Friday, October 01, 2010

Lieutenant Governor

We've got a Lieutenant Governor's race going on in Louisiana and the primary election is tomorrow morning.  We've got the usual suspects, with Jay Dardenne heading the presumptive list of pretenders. 

In Louisiana, the Lt Gov doesn't do much, but he is the head of what we call the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, so the Lt Gov becomes the chief cheerleader and promoter for the state.  That's his (or her) primary responsibility.

As it turns out, one of the pretenders to the spot is a country music singer named Sammy Kershaw.  He's probably best known for the song I'm embedding below.


He's not a politician, which is a decided plus, and he's not an incumbent, which is also a plus.  He probably understands business, especially the entertainment business, and he understands promotion, so he can help promote the state.

I'm going to vote for Sammy tomorrow morning.  If a couple of hundred thousand of my fellow Louisianans will do the same, then maybe he's got a chance to get into the general election.

8 comments:

The Displaced Louisiana Guy said...

Please tell me he's PRO Cultural recreation and tourism...

oyster said...

"He probably understands business."

Well, his recent bankruptcy may indicate Sammy has more business-learning to do.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2007/2/8/90s_country_star_files_bankruptcy

Old NFO said...

One hopes :-) Good luck to him.

Paul said...

I always liked "Cadillac Style" better. Sammy is OK in my book.

Anonymous said...

as much as i hate darden for this cheerleader gig.

i gots to give him props for getting the voting machines in sync post katrina and rita.


mitch was the best cheerleader / lt.gov. we ever had.


hope it pays off for orleans parish.

J said...

The Queen Bee made an outstanding lieutenant governor due to her cultural & tourism promotional abilities. Now when she made governor. . . .

J said...

The Queen Bee made an outstanding lieutenant governor due to her cultural & tourism promotional abilities. Now when she made governor. . . .

Anonymous said...

J said...
The Queen Bee made an outstanding lieutenant governor due to her cultural & tourism promotional abilities. Now when she made governor. . . .


....she wasn't so much. You don't blubber on TV, when you're governor. You put your game face on. You can cry in the limo on the way back to the mansion.