Watch ya head

Well, it's official. Ex-Trail Blazer center Chris "Deadly" Dudley (lower left) is running for governor of Oregon. Again. His opponents are another retread candidate, Christine Drazan; a pardoned January 6 insurrectionist; and a couple of others whose names I couldn't tell you and you needn't know anyway.

Short of a miracle, none of them have the slightest chance of winning that office, but a few of them will spend a lot of rich people's money acting as if they did.

If Deadly really wanted to get his name in the history books, he'd renounce Trump and declare the start of a return to a sane Republican Party – without the murderous Gestapo tactics, cowboy foreign policy, relentless bullying, and proud racism. In other words, without Stephen Miller and whoever's pullng his strings. Deadly would still lose, but he'd be remembered as somebody who tried to use his mild celebrity to bring about positive change. That's anathema to the red-hat crowd, so just add him to the list of accomplice wannabes.

In the heyday of his basketball career, Deadly would play 25 minutes, score 5 points, and collect 9 rebounds a night. He was on an NBA Finals team once in 18 seasons, and it was the New York Knicks. He never won a championship ring. The Blazer teams he played on were mediocre at best. 

The last time he ran for governor, the voters preferred Doctor No, John Kitzhaber, for yet another term. The election was close, but it won't be this November. Which MAGA Party member will be making the concession speech, remains to be seen.