Bob “Crooksy” Brooks is a time bomb waiting to blow on the Democratic Party, and the Washington and Harrisburg establishments are trying to force him on us. He stiffed his mother-in-law out of tens of thousands of dollars. He hated Barack Obama. He hated Colin Kaepernick. He loves guns and school prayer. You wonder why the guy is a Democrat. It doesn’t look like he was before. His terrible beliefs alone would be worth hiding.

Of course, Crooksy’s handlers are trying to hide him:

PoliticsPA has learned that prior to the debate, representatives of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) informed the debate’s organizers that it did not want to make the video of the event available online without a disclaimer. The DCCC cited concerns that footage would appear in GOP attack ads against the primary winner in the general campaign.

To others, the suggestion appeared as a tactic to protect Brooks, who has received endorsements from Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, among others.

And right on cue, a noun, a verb, and Josh Shapiro.

“D.C. Republicans and Bob’s political opponents are leveling desperate attacks for a simple reason: Bob is the candidate that Governor Josh Shapiro, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, countless local leaders, and working people agree is the best to take on Donald Trump, flip this seat, and fight for us,” said Brooks campaign manager Jenna Kaufman.

Countless local leaders? Not outside of Allentown. Not really anywhere else in the district either. Bob’s a creation of Beltway creatures and folks out in our Capitol on the banks of the Susquehanna. There’s no other substance with this guy though. Bob really has no idea why he’s running, other than people who benefitted asked him. He probably knows his own union’s issues well at this point, but he’s shown no mastery of anything else. The guy remains incoherent, months into his campaign. He can’t put together a full answer about any policy:

By some accounts, Brooks, the president of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association, had a difficult evening, barely answering the questions posed by journalist Ryan Gaylor, before returning to his talking points.

He was posed one question by Gaylor about how he would reduce the country’s climate warming carbon emissions and better prepare for the increasingly severe impacts on climate change.

All Brooks could offer was that all the climate cuts that President Trump made need to be “put back into legislation.” He then talked about his time driving a snowplow, before returning to “replacing the cuts that have already been put in place. It’s simply about putting the concept back into the legislature and covering those and getting them back into play because everything we’ve been taken out of, the kind of thing we’re looking at now.”

He was also asked to square the statement that he would ban money from political action committees in politics, yet, he has taken in more from PACs than the other three candidates.

“Don’t hate the player, hate the game,” replied Brooks. “I’m not a congressman. I can’t make those rules. The rules are made and you have to play by the rules that are in place.”

When pressed if he is making a distinction between corporate PACs that he opposes and PAC money that have donated to him, Brooks said, “Listen, I’d like to get all money out of politics, but you need to be able to work and be able to fund your campaign. And you can’t fund a campaign on 20 bucks.”

Don’t hate the player, hate the game. An incoherent answer on climate change. This guy would be an embarrassment in Congress. It’s amazing that people think he’s up to this challenge.

They don’t though. He’s just convenient for them. It’s so important for them that they drag him across the line that they’re starting to get aggressive with folks. Make no mistake, when both negative articles about Crooksy went offline yesterday after being published, I’m sure there was pressure involved. I mean, the DCCC asked debate organizers to not put the damn debate online. What does that tell you? They have a rutabaga for a candidate and know they need to hide him. It’s still worth it for their personal aspirations, so they’ll do it. They can’t possibly think this guy is coherent.

Look, it would have been best if this guy didn’t run. On the one hand, if he wins, the Lehigh Valley will be represented by someone who is incapable and personally embarrassing. If he loses the general election we continue to be represented by a Trump rubber stamp. If he loses the primary now, really to anyone, it will leave hard feelings, but better that than the damage he’d do beyond this point. Like anyone else with personal baggage like his, he should have dropped out and dealt with his lawsuit issue that he’s put off for 22 years. Instead he’s compounding that by bumbling through this campaign. People are starting to notice, and that’s sad.