Thompson-Oxley '08: The Mr. Horse Candidacy

Indiana's long state crisis is over now that State Representative Dennie Oxley has shown that someone is willing to be Jill Long Thompson's running mate for Lieutenant Governor. Oxley serves as House Majority Whip and made a point to note that he has his "fingerprints" on every piece of legislation that has passed in the past two years.

Oxley and Thompson wasted no time in attacking Governor Daniels, and it got us to thinking. What would the Thompson/Oxley team do differently? We went to her issues page, and we were astonished that a major party candidate for governor would put this page up as her issues page. It is difficult to understand and seems naive. Are we really going to avert Midwest decline through vocational schools and Wi-Fi?

It seems the Thompson-Oxley team is nothing more than what we call a Mr. Horse candidacy. For those with inquiring minds, Mr. Horse was a character of The Ren and Stimpy Show, which aired on Nickelodeon in the 1990s. Mr. Horse was popular because no matter the situation or question asked, Mr. Horse's response was "No, sir. I don't like it."

That seems to be the Thompson-Oxley mindset. No matter what Governor Daniels has done (or whether Oxley supported it), they don't like it. And to our liberal friends, do not compare Thompson with Mayor Greg Ballard's campaign from a year ago. Ballard ran on opposing Peterson's stances on taxes, spending, and public safety; his detractors said he needed more plans, but you knew what he would do when he was elected.

We have no clue what Jill Long Thompson will do if she were elected governor. We just know she doesn't like Governor Daniels. Until they come up with a better argument, Thompson and Oxley will be the Mr. Horse candidates.