From Marc Knauss:It is with a sad heart that I must regretfully endorse Patty Murray for US Senate. I have become familiar with specific criteria during the Senate primary that have led me to conclude that I must support the Front Runner in her re-election bid:
1. Name Recognition – Not only does Patty Murray have state-wide recognition but President Obama came to Seattle to stump for her. She also is the Senate Majority Conference Secretary, making her the fourth highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate. Murray was the chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2001 to 2003, and she is now a senior member of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations and the chairwoman of its Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
2. Ability to Raise Money- Patty Murray is out-raising Rossi by nearly 2-1. Without the funds needed to run a Senate race, Dino cannot possibly compete. Fund Raising also speaks volumes about grassroots support. Where is Rossi’s grassroots support if he can’t even approach Murray in fund raising? Alas, I feel that, though I may agree with him on some of the issues, without grassroots support and money, Rossi won’t be able to gain the traction needed for a successful Senate race.
3. Experience – Patty Murray has an 18-year track record as a US Senator while Dino Rossi has absolutely zero experience as a US Senator.
4. Moderate and Independent Voters – Patty Murray is able to take advantage of a Liberal school system to snag the young voters. She has dedicated much of her political capital to buy Veteran’s votes and she concentrates heavily on women and union votes. Murray has brought home millions of dollars in Federal Spending in order to increase her influence, along with her push for green jobs and cap-and-trade legislation.
We as Washingtonians must strive for UNITY above all else, issues and policy mean much less than supporting the Front Runner and getting behind the one we all know is going to win. To all the Rossi supporters out there, I suggest you learn the same lessons that I learned at the Washington State Republican Convention and from the US Senate Primaries… Follow the King County Majority or get out of the way (nobody wants to hear the minority/dissenting viewpoint from the rest of the state). ;-)
Is this a spoof or an actual posting?
A little too true
Excellent story send it to ms. Morris and senator McConnell.
At this point I have to assume Rossi Still doesn’t want to
win and has made a deal to purposely lose. All he has to
do to unite the base is agree to the platform issues that
Didier and the grassroots courageously stand for. Bingo
we’re united and he has a chance to win. Many of the
base’s oldest supporters are drawing the line and
they’re not going to step over it. It’s all up to Dino.
I see Didier signs everywhere still. Come on Dino, wake up!
and unite the clans,we want our freedom. Do it before it’s
too late.
With postings and attitudes like that, what do we need an election for? Just annoint Murray as the winner.
No wonder the Didier supporters are frustrated. Does Marc Knauss represent the thoughts of a lot of Republicans in King County or just a few?
Hi Joshua, this is a satirical poke at King County Republicans who have a “win at all costs” attitude about politics. The KCGOP’s flaming devotion to moderation is intolerable and more harmful to Republican Party Unity that any Tea Party activists or Didier’s lack of endorsement of Rossi.
Indeed there is much frustration from Patriots who were hoping to see a shift toward Liberty this election cycle. Instead we were forced to accept more of the same from the Republican establishment. Issues and policies were ignored and excuses like the ones mentioned above became the mantra from the Establishment.
I must now use the same logic that was for Rossi in my endorsement for Murray… too bad…
Frankly, there is no way Rossi will be able to catch up in one term of 6 years, to the millions Murray is already bringing in to Washington State for retired military owned corporations!
Even with his likelihood of bringing home the bacon, the drop from what Murray brings to us, in, ‘oh so important to defense’, government spending, to the enrichment and prosperity of quite a few Washingtonians, would devastate more than a few corporations.
Frankly, retirement owned corporations, even if they are retired military with good decent connections and fair to exceptional pensions, would not be able to take the hit in the pocket book given this era of devalued federal reserve notes. Dozens of jobs could be lost. We do not need more of that.
Imagine, dozens of bank accounts once filled with millions for the banks to lend out, would be depleted in no time without these business and economy stimulating injections, even if only a few corporations. Every little bit counts, even if only a few million, which is a drop in the bucket really.
Remember, these corporations need their annual injection of stimulus the same as you need your monthly paycheck. It takes years of political skill to cultivate the necessary contacts required to keep these same corporations funded year in and year out, on the same developmental prototype projects!
Defense, is just one category of many many corporations who annually receive millions for the many nuances and trinkets the military needs to be safe, keep us safe, feed everyone, and function in a decent, civilized, and middle to upper class manner for the show and respect of all the 150 nations and 760 or more bases around the world!
Rossi, quite frankly, no matter how hard he intends to try, cannot play catch up that fast. We need the money now!
Didier… well that is another nightmare off our backs! To think someone might step into the Senate with the gall to muck up the whole neat system.
Time to get out the check books again folks! Remember, no giving, no receiving!
JSBach, I’m not exactly sure if your comments are an attempt at satire or if you really believe what you are saying. I’m going to go on the assumption that you really believe what you are saying.
Basic Economics teaches us that government intrusion in the market (ie. pork and government stimulus spending) is nothing but a sugar boost to prop up an unsustainable market (see low interest rates = Housing Bubble). You say that if corporations didn’t get their government money it would be like if we didn’t get our paycheck at the end of the month, last I checked companies in a capitalist system EARNED their profits; whereas companies in a Fascist system compete for government favors and government money.
I hope you can understand the benefits of capitalism and the dangers of fascism. For 18 years Murray has been pumping money into the military industrial complex, encouraging wars abroad, and destroying capitalism. Keynesian Economics is a failed system, that relies on even more government manipulation to keep it up.
Dear ‘wsps’… [Would love to hear that pronounced]
You say, “I’m going to go on the assumption that you really believe what you are saying.”
I always believe what I am saying!
You also said, “For 18 years Murray has been pumping money into the military industrial complex, encouraging wars abroad, and destroying capitalism.”
Really, I apologize, but this begs a question:
Was Murray a Republican or Democrat? … I am really not quite sure. Frankly I cannot remember.
No doubt it is just like my missing keys… I know if I find them I will still know what to do with them.
WSPS = We Surround Puget Sound
Are you insinuating that only Republicans go to war or conflicts overseas? I hope you have a better recollection of history than just G.W. Bush. Just looking back over the 1900′s til today:
Woodrow Wilson (D) – WWI
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) – WWII
Harry S. Truman (D) – Korean War
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) – Vietnam War
John F. Kennedy (D) – Bay of Pigs Invasion
Ronald Reagan (R) – Grenada and Panama
George H.W. Bush (R) – Persian Gulf War
Bill Clinton (D) – Bosnia and Herzegovina
George W. Bush (R) – Afghanistan and Iraq
Barack Obama (D) – Afghanistan Surge and ??
Wars make good money for those oh-so-dear corporations that you give credit to Senator Murray for “bringing home the bacon”, regardless if your a Democrat or a Republican. In the next 6 years, no doubt America will be looking at going to war with Iran, I imagine Murray and Obama would vote for a war with Iran just as much as George W. Bush and Rossi would.
Another 6 years with Patty Cakes are you kidding me!!! Do I like voting for Rossi not entirely,however we need to unite and retire the grandma in tennis shoes or face no hope of moving forward to change this mess. The good news is when Can’t do well’s seat is up for grabs. I have noticed that several rs including more conservative ones are making thier way onto the local and state races so some progress is starting to be made. Even a monkey and an organ grinder is an improvement on Patty Cakes!!