Early endorsements (Federal and State)

OK, here it is.

President:   Write in.

I haven't decided who to write in, but none of those on the ballot do a thing for me... it's just various shades of "bad."  While Romney is the best of that lot compared to Obama or, God forbid, that total whack job Paul, the block of moron voters in Washington State will still dutifully vote for the destruction of this country and stick with that simple idiot, my-Spaniel-could-do-a-better-job moron in the White House now.

Romney appears to be the winner nationwide, but the Empty Suit is likely to take Washington State.

US Senate:  Baumgartner

No question.  Baumgartner, a Republican state senator, has a background that the do-nothing Cantwell can only dream of.

Governor: Hadian.

I don't know much about him, but I don't need to.  He's getting my vote because democrat (Inslee) and democrat-light (McKenna) are far too much alike to even begin to hope for a different outcome if either were to be elected.

Inslee, never the brightest bulb on the tree, is a democrat hack.  McKenna, who stupidly (and publicly) refereed to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walkers innovative techniques and bills in taking the public employee unions to heel as "terrorism" also supports the Cowlitz megacasino scam, and has refused to join Clark County's lawsuit against the efforts to screw this county.

Neither should be elected to dog catcher.

Hadrian appears to be a conservative Republican with a story worthy of a made-for-TV movie.  And when you're the only serious conservative running, the choice is obvious.

Lt. Governor:  Anderson

The choices include two typically Puget Sound democrats, although one calls himself a Republican, but like Reagan Dunn, he's engaged in the typically political embrace of gay marriage scamery.

Brad Owen used to be one of my two guaranteed democrat votes (Brian Sontag the other, for State Auditor)... until he went nuts and hired a buddy of his from the Leg to give him a job... and jacked his own budget up 40% or so in one year... paying that guy, who is now, coincidentally, I'm sure, a state senator from the 19th, more money then his own Chief of Staff... which resulted in huge, bow-wave pay raises for everyone ELSE in that office... and who failed to even respond when I emailed his office... twice... to ask about it, although the slimeball lackey in question, now State Senator Brian Hatfield, did wrongfully point out to Owen that I was "that fired Senate Aid who had hacked email accounts."

I COULD have been Genghis Khan, and Owen still had a duty to respond. He never did.

Brad's been there a long time, and it's time for him to go.

Attorney General:  Write in.

It WAS going to be Pidgeon, but since he's gotten himself involved in some Paulbot idiocy, that ain't ever happening.  Reagan Dunn's gay marriage opportunism disqualifies him... so, in this case, Mickey Mouse is going to get a hard look from me.

State Auditor: Write in.

Fringe-left whack job Craig Pridemore wants a big pay check.  Any big pay check will do, so he made an abysmal run for Congress last cycle that even I knew was going to be a flop, and he's making an equally abysmal run this year.

He has zero experience, zero accounting background, and enough political baggage to fill up a Samsonite factory.

His fellow fringer/union types have lined up behind him... and all of that combined means he should be filing for unemployment come January.

Eh.  This is one of those positions where Brian told me himself that partisanship was stupidity.

Secretary of State:  Write in.

Sam Reed was and is arguably the worst Secretary of State we've ever had.  If he endorses someone, it's because he likes them... and if he likes them, then I don't.

The last thing we need is a Reed/McKenna/Evans clone, RINO's all, where no effort to register or proof of identity to vote Was ever pursued.  Reed's tenure was also marked by his effort to give convicted felons the vote before they complete their sentence.

Why do we need more of that?

Public Lands:  Write in.

Goldmark is a fringe left eco-terrorist type who views trees like they're people.  We're not taking nearly enough timber off state lands, and our schools suffer as a result.

Didier is a total whack job, who honestly believes the government should have issued Letters of Marque and Reprisal instead of going to war.

Given the incompetence of how Obama has been running it, the "going to war" part is debatable.  But outfitting pirates to fight it.

No.

Insurance Commissioner: Write in.

Kreidler's slavish devotion to Obamacare isn't anything to recommend him.  But every other candidate has been mailing it in.  They don't care, so why should I?

SPI:  Write in.

Dorn's got the gig, but I've had two kids graduate from high school with high grades on his watch, and they can't tell the time, relatively speaking.

We need standardized testing and teachers need to be held accountable for the abysmal product they produce.  Dorn has accomplished nothing of note in either arena.