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Ask John Koster to Run for Congress

Rick Larsen is the elected Representative for Washington's Second Congressional District. He's been there for several terms, and some of us think this is the year to unseat the guy who supports continued funding for corrupt organizations like ACORN, ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ACORN

Health "Reform" Open Thread

1. I like how you put reform in parentheses. I am not sure what reform is actually needed except to minimize government involvement and maybe tort reform to reduce the ability of ambulance chasing wordsmith lawyers from bring flakey lawsuits which ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  9 Nov 2009

Compare and Contrast

David Brooks: I think it is a suicide pact for the Republican Party, essentially taking a moderate Republican, dead-center in American politics, and saying, sorry, you are too liberal. That's crazy. George Will: Newt [Gingrich] was just tone deaf as ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  David Brooks,  George Will,  U.S. Democratic Party

Geithner and Wrongthink

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was on Meet the Press with David Gregory today, and Gregory asked him, regarding the health insurance bills, "there is going to be a heavy burden on the middle-class through health care by taxes going up, by premiums ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Gregory,  Timothy F. Geithner

Obama's Uniformity of Interests

Obama said in his inaugural address that "we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." People cheered. I like conflict and discord. Not incivility, but argument and debate, expressions of disagreement, which often become ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Nancy Pelosi,  Warren Buffett,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress

Boeing Gone; Who's to Blame?

It's extremely disappointing that Boeing has chosen South Carolina over Washington, but not surprising at all. Boeing has been very critical of our state's difficult regulatory atmosphere. At the end of the day, it has to be able to compete ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boeing,  Airbus,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

Law & Order & Abortion & Obama

I was watching "Law & Order" last week, an episode about an abortion doctor being murdered by a protestor. The twist was that the protestor was trying to prevent the abortion of a specific child, who was in his third-trimester, who had no terminal ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Hate Crimes Law Sucks

The Congress passed a law that, when signed by President Obama, will make ia a federal crime to assault someone because of their sexual orientation or "gender identity." The "Human Rights" Campaign said, "We now can begin the important steps to erasing ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

Obama Hates Dissent

Back before Obama even started publicly running for the presidency, I remember a speech he gave in which he said all Americans should put aside their disagreements and come together. I liked what he had to say, but I couldn't shake the feeling that by " ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  George W. Bush,  Fox News Channel

Gregoire Unapologetically Flips Off the Public

In Washington State we have a public records law that assumes that, unless there's a really good reason not to, the people have a right to documents created and owned by the government, because those things belong to the public, and they have a right ...

From PUDGE, Sound Politics,  14 Oct 2009

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