According to the Seattle Times’ David Postman, Rep. Jay Inslee has drawn a challenger.
Issaquah School Board member Larry Ishmael, a Dino Rossi pal, is now also a congressional candidate, running against incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee in the First District.
Ishmael was welcomed to the race by state Republican Party Chairwoman Diane Tebelius.
Um… gee… but last time I checked, wasn’t Issaquah still in the Eighth Congressional District?
According to our good friend Stefan’s online voter database (you know, the one with online ads that violate the prohibition on using such databases for commercial purposes,) Ishmael has indeed been registered to vote in Issaquah since 1987. Which kinda makes sense considering living within the boundaries of a school district is a sort of a prerequisite for being eligible to serve on its board.
So if Ishmael is indeed running against Rep. Inslee in the First District, one can only assume that either….
A) Ishamel has actually moved into the First District, changed his registration, and formally resigned from the Issaquah School Board, or
B) Is so unengaged politically that he doesn’t even know who the fuck his own congressman is.
Only an idiot would pick up and move districts just to make a futile, last minute run against a popular Democratic incumbent in an election year when Republicans are proving about as welcome as ringworm; but it would be amusing if it was the latter. And awfully embarrassing, not just for Ishmael, but for Tebelius, who probably should have learned something from the whole Will Baker debacle about the importance of vetting candidates — even joke candidates — before publicly announcing the party’s endorsement.
In any case, Ishmael’s lament that “the First District needs better leadership” falls a bit flat considering he doesn’t live there. Perhaps he was thinking of the Eighth District?
Jay has it locked, unless he decides to seek higher office, which he should!
Note – To run for congress you are only required to be a resident of the state that the district is in. Not the district itself.
With that said, in last weeks press release Mr. Ishmael said that he was going to be moving. He will be buying a condo in the first district. Nothing was said about him selling his current house.
Maybe he should rent. I don’t think he will be staying long.
Inslee is a lock. There isn’t a Republican in the area that could unseat him. As to:
According to our good friend Stefan’s online voter database (you know, the one with online ads that violate the prohibition on using such databases for commercial purposes,)
Why even put that in your article. Commercial purposes in this instance means selling the data.
Boundary problems and residence address is not something new to Ishmael. see http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu.....3-8-04.pdf
Seems Ishmael was using an old map to dteremine which district he was running for in the Issaquah School District. While the School Board minutes says it was not his fault, maybe that the case again. Maybe he was using some old map of the state’s Congressional Districts that weren’t up to date.
Anyway if he moves into the First CD, he will have to resign from his school board seat because of residency requirements.
And his reasons for running are obvious, to force Inslee to spend money in his race, rather than helping other candidates. But there should be no problem there, because it will actually be causing Republicans to spend money in a hopeless race, rather than one where they have a real chance.
Goldy,
The Constitution is pretty clear on this. Article 1 Section 2, second paragraph:
Nothing about districts.
“Only an idiot would … ”
Under this criterion,* any Republican will qualify.
Note to illiterate wingfucks: “Criterion” is the singular form of “criteria.”
Mark the Redneck has bad experiences with women because he thinks a woman should be a silent sex object that spreads its legs on command. His Republicanism really is an enraged acting out against feminism, which argues that women are human beings entitled to their own feelings and thoughts — an idea MTR can’t cope, because it’s more complicated and threatening than his intellect can cope with.* MTR is culturally confused. His heart really wants him to be a Taliban Muslim; he is emotionally better adapted for living in a culture where women are stoned to death for wanting to choose their own husbands. MTR is culturally confused; he just can’t deal with the fact he was born to be a woman-hating Muslim terrorist. And so he needs hate objects to direct his fears against,* and that explains why he’s a Republican.
* If I want to end sentences with prepositions, that’s my business and none of yours; if you don’t like it, go fuck yourself.
You know you have to get a chuckle out of this. The inbred righties were all puffed up because Darcy Burner attended a fund raiser in another district. Well at least she lives in the fucking district where she’s a candidate. I cannot wait to hear the lying sack of shit republican asswipes try to defend this action. Hypocrites that they are, you know they will. They attack on one hand while defending against the same conduct or worse on the other. It has to make you wonder just how long they can keep this charade up. Not that it matters, Jay is a lock and any piece of shit republican who runs against Jay looooooooooooooses.
If those rightwing asswipes had any patriotism, they would practice eating hot dogs. A Japanese guy won the world hot dog eating contest at CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK today for the SIXTH STRAIGHT TIME. C’mon, you wingfucks, are you gonna let the Japs get away with this? Why aren’t you out there stuffing your faces with hotdogs! This is war! When the eating gets tough, the tough eat some more.
Roger Rabbit @ 8
When Mark the Thieving Redneck was working as a truckstop blow-n-go boy, one of his propositions ended in a sentence.
Hmmm … here’s an interesting tidbit from the Postman article:
“But Ishmael’s announcement is the latest example of Republicans attacking the Republican-led Congress, a phenomenon that now qualifies as an official trend.
“Ishmael said, ‘I have been listening to people complain about Congress, and decided it was time to make a real difference. The First District needs better leadership; Congress needs better leadership.'”
Yeah, it sure does, but you don’t get it by electing another rubberstamp neocon from the party that’s been fucking everything up.
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“one of his propositions ended in a sentence” Commentby dj— 7/4/06@ 2:26 pm
How many years did he get, and is he now a registered sex offender?
Does anyone besides me wonder why a $40 billion a year spy agency can’t find a 6-foot-6 guy who travels with a dialysis machine?
Roger Rabbit @ 13
Naaa…he just got the standard fine for a prostitution conviction….
Roger at #14
Question – Does anyone besides me wonder why a $40 billion a year spy agency can’t find a 6-foot-6 guy who travels with a dialysis machine?
Answer – Because they shut down the unit that is looking for him.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/.....index.html
Geez Rabbit, what the fuck is taht all about? Just pissed off because you’re sitting there in a shithole 50s vintage house at Greenlake while I’m sitting here in one of the best neighborhoods on the eastside? Are ya pissed off at me because you’ll NEVER be as well off as I am? Are ya pissed off at me because I’m smarter than you?
Or are ya pissed off because you pissed away your life as a low level state flunky bureaucrat instead of making big money like a REAL lawyer.
Geez, get a grip pal…
Carl @6,
I only said it was a legal requirement that he live within the boundaries of the school district seat he represents. However, no serious congressional candidate would ever run from outside the district. It would be laughable.
Moonbat poll:
Now that North Korea fired some missiles, how many of you think we need to go over there and show them what happens to assholes who fuck with us.
Goldy — Tammy Duckworth (tossup) resides outside her suburban Chicago district. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are one or two others.
More to follow if the mid-decade redistricting bug goes pandemic. Dominant parties will always be trying to notch out incumbents of the opposite party.
And scads of established incumbents “went native” long ago in DC and VA/MD suburbs.
Carpetbagging has a long and proud tradition wrt running for office (see CLinton, Hillary for a recent example). Larry of course has no chance of winning, but even losing the election beats serving on a School Board… what a thankless job that is!
Hey, MTR- think maybe our focus should have been on N Korea, which does have nukes and the ability to hit your eastside home, instrad of Iraq? Do you think our military is perhaps a bit stretched to do mu=ch about them now.
And MTR, where is your response on CFC’s? Still working on that chi square?
K – I’m asking the fucking questions here. You guys are the ones making the assertion about global warming, not me. Therefore, the burden of proof is on you, not me. So stop fucking around and get with it dumass.
Quite amusing, your fear of actually engaging.
I’ve got better things to do with my family now. It is fun revealing just how shallow you are.
Enjoy the fireworks.
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WTF?? You think I’m jealous of a stinkin’ HOUSE?!! You couldn’t GIVE me a house!!! Ahhh … there’s nothing like crawling into a cool, claustrophic, hole in the ground … http://www.pestproducts.com/im.....rabbit.jpg
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Redneck — as I recall, you asked what happened to the ozone hole, and the answer was it’s getting better since CFCs were banned.
There was a case of recognizing an environmental problem, bitch slapping greedy businessmen pooh-poohed the scientific evidence, outlawing the chemical pollution causing the problem, and voila, we’re on our way to solving the problem. Government regulation at its best.
Sorry it wasn’t the answer you wanted to hear. Now how about if you bend over and lick my furry cottontail?
For a good time, call 1-800-SUCK-ROG.
Hey, Mark…I live in what you would no doubt refer to a nineteen FORTIES shithole in Wedgewood. I also work on the Eastside, and I can’t wait to go home at night after spending the day amid those plastic palaces and the plastic people who inhabit them.
It seems the prerequisites for running for office as a Republican now include ownership of a carpetbag in addition to an empty skull.
I’m asking the fucking questions here.
Fuck you! You’re a belligerent wingnut on liberal turf. And a loser to boot – can’t even cough up a lousy 100 bucks to pay off the bet YOU challenged and YOU LOST!
Go back to (un)SP for “intelligent” comment. I’m sure they can churn out a “chi-square” to order for you. They certainly can provide the “invisible hand” to jerk you off!
That does it for me!!! Bring in the Feds!!!!!!!!!!
While the constitution does not require that a member of Congress live in the district he or she represents, it is generally a good idea for a candidate to live in the district and have some history and relationships there.
This Ishmael campaign is a joke. Ignore it.
GET YOUR RUBBER STAMPS POISED!
ANOTHER RUBBERMAN OF THE RIGHT WING RUBBER FACTORY NEEDS TO BE STAMPED OUT.
BOING
To: RR at 12:
“Ishmael said, ‘I have been listening to people complain about Congress, and decided it was time to make a real difference. The First District needs better leadership; Congress needs better leadership.’”
Okay, it seems that the Republicans are adopting a rather strange tactic, but Rove may well make it work. When Democrats controlled the Congress throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, and at least one house through most of the 80’s, Republicans loved to equate “Congress” and the “Democrats”. Every Congressional foible or mis-expenditure, regardless of the Party the miscreant belonged to or whether it was an appropriation requested by a Republican president, was advertised as an example of mis-government by the “Democratic Congress”. Over the years this had an effect – although voters usually supported their specific incumbent Congressman, they generally classified the reputation of Congressmen in general with used-car salesmen and lawyers.
So despite Republicans having control of Congress for the better part of 18 years, the Republicans are still trying to equate Congress with Democrats. Polls showing Congressional approval ratings at all-time lows? A Republican challenger tries to “sneak in there” by campaigning as a reformer, and hoping that at least a few voter don’t realize that his part is the biggest part of the problem. It probably works with some voters – they don’t even realize that the Republicans have had control of Congress while the country has gone to hell in a handbasket. After all, the Republicans still even make some headway by blaming the “liberal media” for their problems, even though most of the media has been pretty obedient to Republican interests for the past several years, and some (Fox, talk radio, etc.) have composed the Republican cheering squad.
But then again, the Republicans have never let the facts get in the way of a good campaign slogan or a “talking point”.
Moonbat poll:
Now that North Korea fired some missiles, how many of you think we need to go over there and show them what happens to assholes who fuck with us.
Are you going to add some South Koreans to that poll? Seoul is in range of artillery fire from North Korea (yes, they do have stuff that will make it the 35 miles or so to the border).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/.....78-170.htm
Oh, and guess what? North Korea DOES have WMD, unlike Iraq.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/.....prk/cw.htm
I suppose your policy of “Ready! Fire! Aim!” is true to form for Republicans, based on Afghanistan and Iraq. Me, I think I’d think long and hard about 10 million civilians in Seoul before I started rattling sabers.
MTR
Does that mean you’re volunteering to go to Korea?
-Just pissed off because you’re sitting there in a shithole 50s vintage house at Greenlake while I’m sitting here in one of the best neighborhoods on the eastside? –
Wow. Not only is MTR so self-deluded to think he has a number of advanced degrees from prestigious (yet un-named) universities, now he’s got a big pretend-house on the eastside! MTR – is your wife’s name “Barbie,” per chance?
Ever notice how people who DO actually have impressive degrees and big houses NEVER have to brag about them?
MTR at 19:
35:
MTR probably hasn’t served in the military, at least not in combat. I don’t know any combat veterans that talk about “we need to go over there and show them what happens to assholes who f***k with us. “.
That’s the sort of talk you get from either deskchair weinies, if they are in the military, or “chickenhawks” who talk a big game, but never served.
If there is an actual combat veteran on this board who’s willing to volunteer himself or his children to go into combat in Korea under Bush’s leadership, I’m willing to give him credit for the willingness to serve. But when the chickenhawks make stupid comments like that, it just shows how little they know.
Fair disclosure: I never served in the military. I registered for the draft in the spring of 1975, was never drafted (the draft was discontinued shortly thereafter), and went to college and then graduate school instead. While in graduate school I volunteered for the Army Reserves, but I failed the physical (very poor eyesight). This distressed the recruiter greatly, as it hadn’t kept me from winning a few marksmanship awards when I was in high school, and he wanted to put me in a non-combat slot anyway. But they pointed out that if I ever lost my glasses I would be essentially helpless, which was true. My father served in the Army twice – once at the end of WWII (he was a corporal/ambulance driver in a MASH unit in Korea), and again during the Korean War, this time as a Lt. in the Corps of Engineers. He returned with a bronze star, a purple heart, and a determination to sleep in a warm bed every night, to have fresh eggs and bacon for breakfast every morning, and to never pick up a rifle again. If he had heard a comment such as MTR’s, he would have just considered him a first-class idiot.
Mark the Yellowback Limbaugh:
Now that North Korea fired some missiles, how many of you think we need to go over there and show them what happens to assholes who fuck with us.
So, when are you and other yellow elephants going to sign up? http://www.goarmy.com
Let’s face it, if ol’ Yellowback actually had any bucks, he would have paid off his bet to Goldy by now. And if he had a degree from any college, even Bob Jones, he couldn’t be such a racist self-loathing ass.
All of which can be understood as ignorance. However, I have to think his misogyny can only be explained by be either a closeted homosexual or having been laughed at because his penis was so small the only time he ever took his pants off in front of someone other than his mom.