Drolet

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Lucido
Pete Lucido, the state House candidate with a horrible
voting record in past elections, has been taking a beating on Facebook from two
of Macomb County’s political war veterans.
Joe Munem and Leon Drolet are two guys who used snark to
full effect in campaigns before it was even a word. In this case, they seized
upon Lucido’s claim that he never misses an election unless a family member is
ill. At the same time, I reported earlier this week that county records show the Shelby Township Republican missed
every local school election over the past 16 years (plus several other votes).
In the course of a sarcastic FB conversation about this
phenomenon, Munem consults with “Dr. Drolet” and comes up with the idea that Lucido
suffers from an affliction that links family illnesses to his failure to cast ballots.
Munem labels it Votus Interruptus and has created a new FB page that’s seeking
help in finding a cure.
At one point, Munem and Drolet bring Joe DiSano, a Macomb
native and a seasoned Democratic campaign consultant, into the conversation.
The transcript below has been edited to remove the comments
by two women, one who is a Lucido supporter and one who is now skeptical of
Lucido, that disrupted the flow of the Drolet/Munem comedy routine.
Here you go:
      Leon Drolet You
people are absolutely heartless! Mr. Lucido states clearly in Chad’s article
that, “I have participated in every election unless one of my family members
was ill,”. Can Mr. Lucido help it that a member of his family becomes seriously
ill nearly every single time Lucido is preparing to vote? This appears to have
happened several dozen times in the past few years. Given the consistency of
this pattern (impending vote = ill family member), we should all be worried
about the health of the Lucido family if Pete is elected and must cast weekly
votes in Lansing.

      Leon Drolet Lisa,
it is entirely possible that a member of his family was seriously ill on each
and every (one of the more than 20 times) he missed key votes. I want him to
put his family first. But, given the serious health issues his family seems to
have around voting times, and Mr. Lucido’s repeated need to skip voting to
attend to those matters, how can he spend three days a week voting in Lansing?
         
         Joseph Munem Lisa,
a typical big talking “activist” with plenty of opinions but zero
skills in the doing of anything, is nothing more but a shrill shill for the guy
whose family becomes deathly ill at the thought of voting. Dr. Drolet,
have you observed this syndrome before?
·        
Leon Drolet I’m
sorry, Lisa, if I was not clear with my point. My point is that it doesn’t
matter what Mr. Lucido’s views are and it doesn’t matter how he WOULD have
voted if he is unable to even vote at all.  Joseph Munem Lisa,
a typical big talking “activist” with plenty of opinions but zero
skills in the doing of anything, is nothing more but a shrill shill for the guy
whose family becomes deathly ill at the thought of voting. Dr. Drolet,
have you observed this syndrome before?
·        
Leon Drolet But Joseph,
I do not know why Mr. Lucido’s family has fallen ill (more than 20) times –
each at the very moment that Mr. Lucido was about to vote.
·        
Joseph Munem If
you identify the syndrome, Dr. Drolet,
tradition dictates that you get to name it for the medical journals!
·        
Leon Drolet The
risk MAY be significant, Joseph.
Although it is hard to say if Mr. Lucido casting votes on legislation in Lansing
will have the same pathological impact on those around him that his attempts to
vote at polling locations seems to have had. I wonder if the health impacts on
those around him could have been reduced if Mr. Lucido had tried voting
absentee? Is it the polling locations that provoke severe adverse effects on
Mr. Lucido’s relatives? Are these health impacts primarily physiological? Or,
are they primarily mental? Maybe knowing how Mr. Lucido may decide to vote on
issues and candidates causes panic and distress to those closest to him?
·        
Joseph Munem So,
Dr. Drolet,
your theory is that poll voting triggers the illness. If the Lucido children
were UNAWARE of their father’s absentee voting, they might be spared this
horrible affliction?
·        
Joseph Munem https://www.facebook.com/…/Cure-

Votus…/722391461157765

Cure the horrible disease afflicting
the members of Michigan State Representative
candidate Peter Lucido’s family when he tries to vote in every election!
·        
Joseph Munem Will
you women stop your horrible bickering and join the cause to cure Votus
interruptus, a syndrome identified by Dr. Leon Drolet!
·        
Joe DiSano Maybe
this condition can be tied to Mr. Lucido’s financial contributions to prominent
Democratic elected officials. While I thoroughly encourage that behavior a good
Republican may worry the condition may come back after August 5th.
·        
Joseph Munem But
writing massive checks to Democrats might be the only way for Lucido to realize
some small measure of relief! Have you thought about that?
And on the Cure Votus
Interruptus website, one reader said this about Lucido’s situation:   Only his
hairdresser really knows for sure.