• Mary Failing's big endorsement... from a quitter!

    Certainly we called it right when we named her "Mary Failing" because we're sure Mary Fallin will continue to fail Oklahoma if she's elected governor.

    But here's a new twist - we now wonder if she'll find new ways to fail.... like quitting.

    Mary Fallin has been bragging about her new endorsement from former Alaska Governor, former GOP VP candidate, former Wasilla Mayor, former pageant queen, former journalism major, former attendee of about 43 different colleges, and formerly America's favorite "pitbull with lipstick" Sarah Palin.

    Why is Sarah Palin a former everything? Because she has a tendency to quit in the middle of anything she starts.

    And now Mary Fallin has won Sarah Palin's endorsement. It just makes us wonder if the real reason behind this endorsement is that Sarah Palin thinks Mary has what it takes to be a quitter like her.

    The only thing Mary can't seem to quit is to follow GOP talking points. Maybe that's what Palin sees in Fallin - a fellow gone-Washington politician who can regurgitate the party line with a wink and a smile.

    (Watch closely for Mary to start reading notes off her hand at some point in the near future. And then maybe quit in the middle of her speech.)

    Sorry, Mary. Anyone who wants to be Oklahoma's next governor shouldn't be proud to have the endorsement of a quitter.

  • Mary Failing to drive legally

    This spring, Mary Fallin decided she'd be better off doing other people's jobs for a few weeks rather than making an attempt to do her own. (Perhaps she was trying a few things on for size before losing her bid for governor.)

    Turns out, though, that Mary could care less about following the law when it comes to getting a good photo opp.

    From the Lawton Constitution:

    "Then Fallin headed to the Lawton Area Transit System, where she learned to drive a city bus. Fallin drove a LATS bus on a run for the bus system's on-demand curbside service for disabled patrons."

    The problem? In order to operate that bus, Mary needs a commercial driver's license.

    According to the Oklahoma Commercial Driver License Manual, "You must have a CDL to operate: [...] A vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver)".

    The Lawton Area Transit System website says that their buses have a 21-passenger capacity.

    Sorry, Mary - seems you've failed again. And Oklahoma doesn't need a governor who is this careless about the law.

  • Mary Failing to stick with her own policies

    Yesterday, Mary Fallin hit a new height of infamy, being named Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" on his MSNBC show.

    Why did she earn this sad mark? Well, it seems Mary Fallin sent out a mailer bashing spending of taxpayer dollars - and she printed and mailed it at taxpayer expense.

    Watch the clip:

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  • Mary Failing to answer our call

    Yesterday, Oklahoma made national news when it came out that some of the extreme right-wing "Tea Partiers" are pushing to form a state militia, supposedly to keep the federal government at bay in Oklahoma. Supporters of this militia idea include one of the Republican candidates for governor, State Sen. Randy Brogdon.

    Since Mary Fallin has been aligning herself with the Tea Party movement in DC - speaking at a recent rally, waving a "Don't Tread on Me" flag from the U.S. Capitol, and calling their violence-laced rally "fun"- I wanted to know what she thinks about the group's new idea.

    Today, I called Mary Fallin's campaign office to try to get someone to tell me whether or not she supports this idea of a new militia. Watch this video to see what happened:

    I'm still waiting for an answer, but that doesn't mean you have to wait for her to get back to me. Call Mary Fallin's campaign office at 405-778-8900 and see if they'll tell you what she thinks on this issue.

    In Oklahoma, encouraging this kind of movement is nothing to be taken lightly. In the early '90s, similar calls for action against the federal government led to perhaps our state's most tragic day with the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. That horrible event took place in the district Mary Fallin now represents in Congress.

    I think it's important for Mary Fallin to answer these simple questions - will she continue to support this far-right movement against the federal government, or will she stop and think about the consequences this kind of extremism can have? Will she keep falling in line behind them, or will she denounce them for going too far?

    Don't wait for her response - call Mary Fallin's campaign office at 405-778-8900 and tell them to give us some answers.

  • Mary Failing to do her job in Washington

    Political stunt won't change Fallin being out of touch, says ODP chair

    Oklahoma City, OK - It's too little too late for Mary Fallin to start working for Oklahoma, Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Todd Goodman said today in response to Fallin's newly launched "Working across Oklahoma" rally and campaign tour.

    "If Mary Fallin thinks that a political stunt can make us forget that she's a 20-year career politician, then she is woefully out of touch with everyday Oklahomans," stated Goodman.

    Fallin today announced that she would be working at various jobs across the state over the next few weeks, ostensibly to find out what real Oklahomans who have to work for a living experience every day.

    Goodman stated that this weak political stunt cheapens the hard work Oklahomans put in to get by.

    "A few hours here and there for a photo shoot isn't going to make Mary Fallin any less out-of-touch with hard-working Oklahomans," he said. "She's been taking a government paycheck since 1990, while accomplishing next to nothing for her constituents.

    "Maybe it's time for Mary Fallin to stop pretending to do other people's jobs and start doing her own."

    Goodman cited Roll Call's latest Congressional Power Rankings, which placed Mary Fallin as the 418th most effective House member out of a body of 435.

    "She can pretend all she wants that she knows what Oklahomans are going through. But even she knows this is all for show. Even she knows that she's a career politician, and I don't know how she thinks Oklahomans won't see right through this cheap political stunt."

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Mary Fallin has failed to accomplish anything for Oklahoma while she's been in Congress, and now she wants us to make her governor. Oklahoma deserves better than a failure trying to lead our state. Sorry, Mary - we deserve a real leader.