Jan Ting v. Mike Protack, New Castle County Debate
Let's try this again.
Last night I attended the New Castle County Committee Debate between Mike Protack and Jan Ting, who both wish to run as a Republican against the incumbent Carper. Rick Jensen, host of the afternoon block on WDEL, hosted the debate, adding a level of entertainment not normally seen in this kind of event.
Ting won the toss and went first with the opening statements. Mike Protack started out in an ominous fashion, trying to crack a joke 'from Washington' about the Pope and George Bush walking on water. A Pope joke? Really?
The issue of Ting's mild anti-Vietnam War past was not avoided. Protack warned that veterans, as a block would refuse to vote for Ting, calling them "pro-flag people." How many people are anti-flag? Ting suggested it was an insult to veterans to say that they were not independent thinkers and voters.
Protack also decimated his "conservative record" by calling for Universal Health Care, the details of which are on his website. One of the attendees remarked to me that Protack's website was "a website reminiscent of the 2004 Kerry campaign...a portal through which information lives, which the candidate does not know by memory."
Jan Ting won the straw poll with 39 votes to Protack's 15. Ting has won every debate.
When will Protack realize he is not a viable candidate and drop out?
Cross-posted at Delaware2006
Last night I attended the New Castle County Committee Debate between Mike Protack and Jan Ting, who both wish to run as a Republican against the incumbent Carper. Rick Jensen, host of the afternoon block on WDEL, hosted the debate, adding a level of entertainment not normally seen in this kind of event.
Ting won the toss and went first with the opening statements. Mike Protack started out in an ominous fashion, trying to crack a joke 'from Washington' about the Pope and George Bush walking on water. A Pope joke? Really?
The issue of Ting's mild anti-Vietnam War past was not avoided. Protack warned that veterans, as a block would refuse to vote for Ting, calling them "pro-flag people." How many people are anti-flag? Ting suggested it was an insult to veterans to say that they were not independent thinkers and voters.
Protack also decimated his "conservative record" by calling for Universal Health Care, the details of which are on his website. One of the attendees remarked to me that Protack's website was "a website reminiscent of the 2004 Kerry campaign...a portal through which information lives, which the candidate does not know by memory."
Jan Ting won the straw poll with 39 votes to Protack's 15. Ting has won every debate.
When will Protack realize he is not a viable candidate and drop out?
Cross-posted at Delaware2006
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