An important point was made in today's P-I article on Dino Rossi (coverage which merits a separate discussion at a later time):
"Generally speaking, (voters) care about them when they are asked, but they are not top-of-the-mind issues these days. The economy, transportation and education always top the list in Washington state, it's always one of those three," he said. "Social issues, crime and safety issues are at the bottom of the list. ...
Yes, this may vary a bit by district, but the over-arching data doesn't lie. If your campaign agenda doesn't reflect this, and you're running in a competitive race, you should rectify that.
Now.
Posted by Eric Earling at July 31, 2008 07:01 PM | Email ThisThe American People are just starting to understand the GOP is just one big criminal enterprise. How else could you explain the takeover of our state's legislature?
The crime wave is almost over. Thank God.
Google "Corrupt Bastards Club" and you figure it out.....
Posted by: All Facts Support My Positions on August 1, 2008 05:15 AMIt's a little early for you to be hitting the pipe don't you think?
Are you for real? You really believe that? By making these statements, you seem to be convieniently avoiding all the Democonvicts crime waves.
Posted by: Chris on August 1, 2008 06:38 AMThe GOP, and their attempts for secret government, and zero accountability is a stain on our democracy.
It's too bad. We need conservatives that are not crooks, or religious nut cases, wanting to shove their beliefs down my throat.
If Republicon Legislative Candidates want to get elected, they should switch parties. Maybe they could at least attempt to clean up their own party from the cesspool of corruption their members are being prosecuted for on practically a daily basis.
Imagine how many precious tax dollars went to Alaska for crap. You want to fight to the death over taxes, but could care less when they are wasted in Iraq, or on earmarks in the middle of no where.
Pssssst. Do something......
Posted by: All Facts Support My Positions on August 1, 2008 07:53 AMA. You're a dumba$$ troll and I shouldn't even bother responding to you.
B. That said, please don't pretend that you actually care about the pork that went up to Alaska. The only person in the Senate who's an even bigger porker then Stevens is Robert KKK Byrd. Guess which party he's in? So even if your "guilt by association" accusation was true, you'd still be wrong.
Posted by: Cliff on August 1, 2008 10:31 AMPleez, get serious ...
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Our glorious leader knows better!!
Posted by: RocketMan on August 1, 2008 01:25 PMYou give me a list of all Democrats in the federal government over the past ten years that have been indicted or convicted of a crime, and I'll do the same. Let's see which list is longer, and, more importantly, involved more serious crimes.
@4: The only person in the Senate who's an even bigger porker then Stevens is Robert KKK Byrd. Guess which party he's in? So even if your "guilt by association" accusation was true, you'd still be wrong.
But when did controlling Congressional earmarks start becoming a big problem for Republicans? I'll give you a hint... it wasn't when they were in power!
We will never be free of corrupt politicans, but we would surely reduce the amount and size of the problem if we limited the Federal government to its legal role as defined by the Constitution.
So you're assuming that power and money and corruption would just disappear if that were to happen? That's very optimistic!
Posted by: demo kid on August 1, 2008 01:28 PMCrime is on everyone's secret hotlist, but if you state such an inner belief then you are exposing yourself as a cryptic but de-facto racist.
Based upon actions and not on words, the average citizen couldn't care less about the environment.
I note that the one undepleted section at public library book sales is "nature and environment".
Yet who would ignore the chime of our fragile children and the need for clean air and water?
That's why Dino's new TV ad shows him standing in front of a glistening brook with water surely cleaner than that in an Evian bottle.
Reichert's campaign photos will show him in front of the lower reaches of the Pratt River. He intends to extend the Alpine Lakes Wilderness to include that particularly uninteresting part of our Cascade Mountains.
It's all about the advertisability of FEELINGS, not about poll data.
Posted by: Bart Cannon on August 1, 2008 01:58 PMWhere I lived in tukwila, in a four day period there were three shootings within a mile of my place. Where I live now, there is a common string of shootings, break-ins, thefts up the hill from me.
We've tried the liberal approach to solving crime, hand outs and programs, for forty-five years, how has it helped? Transportation and crime are the two things I want government to fix, they're the only two things mentioned that government /can/ fix.
Posted by: gryffin on August 2, 2008 07:12 AMWhere I lived in tukwila, in a four day period there were three shootings within a mile of my place. Where I live now, there is a common string of shootings, break-ins, thefts up the hill from me.
We've tried the liberal approach to solving crime, hand outs and programs, for forty-five years, how has it helped? Transportation and crime are the two things I want government to fix, they're the only two things mentioned that government /can/ fix.
Posted by: gryffin on August 2, 2008 07:12 AMRight now we do not have a tax problem...we have a spending problem.
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Posted by: Leslie Bloss on August 7, 2008 08:58 AM