What Is a Humble Newsie to Do?

All you former Eugeneians might be interested to learn KEZI news anchor Rick Dancer has left the newsroom to run for Secretary of State in Oregon. In Oregon, the Secretary of State's job is largely to monitor elections, election financing and fraud. Rick announced his big news on KEZI after the Oscars on Sunday night and, apparently got a good block of time to make his announcement and be "interviewed" by one of his colleagues.

The Register-Guard ran an article today about the announcement and how Dancer failed to mention that he is running as a Republican. The article focuses on the "equal time" issues and the fact that Dancer's former boss, Carolyn Chambers, who owns KEZI where Dancer has worked for the last 20 years, is a huge player in the state Republican party.

Here's what I love from a guy who's job for the last 20 years has been to report on state and local news, including, one assumes, politics, and who is running for a job that would require him to be in charge of state election laws:

Dancer also said he is unaware of Chambers' support for the party.

"Obviously, I'm a news guy; I don't know what she does with her finances or her money," he said.

So, four days out of the gate, Dancer has reveled himself to be either an idiot or a liar. He should do just fine as an Oregon Republican politician.