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AZ Democrat changes his name to Cesar Chavez in 3rd attempt to get elected.

Alinvegas

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Arizona congressional candidate changes name to Cesar Chavez

Scott Fistler wasn’t drumming up the political recognition he thought he needed to win an election. The 35-year-old, who lists “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss as his favorite book, kept coming up short in his bid for public office.

The voters in Arizona just weren’t feeling him. So Fistler changed his name -- to Cesar Chavez.

Though the famed labor leader has been dead for years, Fistler is running under the Chavez moniker for the 7th Congressional District seat in a community composed mostly of Hispanics.

If Chavez,
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the Democratic candidate, makes it onto the ballot, he would be in a six-way race for the seat left vacant by retiring U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor.

Fistler is fairly upfront about his strategy here. He's already run twice for office, unsuccessfully, as a Republican. He then changed parties, and his name -- after paying a $319 fee to the state late last year.

“It’s almost as simple as saying Elvis Presley is running for president,” Chavez told The Arizona Republic. “You wouldn’t forget it, would you?”

He also told the paper he picked his new name because it was a popular one with voters.

“If you went out there running for office and your name was Bernie Madoff, you’d probably be screwed,” he said.

His plan is oddly similar to the plot of the 1992 film “The Distinguished Gentleman,” where Eddie Murphy’s character wins a congressional election by changing his name to that of the dead incumbent.

But the political strategy of piggybacking on the reputation of a popular leader might not work like in the movies.

“Chavez is a hero of the labor market and appearing to steal his name will probably backfire,” Bill Redding, a senior strategist at the Washington-based Campaign Workshop, told FoxNews.com.

Cesar Chavez – the labor figure – founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which later became United Farm Workers. As a labor leader, Chavez championed for better treatment, pay and working conditions for field workers and is largely considered a hero in the Hispanic community. He died in 1993 in San Luis, Ariz.

Chavez would face a tough primary battle in August against Mary Rose Wilcox, a 30-year politician and also the first Latina to be elected to the Phoenix City Council. He’d also face state Rep. Ruben Gallego, who serves as assistant minority leader in the Arizona legislature.

Should Chavez the candidate win, he told The Arizona Republic he'd "just show up there and act presentable."

"It’d be kind of like the first day of kindergarten,” he said.

But changing a name for a political leg up isn’t a new idea.

Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump changed his parent-given name of Christopher Robert Stump to Bob Stump – the same name as the state’s longtime Republican congressman.
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Alinvegas said:
Arizona congressional candidate changes name to Cesar Chavez
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Anyway you look at it, he's a loser.

...The candidate formerly known as Scott Fistler, 38, refuses to say if he is actually Hispanic and is prone to wearing fedoras. He has spent the last two years of his life attempting to get elected as a Republican. First, he ran an unsuccessful campaign as a write-in against U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor—a Democrat. Then, he mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Phoenix city council.

...In February of this year, Chavez—who did not respond a to a request for comment from The Daily Beast—filed to run (once again, against Rep. Pastor who has since announced he will not seek re-election.) for the Democratic nomination in the Copper State’s heavily Hispanic 7th district in the August 26th primary, despite not yet being registered as a Democrat (on the form, Chavez wrote he was running as a “DEM”). Chavez finally switched parties on April 28, and is one of six Democrats running for the open seat.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ona-who-changed-his-name-to-cesar-chavez.html
 
Craig said:
Anyway you look at it, he's a loser.

...The candidate formerly known as Scott Fistler, 38, refuses to say if he is actually Hispanic and is prone to wearing fedoras. He has spent the last two years of his life attempting to get elected as a Republican. First, he ran an unsuccessful campaign as a write-in against U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor—a Democrat. Then, he mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Phoenix city council.

...In February of this year, Chavez—who did not respond a to a request for comment from The Daily Beast—filed to run (once again, against Rep. Pastor who has since announced he will not seek re-election.) for the Democratic nomination in the Copper State’s heavily Hispanic 7th district in the August 26th primary, despite not yet being registered as a Democrat (on the form, Chavez wrote he was running as a “DEM”). Chavez finally switched parties on April 28, and is one of six Democrats running for the open seat.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ona-who-changed-his-name-to-cesar-chavez.html
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I agree. I was just trying to offset the inappropriate and inaccurate post that was placed before mine by one well known lefty.
 
Alinvegas said:
I agree. I was just trying to offset the inappropriate and inaccurate post that was placed before mine by one well known lefty.
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Yours was also inaccurate. Truth is the offset, not more partisanship.

He changed his name in November and changed his party in April.
 
Craig said:
Anyway you look at it, he's a loser.

...The candidate formerly known as Scott Fistler, 38, refuses to say if he is actually Hispanic and is prone to wearing fedoras. He has spent the last two years of his life attempting to get elected as a Republican. First, he ran an unsuccessful campaign as a write-in against U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor—a Democrat. Then, he mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Phoenix city council.

...In February of this year, Chavez—who did not respond a to a request for comment from The Daily Beast—filed to run (once again, against Rep. Pastor who has since announced he will not seek re-election.) for the Democratic nomination in the Copper State’s heavily Hispanic 7th district in the August 26th primary, despite not yet being registered as a Democrat (on the form, Chavez wrote he was running as a “DEM”). Chavez finally switched parties on April 28, and is one of six Democrats running for the open seat.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ona-who-changed-his-name-to-cesar-chavez.html
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As for the part where he, "refuses to say if he is actually Hispanic and is prone to wearing fedoras.', again, so what?

Is THAT some "rule", or "law" or something? If one changes their name to Finklestein is there some obscure law that they prove to others that they are Jewish? What about "Bubba"? One need to prove some inbreeding in the family tree or what? How about a name like "Moonbeam", any need for that one to prove they are the off-spring of some nature child?


BUT.............With all of that having been said, I happen to agree, it is pretty apparent, to ME, that he is of the opinion this will help him get elected.

And again, so what?

If it actually DOES, what does that really mean?
That the voters are so uninformed they will vote for someone they, obviously, know absolutely NOTHING about, based upon nothing more than the fact that they like the way his name sounds?

This says more about whom? Him for thinking this might actually work or them for proving him to be right?
 
Alinvegas said:
Yes. But I assume the well known lefty can not.
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Then you know he was a Republican when he changed his name.

Your headline says otherwise...



AZ Democrat changes his name to Cesar Chavez in 3rd attempt to get elected.
 
UPNYA2 said:
As for the part where he, "refuses to say if he is actually Hispanic and is prone to wearing fedoras.', again, so what?

Is THAT some "rule", or "law" or something? If one changes their name to Finklestein is there some obscure law that they prove to others that they are Jewish? What about "Bubba"? One need to prove some inbreeding in the family tree or what? How about a name like "Moonbeam", any need for that one to prove they are the off-spring of some nature child?


BUT.............With all of that having been said, I happen to agree, it is pretty apparent, to ME, that he is of the opinion this will help him get elected.

And again, so what?

If it actually DOES, what does that really mean?
That the voters are so uninformed they will vote for someone they, obviously, know absolutely NOTHING about, based upon nothing more than the fact that they like the way his name sounds?

This says more about whom? Him for thinking this might actually work or them for proving him to be right?
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Interesting rant.

Yes, he's trying to bamboozle stupid people. If he wins, it says AZ has lots of stupid people. So what? Just say I'm glad I don't live in Arizona. Too many stupid people there.
 
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Democratic

You can have him...who thinks one day ...hmmm I think I will change parties and become a member Of the Party of Slavery and Segregation?.....hmmm Scott Fistler...I wonder what happens if his neigborhood becomes predominantly African American.
Now we remember!
 
Craig said:
Interesting rant.

Yes, he's trying to bamboozle stupid people. If he wins, it says AZ has lots of stupid people. So what? Just say I'm glad I don't live in Arizona. Too many stupid people there.
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Speaking of "rants",..........

If in fact you are glad you don't live in Az., why is it you felt so compelled to comment on someone running for office there? It will not affect you in any way.

Just be glad.
 
UPNYA2 said:
Speaking of "rants",..........

If in fact you are glad you don't live in Az., why is it you felt so compelled to comment on someone running for office there? It will not affect you in any way.

Just be glad.
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Compelled?

I saw an interesting subject on a political forum. I found a person changing both his name and his political affiliation to be interesting. Especially considering the name...and the pictures he uses on his website. He's a charlatan, a phony, a loser, but the posts seemed to be more concerned about his party affiliation, as Al was compelled to make a second top post on the subject.

I did not realize that we are not able to weigh in on subjects that don't have any direct effect on us. Al lives in Nevada and Bo lives in Idaho, neither of which seem to be Arizona...so forgive me, a mere Marylander, for daring to comment.
 
Craig said:
Then you know he was a Republican when he changed his name.

Your headline says otherwise...



AZ Democrat changes his name to Cesar Chavez in 3rd attempt to get elected.
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I know he is a democrat. I deal in the present, not the past
 
Alinvegas said:
I know he is a democrat. I deal in the present, not the past
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I know he is a democrat too. At least, his party affiliation is now Democratic. I doubt he holds any liberal views. I also know he has been a democrat all the way back to late April. Why...that's over a month now!...and is well after he changed his name. So...again...your headline is inaccurate. He was not affiliated with the D's when he changed his name, he was a Republican when he changed his name.

I deal with both the present and the recent past when discussing such timelines.
 
Alinvegas said:
Well. Someone has their panties all tied in a knot. Can't stand it when they get called out on their posts.
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Jeff Flake? Yeah...democrat. Right. Anyhoo...I can understand why he lost his city council race.


BREAKING THE ICE
What is the best piece of political advice you ever received?
Serve the best interest of the citizens.

What is your favorite book (besides a spiritual text)?
The Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss.

What favorite movie has meaning for you?
Rocky

What is your favorite place in Arizona?
Phoenix

Which Arizona political figure past or present do you most admire and why?
Jeff Flake


http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/2013questionnaires/results.php?id=sfistler
 
I beat you to this story Al. You really should submit, admit that he's a Pugger pandering to the Hispanic vote and be done no? ;)
 
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