequent ISBE hearing. How do I know Beavis and Butthead Bettag were involved? Because instead of having a minion do it, criminal mastermind Larry notarized Young’s complaint.
This would be flippin’ hilarious if it wasn’t for the fact that Mavis had to hire an attorney and show up to that hearing to defend a mailer she didn’t send. When the hearing officer asked Mr. Young how he found out about the piece, there was a whole lot of stuttering and stammering before he essentially quipped, “A friend of a friend of a friend sent it to me.”
Right! The first thing someone from a demonstrably Aurora Democratic district thought was, “Hmmm! Why don’t I send this piece to a MAGA lunatic from the demonstrably Republican Campton Hills board district because he’ll take care of the problem!”
So, not only does this BS waste a great deal of Mavis’ time, but now the ISBE hearing officer has to spend time writing a ruling for something that doesn’t pass the kindergarten laugh test. And unlike it is with the court system, the ISBE can’t sanction Young for his deceit and unique brand of stupidity.
Now, someone of my immense social stature and sterling reputation would never recommend anything like this, but a lesser man might suggest that folks tired of this political BS take the following steps.
The first would be to teach Mr. Young a lesson by leaving a slew of negative Google reviews for his company, Young Mechatronics. The next would be to leave a set of similarly unfavorable critiques of the Cherry Creek Bettag Group mortgage lenders. Again, I’m not nearly advising something quite this underhanded, but considering the karma involved, were it applied, I’m sure it would get their full and undivided attention.
Please let me remind you that this vast unheralded stupidity ultimately lies at KC Treasurer’s Chris Lauzen’s feet. He made a point of creating this Trumpish KC GOP monster, and now he desperately wants to distance himself from it. But I won’t let you forget about his complicity anytime soon.
Lastly, considering what you just read, anyone who votes for the current crop of KC Republican idiots is an even bigger idiot than they are.
