David Horsey has a commentary in Sunday’s Seattle PI on Rep. Jim McDermott, Rep. Jay Inslee, and Rep. Dave Reichert. At one point, while interviewing Reichert, Horsey gives us a telling glimpse into the eyes and soul of Sheriff Hairspray:
[Reichert] described a meeting with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan during which one of her companions pointedly asked Reichert how many more soldiers’ lives he was willing to sacrifice to the Iraq War.
Recreating the moment, Reichert trained his hardest gaze on me as if I was that upstart activist and said, “That question offends me. Do you know how many partners I’ve lost as a cop?”
What the hell? What does the number of police partners Reichert lost have to do with soldiers dying in Iraq? And where is the offence in a concerned citizen pointing out that (1) soldiers are dying in Iraq and (2) as a Congressman, Reichert shares in the oversight responsibility, and consequences, for our actions in Iraq?
I have several theories about Reichert’s inappropriate (if not bizarre) response. I’ll call them the stupid theory, the fiction theory and the unmanaged anger theory.
The stupid theory is that Riechert simply fucking up his own talking point. He meant to use a talking point along the lines of this one from his DaveReichertForCongress web site:
We may disagree on the timeframe of that, but as a police officer who has lost friends and partners in the line of duty, I do understand how difficult it is for society to make sacrifices in the name of freedom and keeping Americans safe.
Nothing in the written version of the talking point would suggest that Reichert could be offended, per se, by the peace activist’s question. If the web site properly captures the position, Reichert should have sympathetically disagreed—something like this: “I understand your concern about more soldiers losing their life in the line of duty–I’ve experienced the tragedy of losing law enforcement partners. Still, I disagree with you about the best way to achieve a free and safe America in a way that minimizes such sacrifices.” Instead, Reichert forgot or misunderstood the proper response, and invoked faux outrage instead of sympathy.
The fiction theory is that the event didn’t really happen this way at all. Rather, the details given to Horsey constituted a “creative intrepertation” of a more mundane exchange. The purpose was simply to use the interview with Horsey as another opportunity to shape his image as playing the staring role in “Tough Guy Sheriff Goes to Washington.” We’ve seen this before from Reichert…you know, like the bus driver flipping the bird at Bush incident where Reichert bragged before a group of Republicans only to change the story to something more mundane when the “tough guy” version looked damaging.
The unmanaged anger theory is that Reichert really was insulted and outraged, and, therefore, responded irrationally. Reichert is widely known for being sensitive to criticism, being overly defensive when his failures are brought to light, and having a short fuse. In the face of such “insolence,” I can imagine Reichert reacting with a mixture of anger and defensiveness that clouded is thinking, resulting in a response that was a non sequitur. How dare they blame him for deaths in the Iraq war!
We saw this behavior in 2004 when Reichert walked out on a debate and refused future debates with his Republican primary challengers. We saw a little bit of this anger during the 2006 campaign season in his debate with Darcy Burner.
While still King County Sheriff, Reichert sometimes displayed this type of behavior. For example, after an African American man killed a white officer (Deputy Richard Herzog) with his own gun in 2002, Reichert made a series of bizarre media statements. As Geov Parrish put it:
King County Sheriff Dave Reichert bristled last week after the fatal shooting of deputy Richard Herzog—a white officer, allegedly “executed” by a naked, unarmed African-American man with the officer’s own gun. Here’s Reichert: “I’m just going to be blunt about it and get to the point: Race isn’t important. . . . We’re sick and tired of being labeled as racist.”
In other words, Reichert equated discussing race with calling people racists. And then he shut down all discussion.
The sheriff has since backpedaled….
At the time, I was struck by Reichert’s repeated use of the word “execution” to describe the actions of Herzog’s killer. The naked, stoned-out-of-his-gord killer shot Herzog during a struggle after Herzog’s gun fell out of its holster…not particularly the circumstances that go with the word “execution.”
Reichert’s lashing out at the media came on the heals of criticism after Seattle Police shot and killed Aaron Roberts, an African American man. Reichert’s angry, illogical statements prompted the Seattle Times (22 June 2002) to editoralize…
King County Sheriff Dave Reichert irresponsibly lobbed his own grenade when he rushed past an official denunciation of the killing to rail against African- American leaders who have frequently charged law enforcement with using excessive force against minorities. The sheriff’s emotions later cooled to those more befitting a leader, but it was too late. A debate has begun whether the region has seen its first incident of reverse racial profiling: the executing of white police officers by black men….
During Reichert’s entire career as a cop, only five King County officers died in the line of duty. Herzog’s death was the only non-accidental death of an officer in the line of duty under Reichert’s administration. (The only other death was of Deputy Mark W. Brown who died in a motorcycle accident in 1999.)
No doubt, Reichert took Herzog’s death hard. But there was more to it—the King County Sheriff’s office (i.e. Riechert) was taking some heat in Herzog’s death. His death was avoidable. Herzog was killed with his own handgun, in part, because he was allowed to carry a holster not designed for his weapon. The result was that his weapon fell out of the holster during the struggle. Later the state Department of Labor and Industries investigated the incident and fined the King County Sheriff’s Office for safety violations. The root of the problem was mismanagement and a failure to follow established procedure (Seattle Times Sep 9, 2005, B3). (Reichert appealed the Labor and Industries decision and lost.)
Reichert’s statements to the media following Herzog’s death were made under a cocktail of sorrow, some guilt, and denial. And he reacted angrily and irrationally.
My hunch is that Reichert’s reaction to the peace activist involved that same cocktail of sorrow, guilt, and denial. By pointing out the Congressman’s shared responsibility for the death of American soldiers in Iraq, the activist triggered the same kind of angry, illogical, and embarrassingly inappropriate retort.
Rubber Stamp Reichert is out of his league. He should be modeling men’s clothing for the “Lands End” catalogue.
Thank goodness we have congressman Reichert instead of empty shirt Burner.
“No doubt, Reichert took Herzog’s death hard. But there was more to it—the King County Sheriff’s office (i.e. Riechert) was taking some heat in Herzog’s death. His death was avoidable. Herzog was killed with his own handgun, in part, because he was allowed to carry a holster not designed for his weapon. The result was that his weapon fell out of the holster during the struggle. Later the state Department of Labor and Industries investigated the incident and fined the King County Sheriff’s Office for safety violations. The root of the problem was mismanagement and a failure to follow established procedure (Seattle Times Sep 9, 2005, B3). (Reichert appealed the Labor and Industries decision and lost.)
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Typical lib response here. Blame the officer for his own death…How about the nut job that attacked him?
Guess what? It wasn’t a faulty holster or the gun that killed the deputy, it was that naked nutjob…GET IT.
This is the essence of the fringe left..
Still grieving Darcy? There. There.
The use of the term “sheriff hairspray” is exactly the same as right fringe folks use of “queen Christine”.
Nice to see your true colors…
Clinton urges start of Iraq pullout in 90 days
Cut and run democrat party
That’s a different angle. I just assumed Reichert was labeling himself some kind of jinx on the beat — a “widow-maker”, in partner parlance.
After all, the odds against a state/local sworn officer in law enforcement losing a partner to violence in the line of duty in over a 32-year career (Reichert’s tenure) are about 365-to-1 against. (Odds of losing one to accidental death are about 220-to-1.)
The odds against losing two would be well over 100,000-to-1, and the odds against losing “guess how many” are … well … I’d just hate to guess.
To follow up on RonK…
an important question here is…. did Mr. Reichert ever lose even one partner as a cop? Isn’t that a matter of public record?
Does he think that people don’t question his logic – or check out his statements?
Stuff @ 2- did you miss the phrase “in part” in the description of responsibility?
Right Stuff (sic) @ 2
“Typical lib response here. Blame the officer for his own death…How about the nut job that attacked him?”
Apparently you suffer from reading comprehension “issues,” since the post never discusses Herzog’s role in his own death one way or the other.
In fact, the “nut job that attacked him” is to blame, and was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
But, unlike your simplistic wingnut la-la world, in the reality-based world, “incidences” like this can have multiple contributing factors. By identifying such contributing factors, developing safety standards around the results, and providing legal and financial incentives for organizations to adhere to the standards, deaths can be minimized in the future.
The Department of Labor and Industries determined that improper procedures and supervision was a contributing factor in Herzog’s death. From the cited Times article:
As a result of the findings, the Sheriff’s office changed its policies, thereby improving safety of other officers.
I know, I know, it is not a simple black & white (no pun intended) story that can be easily digested and shaped to fit your wingnut ideology. Ain’t reality a bitch?
SORRY TO INTERJECT BUT RIGHT WING, WAR-CRAZED NUT HUGH HEWITT (SPEW) INTERVIEWS REALITY-BASED GENERAL WILLIAM ODOM:
HH: But then…now, that’s where I get confused, because are you arguing that there’s just no hope, they need strong men there because they simply cannot support…
WO: No, I’m saying that we can’t do much about it. I’m saying if you’re going to go in, and by ventriloquy expect to create this kind of an order, then you’re not going to be able to do that. You’re going to fail at that. I’ve been involved in several practical cases. In Vietnam, I wrote a book after I retired, reflecting on three cases, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Philippines, but what I was always thinking about was my year involved in pacification and development in Vietnam.
HH: And so the purple finger elections of 2005, of no counterargument to you?
WO: Oh, look. Elections are easy to hold. I grew up in Tennessee, where Boss Ed Crump rigged the elections every year. We knew that. Mayor Daley, the Pendergast machine, boss Tweed? Come on, don’t tell me about elections in the U.S. being honest.
HH: I didn’t make that…I was saying what did that mean, the people, the millions that turned out?
WO: It meant that we held an election out there, and people came and voted.
HH: And what did that, do they aspire to order, General?
WO: Sure, they want order, but voting doesn’t produce order.
HH: I know that, but I’m trying to get at, do you think they aspire to freedom?
WO: Sure. But the question is, how do they get the elites to agree on the rules so that their freedom doesn’t just mean free to kill each other?
HH: And do we help them get closer to the order in which freedom can flourish?
WO: We have made it much worse.
HH: Much worse than Saddam?
WO: Yeah.
HH: You believe that people in Iraq…
WO: Oh, there’s many more people been killed each year we’ve been there than were being killed during Saddam’s period.
HH: How many people were being killed under Saddam, General?
WO: I don’t know, but it was not a very high number we’re discovering.
HH: General, the mass graves? Those are not signifiers?
WO: Well, look. You know, I haven’t counted the people in the mass graves, but I think that that would be a very instructive figure to get some hard data on and compare them. I’d like to see it. I don’t think that Saddam…he had enough intimidation so that he didn’t have to kill on the rate that we’re killing.
HH: And so…
WO: …or that they’re killing each other.
IT’S A GREAT INTERVIEW AND SPEW OF COURSE HOLDS OFF HIS SMEARS OF “DEFEATIST” AND “SURRENDER”. ANOTHER WINGNUT IS LEFT DEFLATED AND BANKRUPT.
Both sides abuse others’ lives.
Liberals: We need to bring the boys home, that is the best way to serve them.
Conservatives: We need tol send more boys to defend the ones already there.
Gourmets: The best way to serve Man si after slow cooking.
The current Army is a hired, professional force. While we all need to show respect for their service, they are hired to just what they are doing .. for better or worse. Their lives, precious to us all, are not any more precious than the lives being lost because of the Trillion Dollars spent in Iraq instead of here nor, from y perspective, than the lives of Iraquis likley to bge lost when we leave behind thye mess we made.
Liberals seem uncaing about out resposnibilities to clean up the mess WE, that is we Americans made,
Conservatives seem to thknk that sacrificing more lives on th alter of Mars will resolve our screwed up role in OIraq.
Haven’t we been here before? Some were willing to kill 100s of thousands of Americans in the service of freeing the slaves, and we did kill 100s of thousands of blue, gray, and black soldiers.
Where is Mahatma Gandhi these days?
Liberals seem uncaing about out resposnibilities to clean up the mess WE, that is we Americans made,
BULLSHIT. PEOPLE WITH A GRAIN OF INTELLIGENCE KNOW WE CAN’T DO MUCH ABOUT THE SITUATION THERE. IF WE STAY THERE LONGER, WE BURN UP MORE RESOURCES, SNUFF OUT MORE LIVES, CREATE MORE ENEMIES.
LET THE IRAQIS SORT OUT THEIR AFFAIRS FOR THEMSELVES. THEN WE CAN BETTER HELP THEM.
YOUR READING OF THE CIVIL WAR IS BULLSHIT AGAIN. LINCOLN’S OBSESSION WAS WITH PRESERVING THE UNION. HE WAS AGAINST SLAVERY BUT IT WAS NOT HIS PRIORITY.
Right Stuff says:
Clinton urges start of Iraq pullout in 90 days
Cut and run democrat party
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You are absolutely right stuff…
Why don’t you sacrifice your kids in Iraq right stuff. You can send them off to Iraq, and then watch Bush make mistake, after mistake, after mistake, after mistake, lie his ass off at every turn, while his buddies get rich, and spend every night wondering when you will get the phone call…..
Right Stuff, does the fact that Bush, and Cheney knowingly lied about the threat Saddam posed to our country, and his ties with Al Queda bother you at all? Even a little bit? It is ok to lie if you are a Republicon president right?
I understand your ideology right stuff. Instead of attacking the lying traitors that started this (NIGHTMARE) war, in order to “build political capitol” you attack the people that want to end it, and force the Iraqis to clean up their own mess, with our help.
You do understand that over 50% of the Iraqi people think it is ok to attack the American Troops right? How about the 80% of them that want us to leave within 1 year. Maybe you never thought of the fact that it really is “their” country….
I feel great knowing that of all the countries in the Middle East that Al Queda is operating in, we invade the only country that they are not…..
Making enemies, the only thing Bush is good at.
Got a question for right stuff.
Would you rather spend 2 trillion dollars hunting down, and bringing to justice Al Queda dudes, or spend 2 trillion dollars occupying Iraq, causing the deaths of tens / hundreds of thousands of innocent muslims, and helping Al Queda recruit?
What does your party say….. tick, toc, tick, toc….
Cut and Run!!! When do you learn to stop putting money on a scrub horse.
This chickenshit, chicken hawk RubberStampReichert has no right to even TALK about Iraq. This coward never served in combat and moreover, when sheriff, he never took any assigment that might get him from out behind his desk and into the line of fire.
The 8th deseves this cowardly traitor. They had a chance to run him out and didn’t so fuck em. The rest of us are lucky to have members who are in the Majority and who can do something to help us. As far as I am concerned, Bellevue can fade away to dust.
So what’s the answer to Reichert?
Looks like he never lost a single partner, right?
If that’s the case, he’s playing a pretty cynical game.
During Reichert’s entire career as a cop, only five King County officers died in the line of duty. Herzog’s death was the only non-accidental death of an officer in the line of duty under Reichert’s administration. (The only other death was of Deputy Mark W. Brown who died in a motorcycle accident in 1999.)
No doubt, Reichert took Herzog’s death hard. But there was more to it—the King County Sheriff’s office (i.e. Reichert) was taking some heat in Herzog’s death. His death was avoidable. Herzog was killed with his own handgun, in part, because he was allowed to carry a holster not designed for his weapon. The result was that his weapon fell out of the holster during the struggle. Later the state Department of Labor and Industries investigated the incident and fined the King County Sheriff’s Office for safety violations. The root of the problem was mismanagement and a failure to follow established procedure (Seattle Times Sep 9, 2005, B3). (Reichert appealed the Labor and Industries decision and lost.)
You are correct in making the statement that the death was avoidable, but your assertions are wrong. The holster had nothing to do with officer’s death but a small factor. The Officer could be charge for not being 6 foot 6 and the man would not have attempted to struggle with him over the weapon. The real problem was why the unarmed African-American man was not locked up in an institution until he presented no threat to society. Now Labor and Industries only showed up after the fact and blame can them be shared by all government agencies.
What the hell? What does the number of police partners Reichert lost have to do with soldiers dying in Iraq? And where is the offence in a concerned citizen pointing out that (1) soldiers are dying in Iraq and (2) as a Congressman, Reichert shares in the oversight responsibility, and consequences, for our actions in Iraq?
Darryl I do not know what you base your statements about the War in Southwest Asia or your knowledge of that subject matter? What comes across to me is that you are arrogant and base all your decisions from the emotional perspective. When fighting a War if you succeed in getting your opponent into the raging emotional state you have won the conflict. Cool Heads always prevail in large conflicts. There is a part that you also missed, and that is have to maintain some solidarity in order not to give your opponents the will to continual the fight. Your Democrat friends are the ones that are breaking that solidarity and questioning the purpose of this War. They voted for the War except for one person, now they have change of heart (Emotions), and they have not present a plan to win this conflict. The enemy see’s the Democrats as defectors and siding with them (al Qaeda) on this conflict with out a plan on winning this War. The Troops in the War zone see them (Democrats) as Traitors because they abandoning the plan in the middle of the conflict. The Bone I have to pick with you is that you don’t understand that soldiers and police officers know there is a chance you will die protecting people from dangerous people, groups, or Nations. Your kind put a price tag on those lives that nobody would be willing to pay. Yes there is a price to pay for our Freedoms and safety but you are not willing to pay for it at any cost. Now we see your kind as a bunch of defeatist and not willing to make any sacrifices to better this world. Your Kind prefers we follow the model of the Greek City State Melos 416 BC. Then allowing your troops to be slaughtered without a fight and send your women and children into slavery. The real truth is that you all hate those who think and act differently than yourself and that could deny you a chance to gain political power. Your anger and hate of this President is greater than you fear of the terrorist that is trying to destroy this Nation. Yes Darryl you lack vision, principles, fortitude, and the ability to lead others threw a conflict. You lack a viable plan to win. You appear to those who are fighting this war as a COWARD. No Darryl I did not see your name on the drill field in a proper uniform, with your bags pack, and ready to deploy anywhere in the world to help those in dire need. You like to debate until the cows come home, but you will embolden our enemies. For us soldiers you are blight on the horizon and no means to deal with your kind.
It is a very appropriate response. If you little cowards had ever served your country you’d know. Instead you sit on your asses on the internet, a technology developed by the military FYI, and write your ascerbic little rants.
You fucks don’t give one shit about the soldiers dying in Iraq except as it fits your political agenda.
So please stop this litte charade about “supporting the troops” while undermining them back at a home.
Reichart is 100 times the man you will ever be. Chickenshits like yourself that never served have no right to even occupy the same planet as this great American hero. You have no right to even talk about someone such as him that actually SERVED his country unlikle dippy hippy dopers such as yourself. Traitor fuck.
PBJ LOSER TURD: JOIN US IN BRINGING THE SOLDIERS HOME, OUT OF HARMS WAY OR AT LEAST REDEPLOYING THEM SOME PLACE WHERE THE OUTCOME COULD BE POSITIVE.
YEAH – JOIN US. LIKE THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN. YOU LOSING FREAK.
PBJ@19 Your cognition deficits are showing. Carefully delineate how service in the Air Force Reserve, with no active duty service compares with service in combat, in harms way, as the case with many of the liberal posters here.
You truly are PSYCHOTIC!!
Tree Frog Farmer says:
PBJ@19 Your cognition deficits are showing. Carefully delineate how service in the Air Force Reserve, with no active duty service compares with service in combat, in harm’s way, as the case with many of the liberal posters here.
You truly are PSYCHOTIC!!
02/18/2007 at 4:39 pm
French Tree Frog Farmer you are great at slinging insults, but you miss a big point. That is everyone that wears a uniform and services his country in the Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Marines, Army, Air Force Reserve, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, Marine Reserve, Army Guard, and the Air National Guard deserves better respect than you have displayed to date. All soldiers no matter what the job is contribute to the success of the mission. Because you lack the understanding and vision of what it takes to win a war you would not understand the purpose of the non-combatants and their part to make the mission a success. Today the Guard and Reserves contribute over 45% of the man power into the battle field and many support rolls. So Mr. Frog Farmer please do not belittle my friends.
Well, PBJ, I can’t speak for RightEqualsStupid, but for myself, I spent over twenty years on active duty, serving and defending our country.
You may verify that by going to the Navy Log website and looking me up.
http://tinyurl.com/339yl3
(Was I ever really that skinny?)
Many of the other liberals here have also served, and it’s quite possible that RightEqualsStupid is one of them. He and I have our differences, but I’ve never questioned his patriotism or love of country.
So, when and where did you serve?
Idiot Klake: Hair Spray claims he lost “partners” (that’s like plural, dumb fuck) in the line of duty. Name them….
tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. Time’s up.
Moral of this story: Dave Reichert is a shameless LIAR.
Refresh my memory again Goldy, who won in the 8th, bucking a National Trend last November? You aren’t still sour because he beat Whats her name, are you? Oh yeah, did Cathy lose too?
Because you lack the understanding and vision of what it takes to win a war…
So you support Kommander Kodpiece and his tax cuts during wartime? His failure to institute price controls? His apparent unwillingness to call for total national mobilization in the face of an “existential threat”? No war bond drives? No rationing? That kind of understanding, Flakewit?
You and your ilk are shameless. You wouldn’t know how to fight a war if we drew you a diagram.
proud to be an ass says:
Idiot Klake: Hair Spray claims he lost “partners” (that’s like plural, dumb fuck) in the line of duty. Name them….
tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. Time’s up.
Moral of this story: Dave Reichert is a shameless LIAR.
02/18/2007 at 5:21 pm
Proud to be an ass isn’t really living up to his name: Moral of this story he will have to work harder at that task.
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock now you are playing a child’s game right? Peter Pan? Alice in Wonder Land?
Before you call someone a LIAR maybe you should visited some of the statements you have made on this web site.
proud to be an ass says:
Because you lack the understanding and vision of what it takes to win a war…
So you support Kommander Kodpiece and his tax cuts during wartime? His failure to institute price controls? His apparent unwillingness to call for total national mobilization in the face of an “existential threat”? No war bond drives? No rationing? That kind of understanding, Flakewit?
You and your ilk are shameless. You wouldn’t know how to fight a war if we drew you a diagram.
02/18/2007 at 6:01
You really must be on drugs, please don’t tell us what kind for we have enough crazy fools in Seattle. You see them on the streets daily with a brown bag in one hand and a cup in the other. When you can no longer stand them you send them to the Eastside to live in tent cities. Yes such kind folks you are when dealing with their problems. You live in a world of fear and will not post your name when making outrageous statements like above.
The GOP cut and ran from Afghanistan. That’s where the terrorists were.And they haven’t caught bin Laden yet … dead or alive.
You guys are just … empty.
It took Reichert 20 years to nail a killer that was so obvious his own co-workers thought he was the Green River killer.
But don’t worry, you always can have GOP bragging rights to the exploits of GOP favorite, Ted Bundy.
Right Stuff @ 2, it’s safe to guess that you’ve never met Reichert, let alone work with him. “Hairspray” is a good name; he spent 30 of his 37 years soley devoted to constant self-promotion. Nobody, NOBODY wanted to partner with him because we knew that if he couldn’t make himself look good, he’s do something to make his partner look bad.
But self-promotion was all he had the ability to do, because he was a lousy cop and a worse administrator.
UnionFireman@ Are you the A**hole who works at Fire District Six, Station 61?
harry poon says:
The GOP cut and ran from Afghanistan. That’s where the terrorists were. And they haven’t caught bin Laden yet … dead or alive.
You guys are just … empty.
Harry Harpoon the GOP did not cut and run from Afghanistan NATO is now in command there today. The terrorist are right in your back yard but the US military is finding them all over the world not just in Afghanistan. Yes we have not caught your friend bin Laden yet, but what makes you think we need to make that a high priority today. Harry when you were in the war zone how many terrorist did you see in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Israel, Afghanistan, Philippines, and Canada? Yep! Just another blow hart posting on this web site and now supporting the enemies of this Nation.
Concerned Cop says:
Right Stuff @ 2, it’s safe to guess that you’ve never met Reichert, let alone work with him. “Hairspray” is a good name; he spent 30 of his 37 years solely devoted to constant self-promotion. Nobody, NOBODY wanted to partner with him because we knew that if he couldn’t make himself look good, he’s do something to make his partner look bad.
But self-promotion was all he had the ability to do, because he was a lousy cop and a worse administrator.
Concerned Cop it would be safe to say you are afraid of being punished if what you said was not true? Then that could be the other way if it was false, right? Folks who do not ID themselves bring no validity to the statements they make on this web site. Now character assassination is what these chaps on this web loves to do on a daily bases. You are not a concerned cop but a coward by not identify yourself.
re 33: They weren’t in charge when the GOP cut and ran in Afghanistan. The only thing you guys are good at is spinning the truth and outright lying.
Everything you touch turns to shit. You have the reverse Midas touch. If you guys aren’t the death of this country, it won’t be for lack of trying.
“klake” is concerned about others not ID’ing themselves.
What a jerk.
Hey PBJ – your wife says hi!
FLAKEY KLAKE: YOU’RE A DEATH LOVER. THE HIGHER THE PILES OF CORPSES CREATED BY THE WAR PROFIT EXPEDITIONS YOU CHEERLEAD FOR, THE HAPPIER YOU ARE. IT’S LIKE VIAGRA TO YOU AND YOUR HEROES, THE BRAINDEAD SOCK-PUPPET CHIMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE OXYCONTIN-ADDLED LIAR, FLUSH LIMPBONE.
YOS LIB BRO says:
FLAKEY KLAKE: YOU’RE A DEATH LOVER. THE HIGHER THE PILES OF CORPSES CREATED BY THE WAR PROFIT EXPEDITIONS YOU CHEERLEAD FOR, THE HAPPIER YOU ARE. IT’S LIKE VIAGRA TO YOU AND YOUR HEROES, THE BRAINDEAD SOCK-PUPPET CHIMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE OXYCONTIN-ADDLED LIAR, FLUSH LIMPBONE.
Cute I wish I could write like that. It takes talent maybe drugs? One thing for sure it requires no brains to print a false statement. Now don’t Borgart that joint my friend.
FLAKEY KLAKE: I USE NO DRUGS UNLESS YOU CONSIDER A GLASS OF WINE WITH MY MEAL OR THE OCCASIONAL BEER AFTER A HARD DAY’S WORK “DRUGS”.
BUT I KNOW THE DRUG YOU’RE ON: WINGNUT BULLSHIT OR THE WINGNUT KOOL-AID. THE NEVER-ENDING STREAM OF LIES THAT YOU SWALLOW WITHOUT QUESTION AND THEN PASTE HERE.
YOU’RE A HOLLOW MAN FLAKE MAN AND A TERMINAL LOSER. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T BUY THE BULL CRAP YOU LOVE ANYMORE. IT’S ALL OVER FOR YOU FLAKEY KLAKE.
WHEN A DEMOCRAT TAKES THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2008 WE’LL CATCH OSAMA BIN LADEN. THE CHIMPANZEE YOU WORSHIP HAS LET HIM RUN LOOSE FOR 5 YEARS AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY WE DEMOCRATS LOVE THAT WHACK JOB. WE HATE WHACK JOBS – LIKE FLUSH LIMPBONE THE SEX TOURIST, LIKE DARTH CHENEY, LIKE MARK FOLEY, LIKE TED HAGGARD, LIKE THAT DOBSON CHARACTER AND LIKE THE REMAINING RUBBER STAMP IDIOTS THAT CLUNG TO THEIR JOBS ON NOV 7 2006.
BUT WE DON’T HATE YOU FLAKEY KLAKE. IT’S HARD TO HOLD BAD FEELINGS TOO LONG FOR A MENTAL PATIENT.
So Klake. Was Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld completely honest with the American People when they described the threat Saddam posed to our country, and his ties to Al Queda, in the run up to the war?
(Crickets Chirping)
It is not hard dealing with righties. You club them over the head with a question they can’t answer, and as they spin away, and try to change the subject to Chapaquitic, and welfare moms, you keep asking the same question over, and over. They have to either flat out lie, or admit our commander in chief, and his partners in crime committed treason.
Everything else (and they have committed many other high crimes and misdemeanors) pales in comparison to this crime. Lying us into a war for political gain. I almost forgot about the profits for the military industrial complex, running our country along with the oil companies, and pharma.
If you think Bush cares about “the people”, or Reichert for that matter, you will have to order another tanker of Kool-Aid.
Tree Frog @ 33.
No, I work for a City Fire department, not a district.
Concerned Cop,
Then Why did Reichert get the endorsement of the WACOPS, the SPOG, and other police organizations? Not to mention the Seattle Firefighters, the Washington State Council of Firefighters and the IAFF? It sounds to me like he made a sweep of the First responder community. I am not saying he is perfect, nor am I saying that I agree with his every vote and decision (As a republican, we are encouraged to think on our own, and not let Ted Kennedy or Hilliary Clinton think for us), but he is far better that Civil Air Patrol person ever could have been. I mean really, you dems couldn’t find someone with a little life experience?
As a republican, we are encouraged to think on our own, and not let Ted Kennedy or Hilliary Clinton think for us.
YEAH, “THINKING ON YOUR OWN” MEANS RUBBERSTAMPING EVERYTHING SHOOTER CHENEY, PAPA ROVE AND HIS SOCK-PUPPET THE SMIRKING CHIMP TELLS YOU.
he is far better that Civil Air Patrol person ever could have been
FAILURE AS A DETECTIVE, FAILURE AS A SHERRIF AND A FAILURE AS A CONGRESSMAN.
FIREBOY, STICK TO SAVING LIVES. KEEP YOUR BRAINDEAD POLITICS TO YOURSELF.
Once again, if he was so bad, then why did he win in King and Pierce County’s? Why did Law Enforcement unions support him? I could not find 1 single First Responder Union that supported what’s her name.
Oh yeah, and you call him rubberstamp, but he has broken with the Administration numerous times. Terry Schiavo, StemCell, First responder Funding, FEMA Head and numerous others.
Yos,
You call him a failure, but he won reelection as a Sheriff. You know, I have been on a response where we were unable to save the structure that was on fire. I guess all of us firefighters were failures, weren’t we? What do you base his failures on?
If Dudley DoReichert’s past performance is any indicator, then it’s even money that the exchange he describes with a peace activist never even took place.
And if being a “good Republican” means “thinking on your own” then McKenna and Maleng must be ready to toss Dudley overboard by now.
HEY REPUBLICAN FIREMAN,
REICHERT BARELY WON KING COUNTY. AND PIERCE COUNTY, EH, SO WHAT? SO REICHERT HELD ON TO A SEAT THAT’S NEVER GONE DEMOCRAT BUT IS TRENDING DEMOCRAT. DON’T WORRY IT’LL COME IN TIME. THEN AGAIN IF REICHERT’S SO GREAT WHY DIDN’T HE TAKE THE SEAT BY A LARGER MARGIN?
REICHERT’S BROKEN WITH THE WHITE HOUSE MAYBE A HANDFUL OF TIMES. BEEN DISCUSSED MANY TIMES. HE’S A GO ALONG TO GET ALONG.
FAILURE AS A DETECTIVE: ELIMINATED GARY RIDGEWAY AS A SUSPECT. HIS OTHER MISSTEPS IN THE GREEN RIVER INVESTIGATION ARE WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE LOCAL PAPERS.
FAILURE AS A SHERRIF: I FIND IT FUNNY THAT A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN LIKE YOURSELF DEFENDS A ROM SIMS APPOINTEE. PISS POOR ADMINISTRATOR. COULDN’T ASSEMBLE A BUDGET WORTH A DAMN. MISMANAGED TOUCHY PERSONEL MATTERS.
FAILURE AS POLITICAN: HAD A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR’S NOMINATION SEWN UP UNTIL HE HAD TO WALK TO A PODIUM AND GIVE A SPEECH. HE CAN’T STRING TWO THOUGHTS TOGETHER. WALKED OUT OF DEBATE AGAINST ESSER AND TEBELIUS. THE MAN CAN’T THINK ON HIS FEET. HAD ROYALLY EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN HIS DEBATE WITH BURNER. “REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE?” “INTELLIGENCE?”
IN HIS LAST SPEECH ON THE WAR RESOLUTION HE PRAISED LINCOLN FOR “STAYING THE COURSE” IN THE CIVIL WAR AND IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH PRAISED LINCOLN AGAIN FOR OPPOSING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR! IT WAS HILARIOUS!
HE WAS RE-ELECTED SHERIFF? SO WHAT? WHO PAYS ATTENTION TO SHERIFF UNLESS HE REALLY FREAKING SCREWS UP? HELL HE HAD THE HAIR AND THE BODY-BUILDING GOING AND AN “R” NEXT TO HIS NAME. R’S ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT LAW AND ORDER? THAT WAS PROBABLY ENOUGH FOR MOST PEOPLE.
IN THE MINORITY REICHERT IS A NOBODY AS THE REPUBLICANS WILL REAP WHAT THEY’VE SOWN FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. MAYBE IN 2008 HIS CONSTITUENTS WILL FINALLY WAKE UP AND RETIRE THIS EMPTY SUIT.