I, and I'm sure everyone else on his mailing list, received the below e-mail from Rob McKenna. Should Patty Murray be concerned? She has faithfully towed the Democrat Party line since entering the U.S. Senate over 16 years ago. It has earned her leadership positions and pork power for Washington State. But will this be enough to win a fourth term in 2010? Will her obsequious support for everything Obama - stimulus spending, cap & trade, government health care, economic policy etc. - haunt her should Obama fail to gain public approval for his lurch to the Left? McKenna, up for reelection in 2012, has a free ride should Patty prove vulnerable in 2010. Even if he challenged her and lost, he'd be the leading candidate for Governor in 2012. Should he win, Washington State would have one of the smartest members of the what has been called the most exclusive club in the world, the U.S. Senate. That would be the "Change We Need."
Dear Friend,
I am writing today to thank you again for your continued support and confidence. Thanks to you, the past year has proven to be very successful both in the Attorney General's office and in my political life. Last year, running on my record of reducing the scourge of methamphetamines in our communities and protecting vulnerable populations from identity theft,
· I was re-elected by a margin of nearly 20%.
· I was proud to receive the largest number of votes of any Republican candidate for any office in Washington State
history.
· I won 58% of the vote in Pierce County - my opponent's home county.
· I won 54% of the vote in King County.
· I won 61% of the vote in Snohomish County.
· I received a larger percentage of the vote statewide than President Barack Obama and came within 60,000 votes
of his total vote count, even though turnout for the presidential race was considerably higher.
Since returning to the Attorney General's Office, I have spent considerable time visiting cities and towns across the state in order to stay connected with the needs of individuals, families and their communities. In the next year I will,
. Return to every county at least once.
· Meet with grassroots leaders to help them achieve their goals, particularly in legislative candidate recruitment and
support.
· Expand my social networking capabilities to improve that efficiency and quality of my communication with all of our
state's citizens.
· Share our vision for Washington State with current and new supporters.
In order to achieve these goals, I ask for your help once again. Please log onto www.robmckenna.org and make a contribution today. Alternatively, you may send your contribution to PO Box 955, Mercer Island, WA 98040-0955.
Thank you again for your continued support. I look forward to seeing you soon in your hometown! In the meantime, stay in touch by logging onto my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/robmckennadotorg . Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Rob McKenna
Posted by warrenpeterson at July 20, 2009 12:41 PM | Email ThisWarren, Murray has already won three terms...
Posted by: scottd on July 20, 2009 12:56 PMwep
Posted by: warren peterson on July 20, 2009 02:18 PMThe state will only face a California-style apocalypse if I-1033 passes...
Posted by: demo kid on July 20, 2009 02:56 PMSad, really.
Posted by: iconoclast on July 20, 2009 03:13 PMBTW, over at Horse's Ass it's the usual paeans to light-rail. Otherwise it's pretty light posting by Goldy, I think he's tired.
Posted by: Crusader on July 20, 2009 04:00 PMum, you mean like how the bush admin wrecked the economy, but the wingnuts think it's obama's fault? hilarious.
Posted by: mike on July 20, 2009 08:35 PMAs the Al-Queda Far Left Moonbats like to drivel, all of this is happening on Obama's watch.
Back to Patty Murray, she's the most retarded politician I have ever seen, and that includes Joe Biden.
Posted by: Mark on July 20, 2009 09:20 PMnice one mark (wes?) - bigot much.
and you are the one writing frou frou french cliche's like "a la"
mark foley - gay hypocrite
larry craig - gay/bi hypocrite
ted haggard - very gay, meth lovin hypocrite
bruce barclay - gay hypocrite
bob allen - gay hypocrite
richard curtis - very gay hypocrite
david vitter - diaper wearing hypocrite
neal miller - mule loving hypocrite
jim west - very gay hypocrite
paul crouch - very gay hypocrite
ed schrock - very gay hypocrite
Apparently not nearly as much as you...
Posted by: Alphabet Soup on July 21, 2009 07:22 AMDon't know of most of the "hypocrites" you list but I do know the difference between how most Democrats and Republicans deal with them. Most Democrats embrace and pass legislation that panders to sodomite perverts while most Republicans choose to distance themselves from them. Larry Craig is shunned by Republicans for disgracing himself, his constituents and his party, whereas Barney Frank is celebrated by Democrats, even though he disgraced himself by allowing his butt-buddy to run a sodomite house of prostitution out of Frank's basement. Frank also played a major role in the housing market crash, blocking Republican attempts to initiate more oversight to out-of-control Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I believe another of Frank's bend-overs was a senior executive for either Fannie Mae of Freddie Mac while Frank was chair of the House Banking Committee. Can you say conflict-of-interest? Apparently Democrats and their lap-dog media can't....unless it's a Republican.
Posted by: Saltherring on July 21, 2009 07:48 AMWhat do you expect from those Far Left morons in Taxachusetts? They re-elect that murderer and rapist Ted Kennedy time after time.
Why Barney Fag hasn't been lynched for collapsing the US economy shows how tolerant Americans truly are.
Barney Fag should be kept away from the economy and 5-year old boys.
Posted by: Dave on July 21, 2009 09:15 AMThe open use of epithets is unnecessary and largely points back to the writer.
Everyone already recognizes how despicable Barney Frank is.
We can win handily on the facts when they are presented clearly, accurately, and without rancor.
Gratuitously soiling the discourse is for liberals.
Leave it for them.
Senator Murray doesn't read.
Did your note have pictures?
The state's fiscal house needs to get in order, plus states rights need to be strengthened against the troublesome expanding Federal Government that will not go away any time soon. His path to Governor would be easier and also more significant to this state.
Posted by: KDS on July 23, 2009 10:00 PMHe will do just as well as that guy the Republicans put up against Cantwell. Remember Mike McGavick. I didn't. I honestly had to look the name up. I just remembered him as the guy who's only qualification was that he was "electable" which of course in the end wasn't really true was it.
I guess we are going to spend the next year here talking about the "electability" of Rob McKenna (and not his stands on issues). That is, of course until he loses.
In the end, McKenna like like McGavick before him will show that this "electablity factor" that we are supposed to ignore all else in reverence to simply is a myth.
On other issues. Check out this article about Micheal Steele and tell me if this is the party you want to belong to? In their attempts to "broaden the base" Republicans are just going to further alienate and erode their base while still not obtaining the group they are reaching out to.
Posted by: Steve on July 25, 2009 08:44 AMPro-Abortion.
Pro-Illegal Alien.
Posted by: Hank on July 25, 2009 09:00 AM