Rubber band as political metaphor

I found in my newspaper tube today four fliers rubber-banded together: One is for Tom Taylor; one for Alan Hammelman; a slick for Rebecca Dallet (running for Milwaukee County Circuit Court); and one of those strange alphabet-soup screeds that infest local races, this one railing against Basil Ryan.

This anti-Basil Ryan sheet is paid for by Pete Kosovich, who evidently feels he need not spend that time or effort on his own  aldermanic campaign.

Very odd - has he agreed to take one in the shins for the mayor? Or does he just really, really dislike Basil Ryan?

Mr. Kosovich is a brave man, as Ryan is litigious enough to take offense at some of the  material on the sheet ("Basil Ryan has had many encounters with Milwaukee & Franklin Police"), which is paid for by "Friends of Pete Kosovich."

And I realize I spelled "Kosovich" wrong a couple days back, but the word on the fifth line of his tract should be spelled "embarrassment." (Irony again).

So - since they're all rubber-banded together, are these guys some kind of "package deal"?

It doesn't inspire a great deal of confidence, to say the very least. I'll wager more votes were lost than gained by each candidate rubber-banded into this mess.

Comments

[Greg Kowalski]

Package deal? ABSOLUTELY!

I honestly think, though, that Tom Taylor is regretting this whole "I'm endorsing my buddies" attitude of his when the campaigns first started.

[John Michlig]

I've not heard Tom Taylor endorse either Al Hammelman or Pete Kosovich. He's also distanced himself (wisely) from the dubious "Franklin Citizens for Responsible Leadership" group that stacked the council in the first place.

[Bryan Maersch]

To my disappointment, the 5th District is missing out on these extra sheets of toilet paper.

[Greg Kowalski]

John,

I've talked to Tom one-on-one about this, as have others. When asked, Tom states his endorsements of the incumbents.

That's why you see Tom's literature stapled to Al's material. It's also why whenever you see a sign for Al, you see a sign for Tom. That was also a "package deal."

Bryan, if you'd like to have some of the literature, let me know! We didn't toss ours in the trash yet!!

[Terrence Berres]

Due to either too many bagels or too much sheepshead, Mr. Ryan's robocalls denounced this as a "schmeer campaign".

[John]

Hmmmm - Al Hammelman's campaign literature mentions sheepshead ....