Annie blows a gasket

Recall organizer and head cheerleader for mediocrity Annie Oatman-Gardner made a public spectacle of herself Friday at the Clerk and Recorder's office downtown. She loudly announced for all to hear that if Eric Christen survives the recall vote, she will sue the County Clerk if he publicly releases the name of the replacement candidate running for Christen's seat who receives the highest number of votes. County employees had to remind Oatman-Gardner that she was living in a country called the United States, and that public elections in this country were, well...public! (It was rumored that Oatman-Gardner was later overheard on the phone with Howard Dean, asking advice on what to do when somone calls your bluff on the lawsuit threat).

It is interesting that Oatman-Gardner is even concerned about a Christen win on Tuesday. Her issue, of course, is that she wants her puppet John Gudvangen to use his power as board president to appoint another liberal to the board when the board accepts Christen's resignation. Should someone other than the Chaos group's candidate receive the highest votes, these people do not want the public to know that Gudvangen will try to appoint someone other than who the public chose.

Oatman-Gardner is playing perfectly from the Democrat party playbook - threaten to sue early and threaten to sue often. Whether you win or loose, sue someone. Sue someone over campaign finance filings (unless it's the liberal candidates); sue someone over the election results; and now, sue someone if they release the election results.

Relax, Annie; you've spent $314,000 in public funds on this recall effort. You have it all wrapped up, don't you?