OR GOV: Chris Dudley debuts his shiny placeholder website
Former Trailblazer Chris Dudley is thinking about running for Oregon Governor on the GOP side. He's got himself a website on training wheels that includes some nice photos, but nothing so far that gives us a real sense of the guy and what he's about.
I'm not so in to basketball, so the only thing I know about Dudley is his name and that he used to play in the NBA. Google showed me that Dudley has a foundation for people living with diabetes.
He's also a partner at Filligree Advisors, a "wealth design and management company".
Any readers with insight into Mr. Dudley, please weigh in.
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November 6, 2009 |
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Posted by: Richard | Nov 6, 2009 9:14:45 AM
"but nothing so far that gives us a real of the guy and what he's about."
He's a conservtive Republican, what else do you need?
I'm sure you're about to smply cut and paste your prior mischaracterizations.
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Nov 6, 2009 9:35:44 AM
Richard: I've never written about the guy before..kinda tough to "smply cut and paste your prior mischaracterizations" for somebody I've never bothered to blog on before. LOL
Do you know the guy? Have you met him? How do you know he's "conservative"? What does that mean, exactly? Is he socially conservative and fiscally conservative?
Posted by: Garrett in SE | Nov 6, 2009 9:38:09 AM
Chris Dudley who?
Oh yes I remember him. The only remarkable play he had in the NBA was when Shaq dunked posterized him and Dudley acted like a baby and threw the ball at Shaq for being better than him.
Posted by: Jeff Alworth | Nov 6, 2009 9:47:42 AM
Dudley was a popular player. A lunch-pail guy with loads of character. He was in many ways a classic Blazer. He's also famous for being one of the worst free-throw shooters in league history. (That part Blazer fans did not love.)
Posted by: fbear | Nov 6, 2009 9:51:08 AM
On Tuesday I sent an email to the address on the website asking about his qualifications and what work he's done in the political arena. I have not heard back.
Posted by: George Anonymuncule Seldes | Nov 6, 2009 9:56:08 AM
I hear his favorite joke is "How's the weather up there?"
Posted by: Richard | Nov 6, 2009 10:02:20 AM
Carla,
Are you kidding?
I was referring to your priot/other template descriptions of conservatives which you will essentially be cutting and pasting on Dudley if he runs.
No I've never met him.
But his conservativism, whatever form it takes, will be re-cast by you and yours into the Republican caricature you love to smear. If he ends up running and against Kitzhaber all of your usual labels will get trotted out.
Posted by: fbear | Nov 6, 2009 10:08:01 AM
Richard,
Carla has no need to caricature Republicans--they do a fine job of it all by themselves. Reference Palin, Sarah; Bachmann, Michelle; Steele, Michael; Limbaugh, Rush; Cheney, Dick; Bush, George W.; Larson, Lars; Sizemore, Bill; Beck, Glenn.
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Nov 6, 2009 10:16:32 AM
I was referring to your priot/other template descriptions of conservatives which you will essentially be cutting and pasting on Dudley if he runs.
Richard--I won't need a template. :)
Posted by: The B-Ball Doll | Nov 6, 2009 10:23:41 AM
Richard,
Really? If we really have to explain what Carla and others are talking about referring to Republican values, lack of effort, and fear mongering...you've clearly been swimming in the short end of the gene pool for some time, and wouldn't understand.
Thanks for posting Dudley's place holder site, Carla. Now that I've seen it, I'm actually kind of shocked. He's clearly out of touch with reality to think he has the experience, credentials, or political skills to be Oregon's Governor.
Clearly he has the right to run, but folks...let's move along, there's nothing to see here.
Posted by: Greg D. | Nov 6, 2009 10:31:56 AM
Notwithstanding his chosen affiliation as a Repiglican, Chris Dudley has spent a lot of time and raised a ton of money to help kids with juvenile onset (Type I) diabetes. The fact that Carla views him as a potential threat to Kitz in the general election is humorous to say the least. Why waste time trying to slur a guy doing good things in the community, who has the same chance of becoming Governor as I do winning the NBA Championship?
Posted by: TF | Nov 6, 2009 10:32:31 AM
Chris Dudley has paid more Oregon income tax than Bill Bradbury and John Kitzhaber combined.
Posted by: Carla Axtman | Nov 6, 2009 10:35:30 AM
The fact that Carla views him as a potential threat to Kitz in the general election is humorous to say the least.
What would really make that hilarious is if it were true. LOL
Posted by: The Basketball | Nov 6, 2009 11:00:40 AM
Clearly the only reason he's running is so he can get into President Obama's pickup games on the days when he might make official trips to D.C. There's no other way he would be invited.
Posted by: Adam503 | Nov 6, 2009 11:08:04 AM
I wouldn't cheer for John Kitzhaber at the Rose Garden if the Trail Blazers signed him...
...and I'm not voting for celebrities. Particularly celebrities who think a chief executive position is an entry level job.
Build a resume in the public sector before seeking elected office. Then run for an office further down the organizational table.
Posted by: Peri Brown | Nov 6, 2009 11:31:47 AM
You know the thing about free throws is relevant to his qualifications for governor.
You can make a free throw from a wheel chair. You can teach a dog to shoot free throws. It is simply a matter of time on task. Bad freethrow shooter = lacks discipline. He was content to let the Blazers down, rather than just stand at the line until he got it right.
OK. Maybe he's test anxious. That doesn't exactly make it better, does it? Either way, I think it's a lot more relevant than the ink spilled on Bradbury's health. "Chris, were you butt lazy or a choker"? "How will that help Oregon"? Let's be honest. Repuglicants don't like government and they support candidates, time and time again, that are guaranteed to do nothing. When Raygun was snoozing, he was doing exactly what his base elected him to do.
Yet another insult, too to smaller parties. We'll invite a blatant do-nothing placeholder to the debates, but a considered Pacific Green would be letting just anyone show up. Just another case in point how parties suck.
You know what was great about the first two parties in Anglo-American politics? They were named and characterized by the other party. Neither "Tory" nor "Whig" were complimentary terms, as intended, and were both coined by the opposition. Things would be better all around, I do believe, if candidates started out with a blank after their name, and the media and electorate decided what they were and gave them the label.
Posted by: Jason | Nov 6, 2009 1:22:14 PM
"Really? If we really have to explain what Carla and others are talking about referring to Republican values, lack of effort, and fear mongering...you've clearly been swimming in the short end of the gene pool for some time, and wouldn't understand."
I guess you know me (as a registered Republican) better than I know myself.
Posted by: The B-Ball Doll | Nov 6, 2009 1:25:43 PM
Greg D., you're absolutely right. His work for Juvenile Diabetes is to be appreciated and commended. Work like that is necessary and goes far beyond politics.
But being Oregon's governor involves politics...a lot of politics. And that is where The B-Ball Doll misses his shot (man, the puns will be hard to avoid). Dudley should keep his day job and run for President of the National Juvenile Diabetes Association (I'm serious). He could do a lot of good there, help raise money and attention, and make a difference.
He should let the experts practice politics and governance, and he should work on his defense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNOYChVkvPs&feature=related
Posted by: LikeATimeBomb | Nov 6, 2009 3:51:20 PM
I don't really get the dismissing him out of hand... nobody seems to know his positions by and large outside of that he's a registered Republican (which can mean many things). The guy went to Yale (which isn't to say he's smart, but just that he's not some random celebrity with no credentials), runs a really great charitable organization, has managed his money and been a good role model in every community he's been in. Between him and Allen I think it's great that we're finally starting to see smart Republicans that can add to the political conversation in this state. Nobody's saying he can, or even necessarily should win, but competition of ideas is a good thing, folks.
Posted by: Kari Chisholm | Nov 6, 2009 3:54:18 PM
He's a conservtive Republican, what else do you need?
Richard, source that claim please?
For all we know, he's an Ayn-Rand-loving atheist marijuana-legalization libertarian.
Unless you've got some sort of source for that claim.
Posted by: LT | Nov 6, 2009 5:44:08 PM
Dear Like:
"competition of ideas is a good thing, folks."
My sentiments exactly.
Now if Dudley were to come out with some intelligent proposals (the kind that attract attention from folks who don't even know what the Republican caucus position on those ideas is because they are not political junkies) while the Democrats are still arguing the ancient history of Gore, Bradbury, and Kitzhaber (today's young adults were probably in high school when Kitzhaber was Gov.)it could just happen here like it happened in Virginia---Dem. candidate doen't really offer much to young people, Republican campaigns like a pragmatist, the pragmatist wins (cartoon in Washington Post showed an empty cupboard and the Gov-elect saying he would keep his campaign promise and prove that yes there is a bone in the cupboard).
Gov. campaigns and all other statewide campaigns are not slam dunks--all sorts of things can change the results. Who would ever have thought that Jesse Ventura would be elected Gov.
And I'm pretty sure that at this time in their Gov. election cycle, Norma Paulus and Ed Fadeley both thought they had a good chance of being elected Gov.
Posted by: tim h | Nov 6, 2009 6:16:06 PM
I have met Chris Dudley. I am not anyone he would try to impress or be gaurded around. He is honest, reasonable, and very focused. He is passionate, and committed about juvenile diabetes. He listens, and has a strong work ethic. We could do a lot worse than those character traits.
I am surprised that anyone would evaluate his ablity to serve the public by his ability to gaurd Shaq.
Will I vote for him? His political history is unknown, so I can't really answer that. But, I will listen to what he has to say before I judge.
Posted by: LT | Nov 6, 2009 9:18:11 PM
Tim H, thank you for your intelligent comment. If all the political junkies fight over Kitzhaber, Bradbury, and Allen Alley, voters could just dump them all in disgust and give us a Shields vs Dudley Gov. race.
Time to start discussing serious issues.
Posted by: fbear | Nov 7, 2009 8:16:49 AM
Tim H. and LT,
The larger point about Dudley is that it appears he has had absolutely no involvement in politics up to this point, and now he wants to jump in to the top job in the state.
He may be a very smart guy, and he may have worthwhile positions on the issues, but so far he hasn't demonstrated either in a public manner.
The bar is higher for him because of his inexperience.
When he was a player, he didn't come across as a spoiled athlete, but so far that's the impression he's giving in the political realm--that the same rules don't apply to him because he's an athlete.
Also, if he's focused and committed to the cause of juvenile diabetes, then the governorship is absolutely the wrong position for him--the job requires a generalist, not a specialist.
Posted by: LT | Nov 7, 2009 11:12:11 AM
Thank you fbear:
"The bar is higher for him because of his inexperience. "
Yes, the bar is high for anyone who has never run for office before, be it a staffer (one ran for Congress in our district in the mid-1980s, and of course Steve Novick is a prime example) or someone who has made a name in private life like Dudley or in a previous decade Harry Lonsdale. Or Shields for Gov., to give another example.
I do not say I support Dudley---just that if Dudley does start proposing ideas while headline names talk about who has the biggest fundraiser or the most endorsements, he could attract the attention of those looking for intelligent debate.
So far, Shields has made one very intelligent comment on the January ballot measures---that in his work life he actually did locate companies, and taxes were only one factor, not the whole reason.
Posted by: fbear | Nov 7, 2009 2:05:18 PM
LT, it appears that Dudley is waaaaaaaay jumping the gun in running for Governor.
He seems to like the idea of running, but he hasn't given any clue as to what kinds of positions he has. People are going to comment about his basketball playing because that's what they know about him and he hasn't given anyone anything else to talk about.
As I said above, he does seem to really care about one issue, which makes me wonder what the heck he's thinking about with this run. Winning the governor's race may or may not be good for his pet cause, but he has to show that he cares about, and is knowledgeable about, a wide range of issues. So far he hasn't done that.
Posted by: Sal Peralta | Nov 7, 2009 2:36:51 PM
fbear - The man hasn't even announced that he's running for Governor. He hasn't had a single public event. So far as I can tell, he hasn't even held a press conference.
Isn't it a little premature to be asking for detailed policy positions?
Looking at Kitzhaber's site, I see exactly 1 statement on policy. Bradbury has a whopping 4. And these gentlemen are the front runners and political veterans who have been announced as candidates for months.
Let's give this campaign some time to unfold, shall we?
Posted by: fbear | Nov 7, 2009 4:29:10 PM
The difference, Sal, is that Kitzhaber and Bradbury have political track records. Dudley has none, and no history of political involvement.
He's trying to build a groundswell without providing any reasons for anyone to support him.
Posted by: fbear | Nov 7, 2009 5:06:30 PM
From his website:
In order to change this, Oregon needs new ideas and new leadership. By opening the Friends of Chris Dudley committee, I've taken the first necessary step toward determining how I can help, whether running for Governor or some other way.
So, my reaction is, what are your new ideas and how have you demonstrated that you're a leader?
The website says "Encourage Chris to run!", but doesn't really give any reason to want to encourage him to run.
Posted by: mp97303 | Nov 8, 2009 4:58:43 PM
Chris Dudley has paid more Oregon income tax than Bill Bradbury and John Kitzhaber combined.
But surely not his "fair share" *wink*
Posted by: Paul Cox | Nov 8, 2009 9:25:58 PM
The guy went to Yale...
Ah, yes. Either Bush would have made a fine Governor too! Surprised to see liberals admit "Bush, Jr. was smart. After all, he went to Yale..."
No mistake, going to Yale matters. Have to ante up to sit at the table. Keeps the riff-raff out.
Miss Brown is correct. Anyone that can't master free throws is bone lazy.
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Posted by: Jim H | Nov 6, 2009 8:55:35 AM
What's with the "Encourage Chris to Run" statement on the website? Is he trying to draft himself?