On this Memorial Day weekend, let’s check in with two former D Mag staffers who are quoted in the press today. First up is Eric Celeste in the Dallas Morning News:
Watkins spokesman Eric Celeste scoffed at the GOP criticism. “If they want to use an issue Craig has already addressed, that’s fine,” Celeste said. “It’s clear they don’t want to talk about what matters to voters: Craig Watkins’ record of making Dallas safer as district attorney – 99.4 percent conviction rate, crime in Dallas down, and freeing innocent people.”
Next up, Adam McGill in Bloomberg:
The filings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Worth, Texas, “are intended to ensure that the bankruptcy proceedings meet the objective of maximizing value for all creditors,” Adam McGill, a spokesman for the lender group, said in an e-mailed statement.
Eric gets big points for scoffing, no doubt. But Adam’s quote is in Bloomberg, and he’s addressing a national matter that involves hundreds of millions of dollars. Eric’s quote is just about local politics. Advantage McGill.
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Ordinarily, a well delivered “scoff” beats all contenders, but Eric loses points for his shockingly awful sentence structure. But for those of us who used to know Adam back in the day, his perfectly phrased, bloodless, vacuous statement shows that he has irretrievably gone over to the Dark Side. Advantage McGill, indeed.
Meh
who’s left in finance to read bloomberg
Celeste’s scoff would be more convincing if Watkins had, in fact, addressed the questions at issue. Ask Kevin Krause, Mike Hashimoto or Sam Merten if that’s the case. (Or perhaps they’re all part of the GOP conspiracy?)
Working for D has prepared them well for these pursuits: slimy politics and bankruptcy. So it’s a push. (Though Eric does have to contend with the Observer saying the Watkins campaign needs to “get its s— together.”)
Speaking as a voter, what matters to me is waffle trees.
Advantage McGill.
Actually, my sentence structure is flawed, too.* But hey, what do you expect — I’m a voter, remember?
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* How can “what,” or more precisely, “what matters to me,” speak as a voter? And how would doing so render it into waffle trees? It just doesn’t add up.