Meet our New Congressman in CD22

I haven’t said much about Congress District 22 because it has been such a circus event to watch and there is not much to say.

Bottom line: The 22-year incumbent I ran against (Tom DeLay) bailed out after winning the primary – leaving the ballot spot empty. It’s like one side of a team leaving the field when after a series of wins because they were afraid to lose the game.

When the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, struck down DeLay’s attempt to substitute another candidate, he withdrew from the race anyway. So why did he run in the primary if he was not going to finish the job? He should have stayed out of the primary if that was the case – since anyone winning it would have won in November because of the make up of the district.

None of us who ran in the primary are eligible to be a write in. I wouldn’t be one if I could -- the odds of Ms. Sekula Gibbs or anyone winning a write in are closer to zero than my last vote count.

The curious thing is that few Republicans seem to realize that their guy has left them without a dog in the fight. You can’t blame the Democrats for something your own guy did (well, they can but that is like blaming the gun for shooting your foot off when it was you pulling the trigger).

So, District 22 is now going to be a Democrat Congress seat. Ironically, DeLay craved NASA out of Nick Lampson’s old district and put it in CD22. Now Nick is getting it back.

We currently have no Congressman. For those who want something done for this district, from roads to NASA, it is time to get behind the next Congressman, Nick Lampson, who is a moderate and won the NRA endorsement in three of his prior elections.

When I bumped into Ft Bend County Judge Hebert (a Republican) at an art event in Richmond a couple weeks ago, he told me that he thought he could work with Mr. Lampson…wise man.