This is huge… simply HUGE!
The official second quarter results are in and Democratic challenger Darcy Burner reports $590,561 in contributions compared to GOP incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert’s $569,077.
What with a nearly unprecedented presidential visit and numerous other high profile fundraisers, I had just assumed Reichert would significantly outraise Burner in the second quarter, and to be honest, I was all prepared to spin a good second-place showing by Burner into a rhetorical victory. Now that I don’t have to, I’m virtually speechless.
And once again Burner spent less to raise more, closing the all important cash-on-hand gap to about $340,000. Burner now sits on $770,000 in reserves compared to Reichert’s $1.11 million.
This was Burner’s most impressive fundraising quarter to date, and according to the DCCC her $1.13 million total thus far puts her in the top fundraising tier for Democratic House challengers nationwide.
“Our momentum continues to grow,” commented Zach Silk, Campaign Manager. “We benefit from both incredible local support and national recognition that this is one of the strongest challenger campaigns in the country.”
It certainly is. The Republicans pulled out all the fundraising stops in the second quarter and Burner still beat Reichert’s totals. Money is all about getting your message out, and if Burner can remain financially competitive she can beat Reichert in November.
This remains one of the hottest House races in the nation.
UPDATE:
I’ve just cross-posted (somewhat) to Daily Kos. Please recommend so that we can get Burner’s impressive accomplishment as much national recognition as possible.
UPDATE, UPDATE:
N in Seattle, not quite so tongue-tied as me today, points out in the comment thread over on Daily Kos how truly pathetic Reichert’s fundraising performance really is. Reichert had claimed that “hundreds” of donors attended last month’s $1000.00/plate snack with President Bush, but…
Even if the “several hundred” attendees described by the King County Journal was a mere 200 at $1K apiece, a very large proportion of Reichert’s 2Q total came from that one event. And his absence of other funding resources might, in fact, be even more striking — Daniel K, referring to […] the P-I, indicates that attendance at the Bu$h event was more like 400.
Along with his other inabilities, apparently Dave Reichert can’t raise money unless he has the big boys around to hold his hand.
I’m not sure what line in Reichert’s report accounts for the money raised that day — perhaps the 239,880.03 of “transfers from other authorized committees?” But he only shows $186,388.29 in total contributions from individuals for the quarter compared with $418,627.89 for Burner.
That’s a tiny number for an incumbent in a closely contested House race, and it either suggests a surprising lack of support from rank and file Republicans or a stunning inability to raise money. Perhaps Reichert is waiting for the DNA evidence to come in before capturing his base?
What’s that you say? Big, manly Dave is getting beaten by a girl? I though he was so well liked in his district. What’s up with those Medinaites? Did they spend all their tax cuts?
I don’t see how it makes much difference who has more money at this point. Both Reichert and Burner have plenty enough money — without having to raise another penny — to get their message to the voters. If Burner had $7.7 million in the bank, versus $770,000, I doubt this would increase the number of people who would vote for her by more than a few thousand, if that.
Great news! I have to wonder if Reichert raised any non-Bush money this quarter.
What Dickless Pope-A-Dope doesn’t want you to see is that while the candidates obviously have enough money to spread the word about their run for office, the amount raised is an indicator of support. And while not the only indicator (i.e. GOP always outraises DEM and still looooooses) it is one that matters because it tracks momentum. RubberStampReichert won’t appear in public to debate and his record as a Bush brown noser won’t help him either. Now that Darcy is outperforming him in terms of fundraising, it only follows that this means Sheriff Davie is in real trouble in a race that on paper, the rethugs should have won in a walk.
to outraise an incumbent in one quarter is quite a feat. to outraise one in two consecutive quarters is amazing. but to do it two in a row after the president came to boost the numbers is down right incredible.
does make you wonder: were Tebelius and Reichert lying when they said the Bush visit pulled in $800,000?
Let’s not forget the primary reason for having a large warchest in this day and age: Having the ability to withstand the inevitable large scale attack of Slimy, Rovian TV ads with a campaign of counter-information TV ads.
Carl wonders about Reichert’s (seemingly non-existent) fundraising prowess. I wondered too, though I did it in a comment over on Goldy’s dKos diary (please recommend both the diary and my comment).
Basically, the Bu$h fundraiser must have taken in between $200K and $400K for Reichert, out of something like $830K taken in during the event (the take from the photo ops with Dubya, at $10K a pop, went to the WSRP instead). So, somewhere between 35 and 70 percent of Reichert’s entire 2Q funding arose from those couple of hours with Dubya.
Add to the ever-expanding list of things that Reichert is incapable of doing for himself — raising money.
Who do you want representing the 8th CD in Congress, a smart educated woman, or a rubber stamp for CHEAP LABOR CONSERVATIVES?
Vote for one:
[ ] Darcy Burner, Democrat http://www.merchantsbay.com/eImages/
[ ] Brand X Candidate http://www.moviemarket.co.uk/P.....86265.html
WASHINGTON, (AP) — Before California’s Republican governor tried to get tough on illegal immigrants in the 1990s, the state had supported GOP candidates in all but two presidential elections since World War II. California has been a solid blue state ever since the attempted crackdown, in part because of a backlash by the growing number of Hispanic voters. Democrats hope to replicate that success nationally…
Are these the illegal aliens the RATS have been encouraging to commit voter fraud by voting illegally?
BREAKING NEWS � Public Schools Are as Good or Better than Private Schools
Yesterday was Friday afternoon on a summer day, so you KNOW some big news was bound to be quietly announced in late afternoon by an administration that desperately hoped nobody would notice it.
The gist: The government commissioned Educational Testing Service (the SAT folks) to study the quality of public vs. private schools, and their report says PUBLIC schools equaled or outscored private schools in a sampling of reading and math achievement at the fourth and eighth grade levels; and, in addition, that private Christian schools produce inferior educational results.
�WASHINGTON, July 14 � The Education Department reported on Friday that children in public schools generally performed as well or better in reading and mathematics than comparable children in private schools. The exception was in eighth-grade reading, where the private school counterparts fared better.
�The report, which compared fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math scores in 2003 from nearly 7,000 public schools and more than 530 private schools, also found that conservative Christian schools lagged significantly behind public schools on eighth-grade math.
�The study, carrying the imprimatur of the National Center for Education Statistics, part of the Education Department, was contracted to the Educational Testing Service and delivered to the department last year.
�It went through a lengthy peer review �.
Its release, on a summer Friday, was made with without a news conference or comment from Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association, the union for millions of teachers, said the findings showed that public schools were �doing an outstanding job� and that if the results had been favorable to private schools, �there would have been press conferences and glowing statements about private schools.�
��The administration has been giving public schools a beating since the beginning� to advance its political agenda, Mr. Weaver said, of promoting charter schools and taxpayer-financed vouchers for private schools as alternatives to failing traditional public schools.
�A spokesman for the Education Department, Chad Colby, offered no praise for public schools and said he did not expect the findings to influence policy. Mr. Colby emphasized �, �An overall comparison of the two types of schools is of modest utility.� �
�The report mirrors and expands on similar findings this year by Christopher and Sarah Theule Lubienski, a husband-and-wife team at the University of Illinois �.
�The study, along with one of charter schools, was commissioned by the former head of the national Center for Education Statistics, Robert Lerner, an appointee of President Bush, at a time preliminary data suggested that charter schools, which are given public money but are run by private groups, fared no better at educating children than traditional public schools. �
�In eighth-grade math, children � in conservative Christian schools fared worse. ��
Excerpts from this article are quoted here under the Fair Use Doctrine. For complete story and/or copyright info, see http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07.....eport.html
So there you have it � the Bushies spent taxpayer money on a study they hoped would bolster their agenda of privatizing education, and it bit them in the ass! Now they�re trying to sweep their own study under the rug.
9, cont………………Kalifornia: Democrat “Baja Norte”. Lots of new Democrat tax receivers [imcoming] as the Republican tax payers [outgoing] leave. Atlas has Shrugged. Don’t believe me? Go visit South Cebtral LA.
9, cont………………Kalifornia: Democrat “Baja Norte”. Lots of new Democrats to be [illegal mexicans] tax receivers [imcoming] as the Republican private sector tax payers [outgoing] leave. Atlas has Shrugged. Don’t believe me? Go visit South Central LA.
Even more important than how much money they raise is who they’re beholden to. RubberStampReichert owes his campaign slush fund to (a) Bush, and (b) Alaska oil interests.
Not hard to figure out how he’d vote on more tankers in Puget Sound.
BREAKING NEWS – Public Schools Are as Good or Better than Private
Commentby Roger Rabbit [………………………………………………………..This is why the Clintons sent their only daughter to public schools!!!! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Oh, wait. Never mind. Rossana Rosanandana [SNL]
Meanwhile at the bat cave called Seattle 1/3 of families forgo free public education and opt for private schools. Atlas has shrugged.
Hey the Seattle public schools are good if you want your child to get raped.
Of course government unions work great to keep child molesters out of jail.
Rufus, again, I would point out that Steve Largent’s son, Kramer, stands indicted for child rape. I assume he was raised along the finest guidelines of Republican,Christo-Fascist guidelines.
I guess this explains why the puuurfect haired one stole $536,000 for the US taxpayers to send out his campaign mailings.
What a thief.
RUFUS with the big lie again. First make an allegation (@16) about Seattle schools. Then give a link to a coach- who should be in jail- from Blaine.
Then continue the BIG LIE about the union protecting child molestors. What they did was oppose the release of the names of those accused but NOT found guilty. A significant distinction.
But not if you are a liar.
The Bush Twins were in public school until their ninth arrest for illegal substance consumption and that train they pulled on the football team. Then they were sent to a school for troubled girls who’s parents were DUI recipients.
9, cont………………Kalifornia: Democrat “Baja Norte”. Lots of new Democrat tax receivers [imcoming] as the Republican tax payers [outgoing] leave. Atlas has Shrugged. Don’t believe me? Go visit South Cebtral LA.
Another undocumented totally-blew-it-out-of-my-ass report from RPKKK! now back to studio . . .
Commentby REP Pat Kennedy [D-Bitchslap the Black Security Guard At LAX]— 7/15/06@
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Why K I can think of two to three that happened in Settle in the last year. Dont you remember the Janitor and the teacher at Broadview Thompson who got caught. The stories were is both the liberal rag newspapers. Oh wait, you and you ilk dont pay attention to thoses stories because you are OK with child rapist being in the Seattle public schools. Nevermind. Hehe
Left turn was the nerdy outcast always looking in with his camera glasses. hehe
Not to worry, Dave can always read a teleprompter.
How does FOX News with David Reichert sound?
Me and Joe can ghost write a book for Dave.
DOOFUS – please run for office – you can be the next Will Baker.
I’ll vote for you – in the primary.
So, tell us again Janet S and R. Pope, how Sheriff Dave is unbeatable in the 8th.
How does he connect with the voters? He won’t speak to them and they don’t give him money. Other than that, he’s a rock star.
Mike McGimmick addressed the State American Legion convention in Yakima yesterday.
Mikey was puffing his chest in the confines of the red part of washington state.
Are any of Mikey’s kids serving in Afghan or Iraq?
The article in the local fishwrap is attached.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/p.....3249080988
Goldstein, thanks for the tip about Darcy’s whereabouts.
I was wondering since she hasn’t been seen at all campaigning in the Eighth Congressional district. Looks like she’s been too busy hitting up her friends in the 206 area code (sans Mercer Island) for funds.
I’d work on your message, though. “Vote for Darcy because she raised half-a-mil” isn’t going to resonate with most voters.
Actually, Burner has been getting around to tell the truth. She and a half-dozen supporters managed to show up in Carnation on Independence Day. And on July 6, she and Jay Inslee crashed a regularly scheduled King County YR meeting.
Who cares where Darcy’s money comes from? At least it’s coming from Washington state. You righties don’t care that people like McGavick is getting millions from Alaska. Of course this whole line of thinking requires you to find a shred of intellectual honesty which is not possible if you’re a republican.
Goldy, why do you continue to post at the blantantly anti-semitic site that is DailyKOS? This wasn’t in the comments section, it was written by one of the authorized diarists.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com
Left Turn: you must have a mental problem. I can’t figure out why else the sick attacks on the the bush family. Tired of kicking puppies and strangling cats?
Harry: I never said Dave was unbeatable. I just deplore the poor quality candidate that the dems put up against him. She has embellished her accomplishments, and never done a single thing that benefited the community. She has no resume that would suggest she is qualified for a seat in the national arena. And yet she is all you have, so give her lots of money. I keep waiting for her to campaiagn in the district so the voters can see just how empty she is.
Goldy,
Just reread your post. Ballsy strategy you have there. Don’t vote for Dave because he led the task force which caught the Green River Killer. I’m sure that will play real well in Auburn, Kent, Covington, Black Diamond and Renton.
As a hint , Goldy, just because I like you and the fact that you’re a recent transplant to Washington state and probably don’t know any better. I’d try to downplay or ignore the whole Gary Ridgeway thing if I were a progressive Democrat. Not too much traction to be gained outside of the liberal blogosphere.
Janet S doesn’t have a clue.
She changes the subject to disparage “one of the authorized diarists” at DailyKos … as if an “authorized diarist” is someone specially-privileged or specially-significant or specially-important at dKos.
Janet, there are somewhere over 90,000 “authorized diarists” in Kos’s community. After a waiting period following signup (a week, I think), every person with a dKos username can post diaries. You could do it yourself … who knows, maybe you do.
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What was the purpose of your comment that included “Steve Largent’s son, Kramer”. It appeared that you to were trying to associate the behaviour of one generation another. Was the the purpose of your post?
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Your comments are appropriate! I will be interesting to see the responses that do not drag you down into the mud with out further discussion.
32:And on July 6, she and Jay Inslee crashed a regularly scheduled King County YR meeting.
Commentby Reporterward— 7/15/06@ 3:47 pm
Did they really do that? As that commonplace?
18: Killatroll – where did you find evidence of such a thing? I couldn’t find anything. That’s pretty harsh if it is not true.
Janet: Running for the House is hardly starting at the top. And if you don’t like the “poor candidates” put up against Reichert, don’t vote for ’em.
And as for resumes, what did Bush’s look like before he became governor of Texas. I guess it doesn’t take a fabulous resume, does it?
“Just reread your post. Ballsy strategy you have there. Don’t vote for Dave because he led the task force which caught the Green River Killer. I’m sure that will play real well in Auburn, Kent, Covington, Black Diamond and Renton.
As a hint , Goldy, just because I like you and the fact that you’re a recent transplant to Washington state and probably don’t know any better. I’d try to downplay or ignore the whole Gary Ridgeway thing if I were a progressive Democrat. Not too much traction to be gained outside of the liberal blogosphere.”
You’re right! Lets talk about all the friggin’ scandals in the King County Sheriff’s department that happened under Sheriff Dave.
How long did it take the genius to catch the Green River Killer?
5? 10? 15? 20 years?
Hey, it was the DNA that did it. To be fair, he was on a list suspects all along. Hard to catch those guys.
Perhaps Janet S would be more believable if she asked her fellow inbred righties what their sick issue was with blacks, Mexicans, the Clintons, etc. She only expects high minded debate when it suits her.
As for dogs and cats, I leave that to your husband Janet S who would no doubt much rather fuck a dog or a cat than you.
Why did it take Sheriff Davie 20 years to catch the Green RIver killer? Was it because he was hiding from the killer all those years the way he hides from Darcy now?
let me interrupt all the pissing around the fire hydrant to explain that Reichert split the money from the our war criminal president’s visit to Medina 50-50 with the state rethug party. here’s a photo of the welcoming committee (scroll down a little).
Little-bit-late Howie: we already know that cuz somebody else posted it first. Duh.
Goldie, the poor fundraising turnout by “Sheriff Dave”, compared by a relatively unkown challenger, is indeed impressive.
But don’t cheer too long. Expect Rove to throw a lot of money at this one which won’t ever appear in official fundraising reports, including some late character-assasination ads in an attempt to “swift boat” Darcy.
All the more reason for us to keep up with the fundraising for her. She needs to have a bunch of TV ads “in the can”, with ad space already reserved, so she can pull them out as soon as the Republicans fire their shots. Make them so embarrassed at being called at their own game, that they will be embarrassed to try it again.
Darcy Burner –
She will bring her same security knowledgebase she had at Microsoft, to American national security. She pledges to make our borders as secure as Internet Explorer!
So how many socialists here want to take a bet on it? Riechert will win in a fair race. No one has enough confidence in her to proclaim she will win?
That’s an interesting way to put it . . . who determines fair? You? I would expect you to post “Reichert to win” . . . (also, you might spell his name correctly)
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RHP – I don’t understand your use of ‘swift boat’. Does that mean that the truth is being revealed? Perhaps you should explain your point more fully rather than trying to depend upon bogus adjectives. The Swift Boat members that served with Gore in Vietnam only revealed the truth in the last presidential election. Certain parites refused to acknowledge the points made until it was too late to make any response. Your use of the term ‘swift boat’ seems to assume that something might not be true.
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“As for dogs and cats, I leave that to your husband Janet S who would no doubt much rather fuck a dog or a cat than you.
Commentby LeftTurn— 7/15/06@ 5:52 pm”
Left Turn – your comments as always are sick and an insult to your intelligence or lack of.. To try and brand people who respond with an insult about their sexual orientation would get you fired in most organizations and businesses. Why do you persist in showing your sick bias on this blog and why you should not be banned?
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Correction – Change Gore to Kerry
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As I recall, elite private schools are notorious for their students being molested.
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““Vote for Darcy because she raised half-a-mil” isn’t going to resonate with most voters.” Commentby Reporterward— 7/15/06@ 3:45 pm
How well does “Vote for Davie because he’s a boob who lets Karl Rove do his thinking” resonate with the voters who have half a brain?
WOO HOO I told you the chicks are better :-)
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Does “Don’t vote for Dave because he led the task force that took 26 years to catch the Green River Killer” sound better?
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That is because in public schools they dont call it “molestation” rather it called a “job transfer” Union rules you know.
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I wonder if Bush would come to Seattle to campaign for Reichert if we Democrats ask him real nicely?
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“swift boat” is a synonym for “lie” and “smear”
By the way, sillyguy, there is no “band of brothers” anymore. There are Vietnam veterans, and then there are other Vietnam veterans. I have no use for lying assholes who savage their brother veterans. I don’t consider them real Americans — I consider them brain-damaged freaks.
At least he was trying to catch the green river killer and not trying to give the killer rights and family & friend (RP)discounts!
SillyGirl – fuck you!
Roger,
I take it, you don’t like Kerry. He slammed his Vietnam brothers immediately following the war by calling them all murderers, rapists, and Ghenis Khan followers………
Speaking of Kerry did anyone ever get a copy of his Military dedical records? I heard the Boston Globe has them but cant release them. Maybe they had a copy of them before they didnt have a copy them. Hehe
Killatroll sez: Rufus, again, I would point out that Steve Largent’s son, Kramer, stands indicted for child rape. I assume he was raised along the finest guidelines of Republican,Christo-Fascist guidelines.
Commentby killatroll/saveablog— 7/15/06@ 12:57 pm
That assumes his politics are as his fathers. Are your politics the same as your father’s politics?
SPeaking of intellectual honesty from Leftturdy:
You righties don’t care that people like McGavick is getting millions from Alaska. Of course this whole line of thinking requires you to find a shred of intellectual honesty which is not possible if you’re a republican.
Let’s again review the wonders from the turdball again:
Limbaugh pees in a cup
Bush twins are drunken whores
Bush twins pull a train
Laura Bush killed a guy.
Ann Coulter is a guy
North Korea is GWB’s fault
Looks like the world’s biggest crack addict and transvestite has never written an original word in her miserable cowardly life.
Ralph Reed is a bitch
We’re knuckle-dragging, baby-raping right wingers
Bunch of fucking crooks. They should be hanged for treason. Today!
Republicans are cowards.
He fucked my “daughter”. – Don’t have any daughters!
He fucked my wife. – She isn’t interested in having to use the Hubble Telescope on full mag to find his dick!
Ordered the outing of a CIA agent – If so Fitz didn’t say it. Lie
Lied 40000 times about the war in Iraq – Oh really? Repeated the 1998 Donko lies you mean?
Created the biggest trade deficit in history – Debatable
Let Osama get away a month before 9.11 and then let Osama’s family get away after 9.11 Lie – Richard CLarke did
Tried to turn our ports over to Arab control – Mistake, he took Bill Clinton’s suggestion
Screwed up the immigration situation
And my personal favorite, got down on all fours, stuck his ass in the air and invited N. Korea to collectively fuck him in the ass because he’s afraid to fight any country that ACTUALLY DOES HAVE WMD!
And his latest piece of shit: “The Bush Twins were in public school until their ninth arrest for illegal substance consumption and that train they pulled on the football team. Then they were sent to a school for troubled girls who’s parents were DUI recipients. ”
You add so much to the conversation leftturdy.
Little-bit-late Howie: we already know that cuz somebody else posted it first. Duh.
Commentby Skagit— 7/15/06@ 7:38 pm
At least one lefty (claimed independent) here isn’t a moonbat!
SillyGirl – fuck you!
Commentby LeftTurn— 7/15/06@ 9:02 pm
Wow LeftTurdy really exercised his mental faculties with this post. He’s up there with rudejacks in the IQ chart! NOT!
Yeah Puddy. I wonder what leftturd looks like with his super dooper camera glasses on. He was using a pair to spy on a church. Did you get any good pictures left turd. Hahaha you moron lefties are hilarious.
rabbit 60 – Which one is Baghdad Jim who markets himself as a Vietnam “era” veteran?
Tell the whole truth now. Remember who yer talkin’ to. Be very ware of rakes…
@2: “I don’t see how it makes much difference who has more money at this point.”
This might explain why you never win any elections, Richard.
“swift boat” is in the vernacular. Everybody knows exactly what it means. A bunch of sour grapes vets who have compromised every single medal handed out to every single vet. Now that’s a tragedy, Faux Redneck.
#72 should have been addressed to sillyguy . . .
Sillyguy . . . (gawd, how can anyone sign like that?) Check out this link – as far as I’m concerned, that shuts the door for good on these paid-off low-IQ bastards.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
Silly. . . try this link . . . if you dare. (I don’t know why the other one doesn’t open from HA; it does from my desktop . . . )
http://factcheck.org/article231.html
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“Swift boat” means a bunch of military veterans exercising their free speech and calling a spade a spade. All Kerry had to do was release his military medical records and show that they were lying. Of course that didnt happen and the rest is history.
So let’s talk about Sherrif Dave. Many of you were so happy to jump on Dean Logan for problems in the Elections Office. Does Sheffif Dave have any responsibility for the problems in the KCSO?
So let’s talk about Sherrif Dave. Many of you were so happy to jump on Dean Logan for problems in the Elections Office. Does Sheffif Dave have any responsibility for the problems in the KCSO?
76 “Refuse” (like in garbage) FK: read it you shallow coward. Then respond.
I did, why didn’t Kerry release his military medical records if he didn’t have anything to hide? If you want to be president you should have to do that, right?
Dont dwell to long on it because you wont come up with anything. Save you breath.
Or should I say save your pixels. hehe
Did Bush?
How much of KCSO’s problems are due to the police union and the fanatic protection of even the dirtiest cops?
Yes
Hell the lefties tried to forge documents that never existed on Bush’s service.
#80 RuFuK: try reading it again:
Republican-funded Group Attacks Kerry’s War Record
Ad features vets who claim Kerry “lied” to get Vietnam medals. But other witnesses disagree — and so do Navy records.
August 6, 2004
Modified:August 22, 2004
Summary
A group funded by the biggest Republican campaign donor in Texas began running an attack ad Aug. 5 in which former Swift Boat veterans claim Kerry lied to get one of his two decorations for bravery and two of his three purple hearts.
But the veterans who accuse Kerry are contradicted by Kerry’s former crewmen, and by Navy records.
One of the accusers says he was on another boat “a few yards” away during the incident which won Kerry the Bronze Star, but the former Army lieutenant whom Kerry plucked from the water that day backs Kerry’s account. In an Aug. 10 opinion piece in the conservative Wall Street Journal , Rassmann (a Republican himself) wrote that the ad was “launched by people without decency” who are “lying” and “should hang their heads in shame.”
And on Aug. 19, Navy records came to light also contradicting the accusers. One of the veterans who says Kerry wasn’t under fire was himself awarded a Bronze Star for aiding others “in the face of enemy fire” during the same incident.
So Janet, Logan had the power to make changes that Reichert did not have?
If you blame one, you must also blame the other.
Back to the original subject of this post – darcy.
http://www.darcyburner.com/aboutdarcy.php
Darcy has been active in her community and in state politics.
Anyone yet figured out what exactly she has been active at in her community? Or what she has done in state politics? Besides being the president of her little gated community, what has she done? Really, this isn’t a trick question. If you can’t answer it, it means you agree that she has embellished her resume and has a major problem with the truth.
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Here
http://www.usatoday.com/news/w.....uard_x.htm
Rufus, do you want to compare Bush’s time in the South, skipping physicals with Kerry’s in Viet Nam? Say what you will about the records, restate the lies told. Who do you think was at greater risk?
Janet, why no response to my comparison to your pres, Bush, and his resume prior to becoming gov of Texas?
K – I never mentioned Logan. I was just trying to answer why Reichert seemingly did nothing to clean up the KCSO. Sue Rahr is stuck with the same situation, and is having the same experience. Electing an official doesn’t make it any easier to fight corruption. If you are making the same connection to the elections office, well, that is your presumption.
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Still doesn’t answer my question on post 80. You should really take my advice on post 81 and 82 now. Geeesh
If you want to talk the talk (I am a Vietnam hero) you better walk the walk.
Janet- I made my comments re KCSO because so many posters here have so gleefully jumped on Logan, yet ignored Reichert’s past. Ans interestingly, one proposal to address KCSO issues is to make it an elected office. Apparently you disagree.
RuFuK: 81 & 82 are imminently forgettable . . . so, answer the charge: you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about. Right?
Sue Rahr is Reichert’s hand picked successor. It would appear she will be toast. If Reichert loses, does that mean they will then entire a partnership as consultants to law enforcement?
And would you hire this pair?
I love talking about the swift boat veteran with donks. It is so easy to kick the shit out of them. hehe
#95 -:”If you want to talk the talk (I am a Vietnam hero) you better walk the walk.”
Commentby RUFUS Fitzgerald Kennedy— 7/15/06@ 10:54 pm
Hey, RuFuK, I believe you. You got that Agent Orange brain-dead forget-the-facts syndrome.
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I would love to but there is not enough information. Let me know when you find a copy of Kerry’s miltary medical records and will talk. hehe
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I would love to but there is not enough information. Let me know when you find a copy of Kerry’s miltary medical records and will talk. hehe
RuFuK; Double posting. . . must be that agent orange nervous twitch . . . you are a shitload of lies and any medal (which you probably don’t have anyway) that might be in your possesion should be given back immediately. You are obviouisly a coward now and were a coward then. The cowards of the world shout and rail the loudest. So, keep it up . . . COWARD.
Why would 30 Vietnam veterans who served with Kerry over the 4 months he was in Vietnam lie? The ratio must be 20 republicans to 1 democrats. We all know that an overwhelming majority of soldiers who serve are republican, that is a given, but not 20-1.
Many people predicted the pickle we are in when the KCSO was converted over into an elected position from being an appointive position. The pendulum swings. The possibility of incompetence (non-reponsiveness as well) or corruption exists with both forms. Those old enough to remember Sherrif Tim McCullough (sp?) will remember the endless Grand Jury investigations and some indictments that resulted in the change over to an appointive position. In Pierce county the Sherrif was implicated because of massive corruption and involvement with organized crime figures. Curiously enough, some people maintained he was just too dumb to be directly involved. . . .
People with a background in law-enforcement will recognize that there are problems with both forms. . .but generally an appointive position in a large metropolitan center will result in
a more professional approach, not subject to many of the drawbacks that pressure to please will be found in more rural jurisdictions. (I admit a bias.) It is,though,a conundrum.
My feeling, though, is that Dave Reichert is too stupid to excell in merely terms of merit and professionalism. His forte is in the “hail-fellow-well-met” field. . .simply not up to the challenge at the KCSO level, nor the US House.
These are trying times,and we need people who are well educated, motivated,and capable of solving problems. Darcy Burner qualifies. Dave Reichert Does Not
Ooh, ReFuK, gettin’ reasonable now, huh?
They got sour grapes because he came back and testified against the war. That’s a wound that’s been festering for thirty years with some of you.
John McNeil (is that his name?) – the guy to testified to Congress disputing Kerry’s testimony also has a grudge to grind. He was as big a part of this as anybody and he wasn’t there either.
MONEY, honey. The republican money bags got these guys some fame, notoriety, and probably they got a few vacations out of it. Hell, I don’t know . . . but you know what people will do for a little celebrity. These guys became stars. . . but now they are back to being nobodies and their legacies are trashed reputations.
Elliott-the commander who backtracked-finally said he didn’t really know first hand.
Navy records show he told the truth.
MY QUESTION TO YOU:
Why would Kerry’s shipmates (guys on his boat – you know, fighting next to him) stand up for him? Including an editor at the Chicago Tribune who was silent on Viet Nam for thirty years and finally came forth to set the record straight out of his own integrity?
BTW, I guess party comes between brethern. . . Kerry was one of you at one time. How quickly and easily you cast your brethern aside.
George Janovich, and five others, were convicted under the RICO Statutes in November of 1979. George Janovich was the last elected sherrif in Pierce County. Many people, and I am one, feel that Sue Rahr should be the last elected sherrif in King County. I will never was hand selected by Dave Reichert to be his successor.
That is: I will never forget that she was hand selected by Dave Reichert to be his successor.
I cannot recall the exact Latin, but it translated something like this: If you cannot be trusted in small matters, How can you be trusted in great ones?. Dave Reichert was a dangerously incompetent sherrif, and is equally incompetent as a Representative.
Killatroll, seems to me that job is one for pretty faces more than anything else. Let ’em have their little moment in the sun. Reichert will be unemployed in a few months. Maybe he can apply with ModelSeartchAmerica and get a runway job for middle aged ex-sheriffs.
Either that, or get work as a stand-in for Leslie Nielsen.
Goldy, while I understand you including the “transfers from other authorized committees,” the point at this stage is really to judge who is drawing contributions from the community. When placed in that context, Burner not only beats Reichert, she fucking slams him to the turf and grinds his face into the grass.
killatroll/saveablog –
Dave can select whoever he wants, but the position is voted on. Are you aware of that?
“These are trying times,and we need people who are well educated, motivated,and capable of solving problems. Darcy Burner qualifies. Dave Reichert Does Not”
Can you point me to one thing that darcy has done that would support this statement? Not her rhetoric, which is cheap, but her actions, her accomplishments. She couldn’t handle the pressure of msft, law school, or parenting. What makes you think she can act in congress? She is well educated, but that about concludes her resume.
These are times that require tough thinking and action. Got confidence that Darcy won’t melt down and have a tantrum or cry? She was so excited after deciding to run for office that she caused a car accident.
Janet, are we still ranting the same rant? You make charges but never back ’em up. What’s with that?
So, where’s the evidence Burner couldn’t handle Microsoft, law school, kids?
Where’s your response to the charge that a resume isn’t important since Bush became pres?
You make the same illogical and bombastic comments of the trolls and trashers.
Janet, she has not presided over one of the most dysfunctional law enforcement agencies in the State. She has not appointed an incompetent authoritarian to succeed her. She has not turned a blind eye to criminal, outrageous and unacceptable behavior by her subordinates. She has not endangered the public well being and safety by her incompetence and inaction.
Dave Reichert, on the other hand, can be brought to book for all of these. . .
I would further press my indictment by pointing to his supine acquiescence to one the most criminal regimes in the history of the US House of Representatives.
Janet, we know you are an immoral troll with no standards outside of partisan hackery, but why display your travesty of honesty here? You are verge on treason in your support of the current makeup of the House.
Jackpot!
Your answer to my challenge is – nothing! Darcy has done nothing to justify her being elected to national office.
So, now if we disagree with the dailykos antisemites, we are nothing but partisans? Better that than than the racists that parade on that site and here.
Killtroll – you told me what she hasn’t done. She also hasn’t saved the world and scaled tall mountains. And she hasn’t found the cure for cancer. What you haven’t told me is what darcy has done to earn a place in the national spotlight. She worked in high tech for three years, and quit. She completed one year of law school, and quit.
Please tell me what she has accomplished. You are long on accusations and short on answers.
Your comments about treason are really cute. Meaningless, but cute. When you have nothing, go for the big score.
JANET: “Anyone yet figured out what exactly she has been active at in her community? Or what she has done in state politics? Besides being the president of her little gated community, what has she done?
First of all, you answered your own question. What has she done? I would surmise being president of her community (your word – gated – again shows how disingenuous you are) could be considered the first rung in a political career.
Second, you are the one who makes a resume a big deal. Nobody else.
CAN YOU FINALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION: WHAT WAS BETTER ABOUT BUSH’S PRE-GOV RESUME? Must be something since you have determined that a resume is a big deal.
I’m going to keep asking till you think of an answer.
You are really something to say that about someone else when you are guilty of exactly the same thing. Really offensive.
WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE THAT SHE COULDN’T MAKE IT AT MICROSOFT, IN LAW SCHOOL AND AS A PARENT?
So let’s recap. Janet S starts talking about RubberStampReichert. Gets her ass kicked (as usual) tries to bring the thread back on topic (after getting her ass kicked) runs from every single post that puts her on the hot seat, and goes for her old tired, “why should I vote for Darcy” act when she can’t or won’t tell us why we should vote for the guy who let the KCSO turn into a criminal enterprise, the guy who took two decades to catch a high school drop out who murdered dozens of people, the guy who votes with George Bush 99% of the time….JanetS can’t tell us why we should vote for a dude who has 30% approval numbers. Boring. Janet you’re just getting boring. Re-Read Coulter’s book and at least start quoting a new plagerized passage won’t you?
Remember when Baby Bush lied about not knowing who leaked Plame’s name? Now his new lie is he never new Abramoff – but evidence is mounting that Bush is lying again. *No surprise here.*
But the news gets worse for the AWOL, chickenshit, draft dodging, coke-snorting drunk. The proof is out there.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001141.php
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....ss16m.html
Pretty much says it all. There is some interesting stuff here. First of all, the only dirt they can dig on Darcy is that she’s a Harvard grad. And secondly, I love the lie from RubberStampReichert’s thug that says Reichert is focused on doing his job. Is that why he’s spending taxpayer money to send free campaign brochures to his district?
In any event, it’s bad news for Sheriff Davie. The fact that we’re even talking about this shows just how bad off the culture of corruption republicans really are. No Dem has EVER won in the 8th. The mere fact that it’s in play really troubles the trolls.
Late back to the game, but hey, I have a life besides these boards.
Someone questioned my use of the term “swift boat”, when used as a verb. My meaning of the term was when a campaign organizes a committee, ostensibly seperate from the campaign so it isn’t subject to its reporting requirements, to conduct character assasination ads on the opposing candidate. The tactic allows the campaign to deny responsibility for the attacks, arguing that they are “above the fray”, and then act wounded when the opposing candidate replies with their own attacks. I do believe it is in the vernacular.
And releasing medical records wouldn’t have solved a thing, other than keep it in the news cycle longer. They would have argued over everything.
The thing I thought was so dispicable about the tactic was its hypocracy. Here there were attacking the record of a real combat veteran, arguing over where he was on what night and whether his wounds were “serious enough” to be awarded a purple heart, while they acted so offended in 2000 and again in 2004 at any suggestion about Bush’s failure to serve his term of service in the Texas National Guard.
Reichert is toast. The only sad souls in the 8th voting for Dave are the drunks outside the Ragin River Saloon. And they are only voting for him because Dave buys them booze.
It is over. Darcy is gonna rock the congress, and after Reichert’s Bush-licking limp dicked toadying to the present neocon facist regime, we all benefit. Even the to stupid to vote trolls on HA.
Get over it idiots, you had your chance and you fucked everything up. Time for the real adults to take charge.
124–Patty Murray takes money from Abramoff clients (tribes) who are trying to buy her off for senatorial votes.
So what, 128? Taking donations from tribes is normal political business.
Burner outraises Reichert… again!
Interesting definition of “outraises” there Goldy. If you mean she had more money dumped into her campaign from PACs with Washington D.C. addresses, I guess that is a true statement, but other than that she seems to be lagging by quite a bit.
Interesting definition of “outraises” there Goldy. If you mean she had more money dumped into her campaign from PACs with Washington D.C. addresses, I guess that is a true statement, but other than that she seems to be lagging by quite a bit.
Reichert: Total Of Contributions From Individuals 186388.29
Burner: Total Of Contributions From Individuals 418627.89