Monday, June 29, 2009

The Downfall of Dave Reichert

I claim to be Dave Reichert's biggest fan in Pierce County, and I may very well be. He's been my hero for 25 years or more - way before he was a politician. I've willingly worked on his last two campaigns and still have an original "Reelect Dave Reichert" t-shirt from 2004.

I am just as frustrated and bewildered as the rest of you about the Congressman's "yes" vote on the cap-and-trade bill. His explanation on his website is as follows:
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Reichert Votes for Clean Energy, Security Legislation


Washington, D.C., Jun 26 -
Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08) released the following statement today after the U.S. House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act:

“Energy independence and our national security are critical issues for America. These issues transcend politics. The future of this country is on the line and we can spare no effort when it comes to leading on these issues at a global level.

“This bill is not perfect, but it is a vital step toward energy independence. America cannot maintain global leadership without innovation and new ideas, and we cannot lead if we increasingly depend on foreign nations to heat our homes and move people and goods. The price of inaction is too great; America cannot stand on the sidelines while our competitors embrace new energy efficient technologies. It’s also important that we engage in a bipartisan discussion as we move forward – this bill has many other hoops to jump through before it becomes law and I will continue to work with my colleagues across the aisle and in the Senate to gain more tax relief for middle-income families.

“Teddy Roosevelt was the true example of a Republican engaged in conserving resources for our children and grandchildren, but he also had the foresight to seek a brighter future for them. Republicans must be at the table as we look for solutions in energy independence and preserving our environment, while also looking at the bigger picture and working with all of our colleagues for a stronger nation.”

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Read into it what you will, and I'm in NO WAY condoning Reichert's vote. But when I saw the vile, hateful, insulting things my fellow R's were posting on the "Tacoma Glenn Beck Meetup" network, as well as an email string by a small group of Pierce County Republicans, attacking Dave's very character, I had to draw the line.

"I will do whatever I can do to defeat this Moron. This weak kneed, Lilly livered, wanked up, never come down again, miserable excuse for a politician, scumbag Reichert. I would rather vote for Darcy Burner. At least then we will know what we are getting." - former district leader of PCRP

Take a look at the posting of a member of the Glenn Beck Meetup:

"Reichert is still there because we allow him to be. He is a RINO in a liberal district. At the very least, R’s should shun him even if voters won’t (though I don’t know if he’ll be able to survive this vote). That means no speaking or event invites, no place of honor or recognition...unless it is to offer him a public pink slip. He is tainting the R brand…a “rat head in a coke bottle” as Grover Norquist would say."

Did Congressman Reichert make a huge mistake? Absolutely.

Should the PCRP Central Committee discuss punishment, i.e. not endorsing Reichert next year? Yes. But first we must find a viable Republican to take his place.

Dave Reichert probably ended his own political career by voting for the cap-and-trade bill. He knows that by now. His campaign simply CAN NOT survive without Pierce County's support.

But that doesn't mean we need to treat him with disrespect, calling him names and acting like he's been a POS all along. I guarantee the people who have suddenly come to hate Dave Reichert would have been fighting to get next to him a month ago.

As Republicans, we are supposed to be the "moral" group. Why act like the libs and fling insults at our own? It's not like Dave got caught in an affair or some other scandal. He eff'd up, yes. It's probably reason enough to fire him, but it certainly isn't a reason to "shun" him. There's a difference.

We can punish the Congressman, but we don't have to humiliate him personally in the process. Please think about that.

God Bless America, and ALL Americans.

Wendy








Thursday, June 4, 2009

Heat + Full Moon = Rotten Package

Today is Thursday. It's after 9:00 and it's 77 degrees outside. It was 90 today and yesterday out here in Graham. The full moon is this Sunday.

Put the heat and the full moon together and you get one rotten package. I'll take Halloween any day in exchange for the weirdos that come out on hot evenings and full moons.

Call me superstitious if you wish (I am, to a point); I know all about it because I've been tracking the full moon phenomena for years. You see, I'm Cancer the Crab, a moon child.

This past week has been nothing short of a nightmare for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department. So far, some of the crap they've had to deal with includes two murders, the discovery of a missing little girl's body, and an armed robbery/execution of an innocent citizen in three days.

Tonight, a hot wind is blowing at a pretty good clip and the north sky is dark but the rain has not yet fallen. I've been listening to my scanner for a couple hours and so far have heard reports of three suspected DUI's, two domestic disturbances, suicide threats, one woman being arrested at "my" Arco (224th & Meridian), a report of a tree falling on a moving, occupied car, and more wrecks, road rage and fist fights than I can count.

I've had a weird day myself. My cats are running amok, my dog is afraid of the wind and I endured a virtual rain of mini-pine cones and other pollinated things pelting me like BB's. My neighbor's dog escaped and I had to run after her in 90 degree heat. There's a juvenile squirrel that has learned how to raid my bird feeder, a crow that thinks my dog's pool is it's kitchen sink, and a neighborhood cat that uses my hasta garden as a litter box. Nevertheless, my problems are pretty trite compared to the people that put their lives on the line for us every single day.

I commend Sheriff Pastor and his most awesome deputies and dispatchers for their ability to work together and get the job done - which is to protect us. Knowing what I do about the staffing of the PCSD, their performance is just short of miraculous. I guess that's why they are regularly featured on "Cops". And don't underestimate my rhetoric about the full moon and the heat... the theory has been proven... and the combination is sure to cause any unstable person to twist off... okay, and some of us "stable" people as well (sorry Matt).

My suggestion is that everyone lay low as close to their home as possible until Tuesday.

Take good care, and please, drive defensively!

Breezie

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

PCO's - All Talk, No Action - a BIG mistake

Dear Fellow Precinct Committee Officers of the PCRP:

I take my duties as an elected PCO very seriously. Things have happened really fast for me during the past four years. I went from the typical lethargic lemming excuse, "I can't do anything about it anyway" and didn't register to vote until I was over 40 - only because of the Dino Rossi double-screw job. Within a year of joining the PCRP, my predecessor and mentor Eddie Hamilton, passed the Precinct 026 torch to me. I worked hard on the campaigns of 2006, my first political experience. I was totally hooked. I found my new "home".

I am proud to be an American, and a Republican. I love my precinct. I love my hometown of Graham. My mission - OBLIGATION - as an elected PCO is to recruit as many conservatives as possible. I am continuously on the "elephant hunt". I am well known - fondly actually - in "Downtown" Graham: Safeway, Walgreens, and Caroll's Corner as the local(loco?)Radical Republican (aka Right Wing Extremist). I am NOT AFRAID to show my disdain for Bobo the Puppet Liar. People come up to me all the time and want to talk about how Obama and his Puppet Masters are destroying our country day by day.

The PCO's are the important ones in the grand scheme of things. We ARE the PCRP - the "congress" if you will. Pierce County is ripe for the pickin'. Yet it's the same small core of people that actually attend district PCO meetings. For that matter, we can't seem to even fill up a Central Committee meeting.

I am irritated that several PCO's in the 2nd District have never attended a meeting or bothered to meet any of us. We have no idea who they are. I still have a "newly elected" PCO's basic binder that has been riding around in my car for seven months. I contacted the person via email that they needed to pick it up from me at the next meeting. Then the person asked me to mail it to them, of which I declined. It was not my responsibility to spend my own money to mail the binder to them. The person has never asked me about it again, and they have yet to attend a meeting as far as I know.

I wish the PCO's that can't commit to helping promote the Republican Party as they were ELECTED or APPOINTED to do, would resign and pass the torch to somebody in their neighborhood that can do the job.

Yes, we are volunteers; no, we don't get paid; and yes, we spend our own time and money, often without reward or recognition. But to me, seeing my name on the ballot last August, and receiving my certificate of election made me realize the importance of being a PCO. We took an oath to be the leaders in our own neighborhoods. We are an essential part of the political process.

So many times at various meetings I've heard "let's do this" or "let's do that". But nothing ever comes of it. At the least, nobody tells me if it does. (And if I ever find out that I was deliberately left out of ANYTHING, as a PCO, I will SCREAM LIKE A SMASHED CAT.)

So, here's a plea to the absentee PCO's: Please get involved, or give up your seat.

God Bless America - and ALL Americans!

Wendy