Barnwell for Congress
Yesterday afternoon, I interviewed my district's Democratic congressional candidate. His name is Tim Barnwell, and he is running against Republican incumbent Michael Burgess. Readers of this blog may recall my recent recollection of Dr. Burgess' efforts to bolster Tom DeLay's legal defense fund, as well as his imprudent acceptance of a large donation from one of DeLay's dirty charities.
I am not a fan of Burgess, as you can probably tell. He is nothing more than a Bushman; a big fan of war, poverty, domestic spying ... all that. He's "a worthless, no-good line-tugger who can't think for himself," according to one of his Republican constituents who spoke to me on the phone yesterday.
So, this Barnwell guy is about my only option for District 63's U.S. Representative office. I really wasn't impressed with his style. He seemed slightly awkward, lingering on a few points here and there, and taking the long (and I mean long) route to his points. But, he basically falls in line with my political views. He supports an investigation into the president's domestic spying, and he is a proponent of national health care. So, good and good. He's got my vote by default, but I am sure this county's Democratic party could have put forward a more enigmatic candidate, but that is picking nits.
We've suffered under 20+ years of Republican rule in this part of North Texas. A terrible president and loads of discontent over corruption, war, and the current office holder's horrendous misrepresentations of true conservative values may have stirred the people up enough to displace the GOP in Denton County. Barnwell thinks so, anyway.
Oh yeah, I made a digital recording of the interview. See below.
Tim Barnwell in the offices of The News Connection on Jan. 16, 2006.
Podcast of the interview
(about 50 minutes - gets interesting 15 minutes in)
Podcast of his 5-minute stump speech
(actually 4 minutes, 25 seconds)
I am not a fan of Burgess, as you can probably tell. He is nothing more than a Bushman; a big fan of war, poverty, domestic spying ... all that. He's "a worthless, no-good line-tugger who can't think for himself," according to one of his Republican constituents who spoke to me on the phone yesterday.
So, this Barnwell guy is about my only option for District 63's U.S. Representative office. I really wasn't impressed with his style. He seemed slightly awkward, lingering on a few points here and there, and taking the long (and I mean long) route to his points. But, he basically falls in line with my political views. He supports an investigation into the president's domestic spying, and he is a proponent of national health care. So, good and good. He's got my vote by default, but I am sure this county's Democratic party could have put forward a more enigmatic candidate, but that is picking nits.
We've suffered under 20+ years of Republican rule in this part of North Texas. A terrible president and loads of discontent over corruption, war, and the current office holder's horrendous misrepresentations of true conservative values may have stirred the people up enough to displace the GOP in Denton County. Barnwell thinks so, anyway.
Oh yeah, I made a digital recording of the interview. See below.
Tim Barnwell in the offices of The News Connection on Jan. 16, 2006.
Podcast of the interview
(about 50 minutes - gets interesting 15 minutes in)
Podcast of his 5-minute stump speech
(actually 4 minutes, 25 seconds)
