Ok so Pimp Daddy has been sleeping his summer away (metaphorically speaking) trying to be oblivious to the political rumblings; local, national, and the world, and to wait for the real action to begin with the upcoming Presidential race. My nap has been interrupted by what I assumed was just a weird dream. Odder yet is that this dream state seems to be an ongoing sleepwalking sequence of blunders and insults by the Lucas County Democratic Party.

It started with the Lucas County Democratic Party being a victim of fratricide by one of its very own brethren, Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz. It seems that the Lucas County Democratic Party was having a golf outing and as many organized golf outings tend to, they had hired some “Ball Girls”. I’m not a golfer but I’ve heard of this practice before. The organizer hires some attractive women to ride along on the golf carts and serve refreshments and maybe even caddy. Of course the women are attired in minimal togs. It practically a golf tradition I’m told.

In this case the Ball Girls were models hired from a modeling agency. Coincidentally this modeling agency also owns a Gentlemen’s club and the girls happen to work there as well. So what’s the fuss? Well one of the girls exposed herself to a few of the Democrats. Nothing was mentioned at the time but a local news reporter later heard the story. Knowing this, puritanical Wade decided to do a pre-emptive strike and claim that he had indeed complained about the incident to party Chairman John Irish. This is when the shit hit the fan and the Dems A team and B team once again took up arms and their feud re-ignited. Usually this kind of backstabbing is reserved for Danish royalty with Oedipal complexes.

Other than the prudish whining of Wade Kapszukiewicz, this story should never have had any impact. After all, the Democrats have a long legacy of supporting and embracing the sexual antics of their own. The Democrats are after the party of FDR, JFK, Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Jesse Jackson, Mel Reynolds, Gerry Studds, Wayne Hays, John Young, Brock Adams, Fred Richmond, Gus Savage, Daniel Inouye, Lud Ashley, and of course Bill Clinton. The Democrats have traditionally been the party of “loose morals”. Why complain now Wade? The Ohio Democrats overwhelmingly voted against the House Bill that would essentially shut down strip clubs and adult bookstores, and other adult entertainment venues. Sadly, the Bill passed due to majority of uptight Republicans.

Now don’t take this as an attack on Democrats; it’s not. The Republicans have a tainted record as well. The problem as I see it is the utter hypocrisy that is accepted (and practiced) by the party leaders, the press, and most disgusting of all, the voters. State Senator Theresa Fedor is a hallmark example of this hypocrisy. She voted against the strip club bill yet she came out a derided John Irish and the Lucas County Democrats for hiring women that she tried to keep employed!

Amazingly enough, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner managed to keep a low profile during all of this. But don’t think for a minute that Carty isn’t part of my nasty wake up call. Carty has done too many things to ignore. But that will have to wait for part two.