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It's fairly obvious that, in the unlikely event a democrat can win this thing, he or she won't be someone living in Clark County. It's bad enough to be a democrat in this day and age anyway, doing everything they can to assist in the GOP resurgence and all; but the leftists of Clark County are particularly hamstrung by more than their political affiliation... though that's certainly bad enough.
For those elected to office already, a record of lacking integrity, gerrymandering or unbelievably wasteful spending would be too much to overcome in the best of times, even attempting to take advantage of the opportunism resulting from Baird bailing.
Both Pridemore and Wallace have been instrumental in spending this state into massive deficits. They both have a years-long paper trail that will make it easy to show that if either were elected, they'd just continue to be rubber stamps for the Belle of Botox, Nancy Pelosi.
Those not elected around here are grandstanding to further their respective causes... and doing so knowing full well they have no chance.
The following candidates are running or announced on the D slate and are actually Clark County residents (Unlike Heck, who weirdly CLAIMS that "Clark County is his home") :
Craig Pridemore
Deb Wallace
Maria Rodriguez-Salazar
Now, Pridemore is elected and represents most of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Vancouver. Endorsed by militantly fringe-leftist Jim Moeller, Pridemore apparently fails to understand that tip-toeing on the precipice of socialism as he has, ain't gonna get it done in this, one of nine districts that Cook's now refers to as "toss ups."
Pridemore's problems include corruption (he altered a campaign finance bill to allow Steve "Easy Money" Stuart to keep tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations for a commissioner run) gerrymandering (he successfully ran a bill that will exclude tens of thousands of voters from voting on a tax increase to operate loot rail by gerrymandering the tax district lines, while forcing those excluded from voting to pay the tax, should it pass) and, of course, voting for a budget after condemning it as being balanced on the "backs of the poor and the powerless."
Wallace is elected, though never seriously challenged, (Oddly, since her massive vulnerabilities should have seen her tossed after one term... but then, the GOP hasn't been one to brag about around here.) and represents the district directly east of the 49th. Wallace has about 100,000,000 problems getting elected.... each of the dollars she's personally responsible for wasting on the CRC study.
Both of them voted for the institutional age discrimination of the special rights for homosexuals and those over 61... an act that resulted in R71 which, while passing statewide, lost by almost 12,000 votes in the 3rd Congressional.
I-1033 passed in the 3rd, and both opposed it.
Both supported Obama, and, as it turned out, showed horrific judgment in the process.
These easily understood litmus tests are just for this past election.
If one were to research past initiatives and referenda, how hard would it be to review the outcomes in the 3rd, and the diametrically opposite positions held by these two?
Taking it a step further, both Wallace and Pridemore obviously support the horrific waste of billions known as the I-5 Bridge and Loot Rail. Additionally, they support imposing $1300 or more in tolls, an abysmal specter hanging over the heads of the 65,000 who will have to pay for this monstrosity.
These 65,000, properly organized, could become THE voter block to determine the direction of politics in SW Washington for years to come. And the vast majority of those voters, organized or no, will PULVERIZE any pro-bridge candidate like these two, or any others who don't rally to their cause.
The easily documented desire of these two to spend our money in the billions locally, disqualifies them from service nationally, where we could be sure that trillions of dollars of waste would be the order of their days.
Maria Rodriguez-Salazar? She's the one who sold out to Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, as he used his city council seat to further his mayoral campaign with his worthless and nonsensical "hate crimes" resolution.
No impact here, except for getting the "illegal" vote.
It will be interesting and entertaining to watch these two hack away at each other, only to fall far short in the end.
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
A look at the 3rd Congressional money situation.
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A fascinating report came out showing the strengths and weaknesses in terms of fund raising, the "mother's milk of politics," of those candidates running for the now abandoned seat of the WA03 for Congress.
That report was the most recent fund raiser results, which included the last Q of 2009. The numbers are from opensecrets.org.
It's no surprise that Denny Heck has taken the early and substantial lead in these numbers: he dropped a cool $100G of his own cash into the pot to get things rolling.
Like most in the party of class warfare, little is made of their personal wealth. There is little doubt that Heck will put together the biggest bankroll for this race, mostly because he not only can do that; but hell, the man is even capable of getting a state governor to violate the letter, if not the spirit and intent of the law prohibiting her from raising money or using government facilities to campaign for someone else during session.
It's got to be cool to have a governor in your pocket.
So, Heck has put together an impressive $215G...but an amount not quite so impressive when you realize that almost half of it came from one source: the candidate. Heck's fund raising base is an eclectic group, if by eclectic you mean lawyers, consultants and those high up in Washington State Government. They provided, by far, most of his donated cash.
Of particular note in Heck's fundraising realm is Strategies 360, a nice little band that has, through Ron Dotzauer (Of "Boinking Ms. Cantwell" fame) successfully enabled David Barnett to buy an election using money illegally laundered through Progressive Majority for Steve "I'll take it in unmarked bills" Stuart, our most senior county commissioner. Dotzhauer and those connected to him have dropped a paltry $14,000 or so of the $115G Heck has actually raised, all by themselves.
Nothing quite like that one stop shopping!
Next up is David Castillo, leading Republican candidate who was one of 3 slogging along in the trenches before the Queen of Opportunism jumped into the race... and his hard work shows with almost twice as much as his nearest competitor on the "R" side.... at $104G
The Republican Empty Suit, Jaime Herrera has struggled to raise money, when one considers she's the rough equivalent of a wind up toy: Stuff a key in her back, aim her in whatever direction you want, turn the key and the rest takes care of itself.
Normally, a $55G quarter would be rather impressive... until you see that the money in question comes primarily from a whole EIGHT donors.
Then?
Not so much.
Here's a hint, Jaime. When they hand you a list of pre-greased donors? Especially those who've never heard of you?
Make sure you dial "1" BEFORE the area code.... OK?
Jon Russell continues to fade. Herrera's opportunism cost Russell any chance he may have delusional felt he had... and now she's gonna suck all the money out of his room like a turbo-charged Hoover.
Jon's showing $28G, total, proving than his fundraising skills are on par with his political skills.... thus capping off an around $12G quarter.
Deb Wallace, according to the Columbian, has reported $23,000, but I can't find that on the FEC site.
The biggest surprise was the abysmal report submitted by democrat State Sen. Craig "we balanced this budget on the backs of the poor and the powerless, so I'm voting for it" Pridemore.
Because Pridemore has gerrymandered tax districts; rabidly supports the massive waste of billions of dollars known as the bridge and loot rail, and his special-favor for his buddy Steve "cold hard Barnett cash" Stuart, so he could keep $50,000 or so in campaign contributions for a bill Pridemore was running back in what.... 05; he has no chance, anyway. In fact, he and Deb Wallace are "dead men walking" because of their idiotic bridge shenanigans... their political corpses just haven't got the memo.
Pridemore's less than stellar $8,569 SHOULD be sending him a message.
David Hedrick checks in, almost matching the fund raising prowess of Pridemore with $7,216. That's not a bad number for a political neophyte in this kind of climate.
Local illegal alien cheerleader Maria Rodriguez-Salazar won't raise cab fare and is wasting every ones time acting like a candidate... a candidate who has, apparently, yet to even file FEC paperwork.
Is it early? Of course it is. And, unless you're a highly placed democrat, unaffected by the Obama recession, it will be increasingly difficult to find donors with disposable cash to play... thus adding politics to the list of the "Sports of Kings."
Heck will be difficult to beat on the leftist side. He's got the cash and the support of the democrat infrastructure, plus he's unsullied (for now) by the Pridemore/Wallace bridge idiocy.
Castillo is unquestionably the most qualified, followed by my pet Cavalier Spaniel Oliver, Russell, Herrera, and lastly, Hedrick.
Do overall qualifications matter?
They should. Look what happened when we elected an empty suit for president? So, why would we compound that error again?
Meanwhile, these numbers DO count. Even those where all you have to do to get the cash is pick up a check.
Right, Jaime?
Cross posted on Jaime Herrera Watch.
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A fascinating report came out showing the strengths and weaknesses in terms of fund raising, the "mother's milk of politics," of those candidates running for the now abandoned seat of the WA03 for Congress.
That report was the most recent fund raiser results, which included the last Q of 2009. The numbers are from opensecrets.org.
It's no surprise that Denny Heck has taken the early and substantial lead in these numbers: he dropped a cool $100G of his own cash into the pot to get things rolling.
Like most in the party of class warfare, little is made of their personal wealth. There is little doubt that Heck will put together the biggest bankroll for this race, mostly because he not only can do that; but hell, the man is even capable of getting a state governor to violate the letter, if not the spirit and intent of the law prohibiting her from raising money or using government facilities to campaign for someone else during session.
It's got to be cool to have a governor in your pocket.
So, Heck has put together an impressive $215G...but an amount not quite so impressive when you realize that almost half of it came from one source: the candidate. Heck's fund raising base is an eclectic group, if by eclectic you mean lawyers, consultants and those high up in Washington State Government. They provided, by far, most of his donated cash.
Of particular note in Heck's fundraising realm is Strategies 360, a nice little band that has, through Ron Dotzauer (Of "Boinking Ms. Cantwell" fame) successfully enabled David Barnett to buy an election using money illegally laundered through Progressive Majority for Steve "I'll take it in unmarked bills" Stuart, our most senior county commissioner. Dotzhauer and those connected to him have dropped a paltry $14,000 or so of the $115G Heck has actually raised, all by themselves.
Nothing quite like that one stop shopping!
Next up is David Castillo, leading Republican candidate who was one of 3 slogging along in the trenches before the Queen of Opportunism jumped into the race... and his hard work shows with almost twice as much as his nearest competitor on the "R" side.... at $104G
The Republican Empty Suit, Jaime Herrera has struggled to raise money, when one considers she's the rough equivalent of a wind up toy: Stuff a key in her back, aim her in whatever direction you want, turn the key and the rest takes care of itself.
Normally, a $55G quarter would be rather impressive... until you see that the money in question comes primarily from a whole EIGHT donors.
Then?
Not so much.
Here's a hint, Jaime. When they hand you a list of pre-greased donors? Especially those who've never heard of you?
Make sure you dial "1" BEFORE the area code.... OK?
Jon Russell continues to fade. Herrera's opportunism cost Russell any chance he may have delusional felt he had... and now she's gonna suck all the money out of his room like a turbo-charged Hoover.
Jon's showing $28G, total, proving than his fundraising skills are on par with his political skills.... thus capping off an around $12G quarter.
Deb Wallace, according to the Columbian, has reported $23,000, but I can't find that on the FEC site.
The biggest surprise was the abysmal report submitted by democrat State Sen. Craig "we balanced this budget on the backs of the poor and the powerless, so I'm voting for it" Pridemore.
Because Pridemore has gerrymandered tax districts; rabidly supports the massive waste of billions of dollars known as the bridge and loot rail, and his special-favor for his buddy Steve "cold hard Barnett cash" Stuart, so he could keep $50,000 or so in campaign contributions for a bill Pridemore was running back in what.... 05; he has no chance, anyway. In fact, he and Deb Wallace are "dead men walking" because of their idiotic bridge shenanigans... their political corpses just haven't got the memo.
Pridemore's less than stellar $8,569 SHOULD be sending him a message.
David Hedrick checks in, almost matching the fund raising prowess of Pridemore with $7,216. That's not a bad number for a political neophyte in this kind of climate.
Local illegal alien cheerleader Maria Rodriguez-Salazar won't raise cab fare and is wasting every ones time acting like a candidate... a candidate who has, apparently, yet to even file FEC paperwork.
Is it early? Of course it is. And, unless you're a highly placed democrat, unaffected by the Obama recession, it will be increasingly difficult to find donors with disposable cash to play... thus adding politics to the list of the "Sports of Kings."
Heck will be difficult to beat on the leftist side. He's got the cash and the support of the democrat infrastructure, plus he's unsullied (for now) by the Pridemore/Wallace bridge idiocy.
Castillo is unquestionably the most qualified, followed by my pet Cavalier Spaniel Oliver, Russell, Herrera, and lastly, Hedrick.
Do overall qualifications matter?
They should. Look what happened when we elected an empty suit for president? So, why would we compound that error again?
Meanwhile, these numbers DO count. Even those where all you have to do to get the cash is pick up a check.
Right, Jaime?
Cross posted on Jaime Herrera Watch.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Local democrats have such a sense of humor about their endorsements.
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Big article today (would you expect anything less from our local democrat paper?) blabbing about endorsements for Wallace and Pridemore... as if anyone cared, or as if they made any difference.
The "yuk-yuk" moment?
Describing Val Ogden as "moderate." It's kind of like calling the Columbian "unbiased..." a lie on it's face.
17th District leftists endorsed a 17th District House member who has no chance because she is responsible for the waste of 10's of millions of tax payer dollars and demanding the imposition of hundreds of millions of dollars of tolls in the midst of our recession, and the waste of billions for a bridge we don't want.
Big deal
49th District leftists endorsed Pridemore, responsible for gerrymandering a tax district to keep tens of thousands of us from voting on loot rail operations... but not from paying the taxes he wants to rip out of our pockets. Responsible for voting "yes" for a budget that even HE claimed was "balanced ... on the backs of the poor and the powerless." The stupidity of a Moeller endorsement in a swing district is self-evident. Steve "The Tribe Bought Me" Stuart's endorsement? As bad as, if not worse than, Moellers.
Was it all that long ago that Pridemore was calling Stuart a "sell out?"
Something of a quid-pro-quo, considering Pridemore's efforts to keep 10's of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions around for "Easy Money" Stuart.
We will see frequent articles lacking in any news value about these two, neither one of whom stand a chance of winning; and one of whom having a great deal of difficulty raising money.
But these endorsements?
Meaningless, except in a negative sense. Partisan endorsements typically are.
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Big article today (would you expect anything less from our local democrat paper?) blabbing about endorsements for Wallace and Pridemore... as if anyone cared, or as if they made any difference.
The "yuk-yuk" moment?
Describing Val Ogden as "moderate." It's kind of like calling the Columbian "unbiased..." a lie on it's face.
17th District leftists endorsed a 17th District House member who has no chance because she is responsible for the waste of 10's of millions of tax payer dollars and demanding the imposition of hundreds of millions of dollars of tolls in the midst of our recession, and the waste of billions for a bridge we don't want.
Big deal
49th District leftists endorsed Pridemore, responsible for gerrymandering a tax district to keep tens of thousands of us from voting on loot rail operations... but not from paying the taxes he wants to rip out of our pockets. Responsible for voting "yes" for a budget that even HE claimed was "balanced ... on the backs of the poor and the powerless." The stupidity of a Moeller endorsement in a swing district is self-evident. Steve "The Tribe Bought Me" Stuart's endorsement? As bad as, if not worse than, Moellers.
Was it all that long ago that Pridemore was calling Stuart a "sell out?"
Sunday, June 19, 2005Time, apparently, does heal all wounds.Democrat State Senator Pridemore gets it: Steve Stuart's a sellout.
You’ve got to love it. Pridemore’s got Stuart figured out, but the idjits like the “progressives” and the rest of the “environmentally aware” leftist fringe? Why, they don’t have a clue.
Pridemore, a legendary hypocrite who just this past session voted FOR a state democrat budget that even HE said was “balanced on the backs of the poor and the powerless,” has finally said what needed to be said about Steve Stuart.
Pridemore nails it when he tells us that Stuart’s a sellout: “Morris has set a deadline of finishing her work before the November election when Commissioner Steve Stuart, the only commissioner who sought to defend the existing plan, will be on the ballot. I believe that if Stuart doesn't do as Morris commands him, her friends with the homebuilders will pump hundreds of thousands of dollars into a campaign against him. It's little wonder that he's slow to speak out against something he should know is ethically wrong and legally indefensible.”
Pridemore goes on to tell us that he is ”disgusted and appalled by what” Stuart is doing to “our community’s future.”
Something of a quid-pro-quo, considering Pridemore's efforts to keep 10's of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions around for "Easy Money" Stuart.
We will see frequent articles lacking in any news value about these two, neither one of whom stand a chance of winning; and one of whom having a great deal of difficulty raising money.
But these endorsements?
Meaningless, except in a negative sense. Partisan endorsements typically are.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
DeVore at HA: Pridemore to run for Congress - Announce W/I 24 hours.
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Hope springing eternally from the leftest breast, Senator Craig Pridemore (D-Soviet Socialist Republic of Vancouver) will, to hear Jon DeVore tell it, "announce within 24 hours."
Now, I get that many democrats want this job, but all of them wear the I-5 bridge anchor around their necks, and as a result, I tell you now: ANY candidate supporting the waste of $4 BILLION and the imposition of another $1300 fee for our commuting citizens to go to work in the Portland metro area along with jamming unwanted and unneeded loot rail down our throats will lose.
For Pridemore, the other candidates can feel free to play whack-a-mole with his despicable gerrymandering bill that he and Wallace supported to get us to pay for loot rail. Combined with Pridemore's bill to take care of Commissioner Steve "Barnett Owns Me" Stuart's campaign contributions and Pridemore will be hard pressed to get past the corruption issues.
So far, Pridemore is best known for getting tossed off of Appropriations after his abortive coup attempt against the chair, one Sen. Margarita Prentice. His legislative philosophy is best summed up thusly:
Hope springing eternally from the leftest breast, Senator Craig Pridemore (D-Soviet Socialist Republic of Vancouver) will, to hear Jon DeVore tell it, "announce within 24 hours."
Now, I get that many democrats want this job, but all of them wear the I-5 bridge anchor around their necks, and as a result, I tell you now: ANY candidate supporting the waste of $4 BILLION and the imposition of another $1300 fee for our commuting citizens to go to work in the Portland metro area along with jamming unwanted and unneeded loot rail down our throats will lose.
For Pridemore, the other candidates can feel free to play whack-a-mole with his despicable gerrymandering bill that he and Wallace supported to get us to pay for loot rail. Combined with Pridemore's bill to take care of Commissioner Steve "Barnett Owns Me" Stuart's campaign contributions and Pridemore will be hard pressed to get past the corruption issues.
So far, Pridemore is best known for getting tossed off of Appropriations after his abortive coup attempt against the chair, one Sen. Margarita Prentice. His legislative philosophy is best summed up thusly:
“I think that we have balanced the budget on the backs of the poor and the powerless,” Senator Pridemore said, before voting “yes” on that same budget (2005 budget vote.)That means that when it comes to that vision thing.... Pridemore can SEE what's wrong... he just lacks the testicles to do anything about it once he figures it out. That, of course, will make him just a tool for the moron running the House, Nancy "Plastic" Pelosi... and that means that neither Pridemore nor any other democrat has a serious chance of winning this thing.... particularly when you combine that the wreckage that is the democrat brand.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
One down, one to go: Deb Wallace calling it a day in the 3rd CD?
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Apparently, Deb Wallace has figured it out.
Of course, with Herrera having someone else vote for her instead of being on the floor doing her job..... she must resign.... immediately.
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Apparently, Deb Wallace has figured it out.
So, here's what Politics is a Bloodsport reports:Clark County Democrat Congressional Candidate FAQ: why none of them will win.
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It's fairly obvious that, in the unlikely event a democrat can win this thing, he or she won't be someone living in Clark County. It's bad enough to be a democrat in this day and age anyway, doing everything they can to assist in the GOP resurgence and all; but the leftists of Clark County are particularly hamstrung by more than their political affiliation... though that's certainly bad enough.
For those elected to office already, a record of lacking integrity, gerrymandering or unbelievably wasteful spending would be too much to overcome in the best of times, even attempting to take advantage of the opportunism resulting from Baird bailing.
Both Pridemore and Wallace have been instrumental in spending this state into massive deficits. They both have a years-long paper trail that will make it easy to show that if either were elected, they'd just continue to be rubber stamps for the Belle of Botox, Nancy Pelosi.
Deb Wallace out of 3rd CD race?Now, Pridemore, an unabashed fringe leftist, tainted by scandal and his lame gerrymandering bill, along with his moronic vote FOR a budget that he "feared was balanced on the backs of the poor and the powerless" will be next up to get the word.
Special note here: I am unable to get multiple sourcing on this story that first appeared on the Vancouver For Peace mail list, but in doing some background checking, this appears plausible:
Deb Wallace just announced her withdrawal from not only the 3rd congressional race, but also her seat in the state legislature when it expires in January. She has not yet announced her endorsement for the 3rd race, but she is endorsing somebody named Monica Stonier (the last name I'm not sure) for her state spot.
I attended our neighborhood clubhouse where Deb had reserved for this. (She's lives in Pinebrook as I do.) I thought she'd talk about her race against Baird. Instead she said she was withdrawing so that the best Democrat would win. She said Jaime Herrera, R, looks like the candidate for the Repugs and Deb said Jaimie is often absent at the legislature and others press her vote.
Deb did not have an answer when I asked what she'll do. She supports Monica S, a pro-choice woman for the 17th District.
More:
Of course, with Herrera having someone else vote for her instead of being on the floor doing her job..... she must resign.... immediately.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
More lies from Koenninger: One of the finest legislators EVAR!!!!
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Koenninger has but one filter he runs legislative service thru to judge it's effectiveness or "correctness:" How closely did the legislator in question toe the Columbian (That is, HIS) line?
No one has ever done it like Wallace.
Wallace is shown as (D-Vancouver) when she should be known as (D-Columbian). There is nothing the Columbian has ever wanted that Wallace hasn't done everything possible to produce. The result?
Slavish endorsements, political eulogies like this Koenninger pap, and the requisite anointment as some sort of local political icon.
Deb Wallace bears direct responsibility for ripping off the taxpayers to the tune of $100 million plus for the pre-ordained outcomes of the CRC. She's been a huge fan of loot rail.
Contrary to what Koenninger spewed, her actions in that regard do not reflect anything this community wants. Printing her lies in that area are just par for the leftist course.
The crock about Wallace's inept fund-raising as an excuse for her to bail on her congressional run is just that, a crock. It's not a viable excuse for EITHER Pridemore or Wallace. What she was "advised she needed" is completely irrelevant.
WHATEVER she needed, she could not raise.
What Koenninger fails to mention is that if the "long hours" of being an "active legislator" got in the way, she could have resigned to campaign full time, like Jaime Herrera did (She kept the job, I know... but she resigned on us, those of us she is alleged to represent.) to raise money.
In fact, we just had a special election in Hawaii because a democrat congressman resigned his seat to run for governor full time, didn't we?
It's a pity that other elected officials don't share his sense of responsibility.
Wallace couldn't raise the money for the same reason Pridemore couldn't raise money: They're democrats in a Republican year and their message sucked.
All the rest of this is smoke and eyewash.
Other local legislators have served 8 years and left without so much as a peep out of Koenninger. But they weren't democrats and they didn't run the Columbian's legislative agenda like it was their own.
So what else should we have expected?
Koenninger has but one filter he runs legislative service thru to judge it's effectiveness or "correctness:" How closely did the legislator in question toe the Columbian (That is, HIS) line?
No one has ever done it like Wallace.
Wallace is shown as (D-Vancouver) when she should be known as (D-Columbian). There is nothing the Columbian has ever wanted that Wallace hasn't done everything possible to produce. The result?
Slavish endorsements, political eulogies like this Koenninger pap, and the requisite anointment as some sort of local political icon.
Deb Wallace bears direct responsibility for ripping off the taxpayers to the tune of $100 million plus for the pre-ordained outcomes of the CRC. She's been a huge fan of loot rail.
Contrary to what Koenninger spewed, her actions in that regard do not reflect anything this community wants. Printing her lies in that area are just par for the leftist course.
The crock about Wallace's inept fund-raising as an excuse for her to bail on her congressional run is just that, a crock. It's not a viable excuse for EITHER Pridemore or Wallace. What she was "advised she needed" is completely irrelevant.
WHATEVER she needed, she could not raise.
What Koenninger fails to mention is that if the "long hours" of being an "active legislator" got in the way, she could have resigned to campaign full time, like Jaime Herrera did (She kept the job, I know... but she resigned on us, those of us she is alleged to represent.) to raise money.
In fact, we just had a special election in Hawaii because a democrat congressman resigned his seat to run for governor full time, didn't we?
It's a pity that other elected officials don't share his sense of responsibility.
Wallace couldn't raise the money for the same reason Pridemore couldn't raise money: They're democrats in a Republican year and their message sucked.
All the rest of this is smoke and eyewash.
Other local legislators have served 8 years and left without so much as a peep out of Koenninger. But they weren't democrats and they didn't run the Columbian's legislative agenda like it was their own.
So what else should we have expected?
Monday, February 01, 2010
Democrats are blowing apart... what's it all mean?
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As bad as it was for the GOP in 08 (and let's face it, it was pretty bad) 2010 is shaping up as an "8 killed in the intersection" kind of scenario for the left.
Their frustration is palpable. Safe seats suddenly in jeopardy at both state and national levels; changing parties at all levels as well. Senators like Evan Bayh from a relatively safe seat in Indiana; dems like Brian Baird packing it in and calling it a day.
The problem for the left is not so much that the GOP is winning as much as the left is losing.
Technical and tactical brilliance has rarely been the GOP's forte' at any level.
The Republicans have no bench to speak of, yet the doom and gloom of the democrats is palpable... like a storm cloud following them everywhere they go.
Why? What happened? How did it go so wrong, so fast?
Well, the first rule of leadership that I was taught at a Brigade Leadership Academy was, essentially, to never promise nuthin' you couldn't deliver. And to this point, that has been the entire result of the democrats 08 campaign: undelivered and broken promises.
Even as I write this, the left here in Washington is busy committing political suicide by working double overtime to jack our taxes up in the midst of double digit unemployment and a generally horrific economy.
There is something to the phrase: No society ever taxed itself into prosperity.
Those employed by government appear to view themselves as some sort of protected class. While many have been laid off, many more should be. And those remaining should have their pay slashed by 20% across the board, so they might share some of that sacrifice that the president told us about months ago.
These dismal, short sighted actions, done in an election year, cannot help but decimate the morale of any democrat to the right of Mao. These actions cannot be justified to the vast majority of independents or anyone on the right, and they know this sets the table for their eminent political destruction.
Jopel Connelly, a typically worthless fringe left columnist from the paper-that-used-to-be-the-PI-but-is-now-a-web-site lays it out:
All of this, of course, speaks for itself. What's missing is any sense of reality... and vision of how to lead themselves out of the political wilderness they've strive so mightily to attain. From the lie of Ivan (it wasn't 500... WSP called it around 3000) to Murray's disrespect of a huge segment of her constituency, the delusion... the lack of a plan or a clue... a road to victory continues to elude them.
Because they don't have any way available.
The tin ear of the left simply can't be overstated. The campaign lies of the president, which now seem to amount to almost every thing he uttered during his campaign, are going to haunt those like Murray, who drank kool aid that put Jim Jones' paltry effort to shame in her support of Obama's efforts and agenda.
Those who've been so strongly supportive of Obama's efforts will have the most to answer for.
And that means they all do.
Which is why the Crab Feed was such a miserable failure.
Locally, Heck is the only democrat that stands a chance because Pridemore has been infected with the corruption virus and both Pridemore and Wallace will have the moronic bridge hung around their neck in such a way that they'll drown with it.
If Heck does anything but oppose the bridge replacement, he, too will be over.
Any decent, fully funded effort will take out Murray, who has 18 years of pork and will have 2 years of gluing herself to Obama and his programs to answer for.
And legislators will not be capable of explaining their efforts to ditch the will of the people so soon after it was expressed, so they can increase taxes in the midst of a recession to deal with a budget deficit entirely their making.
Yes, it will truly suck to be a democrat this November... because even the few who manage to win will ultimately wind up losing; all the while asking themselves the main question: how could this have happened?
I don't really know what lemmings ask themselves before they dive off the cliff into the ocean to drown. But my guess is that, come November, we're all going to find out.
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As bad as it was for the GOP in 08 (and let's face it, it was pretty bad) 2010 is shaping up as an "8 killed in the intersection" kind of scenario for the left.
Their frustration is palpable. Safe seats suddenly in jeopardy at both state and national levels; changing parties at all levels as well. Senators like Evan Bayh from a relatively safe seat in Indiana; dems like Brian Baird packing it in and calling it a day.
The problem for the left is not so much that the GOP is winning as much as the left is losing.
Technical and tactical brilliance has rarely been the GOP's forte' at any level.
The Republicans have no bench to speak of, yet the doom and gloom of the democrats is palpable... like a storm cloud following them everywhere they go.
Why? What happened? How did it go so wrong, so fast?
Well, the first rule of leadership that I was taught at a Brigade Leadership Academy was, essentially, to never promise nuthin' you couldn't deliver. And to this point, that has been the entire result of the democrats 08 campaign: undelivered and broken promises.
Even as I write this, the left here in Washington is busy committing political suicide by working double overtime to jack our taxes up in the midst of double digit unemployment and a generally horrific economy.
There is something to the phrase: No society ever taxed itself into prosperity.
Those employed by government appear to view themselves as some sort of protected class. While many have been laid off, many more should be. And those remaining should have their pay slashed by 20% across the board, so they might share some of that sacrifice that the president told us about months ago.
These dismal, short sighted actions, done in an election year, cannot help but decimate the morale of any democrat to the right of Mao. These actions cannot be justified to the vast majority of independents or anyone on the right, and they know this sets the table for their eminent political destruction.
Jopel Connelly, a typically worthless fringe left columnist from the paper-that-used-to-be-the-PI-but-is-now-a-web-site lays it out:
LACEY - Usually an upbeat evening in state politics, Washington State Democrats' annual crab feed on Monday had the feel of a ship battening down for a nor'easter or a battalion marching to the sound of the guns.
"We have not had a good couple of months," U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the first member of Washington's congressional delegation to back Barack Obama for president, told the crowd at St. Martin's University.Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., predicted that health care reform will pass Congress, but privately commented on the sudden announcement by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, that he won't run for reelection.
"There's a lot of bad blood back there (Washington, D.C.)," McDermott said.
Even if one of their Washington, D.C., luminaries was waving Bayh!, Democrats in the capital of this Washington were coming off a good day.
With help from unions, a big noontime crowd rallied at the State Capitol to call for preserving social programs facing the meat-axe if the state cannot find new revenue sources. It far outstripped a no-new-taxes rally earlier in the day.
"The tea baggers had 500 people: We had 5,000 - it sends a message," said Ivan Weiss, a longtime Seattle Times editor who, in retirement, has become a leader of the 34th District Democrats.
Actually, the crowd at the save-social-spending rally may have been smaller, but progressive forces in the state remain organized and ready to fight.
But Republicans are fielding a fairly strong lineup of legislative candidates, and will make a major run at the 3rd District congressional seat of retiring Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash. They are also directing a stream of negative boilerplate press releases at Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.
The Democrats' response, on display Monday night, has been to adopt populist soundings - Larsen promised to "hold Wall Street accountable for driving us into a ditch" - and to depict Republicans as a party of naysayers.
If the crab feed had a theme, however, it might be summed up as "Rocky Days are Here Again."
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., while a favorite for re-election, acknowledged to the crowd that "there's a lot of teabaggers and whatever out there . . ."
"It is not a time to give up: This is the time we show wisdom and courage and stand up for what we believe in as Democrats," said Murray. The three-term senator is a member of the Senate Democratic leadership.Old pep lines did not seem to rouse the crowd.
"Are we ready for 2010?" shouted Gov. Chris Gregoire.
"Yeah," responded a few of the party faithful. "I don't know about that," Andrew Villeneuve of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a savvy young party activist, quietly observed.
The governor kept up her queries, as if addressing a sleepy high school class. "Patty Murray in 2010 by a landslide? Right?" asked Gregoire. Again, the response was underwhelming.
The crab feed was used to roll out four Democratic hopefuls hoping to take Baird's place in Congress. After they spoke, state Democratic Chairman Dwight Pelz made the candidates show their prowess - or lack of it - at juggling and tying balloons together in the shape of creatures.
Only one of the four 3rd District candidates - state Sen. Craig Pridemore of Vancouver - actively worked tables of Democrats munching on crabs.
Pridemore came across as a proud liberal, hitting such themes as abortion rights and the right of same-sex couples to marry.State Rep. Deb Wallace noted that she unseated a Republican legislator and has held onto a "swing" district in Clark County. Wallace argued that she would be in the best position to take on state Rep. Jaime Herrera, being pushed by national Republican strategists who see the opportunity to elect an Hispanic woman.
"I've spent the last 10 years growing companies and growing jobs," said Denny Heck, onetime legislator and TVW channel co-founder. A less known candidate, Cheryl Crist, came across as a peace advocate eager to get American out of "these wars."The seeming dysfunction of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. - where more than 200 House-passed bills await action - drew a sharp rebuke from Craig Pridemore. He noted the lawmakers of his party who have failed to follow President Obama.
"A lot of Democrats let him down and let us down," said Pridemore.
In the 2006 and 2008 campaigns, 8th District hopeful Darcy Burner received an enthusiastic welcome at the crab feed. She ran twice and lost to Republican Rep. Dave Reichert.
Former Microsoft executive Suzan DelBene, running against Reichert this year, has assembled a crack campaign team and raised more than $1 million - but didn't exactly raise the roof last night.DelBene spent much of her time at a VIP reception, did not work tables, and delivered a tepid speech that received a like reception.
All of this, of course, speaks for itself. What's missing is any sense of reality... and vision of how to lead themselves out of the political wilderness they've strive so mightily to attain. From the lie of Ivan (it wasn't 500... WSP called it around 3000) to Murray's disrespect of a huge segment of her constituency, the delusion... the lack of a plan or a clue... a road to victory continues to elude them.
Because they don't have any way available.
The tin ear of the left simply can't be overstated. The campaign lies of the president, which now seem to amount to almost every thing he uttered during his campaign, are going to haunt those like Murray, who drank kool aid that put Jim Jones' paltry effort to shame in her support of Obama's efforts and agenda.
Those who've been so strongly supportive of Obama's efforts will have the most to answer for.
And that means they all do.
Which is why the Crab Feed was such a miserable failure.
Locally, Heck is the only democrat that stands a chance because Pridemore has been infected with the corruption virus and both Pridemore and Wallace will have the moronic bridge hung around their neck in such a way that they'll drown with it.
If Heck does anything but oppose the bridge replacement, he, too will be over.
Any decent, fully funded effort will take out Murray, who has 18 years of pork and will have 2 years of gluing herself to Obama and his programs to answer for.
And legislators will not be capable of explaining their efforts to ditch the will of the people so soon after it was expressed, so they can increase taxes in the midst of a recession to deal with a budget deficit entirely their making.
Yes, it will truly suck to be a democrat this November... because even the few who manage to win will ultimately wind up losing; all the while asking themselves the main question: how could this have happened?
I don't really know what lemmings ask themselves before they dive off the cliff into the ocean to drown. But my guess is that, come November, we're all going to find out.
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Wallace Caves on unfair PUD Appliance Service Bill
Showing the guts and character that many democrats are known for, neo-comm state Rep. Deb Wallace (D-17) caved to leftist interests and changed her position on the bill put forward by her fellow neo-comms, Sen. Craig Pridemore (D-49) and Rep. Bill Fromhold (D-49).
Somehow, Wallace managed an abrupt about face when she switched from the common-sense, business-friendly position of stating she couldn't support sanctioning a public entity competing with private enterprise, to one of not giving a damn about that same "private enterprise."
Suddenly, the concept of public agencies competing with private business has no meaning for her.
This writer praised her courageous stance in opposing what best could be called an onerous, special-interest bill. Her lack of integrity in caving so fast to the incessant whining of her fellow democrat socialists shows how wrong I was.
And for that, I apologize.
Somehow, Wallace managed an abrupt about face when she switched from the common-sense, business-friendly position of stating she couldn't support sanctioning a public entity competing with private enterprise, to one of not giving a damn about that same "private enterprise."
Suddenly, the concept of public agencies competing with private business has no meaning for her.
This writer praised her courageous stance in opposing what best could be called an onerous, special-interest bill. Her lack of integrity in caving so fast to the incessant whining of her fellow democrat socialists shows how wrong I was.
And for that, I apologize.
Legislature: Constituent outcry convinces Wallace to back utility bill
Friday, February 25, 2005
By DON JENKINS, Columbian staff writer
OLYMPIA After being deluged by nearly 200 phone calls and e-mails, Vancouver Rep. Deb Wallace said Thursday she will support legislation authorizing Clark Public Utilities' repair service, reversing a stand she took last week.
"The difference the public input has made is that this bill is one I have to actively work because this is one my constituents are interested in," said Wallace, a Democrat.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Yet another in the increasing numbers of signs of wholesale political slaughter in November
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As expected, those misguided enough to have supported Craig Pridemore's abortive effort to run for Congress are just a tad upset that Pridemore has accepted the he-never-had-a-chance reality of the situation and bailed out.
Those politically aware enough to put their biases aside and deal with the political reality are surprised that it took him this long. This writer had him bailing months ago, but as Craig now knows, it's tough to let go.
As soon as they announced, I wrote the following:
But now, the mid-left has started to figure it. Democrat candidates at every level are sprinting away from the disaster who is President of the United States at record speed. Odd that they all seem to have to shampoo their hair or something whenever Obama comes to town to campaign.
Thanks to Politics is a Blood Sport, I was pointed to this analysis, which seems to resemble something akin to that bunker scene running around YouTube where the generals are explaining to Hitler that Steiner's Army really doesn't exist.
Pridemore's failure had nothing to do with our top two system; it instead was a result of his out of touch, fringe positions that the people of this district and increasingly the people of this country simply do not want in their government.
The GOP side has a competitive race because Herrera is a paper-thin GOP sell out out with no experience, vision, integrity or clue. Her establishment, more of the same crap is ably countered by David Castillo who fortunately is everything that empty-suited rip off Herrera is not.
That, when combined with the gaping SEIU hole in Herrera's credibility and the fact that she's McMorris Roger's puppet makes the GOP side competitive because many actually realize what an opportunist piece of work Herrera is, and how badly we need her out of government, period.
So, don't blame the top two system for leaving the thoroughly out-dated and now disproven political philosophies of Craig Pridemore and his ilk behind.
Instead, blame a lack of political pragmatism and a failure on his part to understand that lurching to the socialist left like the 49th District is not where the vast majority of the people of the 3rd Congressional want to go.
A microcosm of that was the local democrat effort to run a downtown Vancouver, pro-gay marriage, pro-partial birth abortion candidate in the 18th District in 04. That didn't work then, and running that same kind of candidate in the 3rd won't work now.... and it wouldn't work if we had never heard of Denny Heck.
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As expected, those misguided enough to have supported Craig Pridemore's abortive effort to run for Congress are just a tad upset that Pridemore has accepted the he-never-had-a-chance reality of the situation and bailed out.
Those politically aware enough to put their biases aside and deal with the political reality are surprised that it took him this long. This writer had him bailing months ago, but as Craig now knows, it's tough to let go.
As soon as they announced, I wrote the following:
Looks like I got most of that right, eh?Face it. Next November is going to be extremely tough on leftists in Congress.
Even now, as democrats work hard to socialize medicine, each day where the focus is on that issue instead of the issues important to the American people makes it less likely that a democrat will win in the 3rd.
The tin ear syndrome will make it very difficult for any of the leftists running to make it to the top. With upwards of 10 candidates announced or about to announce, the top two in the general may be the two who got over 10 percent of the vote.
Who will those two be?
Will, the easier targets are who they won't be.
And they won't be Pridemore, Wallace, Moeller or any other SW Washington democrat representing anyone in Clark County.
It won't be Hatfield. It won't be Russell. It won't be Salazar. It won't be Crist.
The reasons it won't be the democrats mentioned run the gamut from the fact that many of them support that moronic bridge replacement and loot rail; at least one was involved in a job scam; one is clueless and one has been a joke the last two times she ran.
A fake, unethical conservative won't survive.
But now, the mid-left has started to figure it. Democrat candidates at every level are sprinting away from the disaster who is President of the United States at record speed. Odd that they all seem to have to shampoo their hair or something whenever Obama comes to town to campaign.
Thanks to Politics is a Blood Sport, I was pointed to this analysis, which seems to resemble something akin to that bunker scene running around YouTube where the generals are explaining to Hitler that Steiner's Army really doesn't exist.
a disturbing decline in Democratic voters, compared to figures for the '06 mid-term elections:Open Left's Chris Bowers comments on the limp Democratic turnout in yesterday's primaries and urges the DNC to commission some polling to find out what's behind it. Bowers notes, via Hotline on Call
Just 663K OH voters cast ballots in the competitive primary between
LG Lee Fisher (D) and Sec/State Jennifer Brunner (D). That number is lower than the 872K voters who turned out in '06, when neither Gov. Ted Strickland (D) nor Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) faced primary opponents....in IN, just 204K Hoosiers voted for Dem House candidates, far fewer than the 357K who turned out in '02 and the 304K who turned out in
'06.
Worse, the GOP turnout numbers were up dramatically, according to Hotline:
By contrast, GOP turnout was up almost across the board. 373K people
voted in Burr's uncompetitive primary, nearly 9% higher than the 343K who voted in the equally non-competitive primary in '04. Turnout in House races in IN rose 14.6% from '06, fueled by the competitive Senate primary, which attracted 550K voters. And 728K voters cast ballots for a GOP Sec/State nominee in Ohio, the highest-ranking statewide election with a primary; in '06, just 444K voters cast ballots in that race.
Bowers notes that "This is more than just a demographic problem based on age--there really is a meaningful enthusiasm gap," and urges the DNC to make a smart investment with some of the $30 mill it has pledged for mid-term GOTV this year:
Politics is a Blood Sport mourned Pridemore's long inevitable exit from the congressional race as did many of the others. Political effectiveness is frequently impacted in a negative way when one allows their emotions to impact their conclusions to the extent that reality plays no role in their deliberations.Pridemore's failure had nothing to do with our top two system; it instead was a result of his out of touch, fringe positions that the people of this district and increasingly the people of this country simply do not want in their government.
The GOP side has a competitive race because Herrera is a paper-thin GOP sell out out with no experience, vision, integrity or clue. Her establishment, more of the same crap is ably countered by David Castillo who fortunately is everything that empty-suited rip off Herrera is not.
That, when combined with the gaping SEIU hole in Herrera's credibility and the fact that she's McMorris Roger's puppet makes the GOP side competitive because many actually realize what an opportunist piece of work Herrera is, and how badly we need her out of government, period.
So, don't blame the top two system for leaving the thoroughly out-dated and now disproven political philosophies of Craig Pridemore and his ilk behind.
Instead, blame a lack of political pragmatism and a failure on his part to understand that lurching to the socialist left like the 49th District is not where the vast majority of the people of the 3rd Congressional want to go.
A microcosm of that was the local democrat effort to run a downtown Vancouver, pro-gay marriage, pro-partial birth abortion candidate in the 18th District in 04. That didn't work then, and running that same kind of candidate in the 3rd won't work now.... and it wouldn't work if we had never heard of Denny Heck.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The questions that will determine the 3rd Congressional race.
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Face it. Next November is going to be extremely tough on leftists in Congress.
Even now, as democrats work hard to socialize medicine, each day where the focus is on that issue instead of the issues important to the American people make it less likely that a democrat will win in the 3rd.
The tin ear syndrome will make it very difficult for any of the leftists running to make it to the top. With upwards of 10 candidates announced or about to announce, the top two in the general may be the two who got over 10 percent of the vote.
Who will those two be?
Will, the easier targets are who they won't be.
And they won't be Pridemore, Wallace, Moeller or any other SW Washington democrat representing anyone in Clark County.
It won't be Hatfield. It won't be Russell. It won't be Salazar. It won't be Crist.
The reasons it won't be the democrats mentioned run the gamut from the fact that many of them support that moronic bridge replacement and loot rail; at least one was involved in a job scam; one is clueless and one has been a joke the last two times she ran.
A fake, unethical conservative won't survive.
Because here are the questions the leftists won't be able to answer in any way that will get them elected:
1. Do you support the massive and unneeded waste of $4 Billion to replace a bridge that doesn't need replacing, including the $100,000,000 Wallace has wasted on the CRC... to include running legislation to gerrymander the voters of the tax district to pay for loot rail, like Pridemore did?
2. Will you actually read all bills before you vote on them?
3. What would your votes have been on the porkulous, cap and swindle, and the neo-communist socialized medicine program the empty suit is ramming down our throats?
4. What steps will you, personally, take to end Pelosi/Reid/Obama's efforts to bankrupt this country by building a mountain of debt?
5. Will you vote yes, like Pridemore voted yes, on a budget "balanced on the backs of the poor and the powerless?"
These are tough questions for leftists to answer truthfully. Of course, if they take the Obama method, they'll just lie outright. But if they tell the truth, no one will vote for them.
And when you add that to a democrat brand where Bush looks wildly popular in comparison... man, it sucks to be a leftist in 2010.
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Face it. Next November is going to be extremely tough on leftists in Congress.
Even now, as democrats work hard to socialize medicine, each day where the focus is on that issue instead of the issues important to the American people make it less likely that a democrat will win in the 3rd.
The tin ear syndrome will make it very difficult for any of the leftists running to make it to the top. With upwards of 10 candidates announced or about to announce, the top two in the general may be the two who got over 10 percent of the vote.
Who will those two be?
Will, the easier targets are who they won't be.
And they won't be Pridemore, Wallace, Moeller or any other SW Washington democrat representing anyone in Clark County.
It won't be Hatfield. It won't be Russell. It won't be Salazar. It won't be Crist.
The reasons it won't be the democrats mentioned run the gamut from the fact that many of them support that moronic bridge replacement and loot rail; at least one was involved in a job scam; one is clueless and one has been a joke the last two times she ran.
A fake, unethical conservative won't survive.
Because here are the questions the leftists won't be able to answer in any way that will get them elected:
1. Do you support the massive and unneeded waste of $4 Billion to replace a bridge that doesn't need replacing, including the $100,000,000 Wallace has wasted on the CRC... to include running legislation to gerrymander the voters of the tax district to pay for loot rail, like Pridemore did?
2. Will you actually read all bills before you vote on them?
3. What would your votes have been on the porkulous, cap and swindle, and the neo-communist socialized medicine program the empty suit is ramming down our throats?
4. What steps will you, personally, take to end Pelosi/Reid/Obama's efforts to bankrupt this country by building a mountain of debt?
5. Will you vote yes, like Pridemore voted yes, on a budget "balanced on the backs of the poor and the powerless?"
These are tough questions for leftists to answer truthfully. Of course, if they take the Obama method, they'll just lie outright. But if they tell the truth, no one will vote for them.
And when you add that to a democrat brand where Bush looks wildly popular in comparison... man, it sucks to be a leftist in 2010.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Is Denny Heck just more of the same?
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We already know Herrera certainly is. But what about Heck?
As I follow the process, Denny Heck's name has come up many times for the 3rd Congressional, and I thought I'd share a few of my initial impressions.
Like all but 3 candidates for this seat, Heck suffers from a lack of, well, guts.
The 3 candidates I refer to are Castillo, Hedrick and Russell.
The other candidates, each and every one of them (including Heck) are engaging in rank political opportunism, not unlike buzzards scavenging a dead cow.
For the congressional campaign, we need to face the fact that we never would have heard of Heck, Herrera, Wallace, Pridemore, McKibben, Salazar, Crist or anyone else announcing since Baird's timely departure from the local political scene.
While so far unsullied by the despicable nonsense and waste of the multi-billion dollar fraud that is the unneeded and unwanted bridge replacement along with loot rail and the imposition of what amounts to a $1300 surcharge to 65,000 voters in this district, is their any doubt that Heck won't become a proponent for that project? A project that will screw the very people he wants to, allegedly, "Serve?"
ALL candidates need to take a position on this. Those supporting it; or, in the alternative, attempting to "Brokaw" the message; that is, refusing to take a pro OR con position on the issue, will suffer politically as a result.
ALL candidates running need to explain, in excruciating detail, what efforts they intend to make to kill the Cowlitz Criminal Megacasino. Again, those refusing to take a position or supporting that massive economic black hole for out of area interests will suffer accordingly.
ALL candidates need to explain how they would have voted differently then Baird on the Porkulus, Cap and Swindle, and Obama's socialist health care bill. Further, unlike Baird, would you have the guts to require a 72 hour window to vote "yes" on any bill? Continuing the theme, those who would just be the mirror image of Baird? Politically problematic.
Specific to democrats, a brand that becomes increasingly damaged by the day, just BEING a democrat will be a severe handicap in the upcoming election.
As the democrat House, controlled by the Belle of Botox, Nancy Pelosi, continues to turn an increasingly deaf ear to what We The People actually want; it becomes problematic to explain to the voter why we should make her stronger by sending a democrat... well... anywhere, let alone to Congress.
Going back specifically to Heck, this was not a good start for him.
Inaccuracy in staking out a claim comes perilously close to lying and exaggerating at least as bad as Herrera. For example, Heck claims:
We already know Herrera certainly is. But what about Heck?
As I follow the process, Denny Heck's name has come up many times for the 3rd Congressional, and I thought I'd share a few of my initial impressions.
Like all but 3 candidates for this seat, Heck suffers from a lack of, well, guts.
The 3 candidates I refer to are Castillo, Hedrick and Russell.
The other candidates, each and every one of them (including Heck) are engaging in rank political opportunism, not unlike buzzards scavenging a dead cow.
For the congressional campaign, we need to face the fact that we never would have heard of Heck, Herrera, Wallace, Pridemore, McKibben, Salazar, Crist or anyone else announcing since Baird's timely departure from the local political scene.
While so far unsullied by the despicable nonsense and waste of the multi-billion dollar fraud that is the unneeded and unwanted bridge replacement along with loot rail and the imposition of what amounts to a $1300 surcharge to 65,000 voters in this district, is their any doubt that Heck won't become a proponent for that project? A project that will screw the very people he wants to, allegedly, "Serve?"
ALL candidates need to take a position on this. Those supporting it; or, in the alternative, attempting to "Brokaw" the message; that is, refusing to take a pro OR con position on the issue, will suffer politically as a result.
ALL candidates running need to explain, in excruciating detail, what efforts they intend to make to kill the Cowlitz Criminal Megacasino. Again, those refusing to take a position or supporting that massive economic black hole for out of area interests will suffer accordingly.
ALL candidates need to explain how they would have voted differently then Baird on the Porkulus, Cap and Swindle, and Obama's socialist health care bill. Further, unlike Baird, would you have the guts to require a 72 hour window to vote "yes" on any bill? Continuing the theme, those who would just be the mirror image of Baird? Politically problematic.
Specific to democrats, a brand that becomes increasingly damaged by the day, just BEING a democrat will be a severe handicap in the upcoming election.
As the democrat House, controlled by the Belle of Botox, Nancy Pelosi, continues to turn an increasingly deaf ear to what We The People actually want; it becomes problematic to explain to the voter why we should make her stronger by sending a democrat... well... anywhere, let alone to Congress.
Going back specifically to Heck, this was not a good start for him.
Inaccuracy in staking out a claim comes perilously close to lying and exaggerating at least as bad as Herrera. For example, Heck claims:
“I’m the only practicing capitalist in this race. Nobody has to teach me that 70 percent of jobs are created by small businesses. I’ve done that.”As despicable a person and candidate as Russell is, the paper was right in addressing that claim:
In fact, Republican congressional candidate Jon Russell, a Washougal city councilor who owns a family health clinic, might consider himself a “practicing capitalist” as well.
Words have meanings, Mr. Heck. Your "depth and breadth of experience" should have taught you that.
And, I appreciate the fact that the unemployment rate is one of your chief concerns. But Like all democrats supporting this empty suited, hypocritical anti-American racist bigot, you are going to have to explain to us precisely what you intend to do to help stop the ACORN in Chief from screwing up our economy even more than he already has.
"Stimulating job growth" is primarily done with tax cuts. What taxes are you going to fight to cut, and how much?
Engaging in idiocy like calling "Clark County my home" since you haven't lived here in 25 years, does nothing to help your cause. Clark County is a different PLANET then it was when you lived here. This is NOT your home, and no amount of claiming that it is makes it so. In fact, such claims tend to show you both as a liar and a moron.
That you're willing to twist words and spin messages this way is particularly troubling. In short, don't pee on our legs and tell us it's raining.
LYING in this day and age like that is not what we want in our congressional candidate.
So, Mr. Heck, you have a lot of work to do. If you're going to be "clear-eyed" about something, be "clear-eyed" about the truth. And this article, today, has you saying things that are false.
Continue to lie, and, well, you might as well keep your money... because you ain't winning.
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Monday, February 09, 2009
Sen. Don Benton comes out swinging against the replacement bridge/loot rail swindle.
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I've had a few hundred thousand or so words to say against the bizarre and monstrously wasteful idea of replacing the I-5 Bridge without building a third... and then a fourth, bridge first.
But that idea has no particular cache' with the Downtown Mafia. Our slimier politicians, entirely in the pockets of the special interests pulling their strings, including Pollard, Leavitt, Stuart, Pridemore, Wallace and the like; don't give a damn WHAT WE want: I mean, the very idea that the people who have to pay for this; the people who will have to put up with the results of a loot rail connection with the city that loves their mayor, one Sam Adams; and by any means the poor bastards that will get stiffed with the $1200 a year tax these morons will not have to pay to go to work shouldn't have any say as what it is these more enlightened people want to ram down our throats.
And out of all the people representing us, I have to rely on a senator from the adjoining district to actually step up and speak out against this colossal and massive waste of time, energy and effort... not to mention $4 trillion.
My legislators are heavily involved in the church mouse act. So, Sen. Benton has stepped up to provide a voice for all of those ignored so far by an arrogant, out of control government that views their personal wants to somehow exceed the importance of the opinion of those they would govern.
BENTON BULLETIN: STATE SENATOR DON BENTON 02/02/09
I've had a few hundred thousand or so words to say against the bizarre and monstrously wasteful idea of replacing the I-5 Bridge without building a third... and then a fourth, bridge first.
But that idea has no particular cache' with the Downtown Mafia. Our slimier politicians, entirely in the pockets of the special interests pulling their strings, including Pollard, Leavitt, Stuart, Pridemore, Wallace and the like; don't give a damn WHAT WE want: I mean, the very idea that the people who have to pay for this; the people who will have to put up with the results of a loot rail connection with the city that loves their mayor, one Sam Adams; and by any means the poor bastards that will get stiffed with the $1200 a year tax these morons will not have to pay to go to work shouldn't have any say as what it is these more enlightened people want to ram down our throats.
And out of all the people representing us, I have to rely on a senator from the adjoining district to actually step up and speak out against this colossal and massive waste of time, energy and effort... not to mention $4 trillion.
My legislators are heavily involved in the church mouse act. So, Sen. Benton has stepped up to provide a voice for all of those ignored so far by an arrogant, out of control government that views their personal wants to somehow exceed the importance of the opinion of those they would govern.
Columbia River Crossing
My position on solving the I-5 bottleneck from Vancouver to Portland continues to be distorted in the news media. I am not against a solution; I am against the current proposal that will not solve the problem. So far, Washington has spent $60 million dollars – wasted $60 million – on a plan to build a new bridge that will not increase capacity and will not help commuters. Replacing the bridge will not solve congestion, nor will it significantly improve freight mobility. With the forecast of six-mile backups lasting 14 hours per day made by David Evans and Associates done for the CRC in 2005, I think the idea of just replacing the bridge is unbelievable.
Nearly one-third of these commuters live in Clark County – and Vancouver continues to grow, having more than doubled its population since 1995. Even with the planned correction of the bottleneck at Delta Park, there are no additional thru-lanes planned, which would mean that cars and trucks will still crawl over the river, waste fuel and spew carbon monoxide, and drivers will be charged a toll to do it.
I have been a champion of transportation projects for all of Clark County, not just my legislative district, throughout my 14 years in the Legislature. I have gone to bat for important transportation projects that bring great benefit to the entire county and region and will continue to do so. I simply cannot condone or support wasting precious resources on proposals that will not increase capacity or reduce congestion. I call on other community and government leaders to join me in my opposition to this horrendous waste of public resources and join forces to promote a real congestion relief plan that will include a new corridor and a third bridge across the Columbia River. The underlying cause of congestion on Interstate 5 is a corridor issue, not a bridge issue. A replacement bridge will not solve that long-term problem. We need a real solution, not just a place to put light rail which even proponents admit will not move more than 2 percent of trips daily.
Friday, December 12, 2008
A few words from the Clark County Democrat Newsletter about the Mielke ballot curing campaign.
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Others have already written about the impacts of the Barnett/Harju/Mohegan/Paskenta corruption campaign and the effectiveness of the ballot curing effort put into place by the Mielke Campaign in conjunction with the Washington State Republican Party and the Clark County GOP.
Now, a few words on the subject from the loyal opposition, The Clark County Democrats newsletter:
Obama fever cooled, down ballot
While Clark County Democrats were gearing up for a joyous Nov. 4 celebration of the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s new president, Clark County Republicans were grimly beating the bushes for every last possible vote for their local candidates. ("Grimly?" Actually, the huge number of volunteers and party staff involved in this massive effort had a blast. "Grimly" might apply to some... but not to us. Kinda sounds like sour grapes to me. -ed)
Persistence paid. (yes.... it did, didn't it? -ed) Barring an unprecedented turnaround in the requisite machine recount of 168,405 ballots starting on Dec. 2, Democrat Pam Brokaw lost to Republican Tom Mielke by 207 votes. (It actually wound up at 2o9 votes, to be precise. - Ed) The Board of Clark County Commissioners will have an unfortunate 2-1 Republican tilt for the first time in more than three decades. ("Unfortunate" for some, it would seem. -ed)
Brokaw had a solid lead of around 4,000 votes when the first tally was reported on election night. David Carrier was looking likely in his underfunded race against Goliath Sen. Don Benton. ("Underfunded?" Benton spent $260,000 from all sources to win; Carrier spent $235,000 with $7,000 left over to lose. I don't think he can use "underfunded" as an excuse. -ed) Things looked somewhat less than hopeless for Democrat Jeanne Harris in her challenge to County Commissioner Marc Boldt. Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire appeared on the brink of winning a majority of Clark County votes to add to her victory.
Then those last-minute Republican votes started to appear in subsequent tallies from the Clark County Elections Department. Obama held his six-point margin over the Republican ticket, but Brokaw’s edge diminished and finally disappeared. Benton’s numbers surged against Carrier. Boldt’s lead over Harris steadily widened. Gregoire fell a few points behind Dino Rossi in this area. The margins of all three Republican incumbent legislators in the 18th District got wider. (Just like we drew it up on the chalkboard, gang! -ed)
Of course, there was a lot of good news for Clark County Democrats. In the 17th Legislative District Tim Probst posted a solid win to join Democratic Rep. Deb Wallace in the state House of Representatives. Sen. Craig Pridemore and Rep. Jim Moeller handily won re-election in the 49th Legislative District, and Democrat Jim Jacks was elected by a solid majority to succeed Bill Fromhold. U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, had little difficulty in burying his Republican challenger. Statewide, Democrat Peter Goldmark unseated Republican Land Commissioner Doug Sutherland, and Democrat Jim McIntyre won his race for state treasurer.
Those chunks of good news may ring increasingly hollow in Clark County over the next two years as two Republicans who had hapless records as state legislators hold sway over dozens of decisions that add up to county policy and direction. Meanwhile we Democrats may waste a lot of energy fixing blame for our late-hour collapse into Obamamania as the Republicans beat their undergrowth for every last shot.
Combining that with a brilliantly planned and masterfully executed ballot curing effort, and you have Commissioner-Elect Tom Mielke achieving the politically impossible: the ascendancy of Republican control of the county commission in a democrat year in the face of the Obama tsunami.
Thanks to the Clark County Democrats for acknowledging our hard work and their failure to plan a post-election strategy. Thanks also go to David Barnett, who's last minute $76,500 bomb blew up in his face.
Others have already written about the impacts of the Barnett/Harju/Mohegan/Paskenta corruption campaign and the effectiveness of the ballot curing effort put into place by the Mielke Campaign in conjunction with the Washington State Republican Party and the Clark County GOP.
Now, a few words on the subject from the loyal opposition, The Clark County Democrats newsletter:
THE DEMOCRAT
Clark County Democratic Party Newsletter
Volume 17, Issue 12 Serving Democrats with News and Opinion December 2008
Clark County Democratic Party Newsletter
Volume 17, Issue 12 Serving Democrats with News and Opinion December 2008
Obama fever cooled, down ballot
Persistence paid. (yes.... it did, didn't it? -ed) Barring an unprecedented turnaround in the requisite machine recount of 168,405 ballots starting on Dec. 2, Democrat Pam Brokaw lost to Republican Tom Mielke by 207 votes. (It actually wound up at 2o9 votes, to be precise. - Ed) The Board of Clark County Commissioners will have an unfortunate 2-1 Republican tilt for the first time in more than three decades. ("Unfortunate" for some, it would seem. -ed)
Brokaw had a solid lead of around 4,000 votes when the first tally was reported on election night. David Carrier was looking likely in his underfunded race against Goliath Sen. Don Benton. ("Underfunded?" Benton spent $260,000 from all sources to win; Carrier spent $235,000 with $7,000 left over to lose. I don't think he can use "underfunded" as an excuse. -ed) Things looked somewhat less than hopeless for Democrat Jeanne Harris in her challenge to County Commissioner Marc Boldt. Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire appeared on the brink of winning a majority of Clark County votes to add to her victory.
Then those last-minute Republican votes started to appear in subsequent tallies from the Clark County Elections Department. Obama held his six-point margin over the Republican ticket, but Brokaw’s edge diminished and finally disappeared. Benton’s numbers surged against Carrier. Boldt’s lead over Harris steadily widened. Gregoire fell a few points behind Dino Rossi in this area. The margins of all three Republican incumbent legislators in the 18th District got wider. (Just like we drew it up on the chalkboard, gang! -ed)
Of course, there was a lot of good news for Clark County Democrats. In the 17th Legislative District Tim Probst posted a solid win to join Democratic Rep. Deb Wallace in the state House of Representatives. Sen. Craig Pridemore and Rep. Jim Moeller handily won re-election in the 49th Legislative District, and Democrat Jim Jacks was elected by a solid majority to succeed Bill Fromhold. U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, had little difficulty in burying his Republican challenger. Statewide, Democrat Peter Goldmark unseated Republican Land Commissioner Doug Sutherland, and Democrat Jim McIntyre won his race for state treasurer.
Those chunks of good news may ring increasingly hollow in Clark County over the next two years as two Republicans who had hapless records as state legislators hold sway over dozens of decisions that add up to county policy and direction. Meanwhile we Democrats may waste a lot of energy fixing blame for our late-hour collapse into Obamamania as the Republicans beat their undergrowth for every last shot.
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Actually, it was a perfect storm.
Brokaw's support of bridge tolls and the megacasino, combined with her efforts through David Barnett to sell her seat to the Cowlitz Tribe appear to have resulted in an astounding level of blowback.
Brokaw's support of bridge tolls and the megacasino, combined with her efforts through David Barnett to sell her seat to the Cowlitz Tribe appear to have resulted in an astounding level of blowback.
Combining that with a brilliantly planned and masterfully executed ballot curing effort, and you have Commissioner-Elect Tom Mielke achieving the politically impossible: the ascendancy of Republican control of the county commission in a democrat year in the face of the Obama tsunami.
Thanks to the Clark County Democrats for acknowledging our hard work and their failure to plan a post-election strategy. Thanks also go to David Barnett, who's last minute $76,500 bomb blew up in his face.
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Saturday, March 07, 2009
Here's an idea on the bridge: make those ramming it down our throats pay the toll.
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Few things in life are easier than using OPM.
OPM, of course, is "other people's money."
The morons ramming this unwanted, unneeded and MASSIVE waste of billions of dollars down our throats are hot to do it for a variety of reasons. Indebting each man, woman and child in Clark County around $10,000 each without giving us any say is immoral, unethical and totalitarian.
But most of all, they're spending money that they will not have to pay. As a result, they lie, they mislead, they ignore those who oppose them.
So, how about this. How about each official, elected or appointed, being required to pay the toll for this bridge as long as they live... whether they use the bridge or not?
So, the idiot that runs the city of Vancouver? Give him a bill for $1200 a year for the rest of his life. Attach his pay... and when he leaves the employ of the city, attach his retirement. Do the same for the city council members voting for this garbage. Steve Stuart? Deb Wallace? Craig Pridemore? Moeller? Jacks? Probst? And let's not forget attaching Bill Fromhold's massive retirement.
Apply the same law to every state or government employee in a policy making position that supports this insanity. Lookingbill, the management of C-Trans, Don Wagoner... all of those who demand this crap... and all of those who refuse to allow us a vote.
Make THEM all pay for the rest of THEIR lives, like they will make all of US pay for the rest of OUR lives.
That won't make the incredibly asinine waste of money any more right, but hey, they should ALL feel the pain they're inflicting on us.
Maybe that way, they won't be so eager to screw us if they knew they were getting screwed in return.
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Few things in life are easier than using OPM.
OPM, of course, is "other people's money."
The morons ramming this unwanted, unneeded and MASSIVE waste of billions of dollars down our throats are hot to do it for a variety of reasons. Indebting each man, woman and child in Clark County around $10,000 each without giving us any say is immoral, unethical and totalitarian.
But most of all, they're spending money that they will not have to pay. As a result, they lie, they mislead, they ignore those who oppose them.
So, how about this. How about each official, elected or appointed, being required to pay the toll for this bridge as long as they live... whether they use the bridge or not?
So, the idiot that runs the city of Vancouver? Give him a bill for $1200 a year for the rest of his life. Attach his pay... and when he leaves the employ of the city, attach his retirement. Do the same for the city council members voting for this garbage. Steve Stuart? Deb Wallace? Craig Pridemore? Moeller? Jacks? Probst? And let's not forget attaching Bill Fromhold's massive retirement.
Apply the same law to every state or government employee in a policy making position that supports this insanity. Lookingbill, the management of C-Trans, Don Wagoner... all of those who demand this crap... and all of those who refuse to allow us a vote.
Make THEM all pay for the rest of THEIR lives, like they will make all of US pay for the rest of OUR lives.
That won't make the incredibly asinine waste of money any more right, but hey, they should ALL feel the pain they're inflicting on us.
Maybe that way, they won't be so eager to screw us if they knew they were getting screwed in return.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Congrats to the local paper for reporting what I blogged about several days ago.
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In yet another typically gagging, cloying puff piece on the unneeded, unwanted and unnecessary multi-billion dollar waste known the I-5 Bridge replacement, the local rag finally gets it. As I blogged back in December, the cabal deciding what bridge/loot rail combination they plan on ramming down our collective throats agreed to a 6 lane bridge weeks ago (Not including loot rail lanes). Congrats to our local stain on our community for finally figuring it out.
So, when Tim "The Liar" Leavitt babbles that such an arrangement "...wouldn’t be acceptable to our community,” he's failing to acknowledge that there is NO bridge of ANY size that would be "acceptable to our community," and he KNOWS that.
But no matter what ultimately comes our of this steaming pile, ol' Tim will be on board. Because, as well know, the little slime ball "isn't an obstructionist."
Our local excuse for a paper continues to use lies such as this:
In yet another typically gagging, cloying puff piece on the unneeded, unwanted and unnecessary multi-billion dollar waste known the I-5 Bridge replacement, the local rag finally gets it. As I blogged back in December, the cabal deciding what bridge/loot rail combination they plan on ramming down our collective throats agreed to a 6 lane bridge weeks ago (Not including loot rail lanes). Congrats to our local stain on our community for finally figuring it out.
So, when Tim "The Liar" Leavitt babbles that such an arrangement "...wouldn’t be acceptable to our community,” he's failing to acknowledge that there is NO bridge of ANY size that would be "acceptable to our community," and he KNOWS that.
But no matter what ultimately comes our of this steaming pile, ol' Tim will be on board. Because, as well know, the little slime ball "isn't an obstructionist."
Our local excuse for a paper continues to use lies such as this:
The request comes amid fraying support for the project.
In June and July of 2008, the 12-lane “locally preferred alternative” received the
conditional support of city councils, transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations on both sides of the river.
Support began to wane last year.
The main problem with the lie about "fraying support" is that this community NEVER supported replacing the bridge or bringing loot rail here under ANY circumstances, least of all with $1300 per year (to begin with) tolls.
Now, The Liar KNOWS that this thing can't be built WITHOUT tolls, but that didn't stop him from REPEATEDLY lying that the mayor of Vancouver could STOP tolls, while telling us all along that even WITH tolls, HE would SUPPORT the new bridge.
And if this bridge comes out with the already-agreed-to 6 lane design, he'll agree to that as well, BECAUSE HE CAN'T STOP IT.
NO bridge design here EVER had more than 6 through lanes. To that end, a 6 lane bridge was going to be the outcome REGARDLESS; a colassal, multi-billion dollar pile of money dumped down a toilet; blowing a $100,000,000 per year hole in our local economy, cheerled by hypocrites who wouldn't ever have to pay the tolls... unlike those of us in the commuting public.
As for Steve "Unmarked Bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart, here's a clue.
We want this shut down NOW. And we do not WANT a "re-start." WE WANT A THIRD AND FOURTH BRIDGE, WITH NO FRICKING LOOT RAIL.
You've already blown $100,000,000 tax payer dollars, thanks to Tweedle Dumb (Craig Pridemore) and Tweedle Dumber (Deb Wallace) and we have absolutely nothing to show for it... money that SHOULD have been spent on locating and designing a 3rd and 4th bridge that would both relieve pressure on the I-5 Bridge AND reduce congestion WHILE increasing freight mobility, something that a new bridge in the same place would absolutely NOT do.
Get used to dealing with your massive wastes of our money, Mr. Stuart... and start polishing your resume'.
Between the bridge and getting paid to be Barnett's butt boy, this November?
You are going DOWN.
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Saturday, January 09, 2010
Another day, another Columbian bridge puff piece.
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Recently, it became fairly clear that when it comes to the I-5 Bridge rip off/loot rail replacement, two groups of people fail to understand the issue with Tim "The Liar" Leavitt.
The first surprised me. The second has me wondering at the motives for that failure.
The first? Local GOP'ers who supported The Liar's campaign.
Reviewing the bidding; we find that Leavitt's campaign was run by democrats including the democrat county chair, democrat county commissioner Steve "Owned and operated by David Barnett" Stuart, democrat former county commissioner Betty Sue Morris, and democrat operative Heather Melton.
And then, of course, we re-iterate what was already known: The Liar does not, and never did, oppose tolling. He merely manufactured an issue out of whole cloth to seperate himself from Pollard; and he developed this bogus tolling issue as the vehicle to do that.
Then we find out that secret negotiations between Leavitt, "Easy Money" Stuart and Sam "If you're under 18 in Portland, you can have an" Adams have taken place to reduce the size of the bridge even more... to 3 through lanes and one loot rail lane each way, period (the babbling supporters continuing lies about 6 lanes going both ways notwithstanding; there was never more then 6 through lines on the bridge proposal, just like the 6 lanes we have, well, right now)
The issue that surprised me the most on the issue of support is that the GOP'ers would be so badly taken in and hosed by The Liar.
The second here is that our local fishwrapper, hypocritically rabid bridger/looters who won't, like most bridger/looters, have to pay for the project that will blow a $100,000,000 yearly hole in our local economy seems unable to grasp the fact that Leavitt does, in fact, support tolling; always has and always will.
When a clown like Leavitt SAYS he opposes tolls but then won't oppose the bridge when tolls are required because that lying moron isn't an "obstructionist," well, that makes both him AND his so-called "opposition" worthless.
Democrats who want to ram the project down our throats ran Leavitt's campaign. Is there anyone out there who can't make the connection?
Now, there is no doubt that the people of Clark County don't want this thing. It's a massive and unneeded waste of money that anyone paying attention to would see in a minute. Thanks to Deb Wallace and Craig Pridemore, we've wasted $100,000,000 on studies with pre-ordained outcomes (It was never in doubt that the only acceptable option to the Downtown Mafia was replacing the I-5 Bridge and bringing loot rail in using the new bridge... in fact, loot rail was the only real reason to replace the bridge from the start)
And the powers that be, including our massive waste of wood pulp known as a "paper," would rather dive into a boiling vat of hydrochloric acid then do what ethics and morality require (if not the law) and put this massive waste of money to a vote.
This project engages in massive over-promising and under-delivering and it would sentence 65,000 current commuters to paying, in addition to Oregon income tax, a $1300 per year fee just to go to work.
So, we have Kulongoski appointing yet another captain to our particular Titanic.
Well done. But then, I guess he needs someone to blame it on as well, right?
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Recently, it became fairly clear that when it comes to the I-5 Bridge rip off/loot rail replacement, two groups of people fail to understand the issue with Tim "The Liar" Leavitt.
The first surprised me. The second has me wondering at the motives for that failure.
The first? Local GOP'ers who supported The Liar's campaign.
Reviewing the bidding; we find that Leavitt's campaign was run by democrats including the democrat county chair, democrat county commissioner Steve "Owned and operated by David Barnett" Stuart, democrat former county commissioner Betty Sue Morris, and democrat operative Heather Melton.
And then, of course, we re-iterate what was already known: The Liar does not, and never did, oppose tolling. He merely manufactured an issue out of whole cloth to seperate himself from Pollard; and he developed this bogus tolling issue as the vehicle to do that.
Then we find out that secret negotiations between Leavitt, "Easy Money" Stuart and Sam "If you're under 18 in Portland, you can have an" Adams have taken place to reduce the size of the bridge even more... to 3 through lanes and one loot rail lane each way, period (the babbling supporters continuing lies about 6 lanes going both ways notwithstanding; there was never more then 6 through lines on the bridge proposal, just like the 6 lanes we have, well, right now)
The issue that surprised me the most on the issue of support is that the GOP'ers would be so badly taken in and hosed by The Liar.
The second here is that our local fishwrapper, hypocritically rabid bridger/looters who won't, like most bridger/looters, have to pay for the project that will blow a $100,000,000 yearly hole in our local economy seems unable to grasp the fact that Leavitt does, in fact, support tolling; always has and always will.
When a clown like Leavitt SAYS he opposes tolls but then won't oppose the bridge when tolls are required because that lying moron isn't an "obstructionist," well, that makes both him AND his so-called "opposition" worthless.
Democrats who want to ram the project down our throats ran Leavitt's campaign. Is there anyone out there who can't make the connection?
Now, there is no doubt that the people of Clark County don't want this thing. It's a massive and unneeded waste of money that anyone paying attention to would see in a minute. Thanks to Deb Wallace and Craig Pridemore, we've wasted $100,000,000 on studies with pre-ordained outcomes (It was never in doubt that the only acceptable option to the Downtown Mafia was replacing the I-5 Bridge and bringing loot rail in using the new bridge... in fact, loot rail was the only real reason to replace the bridge from the start)
And the powers that be, including our massive waste of wood pulp known as a "paper," would rather dive into a boiling vat of hydrochloric acid then do what ethics and morality require (if not the law) and put this massive waste of money to a vote.
This project engages in massive over-promising and under-delivering and it would sentence 65,000 current commuters to paying, in addition to Oregon income tax, a $1300 per year fee just to go to work.
So, we have Kulongoski appointing yet another captain to our particular Titanic.
Well done. But then, I guess he needs someone to blame it on as well, right?
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Memo to Paulson, Queen Chrissy and Taxandgougeme: What the people "expect" is for YOU to STFU.
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The senseless babble coming out of Olympia and Salem and the Ports concerning our impending rape as reported by our paper seems to have shifted into "ludicrous speed."
Thanks to Wallace and Pridemore, who never saw a tax or fee they didn't want to raise, we've wasted tens of millions of dollars and all we've got is a stack of paper to show for it and little else.
If we actually needed the bridge replaced; if we actually wanted loot rail to come into our county, then the nonsense from the "Bobbsey Twins" might have made a difference:
There is precisely ZERO need to tear down a perfectly functional bridge to replace it with a bridge that will do absolutely NOTHING to improve freight mobility OR reduce congestion.
You two idiots would blow a hole in our local economy of $100,000,000 A YEAR.
Why is it that when sock puppets like Paulson at the Port babble about how wonderful this dogpile is they never seem to talk about the rape of the commuters who will get stuck with the bill for this massive piece of crap? If the Port of Vancouver... or these two idiots we have for governors... want this steaming pile, then let THEM PAY FOR IT.
How easy it is for batshit crazy types who will NOT have to pay for this to insist that WE have to bear that burden for THEIR agenda?
That's what "the people expect," since the scum in charge lack the guts to ASK us what we want... a feat that speaks for itself.
When this is over, we'll be out billions; nothing will have improved, and the families living in Clark County will have been saddled with additional thousands of dollars of debt. 65,000 commuters and their families will be forced to pay for this senseless debacle... and once again, the phrase "will of the people" will be tossed on the ash heap of history by democrats... just like they tossed I-960.
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The senseless babble coming out of Olympia and Salem and the Ports concerning our impending rape as reported by our paper seems to have shifted into "ludicrous speed."
Thanks to Wallace and Pridemore, who never saw a tax or fee they didn't want to raise, we've wasted tens of millions of dollars and all we've got is a stack of paper to show for it and little else.
If we actually needed the bridge replaced; if we actually wanted loot rail to come into our county, then the nonsense from the "Bobbsey Twins" might have made a difference:
“citizens of this region have watched our two states discuss and plan for a new bridge for over 20 years, and they expect us to proceed.”Well, here's a clue, morons: we expect you to proceed TO is to ABANDON THIS FRICKING PROJECT BEFORE YOU WASTE ANY MORE MONEY! THAT'S what we "EXPECT."
There is precisely ZERO need to tear down a perfectly functional bridge to replace it with a bridge that will do absolutely NOTHING to improve freight mobility OR reduce congestion.
You two idiots would blow a hole in our local economy of $100,000,000 A YEAR.
Why is it that when sock puppets like Paulson at the Port babble about how wonderful this dogpile is they never seem to talk about the rape of the commuters who will get stuck with the bill for this massive piece of crap? If the Port of Vancouver... or these two idiots we have for governors... want this steaming pile, then let THEM PAY FOR IT.
How easy it is for batshit crazy types who will NOT have to pay for this to insist that WE have to bear that burden for THEIR agenda?
That's what "the people expect," since the scum in charge lack the guts to ASK us what we want... a feat that speaks for itself.
When this is over, we'll be out billions; nothing will have improved, and the families living in Clark County will have been saddled with additional thousands of dollars of debt. 65,000 commuters and their families will be forced to pay for this senseless debacle... and once again, the phrase "will of the people" will be tossed on the ash heap of history by democrats... just like they tossed I-960.
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Saturday, December 30, 2017
Why Larry Hoff shouldn't be elected, Chapter 12
In addition to Hoff's total political inexperience and lack of involvement (I've been politically involved in this area generally for 29 years generally and the 18th District, my district, specifically for the last 14 years... and I've never heard of nor seen this guy until now) and the obvious RINO support from those such as Sen. Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers (D-Strategies 360) and Sen. Lynda "The Liar" Wilson (D-Tracy) who despise conservatives so much the Wilsons have dropped $2000 in on a guy who, to date, lacks the guts... or the knowledge... or simply the ability... to articulate any positions on anything, nor any ability to explain where, for example, he would have voted any differently than Gas Tax Rivers over the past 3 idiotic sessions she's been screwing us...
Or, he simply hasn't been told what... if anything... to write down AS his "issues.
I have, for example, REPEATEDLY asked him to articulate where... and how... he would have voted differently than Gas Tax Rivers.
To date, he refuses to even acknowledge me, let alone answer me.
We come to find out that major democrat funder David Nierenberg is writing checks and has, to date, dropped a paltry $4000 more on this clown.
Nierenberg was a the force behind the Madore Hate PAC last cycle that leftists and RINOs joined together to oppose conservative David Madore.
Let's take a look at those who've been getting cash from this leftist, shall we?
Jack Burkman, Washington State Democrats, Tim Probst, Brent Boger, Arch Miller, James McIntire, Sam Reed, Planned Parenthood, Democrat front group "Stand for Children" ($10,000), Julie Olson, Deb Wallace, Jim Jacks, Christine Gregoire, Paul Harris, Monica Stonier, Jimmy Moeller, Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, Clark County Democrats, Mainstream Republicans, Craig Pridemore, John Blom, Jay Inslee, Joe Tanner, Yes on I-1000 (Death With Dignity), Lynda Wilson, Pam Brokaw, Kathy Gillespie, Jay Inslee, Marc Boldt... and now, Larry Hoff.
So what David does is finance those who do things TO us... instead of FOR us.
And this, of course, is no exception. It's also another in the growing list of reasons to vote for anyone not named Hoff.
Or, he simply hasn't been told what... if anything... to write down AS his "issues.
I have, for example, REPEATEDLY asked him to articulate where... and how... he would have voted differently than Gas Tax Rivers.
To date, he refuses to even acknowledge me, let alone answer me.
We come to find out that major democrat funder David Nierenberg is writing checks and has, to date, dropped a paltry $4000 more on this clown.
Nierenberg was a the force behind the Madore Hate PAC last cycle that leftists and RINOs joined together to oppose conservative David Madore.
Let's take a look at those who've been getting cash from this leftist, shall we?
Jack Burkman, Washington State Democrats, Tim Probst, Brent Boger, Arch Miller, James McIntire, Sam Reed, Planned Parenthood, Democrat front group "Stand for Children" ($10,000), Julie Olson, Deb Wallace, Jim Jacks, Christine Gregoire, Paul Harris, Monica Stonier, Jimmy Moeller, Tim "The Liar" Leavitt, Clark County Democrats, Mainstream Republicans, Craig Pridemore, John Blom, Jay Inslee, Joe Tanner, Yes on I-1000 (Death With Dignity), Lynda Wilson, Pam Brokaw, Kathy Gillespie, Jay Inslee, Marc Boldt... and now, Larry Hoff.
So what David does is finance those who do things TO us... instead of FOR us.
And this, of course, is no exception. It's also another in the growing list of reasons to vote for anyone not named Hoff.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Will sanity finally reign in the Gorge? Bill seeks to repeal Gorge compact.
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Here locally, excepting the massive vaporization of a wasted hundred million on that steaming pile of a bridge replacement/loot rail plan by Deb Wallace and her senate sidekick, one Craig Pridemore; it's hard to find a bigger waste of our money than the Columbia River Gorge Commission.
I remember a few years back when now current county commissioner Marc Boldt joined with other legislators on both sides of the river and cut Commission funding in half. Man, that was a HOOT!
I though Koenninger would vapor lock, he got so mad. He spewed a column so full of hatred and vitriol against Boldt.... why, that simple idiot even demanded that Boldt resign... before his constituents did it for him!
Course, Marc's only won 5 straight elections since then; but hey, no one can deny that ol' Koenninger's been stuck on stupid about the Gorge all of his life.
But then, Koenninger doesn't have to live under any of the rules or regulations he demands for the second-class, The Constitution of the United States is "different" for those that live in the Gorge folks. It's not unlike his rank hypocrisy about the bridge/loot rail issue: he ain't gonna have to pay for it, so ignoring the will of the people and advocating for a $4 billion pile of crap is an easy exercise for him.
So, kudos to state Representative Rep. Kevin Van De Wege for sticking this waste of millions on the chopping block. Who knows... Michael Lang of the FOG might actually have to go out and find work once this thing is axed!
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Here locally, excepting the massive vaporization of a wasted hundred million on that steaming pile of a bridge replacement/loot rail plan by Deb Wallace and her senate sidekick, one Craig Pridemore; it's hard to find a bigger waste of our money than the Columbia River Gorge Commission.
I remember a few years back when now current county commissioner Marc Boldt joined with other legislators on both sides of the river and cut Commission funding in half. Man, that was a HOOT!
I though Koenninger would vapor lock, he got so mad. He spewed a column so full of hatred and vitriol against Boldt.... why, that simple idiot even demanded that Boldt resign... before his constituents did it for him!
Course, Marc's only won 5 straight elections since then; but hey, no one can deny that ol' Koenninger's been stuck on stupid about the Gorge all of his life.
But then, Koenninger doesn't have to live under any of the rules or regulations he demands for the second-class, The Constitution of the United States is "different" for those that live in the Gorge folks. It's not unlike his rank hypocrisy about the bridge/loot rail issue: he ain't gonna have to pay for it, so ignoring the will of the people and advocating for a $4 billion pile of crap is an easy exercise for him.
So, kudos to state Representative Rep. Kevin Van De Wege for sticking this waste of millions on the chopping block. Who knows... Michael Lang of the FOG might actually have to go out and find work once this thing is axed!
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Saturday, January 02, 2010
2010 is shaping up as a bloodbath for the left: Dem recruits continue to head for the exits.
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As the inevitable continues to take shape, it's becoming clearer that the result of the first year of the Obama Administration will be the wholesale political slaughter of the left.
The dutiful inability of the left to think for themselves shows in their votes on highly unpopular and now proven-to-be-failed policies that the empty suit running the show is jamming down our throats NOW, because he's been counting on the classic themes of the short-attention span of the American voter in the future; namely that he will be able to capitalize on his own increasingly dubious personal popularity while spending the next 3 years convincing the now-raped American population that it was our idea to begin with.
Of course, the now-recognized problem on the part of the so-called "Blue Dog" democrats is that they recognize that they will be the sacrificial lambs in the process.
Obama, Pelosi and Reid are selling them out.
Others looking at coming in or staying are seeing that as well. The result?
The strongest democrat running is, by far, Denny Heck.
He's made enough money to self-fund, and he's unsullied by Wallace's waste of tens of millions of dollars on an unwanted and unneeded bridge replacement with loot rail; and Pridemore's corruption on campaign financing and gerrymandering the loot rail operations vote to exclude tens of thousands of Clark County voters who would oppose this massive waste from having a say, while not excluding any of us from paying this massive tax increase.
Crist has no chance. Fringe left isn't going to sell this year.
Salazar has no chance. She knows that; this entire process isn't a serious effort to do anything but raise her profile as chief spokesman for illegal aliens,
But Heck has a the same problem mentioned in the article: he's a democrat. And just BEING a democrat may be problematic considering the massive, generation-long damage they've done to our country in just the past year... so far.
It's the economy, stupid. And under their watch, it's tanked beyond belief.
And having a total clown as president doesn't help your mid-term election prospects at all.
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As the inevitable continues to take shape, it's becoming clearer that the result of the first year of the Obama Administration will be the wholesale political slaughter of the left.
The dutiful inability of the left to think for themselves shows in their votes on highly unpopular and now proven-to-be-failed policies that the empty suit running the show is jamming down our throats NOW, because he's been counting on the classic themes of the short-attention span of the American voter in the future; namely that he will be able to capitalize on his own increasingly dubious personal popularity while spending the next 3 years convincing the now-raped American population that it was our idea to begin with.
Of course, the now-recognized problem on the part of the so-called "Blue Dog" democrats is that they recognize that they will be the sacrificial lambs in the process.
Obama, Pelosi and Reid are selling them out.
Others looking at coming in or staying are seeing that as well. The result?
Dem recruits continue to head for exits
By Aaron Blake - 12/31/09 10:55 AM ET
Democrats have lost yet another touted recruit, this time in Kansas.As one of the five seats in question (so far) there can be no doubt that the question here locally is this: How much will this obvious damage to the leftist brand hurt the democrats right here in the WA03?
State Sen. Laura Kelly (D) just announced her withdrawal from the race to face Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.). She becomes the fifth formidable recruit to bow out in recent weeks.
“I have been forced to make a decision between honoring the pledge I made to the people in my Senate district and my firm conviction that the people of the 2nd congressional district deserve a truly independent voice in Congress," Kelly said in a statement.
“This has been a very hard decision, but it is the right one.”
Kelly joins several recent dropouts, including businessman Jack McDonald, a well-funded challenger to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) who announced last week that he wouldn't run. The others are Ohio state Rep. Todd Book, who was running against Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio); former Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula Flowers, who was running for Rep. Zach Wamp's (R-Tenn.) seat; and Solana Beach City Councilman Dave Roberts, who was running against Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.).
Both McDonald and Kelly were cited in a late October memo from DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) that touted the committee's recruiting successes.
On top of that, Democrats have lost four incumbents in vulnerable districts to retirement recently. It has been a distinct shift, taking five seats off the map on offense and adding four on defense.
The strongest democrat running is, by far, Denny Heck.
He's made enough money to self-fund, and he's unsullied by Wallace's waste of tens of millions of dollars on an unwanted and unneeded bridge replacement with loot rail; and Pridemore's corruption on campaign financing and gerrymandering the loot rail operations vote to exclude tens of thousands of Clark County voters who would oppose this massive waste from having a say, while not excluding any of us from paying this massive tax increase.
Crist has no chance. Fringe left isn't going to sell this year.
Salazar has no chance. She knows that; this entire process isn't a serious effort to do anything but raise her profile as chief spokesman for illegal aliens,
But Heck has a the same problem mentioned in the article: he's a democrat. And just BEING a democrat may be problematic considering the massive, generation-long damage they've done to our country in just the past year... so far.
It's the economy, stupid. And under their watch, it's tanked beyond belief.
And having a total clown as president doesn't help your mid-term election prospects at all.
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