Now here in ohso liberal Seattle, Pramila Jayapal, a straight woman, is using the gender card to run against Brady Walkinshaw, a gay male, for Congress. Do we really need to live through the Trump campaign here too? How bizarre! Jayapal has played this game of identity politics well in [...]
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September 22nd, 2016 - 7:01 pm § in Misc.
Pramila Jayapal Too Busy Raising Money In New York to Show Up for a Debate Here!
In a way, this makes sense. Pramila Jayapal’s run isn’t really about the district. It’s about herself. She doesn’t live in the district, and she only jumped into the race once Brady pushed Jim McDermott out… [&hel[...]
August 4th, 2016 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
Brady Walkinshaw Is Jayapal’s Opponent
Walkinshaw Pulls Ahead of McDermott in Primary Election Ballots Are still being counted but the dramatic shift of nearly 1000 votes implies that late voters must have been very pro Brady. The Ave predicts he will in the number two slot against Jayapal. I endorsed Brady and am very excited abo[...]
July 28th, 2016 - 8:53 am § in Misc.
Endorsement: Brady Walkinshaw for Congress
This was not an easy choice. We have two top candidates for this position, Pramila Jayapal and Brady Walkinshaw. They are both doctrinaire, effective Seattle liberals .. as blue as the sky we sometimes see in June and as deep blue as those causes we heard so much about from the caste of Democ[...]
July 23rd, 2016 - 9:12 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Iniitiative 123: Xanadu comes to Seattle
Christopher Goodwin Initiative 123 is a plan to build a new viaduct on the site of the existing viaduct and make it into an elevated park from Pier 70 all the way to the stadiums. They are claiming that this will be exactly like New York’s Highline park. In 1980 a rail company gave the […][...]
July 21st, 2016 - 10:24 am § in Misc.
Comment by SMS: I Side with Ben Carson on Transgender Rights
The issue ought not to be what what gender is somehow given by God, by birth or even by choice. The real issue should be the how can we balance the right of privacy against our respect for differences? There are very obvious ways to solve the real problems of BOTH privacy and access to [&helli[...]
February 4th, 2016 - 12:38 am § in Misc.
Sawant’s Rent Control Balloon: The Hot Air Leaks
Sawant’s rent control plan DOA in Olympia So, after the cadres have gone home and the dark money from SEIU has receded into the ocean, Seattle’s Trotskyite Radical shows the effects of antagonizing the city’s other leaders. According to Crosscut, even the city’s own lobbyis[...]
Sawant Will Not Confirm or Deny
With Congressman Jim McDermott announcing his retirement there has been speculation that Socialist and Trotskyist (the difference between a Trotskyist and Trotskyite a pparently is Trotskyists ignore 90 percent of what Leon Trotsky actually did and said so they can imagine a competent and fluffy m[...]
January 6th, 2016 - 9:55 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: A loss for Seattle that makes me a greater fan of Reuven!
Husband, father, entrepreneur and citizen legislator: The right priorities for me. JANUARY 6, 2016 In recent days since the widely respected Jim McDermott announced his retirement I have reflected deeply on the prospect of running for Congress. It is with a profound sense of calm and personal re[...]
Bernie Sanders Pops Up in Seattle To Support his Candidate, Ignores Rest of the Democratic Ticket
Senate Update: Clinton Is Surging, But Down-Ballot Democrats Are Losing Ground Neither Hillary nor Sanders seem to be doing much for local candidates. Worse, Sanders is campaigning against local Democrats in Seattle. Here in Seattle and WASTATE, Sanders is campaigning against Brady Walkinshaw, a[...]