Former Rep. Disco Ray Metcalfe fancies himself as a political gadfly these days, and writes some sort of blog. For some reason he took a shot at me, and I want to set the record straight.
John Lindauer was a crazy Republican from Anchorage who served one term in the House. He moved to Chicago, married into some mob money, and convinced his in-laws they could get to the Permanent Fund if they made him Governor. He comes back in 1994 spreading all this money around, that he claimed was his. He buys the Republican nomination for Governor, and then it’s proven that it’s his wife’s money, that he’s been lying about it all along. I was on the Republican Party Central Committee, and we met to figure out what to do. I argued we should disown Lindauer and endorse Sen. Robin Taylor, who came in second. I came up short, and after the meeting told the press, “Lindauer’s a pathological liar, but, hey, he’s our guy.”
Disco Ray says this meant I’m urging loyalty to Lindauer.
He’s a man of limited education, and thus does not appreciate sarcasm.
Robin was my best buddy in the legislature, and we did eventually get the Party to do as I asked. He ran a valiant but losing campaign under impossible circumstances.
Disco Ray is most famous for his vote against his own amendment. He offered some screwy amendment on the floor, and someone pointed out the obvious flaws in his thinking. He asked the Speaker to be allowed to withdraw his amendment, and was denied. Speaker Ben Grussendorf liked to have a little fun, especially if it was at Disco Ray’s expense. So Disco Ray is on record, in the official annals of the Alaska House of Representatives, as joining his colleagues in a unanimous vote against his own amendment.
He’s better off in the gadfly business.
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