The reeking, rank hypocrisy of John Laird.

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We are unfortunate to be at the tender mercies of a fringe-left, activist rag as a source of some news.

What's most unfortunate is that as a daily in one Washington State's largest cities, they could be a force for good if they would only realize that the privileges they enjoy and that others died to make sure they have, are not based on the concept of newspaper as former of society... but instead, are based on newspaper as a reflection of society.

But when your underlying philosophy is built on arrogance and the mistaken belief that your editorial perspectives and proclamations are superior to those they allegedly serve in this community, then you wind up with the Nazi-like publication we have today.

I say "Nazi-like" because the forerunners of the current, modern version of this publication felt the same way about so many things... and used many of the same techniques.  The attitudes of many involved in those publications reflect with mirror accuracy the attitudes of those running the show for our local daily were the same... the arrogance, the complete indifference towards the society they would ostensibly be published to serve, and their efforts to mold and shape both public opinion and society itself into their model  of what is right and wrong.

That is precisely what our daily does.  Lou Brancaccio and John Laird feel they have a mission to do all they can to make our community a reflection of them.  They believe that we should reflect THEIR vision, as if their vision is any more cogent, or stellar, or better than my Cavalier Spaniel's.  As a result, instead of reflecting US, they demand that WE reflect THEM.

Well, we're not.

Both of these people are almost psychopathic in their desire to harm those wise enough to oppose their garish, taxpayer extorted idea of what our Vancouver-centric community should look like... act like... and pay for.

Screw that.

These clowns tattoo people from their bully pulpit, knowing that there's no way those targets may reply to their gallons of ink on any level playing field.  Bullies typically act that way.

They lie, distort, exaggerate, ridicule... in short, they use the progressive playbook as if Sal Alinski was paying them.

Dave Madore has made some unfortunate choices for the sources of his political advice.  Unfortunately for him, the supreme requirements of successful politics include competence, vision, and execution... and he has been lacking in all three.

Political failure relegates one to the kind of public flogging these slime dish out as they do everything they can to discredit Madore.  Had Madore been successful in his efforts... and success was so very close had he listened to people who know what they're doing... then this kind of garbage wouldn't be the variety they'd trowel out.

This past Sunday, for example, the lowlife running the daily rag's editorial page felt compelled to exhibit the rank, reeking hypocrisy he's become legendary for.

Laird, who whines and bitches and moans like few others besides Brancaccio, has done nothing to impact the things he whines about.  He is the very model of that which he complains about... a hound of Weinerville.

He has never run for election around here.  He rabidly supports the fringe left candidacies of his socialist heroes.  In effect, all he does is write.  Badly.

Madore, on the other hand, is a political neophyte who has been cursed with bad political strategies by people who really have no idea what the hell they're talking about.  Had he kept competent, knowledgeable people around, he never would have filed for a race he ultimately didn't run.

That kind of thing submits him to the fringe-left ridicule of the variety scum like Laird and Brancaccio ladle out.

The result?  Sewage like Laird writes manure like this:

Again we see that the redundant, ever-present squawkers at Vancouver City Council meetings are more bark than bite. For all the lambasting councilors repeatedly absorbed in the past couple of years, one would expect a veritable stampede of foes was waiting to mow them down in the election. Alas, only four candidates stepped forward to challenge the three incumbents. That’s down from seven challengers in three races in 2009.

This is why they’re called the Hounds of Whinerville and not the Lions of Action.

And had Madore, who may be (and is) a brilliant businessman but who seems to know about as much about politics as he does brain surgery, been successful... there is no way scum like Laird would be writing this way about him.

This rag, including slime like Laird, will do everything they can to destroy anyone running for office who does not slavishly devote themselves to their agenda.

So will the downtown Mafia and Identity Vancouver.

Who among us mere mortals could ever hope to put together the money to counter the in-kind, leftist political contributions scantily clad as "news" that this rag will be hammering the anti-Columbian candidates with on a daily basis?

It was just last year that these scum set about to crucify their opponents; myself... Peter VanNortwick... Brent Boger.

So, when you oppose what these swine are trying to ram down our throats, anal orifices like Laird reward those attempting to exercise their franchise with insulting, belittling crap like the paragraph quoted above.

For those who may disagree, ask yourself this question:  If Madore rabidly supported the rag's agenda... do you think.... for one minute.... that these lowlifes would have written anything like these two screeds about Madore?

Fat chance.

But then, that's the rank hypocrisy that is the underlying foundation of the local cancer on our society.  And it will be, until finally... irrevocably... and hopefully soon.... they're gone.

Because that's how they roll.
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