The Republican Governors Association has an ad attacking Jay Inslee. It’s not particularly honest, but whatever: super PAC’s gonna super PAC.* But what struck me was this:
Without naming the legislation, the ad hits Inslee for voting for “a massive tax increase” on small businesses. They are referring to the Affordable Care Act. Obviously, there are competing claims about the impact the ACA will have on small businesses.
I’m sure the press who were quick to attack Inslee for mentioning the ACA will get around to attacking the RGA about it. I mean don’t the RGA know the difference between a state and a federal issue, and whatever other nonsense the local media brought up when Inslee mentioned it?
But that’s not even what concerns me. What concerns me is that the Republican Governors Association doesn’t seem to know Rob McKenna’s position on the American Care Act. It’s understandable, since I’m not sure McKenna knows what his position on it is. But he did say, “There are a number of provisions in this law that ought to be maintained.”
So, the RGA is attacking Inslee for voting for provisions that McKenna seems to support, sometimes. If that’s the best attack they have, they don’t have much of an attack at all.
* Yes, I’m aware it’s a 527 organization. “527 organization gonna 527 organization” doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Both Inslee and McKenna oppose I-502..
You see a difference? I don’t, just more of the same..
I’m tired of voting for politicians that want to put me in jail..
How can we end the drug war? Where is our alternative? Oh, that’s right..we have none. The fix is in..it’s called the two party system.
I’m pretty sure the RGA doesn’t care what McKenna’s position on the ACA is. I’m pretty sure they don’t actually care about what Inslee’s position is, either. What they care about is putting the phrase “massive tax increase” next to the words “Jay Inslee.” It doesn’t actually matter if there are facts behind it, or if it makes sense.
The only way the republicans can win is if they lie.
Mckenna hasn’t decided on his position vis-a-vis the ACA for the simple reason that he is looking for who would give him the most money for it. I doubt he’d take the position of supporting it, as he is a “privatize everything” sort of guy and has already expressed the opinion that government is essentially useless in this country except to enforce obedience and order amongst the general citizenry.
He’s keeping his head down until the political wind blows in the right direction. It’s all about the money. The only “people” the GOP recognizes are the multinational Corporations. Individual humans don’t even come into the equation at all.
The republicans and the barons of business think with citizens united this election is up for sale. This carpet bombing of the public airways is nothing new look at how well things worked out for Meg Whitman in California who spent $178,500,000.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/201.....nding.html
Meg Whitman spent $144 million dollars of her own money to try to buy an election and only received 40.9% of the vote.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2.....california
McKenna continues to try to be the “Stealth Candidate”.
@3 Yep. I am appalled that McKenna is anywhere near the governership (as I am also appalled that Mitt Romney is as near as he is to being the President).
What’s heartening to me at this point is that they have ONLY lies.
Hear me now, listen to me later.
McKenna is already done. Stick a fork in him.
He has no idea what position he should take on anything, and he increasingly looks like a dick.
F*ck, the darling of the Republican party, Zombie Eyed Granny Starver, Paul Lying Ryan is coming to town and Bobby Mac is going to avoid him …. like that fools anybody at this point.
Sunny day, out of the office…time to throw the top down and light up 600 horsepower for an evening cruise with my lady…good times
@10 “You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.”
Hank Williams
@ 6
“Meg Whitman spent $144 million dollars of her own money to try to buy an election and only received 40.9% of the vote.”
Q: What’s the difference between the occupants of The Titanic and those of California?
A: The Titanic‘s occupants didn’t vote to hit the iceberg.
@12 Check out how California is doing with Gov. Brown compared to Texas. http://www.businessweek.com/ar.....ces-texass
Yet another example of Republican “adjustable truth”.