[WardFive] On the Meaning of "Sucker" by Mike DeBonis

On the Meaning of “Sucker”
Mike DeBonis, mike.debonis@washpost.com

In Sunday’s edition [themail, April 15], Pamela Johnson makes the bizarre claim that I referred to Vincent Orange as a “sucker” in an April 2 tweet. Her claim is lacking context. When I noted “this sucker’s wide open,” it was a reference to the at-large race generally, not Orange personally. Earlier in the day, I’d done a ward breakdown of early and absentee voters (http://tinyurl.com/77hbpup), and my analysis followed from that. The “sucker” reference was last in a series of three tweets:

1) “At-large race food for thought: Take # of votes already cast by ward, apply VO’s ‘11 ward shares and he can expect 34.4% this time.”
2) “Assumes (a) non-Orange voters in 11 won’t vote for him this time, either, & (b) Election Day ward split will resemble early/absentee split”
3) “In other words, this sucker’s wide open.”

I would also note that the close results of the race would indeed seem to indicate that, yes, the sucker was wide open.

Links to the tweets:

https://twitter.com/#!/mikedebonis/status/186984913910767616
https://twitter.com/#!/mikedebonis/status/186985308192124929
https://twitter.com/#!/mikedebonis/status/186985427977252864

 

 

Eric J. Jones

ejjones.threed@gmail.com

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