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Do drugs cause crime? Or are criminals drawn to drugs?
And what really works in reducing recidivism (offenders returning to crime)? As some may know, I started a nonprofit called Better People before running for the legislature. Better People is a living-wage employment and counseling program for people who are in recovery from addiction and for... Read more...
Published 10 hours ago
The Conventions by the Numbers
You can tell a lot about a someone by what she chooses to say--and not say. Over the last two weeks, we were treated to a deluge of PR in the form of speeches from the Democrats and Republicans. These form a careful presentation of each party's priorities and focus--a snapshot of politics in... Read more...
Published 19 hours ago
Let’s Win this Thing, People
Our national nightmare week is over. Sitting through the Republican speeches has been painful, infuriating, and considering some of the bold-faced lies, completely outrageous. We cannot, however, wallow in anger right now. We’re about 60 days out, folks, we need to win this thing. We need to... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
On Sarah Palin, family values and me.
The Oregon Republican Party is jibbering about how they're going to get Sarah Palin to Oregon to raise money for them. It seems to fit right in with their current mentality, frankly. If there is a more cynical and jaded pick for the Vice Presidential nominee of the United States than what the... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Still an Ex-McCainiac
John McCain = agent of change? I used to think so. When McCain ran in 2000 I didn't just stick my toes in the water to test how comfy it was, I jumped into the deep end of the pool. In fact, my very first website - a previous version of The Independent Voter - was dedicated to rallying... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Tick tock. Erickson still won't debate Schrader.
Ten days ago, Mike Erickson was asked when he would respond to Kurt Schrader's proposal for five debates in the 5th District congressional race. From the West Linn Tidings, headlined "Erickson promises to debate Schrader â€" someday": On Aug. 13, Schrader’s campaign issued a public challenge... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Palin No Alternative to Hillary
This comment comes from Mary Botkin of Portland, an Oregon delegate for Hillary Clinton and senior political coordinator for Oregon AFSCME. She was commenting on the post Palin Speaks. What a piece of work [Republican VIce Presidential nominee Sarah Palin] is! I sent the article below to... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
McCain's Acceptance - Liveblogging
After a video hagiography lasting about ten minutes, McCain has now taken the stage. The crowd is giving him a warm ovation, but not the frantic reception they gave Sarah Palin. 7:14 - First chants of USA. 7:15 - McCain accepts the nomination in words very similar to Obama's. Second... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Gordon Smith: Palin has "right stuff"
Gordon Smith really seems to have trouble talking to voters when it isn't a canned TV ad. First was the bizarre and creepy "gay marriage is like polygamy" gaffe. And now here's Smith, telling us that Sarah Palin has "the right stuff"..? What "right stuff" does he mean? Pro-choice (like... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Day 3 - Where's Gordo? "Friends" Edition
Okay, we know that Gordo traveled a few hundred feet from his gated compound near Pendleton to what looks to have been a nearly empty coffee shop in Pendleton yesterday. The courage it took to face a friendly audience of (two?) neighbors boggles the mind... The Statesman-Journal reports that... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Gordon Smith plays Oregon media for chumps
So yesterday I'm slogging through my Google news alerts and what do I behold? Politico reporting that Gordon Smith tapped Alaska's Ted Stevens for a big, fat $10k loan to pay himself back for a $2.3 million loan he made to his 1996 campaign. As you may recall, Stevens is in a shit-ton of... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Sarah Palin as "experience" tar baby for John McCain: Don't fall for it
There is an old Akan (West African) story about how Anansi the trickster spider/ spider-man brought stories to the world, by completing three tasks given to him by the Sky God who owned all the stories. One of the tasks was to capture Moatia, a fairy whom men never see. To make a long story... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
