How appropriate the political spirits came out for Halloween.

So what if they started their Halloween hijinx 18 months ago. Halloween is a time of costumes, masks, tricks and treats.

Bob Tisch came as a clown dressed as a candidate for the legislature. His curly black hair and rimmed glasses holding in his aura of confidence and bewilderment are traits no decent 12-year-old should have to suffer through.

Bob’s like the shy kid on the block you feel sorry for. With all of the best intentions, he just isn’t ready for the job. What makes it worse is the state Democratic Party knows it and only gave him token support.

Republican Brad Burzynski came as the invisible man. He knew he had Tisch beat and didn’t do a damn thing after the primary.

Brad’s campaign epitomized a politician. Why take the chance to put your foot in your mouth when you don’t have to?

Republican Jodie English came to the County Board as Raggedy Ann. Here innocent face slightly shadowed by her strawberrry blonde hair with just a hint of freckles reflected the youth movement in politics.

She’s just like the doll everyone grew up with. Always there when you need someone but always just missing what’s going on.

Jodie’s future looks bright. She must be a Cub fan with “wait ‘til next year” as her motto.

Thomas Gary came to the County Board as a himself and scared the daylights out of everyone.

The state Senate race also was fun. Nancy Beasley came as the comic strip character Calvin. She left Hobbes at home.

Calvin was the choice because of the mask he wheres on the back of his head. Nancy faces different ways, depending on who she’s talking too. Unfortunately, Calvin, err, Nancy, forgot what she told whom.

Come to think of it, Democrat Patrick Welch came as Hobbes. Afterall, he was Nancy’s arch nemesis. Pat always let Nancy get comfortable with her campaign and then brought her back down to reality.

Lynn Martin came as the Wicked Witch of the Midwest. You can just hear her asking the mirror who the fairest of them all is and what other dirty tricks she can play on Bozo in a television commercial.

Actually, maybe she and Bob have the same mirror. Nobody really believes all of that junk Lynn’s spouting about limiting government terms and not looking toward the White House.

Speaking of government terms and mirrors, Danny Quayle came to the party too. Saying he came as the Vice President would be too easy. Rambo would be disgusting.

Danny came as Jed Clampet from the Beverly Hillbillys. Not that Indiana is much better than the Tennessee foothills, but Danny’s stumping for GOP candidates helped him more than anybody.

He was following the Witch’s program by testing the limiting terms concept and trying to earn enough credibility so the Republicans would let him play with Bush again.

Danny had to come to the party. He’s the only one that remembers those dumb sayings. “Trick of treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat.”