The Other Shoe

I wonder if this guy is related to my beautiful, wonderful wife's family*?

A successful legislative candidate claims he was assaulted while going door to door on the campaign trail. Gerald Gay, 48, a Republican, said he was attacked after introducing himself to Walter Schnorenberg, a 78-year-old Democrat.

As Gay tells it, he knocked on a door in a quiet east Casper neighborhood six days before the election and only uttered the words "'Hi, I'm Gerald Gay. I'm the Republican ..."' when he was cut off by Schnorenberg.

"As soon as I spoke the word 'Republican,' this guy had a hold of my left arm and was trying to pull me into the house," said Gay, who had served a term in the Wyoming House from 2001-02.

"So I sort of broke away from him and backed off and said, 'Don't touch me,'" Gay said. "And he started to give me some bit about 'What are you doing?'"

"I said, 'I am campaigning for the state House of Representatives and I am the Republican candidate,' and man, I mean the guy went off a second time," Gay said.

I'll say this for Mr. Schnorenberg; the madness from which he suffers is extremely fashionable these days, especially among people who are smarter than the rest of us, and morally superior to boot!

"That is an absolute falsehood," the retired pipefitter said. "Man, what a phony bastard that is."

Yeah. I'll bet.

* Who are all very lovely and interesting people, let me assure you.

-posted by Charlie Eklund 

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