Oh ye of little faith. I'm fully aware there is another, rather unsavory, Welshman with the same name--a politician--which I'm not.
But I'm flattered by being mistaken for somebody who used to, at any rate, have some clout. Or maybe I should feel insulted.
Since Davies is a very common Welsh name, there's probably another Ron Davies in Wales itself--a perfectly innocent citizen.
But I do have a lively curiosity in affairs outside the US-- as well as inside.
Used to work for a PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE--had a real hard time keeping people from stealing the L in the sign .
And, to return to the topic, Richard, you're backing off a bit-you now say gender/ religion/etc "semi-officially". Big difference between that and a government regulation requiring it.
If you ask the Republicans, they'd love to have more blacks, for instance. But this crop of Republicans appears to think that tax cuts are the answer to everything--and it makes it OK, for instance to appeal to "race-mixing" fears in Tennessee--which we've just seen still works like a charm. For some reason that doesn't help with recruiting blacks.
Ironic, since there are actually a fair number of conservatively religious blacks who respond to anti-homosexual marriage and anti-abortion pitches. I know some who very likely voted for Bush last time on that basis.
At any rate, you can try to recruit candidates--but if your policies are anathema to your target, you may have a problem--Tennessee ad a case in point.
By the way, where do badgers come into it--or is it a kinky connection with my namesake that I'd be better off not knowing?