As if there aren’t enough real sex offenders in WA, the state GOP is apparently fictionalizing new ones.
Yesterday I did a quick hit on the state GOP’s vile “sex offender” mailing, not realizing that the image I used came from VanBlog, the new blog from Vancouver, WA’s Vanguard weekly newspaper. This oversight on my part is doubly disappointing, because I’ve been meaning to plug VanBlog and writer Jon DeVore, whose now defunct (and much missed) Columbian Watch was one of my favorite WA state blogs.
Jon is working on a piece about the scandal for Vanguard, and has provided updated information in my comment threads. And yes… I think it appropriate to start calling this disgusting misinformation campaign a “scandal.”
In my original post I said the Republican hit piece was “based on a lie,” an assertion perennial HA reader/GOP candidate Richard Pope objected, I had not backed up with facts. However, the lie to which I referred was the general lie of this whole campaign of lies… that the Democrats’ rejection of a procedural stunt on the first day of session was in any way a rejection of a particular policy or objective. I had actually assumed that the “sex offender” shown on the post card was an actual “sex offender” who actually lived in Rep. Deb Wallace’s 17th district. I mean… the Republicans wouldn’t be so stupid as to mock up a fake sex offender, would they?
Well… apparently… they might.
Jon explains in my comment thread that he has been trying to match the man pictured to known sex offenders, without any luck:
I did have someone sit down and go through ALL of the Clark County Level II and Level III sex offenders (the ones there are pictures for) on the state web site. (http://ml.waspc.org/) He found NOBODY that even remotely resembles the person in the mailer in Clark County.
I personally went through every photo of someone listed for “rape of a child” in Clark County myself today, with no matches.
And the usually staunchly partisan Richard reports similar results from his own research, eventually concluding:
Looks like the GOP mailing will backfire and generate a bunch of negative publicity. I can’t believe they were so stupid as to make up an alleged offender out of whole cloth. I wonder whether any of the 62 REAL Level III sex offenders listed for Clark County are quite as bad of character as the fictional fellow’s history portrays him to be.
Unfortunately, lost in the Republican’s cruel, insensitive, and stunningly stupid misinformation campaign — what Seattle P-I columnist Thomas Shapley calls “a cheap and shameful political stunt” — is a rational public debate over our sex offender laws, and what can be done to strengthen them.
For example, one of the most controversial provisions of our current law offers shorter sentences to offenders who abuse family members, as opposed to strangers… what our friend Richard cynically denigrates as a “Friends and Family discount.” But as Shapley points out, there’s actually a rationale behind this provision.
Coursing though all those debates is the understanding that the toughest prison sentence can be irrelevant without a conviction. Especially when family members are accused, there are demonstrable links between the severity of the potential sentence and the child victim’s willingness to testify or even report the sexual abuse. Do you really want to send Daddy or Uncle Harry to prison? It’s just another facet in the victimization of the child, of course, but it is a factor.
The true predators take smarmy advantage of this conundrum, using their position of trust and affection to prey on children, only to have the relationship they have perverted to their own gratification serve as a shield against prosecution or as a get-out-of-jail-free card into deferred prosecution and treatment.
“What’s a little child sexual abuse between friends and family?” … one might assume that’s the Democratic platform according to the vile, Republican rhetoric we’ve been hearing. But in fact, our current law was crafted the way it is at the urging of prosecutors. It may make for good political demagoguery to call for harsher sentences, but if the result is that fewer offenders are convicted, we’ll only be putting young victims at even greater risk.
And that, of course, is the larger risk of exploiting emotional issues like this to vilify your opponents: it short-circuits an informed public debate, raising the potential of bad policy and unintended consequences.
The truth is, this postcard was never about urging Rep. Wallace to protect children, it was about defeating her in the November election. So instead of conjuring up a fictional child molester, why not just cut to the chase, and paste Rep. Wallace’s photo onto the postcard? After all, that’s the message Republican strategists are really trying to send to voters.
UPDATE:
Further evidence of the GOP’s fake “sex offender” comes from a diary on Daily Kos that shows the exact same postcard, but this time addressed to voters in Rep. Bill Grant’s 16th District.
The postcards boldly warn voters “This violent sex predator lives in your community.” I hadn’t realized that the GOP’s sense of community was so broad that it spanned multiple legislative districts.
UPDATE, UPDATE:
Collect them all! We now have images of postcards from the 16th and 17th districts. If anybody has a postcard from another district, please send me an image.
I’m sorry for being graffic here, I hope no one reading this has a weak stomach but, bear with me, picture “ANY Republican having sex”, disgusting huh? Wouldn’t this be A CLEAR definition of a “Republican sex offender”?
First comment.
KIRO EXPOSES GOP CORRUPTION IN OLYMPIA
“Tax Money Leads To Politician’s Front Door
Chris Halsne
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter
“It starts at state coffers and ends at a foreign-owned power plant which pays the salary of an influential local legislator.
“It took KIRO Team 7 Investigators months, but we finally traced how Republican House Leader Richard DeBolt used his elected position to press $3 million in tax money through another agency — and back to his bosses in the private sector. It’s money for a railroad segment that goes to just one place.
“Construction of the new Big Hannaford rail loop comes with two distinct, controversial views: An economic development boost that creates jobs for rural Lewis County or as a pork project, guided and orchestrated by a state representative whose employer has plenty to gain from the project.
“A one-mile, $3 million railroad segment near Chehalis runs straight to the front door of Trans Alta, a private, Canadian-based coal-fired energy plant.
“Even though the tracks are already done — already paid for by Trans Alta — and benefiting only Trans Alta, your tax dollars are suddenly slated to reimburse the company.
“It’s a sweet deal for power plant operators and caught the attention of KIRO Team 7 Investigators because one of Trans Alta’s managers is State Representative Richard DeBolt.
…”
http://www.kirotv.com/investig.....etail.html
Gay rights passes House 60-37, now goes to Senate.
When you get a right wing hack like Pope to come close to an admission that his beloved GOP made a mistake, you KNOW it’s a scandal.
I think we’re seeing a pattern here. The republicans have lied their way into power and gotten so used to just spewing bullshit and having it work, that they don’t see any reason to start campaigning on truth. The difference now is that after years of their lies, their assaults on truth, their attack on freedom, decent men and women are starting to call the GOP on their bullshit and it’s even shaming some of the righties who remember what it was like to be a good citizen so they are deviating from the party line.
To those who say Dems need a plan. I say no we don’t. All we have to do is get busy exposing the GOP bullshit machine for what it is and we’ll do away with the fuckers for at least eight years. Then we can have a plan.
“It may make for good political demagoguery to call for harsher sentences, but if the result is that fewer offenders are convicted, we’ll only be putting young victims at even greater risk.”
But Goldy — what did you expect? — the GOP is in favor of keeping criminals out of jail and loose on the streets.
Exhibit A – Karl Rove
Exhibit B – Scooter Libby
Exhibit C – Tom DeLay
Exhibit D – Jack Abramoff
Exhibit E – Bill Frist
Exhibit F – George W. Bush (SEC violations in relation to Harkin Energy)
Shameful, simply shameful! The Republican party continues to make one mistake after another in what is now becoming a comical series of actions designed to keep them in power. Hello, earth to the RightWingNut leadership. IT IS NOT WORKING! Actually, this would be funny if it were not so Goddamn sad.
Roger Rabbit@3
I think if this passes, it will be thrown out by referendum, the voters are more level headed on this I think.
It’s a total waste handing these these local Republicans the Rove playbook.
They can barely read let alone think.
When will Mike “civility is my middle name” McGavick and Dave “looking good in an empty suit” Reichert step forward to denounce this scurrilous conduct?
This is truly awful. I hope someone makes the GOP pay for this bullshit.
How soon we forget Democrat “Tootie” Williams. He still will run as Hillary’s VP. Hell, if black dead Democrats can vote, “Tookie” can still run on the Hillary/Tookie 2008 Democrat ticket. They will draw 115% of the v
Let’s make sure the Democrat felon vote is counted at 115%!! Anything less is racist! [hehe]
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“the voters are more level headed”
Are you kidding? The people who would vote against this are far from level-headed. They’re ignorant, they’re bigots, they’re haters.
Gay rights affects NO ONE except gays. It takes no rights away from anyone. All the right-wing talk about undermining traditional marriage is poppycock; how the hell can two gays living together have any effect on the marriages of strangers they’ve never met? As for the religion argument, anyone who feels their religious values are threatened by what people they don’t even know do, must have a pretty weak religious faith. Intolerance is the hallmark of uneducated ignoramuses of the sort who live in trailer parks, drive vehicles with primer paint showing, sport confederate flag bumper stickers, and vote for Rossi. Intelligent and rational people will not vote for your fucking referendum — so go right ahead, print up your petitions, and gather your signatures! I dare you — I double dare you. And go fuck a camel. The camel is horny, and she’s waiting for you!
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“This is truly awful. I hope someone makes the GOP pay for this bullshit.”
Fat chance, when our Republican prosecutor won’t even do anything about perjury, forgery, and fraud.
HALLIBURTON SUPPLIED TROOPS WITH CONTAMINATED WATER
The Associated Press reports:
“Halliburton Cited in Iraq Water Contamination
“By LARRY MARGASAK, AP
“WASHINGTON (Jan. 22) – Troops and civilians at a U.S. military base in Iraq were exposed to contaminated water last year and employees for the responsible contractor, Halliburton, couldn’t get their company to inform camp residents, according to interviews and internal company documents.
“Halliburton … disputes the allegations about water problems at Camp Junction City, in Ramadi, even though they were made by its own employees and documented in company e-mails.
“‘We exposed a base camp population (military and civilian) to a water source that was not treated,’ said a July 15, 2005, memo written by William Granger, the official for Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary who was in charge of water quality in Iraq and Kuwait. ‘The level of contamination was roughly 2x the normal contamination of untreated water from the Euphrates River,’ Granger wrote ….
“The company’s former water treatment expert at Camp Junction City said that he discovered the problem last March, a statement confirmed by his e-mail the day after he tested the water. While bottled water was available for drinking, the contaminated water was used for virtually everything else, including handwashing, laundry, bathing and making coffee, said water expert Ben Carter of Cedar City, Utah.
“Another former Halliburton employee who worked at the base, Ken May of Louisville, said there were numerous instances of diarrhea and stomach cramps – problems he also suffered.
…
“Halliburton has contracts to provide a number of services to U.S. forces in Iraq and was responsible for the water quality at the base in Ramadi.
“Granger’s July 15 memo said the exposure had gone on for ‘possibly a year’ and added, ‘I am not sure if any attempt to notify the exposed population was ever made.’
The first memo on the problem – written by Carter to Halliburton officials on March 24, 2005 – was an ‘incident report’ from tests Carter performed the previous day.
“‘It is my opinion that the water source is without question contaminated with numerous micro-organisms, including Coliform bacteria,’ Carter wrote. ‘There is little doubt that raw sewage is routinely dumped upstream of intake much less than the required 2 mile distance. Therefore, it is my conclusion that chlorination of our water tanks while certainly beneficial is not sufficient protection from parasitic exposure.’
“Carter said he resigned in early April after Halliburton officials did not take any action to inform the camp population. The water expert said he told company officials at the base that they would have to notify the military. ‘They told me it was none of my concern and to keep my mouth shut,’ he said. … ‘They brushed it under the carpet,’ Carter said.
“A July 14, 2005, memo showed that Halliburton’s public relations department knew of the problem. ‘I don’t want to turn it into a big issue right now,’ staff member Jennifer Dellinger wrote in the memo, ‘but if we end up getting some media calls I want to make sure we have all the facts so we are ready to respond.’
“Halliburton’s performance in Iraq has been criticized in a number of military audits ….”
For complete story, see http://articles.news.aol.com/n.....&cid=
JCH
I’m going to find you and kill you.
(hahaha! just kidding!)
JCH
Someday all of your blatantly racist bullshit is going to catch up with you.
JCH @ 11.
Tookie was an amateur. 4 bodies at the most. Absolutly no evidence he ever helped out a Democratic candidate.
Now this man is a professional. Estimated 35 bodies.Thirty five. That takes effort.
In 1972 he worked on a campaign to re-elect a Washington governor, a position that allowed Ted to form bonds with politically powerful people in the Republican Party.
GOP = Fear
They just ran a TV ad during seahawks pre game show.
16, 17, 18
BT, Ogg — word of advice — don’t reply to this guy, he has nothing to say, and rising to the bait only encourages him.
Speakers roundtable contact: kevin@speakersroundtable.us Let them know what you think.
Actually, Goldy, CURRENT law does not have a “Friends and Family Discount” for child sex predators. They get about seven years on the first offense for statutory rape or molestation of a child under twelve years of age. 85% of this has to be served, making it six years in prison.
DEMOCRATS are proposing to increase this punishment to 30 years in prison — but only if the child sex predator does not know his or her victim. 25 years of this would actually have to be served. If the child sex predator knows the victim, then they only get a seven year sentence — hence the “Friends and Family Discount”.
REPUBLICANS are proposing to increase this punishment to 30 years in prison (with 25 years having to be served) for ALL child sex predators, without exception.
REPUBLICANS also want to increase the punishment for FORCIBLE rape or molestation committed against a child under 12 years of age to mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Maybe the postcard tactic is calculated to “backfire”, and thereby draw more attention to the issue. The Democrats will complain that the GOP invented a child sex predator out of whole cloth, and therefore the tactic is unfair. At the same time, the general public will realize that (1) the Democrats really do favor a “Friends and Family Discount” and (2) the Democrats oppose mandatory life sentences for forcible child rapists.
I’ve been trying to puzzle out the crossed-out name, and unfortunately I lack the spiffy software you see in the movies which would immediately resolve it. I vaguely see “Raymond” but I also think my wife is attractive, so there you are.
I swear I’ve seen this photo before, though. Has PRR posted his photo here?
RR @21:
Yeah, I agree. But you know what? I find myself imagining what JCH is like in real life. Do you think he is an aggressive a-hole to pretty much everyone around him? A sociopathic loner whose main contact with humanity is the blogosphere? Or is he a paid hack for the RNC whose lack of literary talent is compensated for by his relentless Rovian nastiness?
Other questions: Is JCH such a rigid ideologic that he really believes what he says, or is he willing to make up whatever is necessary to “win”? Is he doing this to get into heaven, or merely to cash in? Most interestingly, is JCH really as unhappy as his writing suggests?
Seems like JCH is a 13 year old boy with no friends. He is probably very quiet and subdued. When he gets in front of his computer he becomes ‘Super WingNut’ trolling the blogoshphere to ejaculate his comments.
Yeah, I agree. But you know what? I find myself imagining what JCH is like in real life. Do you think he is an aggressive a-hole to pretty much everyone around him? A sociopathic loner whose main contact with humanity is the blogosphere? Or is he a paid hack for the RNC whose lack of literary talent is compensated for by his relentless Rovian nastiness?
Other questions: Is JCH such a rigid ideologic that he really believes what he says, or is he willing to make up whatever is necessary to “win”? Is he doing this to get into heaven, or merely to cash in? Most interestingly, is JCH really as unhappy as his writing suggests?
Comment by Jerry Springer Jr. — 1/22/06 @ 4:50 pm
[Er, Jerry, Do you really find yourself thinking about me?? Classically funny!! Try getting a job, or doing something constructive while waiting for your welfare check!!]
Seems like JCH is a 13 year old boy with no friends. He is probably very quiet and subdued. When he gets in front of his computer he becomes ‘Super WingNut’ trolling the blogoshphere to ejaculate his comments.
Comment by Drivel — 1/22/06 @ 5:05 pm [Drivel, Wrong, Bucko!! I’m retired and living on the Big Island of Hawaii. Atlas has truely Shrugged. No more big 1040’s and 540’s for me!! I am John Galt!!]
I have an idea. Maybe the repugs can send out a child molester postcard to the good citizens of Spokane with Mayor Jim West’s picture on it? That one would make sense! HE HE!
Maybe the postcard tactic is calculated to “backfire”, and thereby draw more attention to the issue.
posted by Richard Pope
Sure. And maybe Jack Abramoff is a deep cover double agent for the Democratic Party.
In your wet dreams, Richard.
I believe the person on the postcard lives in Pierce County.
Proud Ass @ 28
Actually, 40% of Jack Abramoff’s contributions went to Democrats.
Abramoff’s contributions mainly came from Indian tribes that otherwise would have supported only Democrats.
Nearly all the GOP lawmakers are returning Abramoff’s contributions.
A number of Democrat lawmakers, including Patty Murray, are NOT returning Abramoff’s contributions.
Seeking @ 29
Do you have a link to the fellow’s information on the sex offender website?
Roger here is something new for you to read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01.....038;emc=th
Television Cul-de-Sac Mystery: Why Was Reality Show Killed?
By JACQUES STEINBERG
Published: January 21, 2006
AUSTIN, Tex. – A year ago, Stephen Wright and his partner, John Wright, embarked on a sociology experiment that only a reality show producer could concoct: theirs was one of seven families competing to persuade the residents of a cul-de-sac here to award them a red-brick McMansion purchased on their behalf by the ABC television network.
Michael Stravato for The New York Times
Stephen, left, and John Wright, with their son, Eli, won a house in Austin, Tex., on the canceled series “Welcome to the Neighborhood.”
Michael Stravato for The New York Times
John Wright, left, and Jim Stewart, at the home of Mr. Stewart, who had at first objected to the Wright family.
The unscripted series, “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” was heavily promoted and scheduled to appear in a summer time slot usually occupied by “Desperate Housewives.” Stephen Wright, 51, who was already living in a nice house a few miles away with his partner and adopted son, said he participated primarily for one reason: to show tens of millions of prime-time viewers that a real gay family might, over the course of six episodes, charm a neighborhood whose residents overwhelmingly identified themselves as white, Christian and Republican.
As it turned out, the Wrights did win – beating families cast, at least partly, for being African-American, Hispanic, Korean, tattooed or even Wiccan – but outside of a few hundred neighbors (who attended private screenings last summer) and a handful of journalists, almost no one has been able to see them do so.
Ten days before the first episode was to be shown, ABC executives canceled “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” saying that they were concerned that viewers who might have been appalled at some early statements made in the show – including homophobic barbs – might not hang in for the sixth episode, when several of those same neighbors pronounced themselves newly open-minded about gays and other groups.
ABC acted amid protests by the National Fair Housing Alliance, which had expressed concern about a competition in which race, religion and sexual orientation were discussed as factors in the awarding of a house. But two producers of the show, speaking publicly about the cancellation for the first time, say the network was confident it had the legal standing to give away a house as a game-show prize. One, Bill Kennedy, a co-executive producer who helped develop the series with his son, Eric, suggested an alternative explanation. He said that the protests might have been most significant as a diversion that allowed the Walt Disney Company, ABC’s owner, to pre-empt a show that could have interfered with a much bigger enterprise: the courting of evangelical Christian audiences for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Disney hoped that the film, widely viewed as a parable of the Resurrection, would be the first in a profitable movie franchise.
It is sad that the only thing the Democrats can disagree with about this postcard is who the picture is of.
off topice: This why we are winning in Iraq.
http://www.michaelyon-online.c.....g-hope.htm
Friday, January 20th, 2006
Operation Iraqi Children: A Bright Shining Hope
School Supplies from America
Education in Iraq
Soldiers love to visit Iraqi schools. The teachers are welcoming, and the kids are always excited. The children burst into smiles and waves, but seem to be almost nailed to their seats: they do not get up without the teachers’ permission.
The soldiers often arrive just to say hello, but at other times they unload trucks full of supplies: pencils, paper, and books. I visited a school far out in the boondocks near the Iranian border, where the villagers told me no Americans had ever been. In one of the classrooms, children were studying to identify mines and bombs, so they would not get blown up.
Years of war between Saddam’s Army and the Iranians, and Saddam’s Army and the Kurds, and Saddam’s Army destroying Kuwait, and Saddam’s Army versus the two separate Coalitions, have left thousands of tons of ordnance scattered around Iraq. Even if there were no explosives in Iraq, the cities are filled with dangers for children: tons of broken glass, metal shards and garbage harbor microbial perils unknown, on vacant lots where clinics may stand some day. Until then, prevention is paramount.
Mosul : One of the safe playgrounds built by Deuce Four and 401st Civil Affairs. In the old days, slides and swings were only brought out during special events and the kids had to pay just to slide or swing. Now they have playgrounds year-round. During the day when it’s hot or the kids are in school, the playgrounds are empty, but at night they’re packed.
Michael Shiavo remarries!!! Sure puts a new meaning to “death do us part”.
“Halliburton’s performance in Iraq has been criticized in a number of military audits ….”
For complete story, see http://articles.news.aol.com/n.....&cid=
Comment by Roger Rabbit— 1/22/06 @ 1:33 pm
Rabbit any halfwit knows you only drink bottle water over in the desert, anything else is other wise not drinkable. When I was in the South East Asia you only drink bottle water not gray water. What you drank and bath in was more contaminated in Viet Nam than what we had to deal with in Soth East Asia. Do me a favor lighten up on Halliburton and be more critical on Mr. Morre and his multimillion Hollywood Production. Roger we are solders not girlie-boys, and Halliburton is not our ememy, but those who claim to support our mission but support the al-Qaida and bin Laden in the polls instead. Roger this is not Viet Nam and we will win with or without your support.
yawn
Why’d patty murray get $$ from a tribe of indians in Palm Springs? HUH? WT$$@@^$#@?
Now that we have photos of Baby Bush and JACKOFF together, we’ll be using those in the next election campain while GOP liars keep manufacturing false postcards about sex offenders.
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“Yeah, I agree. But you know what? I find myself imagining what JCH is like in real life.”
He’s probably a really decent guy. I’ll bet he takes a Democrat to lunch at least once a month.
I say that because I have lots of Republican friends, who are fun to be with and never let me pay for my own lunch!
They’re only obnoxious when they’re talking about politics and hiding behind the anonymity of the internet, and with them, it’s all an act.
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“Is JCH such a rigid ideologic that he really believes what he says, or is he willing to make up whatever is necessary to ‘win’? Is he doing this to get into heaven, or merely to cash in? Most interestingly, is JCH really as unhappy as his writing suggests?”
None of the above. He’s a trout fisherman who gets his rocks off by fooling a trout into taking his fly.
But LeftTurn, they must be forged! (LOL), GWB stated he never met the man and did not know him, even though Abramoff donated over 100K to his election campaign in 2000. RepubliCONS don’t lie, do they?
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“Maybe the postcard tactic is calculated to “backfire”, and thereby draw more attention to the issue. posted by Richard Pope”
“Sure. And maybe Jack Abramoff is a deep cover double agent for the Democratic Party. In your wet dreams, Richard. Comment by Proud to be an Ass— 1/22/06 @ 7:32 pm”
I guess what you’re really asking is, Are the Republicans really this stupid?
Yes.
RR @ 39, I always thought it was righton that was after JCH’s fly
REPUBLICANS also want to increase the punishment for FORCIBLE rape or molestation committed against a child under 12 years of age to mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Do you know how extraordinarily difficult it is right now for prosecutors to get convictions in child sex cases with the penalties the way they are? If the penalty is life in prison, which every potential juror is going to be aware of, chances are even less people are going to be convicted. Jurors will be unwilling to convict and put somebody away for life, and more people will walk than they do now.
I’m amazed at how ignorant people are. Child sex cases are probably the most difficult to prosecute. There typically is no physical evidence, and prosecutors must rely solely on the word of the child against the word of the defendant. The fact that so many cases result in pleas and convictions as it is now borders on miraculous considering how fundamentally difficult they are to prove. It is also an indication of how good prosecutors are at their jobs (imagine that — government workers who are good at what they do). And now the GOP wants to make it a whole helluva lot tougher for prosecutors to do their jobs.
Idiots.
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“Actually, 40% of Jack Abramoff’s contributions went to Democrats.”
Actually, you’re full of shit, Richard. The DNC says not a single Democrat received a single dollar from Jack Abramoff. I dare you to prove otherwise!
Here is the game the GOP liars are playing. Indian tribes have traditionally supported Democrats. Why wouldn’t they? Republicans are Indian haters who oppose treaty rights, want to dismantle tribal governments, eliminate reservations, and force Native Americans to go to the white man’s schools, adopt the white man’s language and culture, and worship the white man’s god(s). So why would Native Americans like Republicans? They don’t. They give money to Democrats in order to defeat Republicans.
So, along comes GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and scams the tribes for tens of millions of dollars. Then the Republicans say, well the tribes are Abramoff clients, and the Democrats get money from tribes, so the Democrats took Abramoff money. See how that works?
Now, Richard, I have a little story for you. Tonto was riding across the plains with a white guy (initials L.R.) when they were surrounded by Indians. L.R. looks at Tonto and says, “we’re done for, Tonto.” Tonto replies, “what you mean, WE, white man?” Get it, Richard? Nah, you don’t get it.
Flaky Klake @32
Your point is–? That TV is tasteless? Tell me something I don’t know.
Republicans put up a bill that would require life sentences for offenders, but the damn Democrats wanted just a few years for these crimes, and so they have stopped this bill dead. I don’t know what crap you are trying to spew here, but once again it is YOUR party in this state stalling real sentences for such crimes!
And I ask WHY?
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“It is sad that the only thing the Democrats can disagree with about this postcard is who the picture is of.”
What’s even sadder is that you post without reading any of what you’re posting about.
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“Michael Shiavo remarries!!! Sure puts a new meaning to ‘death do us part’.”
Before you criticize him, why don’t you spend 15 years married to a department store mannequin, so you know what it feels like?
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Actually, that isn’t necessary. If you want to know what it’s like to be married to a brain dead zombie, ask your wife.
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“Rabbit any halfwit knows you only drink bottle water over in the desert, anything else is other wise not drinkable. When I was in the South East Asia you only drink bottle water not gray water. What you drank and bath in was more contaminated in Viet Nam than what we had to deal with in Soth East Asia. Do me a favor lighten up on Halliburton and be more critical on Mr. Morre and his multimillion Hollywood Production. Roger we are solders not girlie-boys, and Halliburton is not our ememy, but those who claim to support our mission but support the al-Qaida and bin Laden in the polls instead. Roger this is not Viet Nam and we will win with or without your support.”
Let me ask you this, klake, were you ever in Vietnam? Or is your knowledge of the Vietnam war based on reading comic books? I was hospitalized 5 times for gastroenteritis contracted in Vietnam, and I’ve been shitting ever since. Speaking of which, I’m gonna hop up the hill and shit on Stefan’s lawn.
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Hey dummy, when you take a shower in water that villagers and water buffalo piss in, you get a rash. The article said they drink bottled water in Iraq — I can read, jerk. (A rare talent among rabbits.) If you think Halliburton’s contaminated water isn’t a problem, I’d let to suggest you try a little experiment.
1. Don’t flush your toilet for 2 weeks.
2. Scoop contents of toilet into bathtub.
3. Take bath in “gray” water.
Please report back to us in 3 weeks how it worked out, dummy.
More reading material for the Rabbit.
Jan. 30, 2006 issue – That familiar voice, at once menacing and gently lilting, was back. After more than a year in which some U.S. officials had speculated openly he might be dead, Osama bin Laden resurfaced in his usual way, unannounced, dressing up threats of death in reasonable tones. Holed up in some remote region believed to be along the Afghan-Pakistani border, the impresario of 9/11 seemed to be talking to his enemies more than his followers. And in his audiotape, recorded in recent weeks and secretly couriered as usual to an Al Jazeera bureau, there was also something new: an offer of an olive branch. In a cynical attempt to exploit American war-weariness, especially in Iraq, the terror leader noted that U.S. polls showed declining support for the war. For the first time, he proposed “a long-term truce on fair conditions” to the American people “so both sides can enjoy security and stability.” Bin Laden, who once built his rep by pledging to destroy the “far enemy,” now seemed to be trying to close the gap. All America had to do was withdraw from Arab lands.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10...../newsweek/
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“Why’d patty murray get $$ from a tribe of indians in Palm Springs? HUH? WT$$@@^$#@?”
Ummm … because they like her? Because she isn’t an Indian-hating bigot? Because she supports tribal sovereignty? Because she respects tribal treaties?
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Actually, the main reason is because, as chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, she was a conduit for campaign donations to Democratic Senators. The money was not for her, but for numerous Democratic candidates, idiot! Helloooo??? The Democrats raise money for their campaigns from their friends and supporters??? Because campaigns cost money??? Helloooo??? Anybody home????
37
“Now that we have photos of Baby Bush and JACKOFF together, we’ll be using those in the next election campain while GOP liars keep manufacturing false postcards about sex offenders.”
Great!!! Let’s photoshop those photos into one of those GOP sex predator flyers and mail ’em to districts held by GOP legislators.
42
“RR @ 39, I always thought it was righton that was after JCH’s fly”
You may be onto something. An awful lot of those GOP moralists are closet homos.
Your response on 2,
KIRO EXPOSES GOP CORRUPTION IN OLYMPIA
Roger you and KIRO are Nazi’s and are full of Shit
45
“Republicans put up a bill that would require life sentences for offenders, but the damn Democrats wanted just a few years for these crimes, and so they have stopped this bill dead. I don’t know what crap you are trying to spew here, but once again it is YOUR party in this state stalling real sentences for such crimes!
And I ask WHY?”
The Republicans merely put on a showy stunt. It’s the Democrats who are doing the hard work of actually dealing with the problem, while Republicans screw around and play games. Just ask the prosecutors — incuding the Republican prosecutors — who is really working to stop sex predators. It ain’t the Republicans.
Your response on 3,
Gay rights passes House 60-37, now goes to Senate
Roger this is Shit and how do you test for a Gay individual, so anyone can claim they are gay and take advantage of this, you and are a Nazi and are still full of Shit
51
4 1/2 years later, and you guys still haven’t caught him. I wouldn’t brag about that too loudly if I were you, klake.
Your response on 13,
Are you kidding? The people who would vote against this are far from level-headed. They’re ignorant, they’re bigots, they’re haters
once again Roger you are full of Shit and how do you test for a Gay individual, so anyone can claim they are gay and take advantage of this, you and are a Nazi and are still full of Shit
56
“Roger you and KIRO are Nazi’s and are full of Shit”
Why, thank you! I’m please, gratified, and happy that I get under your skin. I thought the KIRO folks were Mormons. Did they get bought out? Before I forget, prr is a nazi … and so are you.
58
“how do you test for a Gay individual”
Ask them who they voted for, and how they feel about gay rights. If they voted for Bush and hate gays, they’re gay.
58
Actually, methinks YOU sound a little … you know …
Me thinks you are a little…….and still a NAZI and Full of SHIT!
64
How come you promoted me from “liberal” to “Nazi?” What did I do to get on your good side?
Me also thinks you got one load liberal mouth (from your government attorney past) and way way way way too much paid time on your hands (from your fully paid government pension)
Get a Life dude, even if it is screwing other less fortunate rabbits!
It was a wonderful opportunity that I dulllly believe you deserve! Since you like to cast this horrible title on nearly every other disenting post here. Enjoy! You have been raised to the NAZI stature!
Zig Hileeeeeeee
Want to grab any more of my land, I still have 50% left you Liberal NAZI!
66
“screwing other less fortunate rabbits”
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! You line ’em up, and I’ll bang away!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Wabbit! “4 1/2 years later, and you guys still haven’t caught him. I wouldn’t brag about that too loudly if I were you, klake.”
It was your administration that had him delivered on a SILVER PLATTER and said NO!
Let’s get your wabbit droppings cleaned up!
68
“Want to grab any more of my land, I still have 50% left”
You do??? I thought we already got it all. I’ll send someone right over!!!
Better check their age my friend, I would hate you to lose your status as an up and COMING wabbit!
And you really have to keep your “Gay” options open!
70
“Let’s get your wabbit droppings cleaned up!”
When you guys gonna start? We’ve been waiting 4 1/2 years, and not much has happened yet.
You send em right over
I’ll be a waitin, I got a big wabbit gun!
Tastes just like Chickin and I Loves it! Yum Yum
Hey GS, I’ll bet you’re a Panther fan, aren’t you? C’mon, now, admit it! You’re in a surly mood because your team got their clocks cleaned today, aren’t you? Eat shit, Carolina redneck!
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Here is the link to the Abramoff contributions:
http://www.capitaleye.org/abra.....asp?sort=R
It is actually 35% to Democrats and 65% to Republicans.
Senator Patty Murray is the biggest individual Democrat recipient of the Abramoff contributions, and she refuses to return any of the money.
Looks to me like a few more of them got a bit of a likkin from an unmanned probe just last week!
The rest are being hunted like wabbits, and they know it!
74
“I got a big wabbit gun!”
Really? Are you a queer rabbit looking for a suck job? Hey, I can help! Just go to Green Lake Park, look for a park bench with a glory hole in it, stick your pecker through the glory hole, and wait for someone to come by walking their Rottweiler.
Seahawks all the way dude, you got your head wight up yo wiberal ass. I KNOW Steve Largent, and you my friend are no Steve Largent!
HA HA
Go Seahawks!
76
That’s not a list of politicians receiving money from Jack Abramoff, Richard. If you read the fine print, it’s a list of politicians receiving money from Jack Abramoff, or Indian tribes, or Sun Casinos. Nice try.
78
“I KNOW Steve Largent”
He was a better football player than politician, and the voters thought so, too. That’s why he’s not a politician anymore.
77
Hunting and catching are two different things.
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Hey GS, I posted an obscene reply to your #74, but it’s stuck in the filter. Check back in an hour or so.
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“Here is the link to the Abramoff contributions”
Hmmm … let’s examine this statement. Since the list is of contributions by (a) Abramoff, (b) tribes, and (c) Sun Casinos, your statement is false, or at least, misleading. That makes you a liar, Richard.
Heh Wabittt
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Ah I feel sooooooooo much better now!
Ahhhh!!! The west wing has been cancelled. That show was sort of like Air America. Lot of buzz about a show that no one watches. Another subsidixed liberal drivel show down the drain.
But Wabbit now that we have put all that stupid political BS aside,
HOW ABOUT THEM SEAHAWKS!
Detroit here we come, and don’t under under estimate us!
@ 90
“subsidixed”
what the fuck is that, tard?
C’mon Richard (@ 78), you know better than that!
The link you provided doesn’t show that Patty Murray received money from Abramoff — it shows that she received money from some Indian tribes who were cheated by Abramoff. There’s a big difference, but you knew that.
In fact, your list doesn’t show a single Democrat who received money from Abramoff, his partners, or entities controlled by Abramoff.
On the other hand, it does show that Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) received money directly from Abramoff, Michael Scanlon, and SunCruz Casinos. Rep. Ney is accused of accepting bribes from Abramoff in return for voting in favor of Abramoff’s clients or otherwise acting in their interest. The bribes came in the form of contributions, gifts, free travel, and other benefits for Ney and his staff — all directly from Abramoff and associates. Other Republicans are rumored to face similar accusations.
No one has accused Patty Murray of even meeting with Abramoff, nor of accepting bribes or of any similar wrongdoing. The same is true of other Democrats. That’s why this is a Republican scandal.
89
Try Beano.
Since I am a homo, where is the line where I get my checks after the Cal Anderson bill passes?
I always thought – up to now – and having read these erudite posts by the nut wings, now I am puzzled. They do no investigations of claims, no semi judical findings? Just let the homos get in line for checks? What a sweet deal.
Wow, better news than the Seahawk victory. Where do we go smarty butt boy? Where is it we collect fat checks for false claims that are not investigated?
What a simpleton. Do you really believe all the drivel you spout? If you can type at a keyboards. you can’t be that stupid, really.
Jesus, the republicans are all third graders, aren’t they? They’re not even bullies, they’re the hangers-on of bullies, ready to stomp someone when they have five of their buddies around, but too chicken-shit to fight fair.
Long live Lord Spatula, King of the Chickens.
@43, @47 I love how you Democrats talk out of both sides of your mouth. “He donated over $100,000 to the Bush campaign in 2000” (includes tribal donations), “he didn’t donate any money to Democrats” (excludes tribal donations). The personal spending limit for campaigns is under $5,000. You can be sure that Abramoff didn’t break this law, because it is so easy to get caught. The money was laundered through his clients. But to want to count that money when talking about Republicans but exclude it when talking about Democrats is the ultimate in hypocracy.
Hello Michael, one of the most reputable wingnuts and hypocrites that ‘trolls’ these pages. Abramoff was in the upper echelon of GWB’s donations at over 100K, a ‘gold’ level ‘assasin’. You should keep your insiduous comments on uSP where all the lemmings just follow the ‘spread sheet king’ of 2005.
He did not donate over $100,000 in hard money. It would take about 2 seconds for the FEC to be all over him if he did. The problem is that you want to count “other than hard” contributions in the cases of Republicans, but not in the cases of Democrats.
@97 You might want to call up USA Today and tell them to stop publishing lies then:
Abramoff and his wife each gave $5,000 to Bush’s 2000 recount fund and the maximum $1,000 to his 2000 campaign.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/w.....bush_x.htm
Michael the idiot troll: Why don’t you go over to NRO and stop Lowry from writing that it’s a “Republican” scandal.
Or take your talking points to (un)SP.
Nice ad hominem attack when you get proven wrong.
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