How do you know a public figure is lying? No, not “they’re lips are moving.” Although that answer is correct far too often. No the surest way to know is that they say they are retiring, resigning, dropping out, etc in order to “Spend More Time With Their Family.”
The latest scammer to use this line is Mikal Watts, former Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. The Curmudgeon does not know for sure why Mr. Watts chose to drop out at this point after spending several months campaigning and committing millions of his own dollars to the campaign, but here’s betting it wasn’t to spend more time with the family.
A few things have popped up. One is a criminal investigation into a “lawyer” who ain’t a lawyer in Corpus Christi. Mauricio Celis was apparently an extremely successful ambulance chaser who would get cases and refer them to other plaintiff’s attorneys. Problem was Celis is not actually a lawyer. Apparently, in Texas, it is illegal for a non-lawyer to chase after ambulances. Actually it only illegal for them to get a referral fee from an actual lawyer.
Celis referred some clients to Watts. Oops!
The point is Mr. Watts had a family before the decided to run. He had a pretty good idea of the size of Texas and the time commitment it would take to run a campaign here.
Lots of politicians have claimed they were quitting in order to spend more time with the family. In virtually every case is meant they were being forced out, about to get defeated, about to get caught, or vested. But it never meant what they said it meant.
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