Antenori to run for the Giffords seat – already terrorizing the villagers

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

State Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank(enstein) Antenori announced this morning that he is running in both the special election and November general election for the Giffords seat in CD 8. Antenori to seek Giffords' seat.

Whoever is elected to the Giffords seat should have the same temperament, character and judgment as Gabrielle Giffords and her sense of decency, fairness and willingness to work with all parties for what is best for Arizona. That clearly is not Antenori who has repeatedly demonstrated that he entirely lacks the temperament, character and judgment to serve in Congress, or any other elective office for that matter.

The Tucson Weekly reported yesterday that Antenori is already off terrorizing the villagers in his own Tea-Publican Party. Congressman Antenori? | The Range:

Rumor also has it that beaten CD8 candidate Jesse Kelly is looking to another run for Giffords’ seat — and Antenori had some harsh words for the man who within a percentage point of unseating Giffords in 2010, and then left Arizona for Texas.

“We went through a period of time in the state where there were a lot of political battles,” he said, citing the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and the Tucson City Council. “Some of us stayed to fight those battles and work for the conservative cause in the party and some of us didn’t.”

“When the going gets tough, Jesse Kelly gets going,” he said.

Big talk for a guy who starts out trailing badly in a field poll, albeit by the Jesse Kelly camp (and just who paid for this poll – inquiring minds want to know). Jesse Kelly! He's Got a Poll! | The Range:

The beaten Republican candidate who limped off to Texas after nearly toppling Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in 2010 released a poll today which showed him out front of the pack of probable Republican candidates for the special election to replace Giffords.

According to the survey, Kelly has a combined 35 percent of definite and leaning voters. State Senator Frank Antenori pulls 15 percent of definite and leaning voters, and local sports broadcaster Dave Sitton gets 7 percent.

The poll was conducted on the 24th and 25th of January, 2012 and sampled 300 likely [GOP] primary voters from throughout the current Congressional District 8.

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“What’s really astonishing is that he had no intentions of running in the normal election and he had already started cutting staff away, and all of a sudden Mr. opportunity is back in town,” Antenori said.

Grrrr! The Monster is angry and off terrorizing the villagers again – more raw red meat!

UPDATE: Antenori told the Arizona Capitol Times he won’t be resigning from his legislative seat. He’ll also keep his position as Majority Whip.