Ben Bentzin to withdraw from House race

[crispini]

YEAH BABY!

Ben Bentzin to withdraw from House race
GOP nominee cites negative campaign.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


Monday, August 14, 2006

Republican House candidate Ben Bentzin said today he plans to withdraw from the race for Texas House District 48 in western Travis County. He will formally notify party officials Tuesday.

Bentzin, a former executive at Dell, Inc., cited new business opportunities and the negative tone in his earlier race for the seat as reasons for dropping out. He is not moving out of the district.


http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/legislature/08/15bentzin.html?

[gkhouston]

1. "new business opportunities"??

that's gotta be an original. What, his family doesn't want to spend more time with him? :rofl:

[truckin]

6. LOL!

[Mabus]

7. I thought he was talking about his new business venture with Colyandro

making Texas license plates along side Tom DeLay.

[dave123williams]

14. Maybe he has a new license-plate pressing business starting up.

[NoPasaran]

2. A negative tone, eh?

Guess he just got sick of being called a Republican douchebag. Another great American destroyed by those mean left wing bloggers.

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[sonias]

3. Birkenstock firmly planted on this ass

He slinks out the back door to join the growing ranks of cut and run republicans like Tom Delay.

Sonia

[GOPisEvil]

4. Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way to whereever the fuck you're going, Ben.

You couldn't beat Gonzalo Barrientos and you couldn't beat Donna Howard, and you know you'd have gotten your ass handed to you by her again. Now STAY GONE!!! Speaking as a resident of District 48, we don't want you 'round here no more!

:rofl:

[cosmik debris]

5. Damned Librul Media

"He also said he believed there was "an imbalance in terms of (press) coverage" of the campaign"

He hired a crook and got negative press attention. Donna Howard didn't hire a crook and got positive press attention. Is that an imbalance? I guess so. Do you think the Republicans will take responsibility for their blunder? I guess not!

[Czolgosz]

8. K & R

[Melissa G]

9. Dum Dum Dum...Another one BITES The Dust!!! Yeah!.....

How sweet it is is to celebrate another victory even before the race is run!:party:

Baakkk Baaaakkk Baaaakkk.. Chicken is very popular with the repub's this season!

[eridani]

11. And another one's gone, and another one's gone--

--another one BITES the DUST!

[tammywammy]

10. Great News!!

I only wish that my own House Rep, the horrible Joe Barton, would withdrawl.

[sonias]

12. No Smokey Joe needs a more horrible fate

He should have to live out the rest of his life in a dirty coal burning smokestack.:mad:

Sonia

[jobycom]

13. Ah, damn!

I was so looking forward to seeing him beat a third time. Oh well, I'll get over it, somehow.

New business opportunities? He's a Republican, what could be a better business opportunity than running for the State Lege? He gets to throw ridiculous amounts of money at a slim chance to gain a job that pays basically nothing so he can take bribes and misallocate funds to steal from the people of Texas. How can there be a better business opportunity for a Republican? Now that Enron's collapsed, anyway.