Watch out, Mayor Shirley!

Armed with a 3.22 GPA and a book of glamour shots, 25-year-old Tiffany A. Brown is gunning for your job ^[1]!

I’m a proponent of young people becoming active in politics, but Tiffany A. Brown’s “campaign” to be the next mayor of Atlanta isn’t political activism. It’s a joke. Fortunately, for this blog entry, it happens to be a funny joke.

Just read what Ms. Brown says about herself on her own web site ^[1].

Ms. Brown on her qualifications:

Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science from Spelman College in May 2001 with 3.22 GPA.

I had graduated with a 3.89. Can I be governor?

Ms. Brown on education:

Being a daughter of a educator herself, Tiffany Brown understands the importance of education . . .

Growing up with a educator obviously being good for she grammar.

Ms. Brown on her experience:

Tiffany Brown has been employed with United States Government Accountability Office, Fulton County District Attorneyís Office, Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, Georgia Conservation Voters, Supreme Court of Georgia, Equifax, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Atlanta Bar Association.

She’s 25 and she’s had eight jobs? How exactly is her inability to hold a job a qualification?

Which brings me to my ultimate point.

Ms. Brown is one of those people who can’t distinguish between her ambitions and her qualifications. She’s either a rampant egomaniac or a complete idiot — possibly some of both. If she cared about “making a difference” she’d be a community activist starting an after school reading program in her neighborhood or tending to a neighhorhood watch program. She’d work with her neighborhood association, her NPU and then maybe run for city council.

Fortunately, this blog posting is probably the first and last bit of media coverage her campaign will receive. You see, in the U.S., nobody pays attention to thoroughly unqualified candidates unless they’re movie stars, billionaires, or the son of the 41st President.

Happy Independence Day.