UpChuck update
by David Benzion · 01/03/2008 6:07 pmSEE FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE BELOW
Question: What’s worse than up-chuck?
Answer: Having to taste it in your mouth a second time.
Courtesy the Houston Chronicle, posted moments ago:
A day after withdrawing from the District Attorney’s race, Chuck Rosenthal said this afternoon he is considering refiling his candidacy.
In his second term, Rosenthal said he had not discussed the matter with Republican leaders. He wouldn’t comment beyond that, saying that he is mulling re-entering the race before the deadline expires Friday at 6 p.m.
Holy Crap, please tell me this isn’t true. UpChuck Rosenthal appears to be competing with Larry Craig for who can have some sort of “Most Disgraceful Exit From Public Office” award.
Having worked on the inside of politics for a number of years, I’ve seen this sort of situation before.
ATTENTION PEOPLE CLOSE TO CHUCK ROSENTHAL
YOUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE HAS BEEN PUSHED BEYOND A PERSONAL BREAKING POINT, AND IS NO LONGER MAKING RATIONAL DECISIONS
PLEASE INTERVENE AND EXERCISE SOME TYPE OF “ADULT SUPERVISION” FOR THE GOOD OF US ALL
UPDATED FRIDAY MORNING
Sources indicate to LST overnight that UpChuck Rosenthal’s astonishingly arrogant and selfish flirtation with a flip-flop is driven primarily by a rivalry with announced replacement candidate Kelley Seliger.
We really, REALLY wish we could publish the credible rumors we’re hearing about what’s in those 2,000+ emails Rosenthal “deleted.” Take your “worst” guess, then multiply it by a factor of 10. We’ve got every reason in the world to believe the rumors we’re hearing are true, and zero reason to think they aren’t.
The idea that this “man” would have a place on the GOP ballot come November 2008 should shake you to the core.
In this morning’s revised Chronicle article, Harris Co. Republican Chairman Jared Woodfill is quoted saying…
“Chuck has already done serious damage to this party and it’s time for the healing to begin.”
With all due respect… no Jared, now is not the time for “healing”– it is time for THE BEATING to begin.
Someone, somewhere, needs to do what it takes to COERCE this mind-bogglingly arrogant and selfish man to sit down, shut-up and go-away.
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My lawd ! Unbelievable
This can’t be true ! I am not going to lean either way in the court of opinion however to refuse to resign, than withdraw from the race and refile for the race.
Credibility UpChuck. You are not doing your political career any good.
I wonder if he would re-re-consider if we can get that woman to let him kiss her behind the ear (the right one, I believe, though in my experience, there is no wrong ear of a woman).
Doesn’t this just prove that power and money are so intoxicating, common sense is void? The man is addicted to his title. He needs PEE ( Power elite expulsion) hehe
At least Chuck wasn’t emailing from the airport men’s room.
If he were a dhimmicrat, he could get caught being made airtight by Richard Simmons and George Michael in a hot tub and it would be ok. It wouldn’t even be a blip on the radar.
Maybe he should switch parties?
7. Faster
Maybe we DO need a third party. The Sexicans or the Eroticrats?
I think they need to form a third party.
Democratic candidate Bradford is/was a law partner of Lloyd Kelley, who filed the lawsuit which started this whole mess. I knew there was much more to this story than meets the eye. What a can of worms.
Lloyd Kelley also opposed Rosenthal in the DA race in 2000.
Kelly S. will whip his ass. No contest.
Gee David,
Is Chuck the most arrogant Republican in Harris County? That sets the bar pretty high even for Rosenthal.
Simple
I know.
Is there a jelly fish farm whre the Republican Party (not just candidates) are raised?
Seriously, it seems like Republican politicians can do whatever they want without reprecussion. We’ve witnessed for years that the party “platform” is optional. How many times have we seen a district switch from Blue to Red and have a Democrat say “Hey, I’m now a Republican, can I be your candidate?” And the party answers, “Of course” even though they refuse to act or vote like conservatives. I guess the only thing that counts is if there is that R and not a D attached beside the name. The conventions must be great parties considering that every Republican fears making waves and being invited.
Here’s an idea, if Clinton does make a comeback against Obama, but Obama is favored for the general election and shows stronger than Huckabee or Romney against her, maybe the Repulican Party can ask Obama to run on their ticket. They can tell him he can still do whatever he wants, just as long as he says he’s a Republican. Hey, it works in Texas.
I think the rumors are that Kerry and Kelley were enjoying a Chuckie sammitch.
This could really be a fun thread when all LST’ers weigh in on just what their version of “worst guess to the 10th power” rumors could be.
Go ahead and file so we can see what a dilutional
politician looks like going down in flames!
Bradford’s entire campaign is premised on a matchup against Rosenthal. Without Rosenthal to run against, Bradford is stuck with his own abysmal record.
For my own part, I was looking forward to a campaign whose slogan might have been “Chucky Got Lucky”.
Hint: It ain’t about sex.
I guess that leaves Drugs and Rock & Roll.
David, you should run for DA. They need someone who can wield a true “Sword of Righteousness”!
Did Chuckie prosecute with a “wide stance?”
Why do I get the feeling the emails were a smoking gun about the destruction and/or manufacture of evidence in criminal cases tried by the DA’s office?
I smell another Bromwitch investigation in the offing.
Gee, ya know it doesn’t make sense. Ole’ RINO Chucky “hating guns” Rosenthal is missing an opportunity to go the private sector and make the big bucks. I mean an arrogant butt-grabbin’ lawyer with 2 big county DA terms on his resume is a shoe-in for partner at a big bucks law firm.
We don’t need someone so prideful as DA. Besides, he harrases and prosecutes gun owners and those who use deadly force to defend themselves. He should change to the other party.
Poster Child of the downfall of the Republican Party. If the party will not clean up it’s own ratholes, then they will destroy themselves from within….
We have a number of State Reps and senators that needed opponents… and needed to go, yet they have more money and are around for another 2-4 years…WHY?
We have a County Commissioner that should be in jail…. but
If you think the situation with HPD is bad now, wait until former HPD chief “stab-a-cop-in-the-back” Bradford gets elected to HC DA.
If you think crime is bad now with all the Katrina Scum that won’t leave and the illegal alien gangs that keep moving in, wait until the demoncrats elect Bradford. You’ll hear that great big sucking sound as professional cops take better jobs in other cities without the garbage that comes with the above liberal socialist politics. Expect an attempt at a gun ban of some sort in the city also.
Should read
Go Kelly Siegler!!!
Not a politician, she’s just what’s needed!
My take on this is that everything else aside,
I just don’t think of Mr. Rosenthal being a good DA. He looks to me to being one of the good ole boys who run city hall and county gvmt. I think that he should have prosecuted some of the wrong doers in city hall. It looks to me that a lot of things were swept under the carpet.
By healing to begin they really mean just go away. We need the truth to heal. Lets have it.
Rosenthal was banging his secretary when he was married, and maybe still is when he’s married again. That’s pretty bad.
Rosenthal was, shall we say less than niggardly with county resources when it came to equipping his secretary. That’s pretty bad, too.
But I suspect there’s something a whole lot darker here, and it’s going to get a LOT worse.
Good Day All;
It is about time the Chucky was exposed. Now for anyone to think that the Republicans can produce a responsible replacement is foolish, Democrats are even worse. My suggestion is to vote for Mickey Mouse at least he will allow you your due process which has not happened in any court in Harris County in decades.
Please get ready to make some guy rich because your former DA was a thug and criminal. Every time I pick up the commical I read about some case that was overturned thanks to the scam promoted by the Harris Co. DA. Can not wait to hear how the guy arrested because he filmed the Sheriff performing his alleged duties. And DA thumps the poor guy. Had a Deputy stepped upon my property it would have been a lot worse for the Deputy. The DA has allowed these revenuers to run rough shod over the People. Wonder who is in bed with Chucky besides his girlfriend and Wife.
Just my humble opinion.
Wolf Bite
Matt # 31
Dark days indeed.
If what I’m hearing (from multiple, credible sources) is true, the contents of Rosenthal’s “deleted” emails certainly have the potential to result in a black eye for justice in Harris County.
Chuck’s been rather niggardly in his willingness to turn over the rest of the emails. I wonder why that is?
#34 Phil– he must be trying to white wash whatever was in them.
#33 - If Rosenthal doesn’t go soon the HC criminal justice system in for a rough couple of years. Black eyes, black marks, black faces…CHuck has certainly made things interesting.
#19 Benzion
I am going to guess this is not about money, but concerns some other aspect of Rosenthal’s character. If it is not about sex or money, it must be a serious flaw such as racial bigotry or disdain for constitutional principles, like due process, or both. The possibility criminals could be freed wholesale because of the demonstrable racial hostility and/or disregard for his constitutional duties by the Harris County DA is really pretty scary. It makes Bradford’s crime lab scandal pale in comparison.
PLEASE NOTE: This is pure speculation on my part. I do not know any more about the Rosenthal e-mails than any other reader here.
#37 - While bigotry remains to be seen and is anybody’s guess, I hear that Chuck styles himself as quite the jokester. Perhaps even a modern day comic minstrel.
#38 Phil
We can only hope UpChuck doesn’t bamboozle the voters once again.
#40 - As Al Jolson once said, “you ain’t seen nothin yet!”
Whatever the contents of the emails, he’s sure to become the Republican party’s bete noire…
It shows how much they flaunt their power, nothing else seems to matter anymore. This sort of situation seems to be worse in Houston. It isn’t important anymore to do what is right, the urge to stay in power at all cost trumps all.
David / Phil
I get the picture. This is really, really bad.
If Lloyd Kelley had had this evidence and sat on it until this October, he could’ve walked his partner, Bradford, right into office. He would have, as they say, “controlled the rollout” and “owned the narrative”. Kelley has to be kicking himself, even though he couldn’t have known Rosenthal would be so astoundingly stupid about e-mail.