So you may have heard there’s a bit of a dust-up about Chet Edwards’ latest advertisement in the Texas Congressional District 17 race:

I saw this ad late Monday night while watching a DVR recording of some show. Evidently the ad started running last Friday.

The Flores Campaign response?

Threatening to sue Edwards…a threat at least two candidates from the primary (more…)

I don’t think anything but this needs to be said, a picture being worth a thousand words an all:

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Search ‘bill flores’ yourself on Google.

So, now you come up with the caption. What will Bill Flores say when he sees this reality?

Or, to make it more fun, what will Bill Say to Matt Mackowiak, or what will Matt Mackowiak say to himself.

Be creative – don’t be shy! Remember, your email address is only required so we know you aren’t a spammer…it doesn’t get shared with anyone.

Leave your caption in the comments below…

Two months before election night. The Candidate Matt Mackowiak sits in front of the TV set and begins watching… suddenly you hear “Mayday! Mayday! This is the Floundering Flores Campaign. We are sinking, we are sinking!” Matt reaches over and picks up the telephone and in a heavy German accent says, “This is Matt, what are you sinking about?”

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Part Two of the Chet Edwards On… Series

The interesting thing about Chet Edwards’ record on the budget and economy is that, frankly, he’s wrong so much you wonder why he doesn’t just go vote with his eyes closed and pick a button…that way he’d probably be right 50% of the time!

This list shows that he’s a socialist through-and-through, and has no clue what his constituents want – I can’t think of a single citizen in District 17 of the majority Conservative bent who thinks these were good ideas.

However, remember that Republicans voted for a lot of these things too, so we’re looking at Chet’s record at American Writes through Conservative lenses…not Republican.

And we won’t address (more…)

Remember the fib Matt Mackowiak told Bill Flores to say if he was ever asked who he voted for in the 2008 election?

Chet Edwards does and scores a field goal to increase his lead.

Edwards unleashed his first commercial today, sending an unlisted link to Congressional Quarterly for the video he has posted on his YouTube Channel. Congressional Quarterly posted the video and wrote up the story here.

Here’s the video: (more…)

Meet The Candidate - Matt Mackowiak. Yep, it scares us, too!

Matt Mackowiak is Bill Flores’ Campaign Manager. When you hear Bill Flores speak, see his campaign material or the campaign strategy played out, or experience a tactical response from him or the campaign relative to something Chet Edwards does – you are seeing Matt Mackowiak – NOT Bill Flores.

That is my firm belief: that you are NOT seeing Bill Flores. The Bill Flores who has been described to me by dozens of party leaders and supporters is not the one you see. The one you see is trying to win on national issues and losing on local issues. He’s taking statistically calculated positions that are not in congruence with the Conservatives and Republicans in this District – but mesh perfectly with the national party’s playbook.

The quarterback is Matt Mackowiak, who in essence works for the NRCC, whether they pay him or not, because his future clients will come from the NRCC. He is The Candidate for future jobs…gunning for something important in the 2012 election cycle.

The NRCC has a playbook for national politics that includes recruiting self-financing candidates so they can save money yet still control the outcome by providing that candidate with “support” in the form of “consultants” like Matt whom they say are top-notch.

The self-financed Bill Flores has never done this before. He is smart enough to let people who know what they are doing do it, which is probably one of the keys to his success in business. The Henry Ford rule in practice: I’m not the smartest guy in this industry…so I hire the smartest guy.

However, Matt is 28, has never run a campaign before, and has only cut his teeth in the field of public relations in Washington, better known as the field of “spin.” A field he perfected as Spokesperson for Kay Bailey Hutchison…most likely the connection that got him the position with Bill, who was an ardent supporter of her gubernatorial run.

Bill is a straight shooting Texan. So are (more…)

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While I still believe Bill Flores is not a Conservative to the standards of Ronald Reagan by which I measure a politician’s claim of ideological bent, I believe he is a Republican and not a RINO, and Conservatives have a good chance of being represented by him in Congress merely by the fact that we do not know what he will do when he gets to Washington. Bill is a smart man, and knows that continued Congressional tenure relies on dutifully and faithfully representing We, The People.

Scott Kimble wrote a very good piece about the use of the term RINO vs. Republican, and we at American Writes have taken to using that terminology he explores. If you missed it, check it out here before you go on.

Facts are stubborn things. Mr. Flores has experienced that at the hands of this very blog. Chet Edwards is about to experience them more pointedly.

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My apology is for more than Bill. It includes his entire family and campaign, except The Candidate, whom I mentioned in my previous post is not Bill Flores, but somebody completely different in name, body and soul. This is not some trick of words. The Candidate is really some entirely different person than Bill Flores. But I will save that for another post…

First, I am sorry if my blog has degenerated into some pit of nitpicking or anger, or if it even comes across that way. I want to focus on facts, and in my mind that is what I am doing every time I write. But I am now aware that it can come across in ways I do not intend, no matter how hard I try to keep it neutral.

I know that some readers see me as a kook or wing-nut. As my confidant said to me, (more…)

There’s a headline for ya. In fairness, it should say “My Perception Of Bill Flores Was Wrong,” but that doesn’t roll off the tongue so easily.

I cannot explain to the full extent how wrong I was or why I think I was wrong in one short blog post…and a long one would make you lose interest and take away an opportunity for me to have you come back for more over the course of a few days.

So, let me set this up, and then invite you to return here as I unwind this story.

I have the good fortune and blessing to be friends with (more…)

The Chet Edwards campaign has refused  to interview with me, both a consitutuent and an acknowledged member of the media.

We contacted the Congressman several times and have been ignored at every attempt. Our most formal attempt was via email, and that request is here.

Campaign Manager Alex Youn received the email and did not reply.

A follow-up was similarly ignored.

Unfortunately, that only allows us the opportunity to view Mr. Edwards, his Congressional record, and his campaign activity through (more…)