Endorsement News:
I’m just gonna come right out and say it.
I’m endorsing Dan Satterberg for King County Prosecutor.
There’s just something about that face I can trust.
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Prosecutor says:
He really does look like Dwight, doesn’t he…
I still believe that Norm Maleng forged what is, by any standard, one of the best prosecutor’s offices in the country. Satterberg is far and away more qualified to continue this legacy. Sherman is a great guy, but he’s been with the office barely more than 3 years, and spent one year of that time out of the office campaigning for another political position. He has never even tried a homicide case.
06/08/2007 at 2:06 pm
How do you explain that King County has 29% of the state’s population, but only 22% of the state’s felony convictions? Is King County really a relatively low crime area compared to the rest of the state of Washington?
>Is King County really a relatively low crime area compared to the rest of the state of Washington?
Yes. Most of the meth labs are in southwest WA.
@ 2:
Yes, it goes to prove conclusively that Liberals obey the law more often than conservatives do. Therefore, we have a lower crime rate, which in turn leads to a lower felony conviction rate.
It also goes to strengthen our hand that felons tend to vote for republicans like Dino Lossi.
The important point here is that the King County prosecutors office has a higher felony conviction rate than any other county in Washington. Which means, if you get arrested in King County on felony charges you’re more likely to go to prison. Conversely, if you are a resident of King County you’re more likely to be a Liberal and therefore do not have to worry about being convicted of a crime since you are more likey to obey the law.
correction @ 2 for clarification:
Therefore, we have a lower crime rate, which in turn leads to fewer felony convictions in total, not the percentage rate of felony convictions.
Wasn’t he in ‘Office Space’?
The guy kinda looks like an insurance salesman.
@ 7
Isn’t he a paper salesman on The Office?
GBS @4
Thanks for pointing out what should be common knowledge. Liberals: law-abiding, productive citizens; conservatives-parasitic, dysfunctional scofflaws.
@2
Yes…we know…you wish it was you.
How do you explain that King County has 29% of the state’s population, but only 22% of the state’s felony convictions? Is King County really a relatively low crime area compared to the rest of the state of Washington?
Several reasons.
– King County has most of the state’s wealthiest residents who are much less likely to be convicted of a felony.
– Drug task forces are used in rural areas of the state in much higher frequency.
– DUI’s are likely much more common per capita in the rural parts of the state
I’m probably missing a few other differences, but those three are a big part of the overall discrepancy.
Correction, the third one probably doesn’t apply. DUI’s are not a felony offense here still, IIRC…
How do you explain that King County has 29% of the state’s population, but only 22% of the state’s felony convictions?
This is simple – in the rural Publican areas on the east side of the state there are lots of child rapists and sex perverts who balance it out.
re…. 22 on previous thread: This Republican wishes for more attacks by Muslim terrorists on U.S. soil to prove that Rush is ‘right”. Wouldn’t that prove the exct opposite and is not this lint-brained shithead of a Republican a traitor as well?
You know he is — and so are you.
http://www.democrats.com/node/13154
ARKANSAS GOP HEAD: WE NEED MORE ‘ATTACKS ON AMERICAN SOIL’ SO PEOPLE APPRECIATE BUSH
“In his first interview as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan told a reporter that America needs to be attacked by terrorists so that people will appreciate the work that President Bush has done to protect the country.
“At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001],” Milligan said to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, “and the naysayers will come around very quickly to appreciate not only the commitment for President Bush, but the sacrifice that has been made by men and women to protect this country.”‘
It may have to do with the fact that more cases get plea bargained down, some to below felonies. It may have to do with the fact that while there was a great deal of talk about “consistency”, there was little oversight and many ‘free-agents’ doing their own thing. It may have to do with the fact that White, well-to-do-Eastsiders might get a better deal. . .
It might have a lot to do with a lot of things that might be commonly understood but little discussed. . .
Yanno…it may just be that the folks here in King Co, both the aging hippies in Seattle or the old-school moderate Republicans of the East Side, are just a little mellower than people might be in other counties. I could cite some examples of hell-raisers, scofflaws and degenerates elsewhere, but it’s a lovely Friday afternoon, and it just may be all right for us to give ourselves a collective pat on the back and be satisfied that taken collectively, we’re not all that bad a bunch.
ArtFart@15 Ummm. S-s-s-u-r-e.
You guys claimed to have a “mandate” after the last election.
So tell me, what have you accomplished?
Um… I think the answer is “not a fucking thing”.
Some mandate…
Medved cited an interesting statistic yesterday… 75% of single people identify themselves as (moonbat) democrats.
I’d guess that almost 100% of single women are democrats since they apparently can’t get a man to pay all their bills. So they resort to the thuggery of gummint to take care of them.
I’d sure like to see further breakdown of the data. Anybody got a source?
MTR- guess you don’t read much. The Democrats have 50 seats in the Senate, plus Lieberman who threw in with them for the majority. Johnson of South Dakota is recovering from a stroke and is not voting. They do not have a working majority in the Senate, let alone enough votes to overturn a filibuster or veto.
But I just wasted my time trying to engage rationally with you.
C’mon K… you guys said you had a fucking “mandate”. And there are plenty of RINOs like McCain out there to come over to the dark side.
Seems to me if that there was really a fucking mandate, you’d have a long list of accomplishments.
My point (as I’m sure you know) is that you have no fucking mandate. Never did and never will.
I guess the best we can hope for is divided government where nobody can do anything. Pretty sad…
Sorry asshole. If you don’t understand how our government works, I’m not going to help you. Remember the Executive branch? Remember the veto?
You guys had great visions of turning us into another Cuba. I guess that’s not gonna happen.
Dingy Harry said he won’t reintroduce the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty bill this year or next. So I guess that means it’ll NEVER happen since he’ll be in no fucking position to introduce anything in 2009.
I guess you don’t read the fucking papers. On the McCain Kennedy Amnesty Bill, GWB was all for it. No need for 60 votes dumass.
The REAL message of the defeat of Kennedy-McCain is that the librul idea of granting special privileges based on race just got shoved up your asses.
I guess I lost track… on the McCain Kennedy Amnesty Bill, how did The Smartest Woman In The World vote?
And how did Empty Skirt Hussein vote?
He needs to update his blog more often before I can get behind him.
Speaking of “culture of corruption”…
Yer boy from Loosiana gonna spend 240 years in the big house. holy shit… he gonna be an old man by the time he gets out.
And when are the hearings for LiarFuckingCantwell giving taxpayer money to her fuck buddy?
Yawn, more spew for MTR. THe only response I will make is don’t tell me how “you guys” think. You don’t have a clue.
C’mon K… I know EXACTLY how you marxist assholes think. Don’t think for a fucking minute you can fool me.
Let’s see – 12 federal Publican politicians arrested, under indictment, convicted or pled guilty in the last six years. One Dem. That’s about the right ratio. Too bad traitors like MTR wasn’t concerned about sending people to jail when it was Publican crooks.
Looks like the Publicans are on an ALBERTO inspired witch hunt. Publican controlled Justice Dept has framed Jefferson to try to draw attention from all the scandal in the Publican party.
Eat shit and bark at the moon, bud. If you ever once indicated an openness to real dialog, I’d engage. Your record clearly proves otherwise. One difference between us is I actually think. You spew.
Find another game to play.
Why is it that “open thread” seems to bring out the worst in Mr. Redneck?
K – Mr. Redneck has never been open to any sort of dialog. Talking to him is like talking to the outflow of a sewer. Silence is the best answer you’re likely to get.
Oh, and Mr. Redneck? Since Roger hasn’t been here yet to tell you, I will.
Pay your gambling debt, welsher.
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That is nothing, check this out:
1. CLINTON MACHINE CRIMES
FOR WHICH CONVICTIONS
HAVE BEEN OBTAINED
Drug trafficking (3), racketeering, extortion, bribery (4), tax evasion, kickbacks, embezzlement (2), fraud (12), conspiracy (5), fraudulent loans, illegal gifts (1), illegal campaign contributions (5), money laundering (6), perjury, obstruction of justice.
1. CRIME STATS
– Number of individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 47
– Number of these convictions during Clinton’s presidency: 33
– Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61
– Number of congressional witnesses who have pleaded the Fifth Amendment, fled the country to avoid testifying, or (in the case of foreign witnesses) refused to be interviewed: 122
Nothing comes close to democrat corruption. heheehe
From the King County Elections Candidate Filings page:
Cute, Richard, very cute.
What’s disgusting is that in this ever-bluer portion of the county, where Jane Hague should be shivering in her boots, where the year’s top priority for the KC Dems should be moving County Council to the 6-3 Democratic margin it really should be … not a single (actual) Democrat filed for the County Council race.
That’s simply unconscionable.
It’s not at all like the absence of Republicans in Council Districts 2 and 4 — no GOPer has a prayer against the two Larrys. The 6th Council District is full of Democratic state legislators, has gone Democratic for President for at least the last two cycles, cast more votes for Darcy Burner than Sheriff Hairspray.
Well, good luck with your race, Richard. I can’t wait to see your responses to the KC Dems Candidate Questionnaire. You will be asking for “your” party’s endorsement, won’t you?
Republicans are political polio victims — with no Salk in sight.
Hey, Richard! I see you filed as a Democrat for the County Council District 6 race. Thanks for stepping up to the plate! I need a drink…
I didn’t know they let 16-year-olds be prosecutors! A 16-year-old can’t even enlist in the Army.
That photo must have been taken when he still had some hair, and before his eyes went bad.
He looks like a young Karl Rove in that picture. We need a law-and-order Democrat who will prosecute voting crimes, not a partisan shill like Satterberg.
@1 “He has never even tried a homicide case.”
The trick, Richard, is hiring people who have. C’mon, get serious! The prosecutor is a manager, not a trial lawyer. It’s not his job to try murder cases.
@2 “How do you explain that King County has 29% of the state’s population, but only 22% of the state’s felony convictions?”
Fewer Republicans here.
It’s probably safe to say there’s fewer elk poaching cases in King County.
@18 “So tell me, what have you accomplished?”
Rumsfeld fired
Pace fired
Libby jailed
Griffin resigned
… and that’s just the beginning. The Bushevik regime is crumbling.
@19 They wouldn’t need gummint if assholes like you paid their child support! P.S., pay your fucking gambling debt, welsher!
@30 “C’mon K… I know EXACTLY how you marxist assholes think. Don’t think for a fucking minute you can fool me.”
You’re right. We’re going to raise your taxes. Just.for.the.hell.of.it.
@34 Three words: Wingnut spam e-mails.
Hey Dufus, I’ve got a chain letter I’d like you to sign! Got $10?
@35 This should be interesting. Although many Republican politicans are smart enough to omit “GOP” from their ads (see, e.g., Roadkill McGavick’s TV commercials), Richard went them one better — he switched parties! And why not? After 14 straight election defeats as a Republican, doesn’t it make sense for him to try a different brand name? He can’t do any worse.
Richard Pope, Democrat?
My first reaction was that it was simply another person with the name “Richard Pope”. Niether name is that uncommon, and King County is a pretty big place.
A bit of checking tells me that it is our very own Richard Pope. Welcome to the Democratic Party, Mr. Pope, although I am a bit sorry that the Republicans felt a need to run you out simply because you wanted them to live up to their stated ideals and goals.
The Republicans are rejecting the people they need to remain a viable political party. Anyone that actually believes in the stated goals of the party is considered a “RINO” and marginalized (at best).
Jim Webb over in Virgina, is a wonderful example.
The righties over at unSP are, as we speak, denouncing Mr. Pope as a traitor to all that they hold dear. Here are a couple of examples:
I know you don’t expect to get cut any more slack than normal around here, but that’s ok. We really do have a big tent.
That prediction of the Republican party folding into obscurity and the Democrats having to split into liberal and moderate wings in order to provide for a two party system is another step closer to reality.
POPE IS A LONELY MAN. HE WON’T BE TRUSTED BY THE DEMS.
LOOK WHAT HE DID AS A REPUBLICAN! NO WAY CAN YOU TRUST A GUY LIKE THAT.
I REMEMBER WHEN HE SAID THE DEMS WERE THE PARTY OF THE RICH. GIMME A BREAK!
YOS LIB BRO:
Some folks insist on ideological purity, and those folks will probably not accept Mr. Pope. For some, the crime of “disloyalty” to a political party is the ultimate crime. They’d prefer a party loyalist like Mr. Rove to someone that woke up and said “this party no longer represents what I believe in” and changed.
I doubt that Mr. Pope has changed many of his opinions. He may choose to tell us why he switched, but it probably has something to do with a lack of integrity and responsiveness in the Republican party leadership. (Sounds like a pretty good reason to switch.) He’ll probably end up as a rather conservative Democrat, but that’s ok. We’ve got a bunch of them, and more every day, since the Republicans keep chasing them away.
As to what he did as a Republican, if you’re referring to insisting that his party follow various finance laws, well, good for him. I hope we have folks in our party that hold us accountable, too, and I also hope that when we screw something up, we’re willing to admit to it and try to fix it. If the Republican party had that kind of integrity, we wouldn’t have many of the problems we are currently facing.
Of course, for some of us the party lable is less important than the candidate. There have been Democrats that I’ve been unwilling to vote for, as I felt that they weren’t the best candidate for the job.
(The last time he ran, I voted for Mr. Reed, as I thought our candidate was less qualified. We’ll have to find a really outstanding person to convince me to vote against Sam Reed.)
I don’t really know what position Mr. Pope holds on a number of important issues. If he’s ever running in a race where I’ll be voting, then I will be far more concerned about that.
What I do know about him is that he was willing to incur the wrath of his party’s leaders in order to do what he saw as the right thing, and he’s been willing to endure a lot of abuse from all of us around here, while remaining relatively polite, and attempting to discuss issues.
That speaks pretty highly of the man.
Crime rates in Washington state as a whole has been pretty stable over the past 40 – 50 years in comparison to the total population. Certain type of crimes has actually decreased. Click on the link below and look at the tables dispicting crime in Washington state. If you follow George Bush’s philosophy some crime is acceptable and reflect a fledging democracy.
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/wacrime.htm