There are lies, damned lies and Jaime Herrera (Beutler)

We are cursed with a weak-kneed cowardess representing us in congress, one Jaime Herrera.

She has, on occasion, shown herself to be fully capable of lying. She lied about the impacts of her 2010 co-sponsored SEIU bill that would have required day care workers to be unionized and daycare owners to pay their dues; she lied about helping the democrats to empty out the state's emergency fund, and she lied about being off the floor of the legislature so she could campaign and attend fundraisers, like in Washington, D.C. as a part of her congressional campaign in the midst midst of legislative session last year.

So when she whines and snivels about the many efforts to hold our empty-suited cardboard cut out of a congressperson accountable... well, lies are aplenty.

It takes a complete, tin-eared moron not to realize that failing to hold open town hall meetings are a part of the job... but failing to hold such meetings while simultaneously soliciting bribes in the form of $2500 a pop campaign donations with The Speaker?

That takes a level of idiocy that really is hard to describe.

So, what does she do?

Instead of manning up, admitting she made a mistake in judgement and promising that it wouldn't happen again, the Potomac Princess has one of her staff write a letter to the editor,. no doubt at the behest of her keeper, the interfering Cathy McMorris Rogers... who lives in and represents the other side of the state.

Because McMorris, more often then not, HAS to be shaking her head at the rampant stupidity of the Frankensteinian Monster she created out of whole cloth.

What's the letter say? What does it matter? It's just more Bart Simpson BS.

What the Camas Manikin doesn't get is there is precisely zero excuse for failing to face her constituents... or even people who live outside the district, since her empty-headed votes also impact them.

But she lacks the guts... the commitment... the nerve to do that.

No, she wants her lackeys to carefully screen the great unwashed so she doesn't get her skirts stained with the "filth of the masses."

Once again, our simple idiot has proven that she'd be everything I knew she'd be... and less.

Hopefully, one day she'll grow up and, frankly, grow a pair. Because right now, she comes across as the spoiled rotten punk she's always been.

Cross-posted at Clark County Politics.

Sometimes, I can even agree with Keith Olbermann: Jaime Herrera, one of the worst people in the world.

Regular readers now know of my outrage at the cardboard cutout of a congresswoman's cowardly efforts to hide her meeting with constituents in Centralia, an effort that, via Politico, caught the eye of Keith Olbermann, uber-fringe leftist hate monger.

Citing that Politico story, Olbermann blasted Ridgefield Barbie thusly:

Our runner-up? Tea party freshman Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler of the state of Washington. She conducted a town hall in Centralia, Washington on Monday, and tried to keep it a secret from her constituents.

Her communications director admits he called the local newspaper last week to ask them to not publish a notice about the Congresswoman’s town hall in her own district. He said Herrera Butler’s event was invitation only. This was so true that one couple called the congresswoman’s office and was told no town hall was scheduled.

In May, Herrera Beutler held a true town hall and got fricasseed by the voters angry over the Republican budget that would have crippled Medicare. Communications Director Casey Bowman said that the decision to keep a Congresswoman’s public appearance private was to prevent people from coming in and saying “whatever’s on their minds.” He added, “When word gets in the paper, you get a certain set of people.”

Yes! They’re called citizens! It’s one thing to be tone-deaf during your one term, Congresswoman. It’s another to be intentionally deaf to the voters by sticking your fingers in your ears.

This is proof that both the right.... and even the far-fringe, out of this solar system left can occasionally agree. When their congresswoman is acting like a cowardly moron, it's not hard to have a meeting of the minds.

When your congresswoman is a cowardly total moron.

We're cursed with an empty-suited idiot as our representative in congress.

She's a coward, refusing to meet with the great, unwashed masses. Her efforts to control access to her are inexcusable... and inexplicable.

The article in the local democratian, which includes quotes from hypocritical former cowardman Brian Baird (who talks like he hadn't become a coward and didn't compare those opposed to Obamacare as Brown Shirts and so forth) lays it all out.

It shows an absolutely gutless performance and dictatorial effort to keep people wise enough to disagree with Ridgefield Barbie out of her face.

Her communications director/campaign manager is a complete fool who should be fired as soon as possible. His portrayal of his boss as a cowardly moron is not the thing that POSITIVE legends are made of.

In any event, this is yet another chapter in the increasingly thick book of Ridgefield Barbie, who continues to show every day in every way that she's unfit for any elective office, let alone one like Congress.

Instead of seeking out the voice of the people she does everything she can to mute that voice... and that idiot running her communications seems proud of that:

On Friday The Chronicle in Centralia received a phone call from Herrera Beutler staffer and Communications Director Casey Bowman informing the newspaper of the meeting. Bowman asked that a meeting announcement not be placed in the paper. However, he did invite the paper to cover the event.

The Chronicle refused his request and published an announcement in Saturday’s paper.

The reason for not publishing an advance notice of the meeting was the fear that people from outside the immediate area could come and “just yell” at the congresswoman “whatever’s on their minds,” Bowman said Friday.

“When word gets in the paper, you get a certain set of people,” Bowman said.

Bowman, who also handled her anointment to the congressional seat ordained by her former boss, Cathy McMorris Rogers, apparently has confused constituents with "a certain set of people."

Do you think if I, for example, were a congressman that I wouldn't be holding regular town halls, open to all, in large venues to get the opinions (which I might not agree with but would at least hear) of those I work for?

Wouldn't you?

And then to try and coerce the newspaper into covering the event while keeping it silent?

Clearly, not every newspaper is a leftist rag like the democratian, which has repeatedly done that very thing.

Also of note was Bowman's questionable account of how people were, in fact, notified of this "coffee:" 5600 people were notified by phone of the meeting.

And 24 showed up.

No.... not 2400.... but 24.

And how pathetic was that?

Both Herrera AND Bowman should be fired immediately.

Because, particularly for Herrera, this is a stellar example of the old saw: If you can't stand the heat... then get the hell out of the kitchen.

Cross posted on Clark County Politics.

When your congresswoman is a cowardly total moron.

We're cursed with an empty-suited idiot as our representative in congress.

She's a coward, refusing to meet with the great, unwashed masses. Her efforts to control access to her are inexcusable... and inexplicable.

The article in the local democratian, which includes quotes from hypocritical former cowardman Brian Baird (who talks like he hadn't become a coward and didn't compare those opposed to Obamacare as Brown Shirts and so forth) lays it all out.

It shows an absolutely gutless performance and dictatorial effort to keep people wise enough to disagree with Ridgefield Barbie out of her face.

Her communications director/campaign manager is a complete fool who should be fired as soon as possible. His portrayal of his boss as a cowardly moron is not the thing that POSITIVE legends are made of.

In any event, this is yet another chapter in the increasingly thick book of Ridgefield Barbie, who continues to show every day in every way that she's unfit for any elective office, let alone one like Congress.

Instead of seeking out the voice of the people she does everything she can to mute that voice... and that idiot running her communications seems proud of that:

On Friday The Chronicle in Centralia received a phone call from Herrera Beutler staffer and Communications Director Casey Bowman informing the newspaper of the meeting. Bowman asked that a meeting announcement not be placed in the paper. However, he did invite the paper to cover the event.

The Chronicle refused his request and published an announcement in Saturday’s paper.

The reason for not publishing an advance notice of the meeting was the fear that people from outside the immediate area could come and “just yell” at the congresswoman “whatever’s on their minds,” Bowman said Friday.

“When word gets in the paper, you get a certain set of people,” Bowman said.

Bowman, who also handled her anointment to the congressional seat ordained by her former boss, Cathy McMorris Rogers, apparently has confused constituents with "a certain set of people."

Do you think if I, for example, were a congressman that I wouldn't be holding regular town halls, open to all, in large venues to get the opinions (which I might not agree with but would at least hear) of those I work for?

Wouldn't you?

And then to try and coerce the newspaper into covering the event while keepin3 it silent?

Clearly, not every newspaper is a leftist rag like the democratian, which has repeatedly done that very thing.

Also of note was Bowman's questionable account of how people were, in fact, notified of this "coffee:" 5600 people were notified by phone of the meeting.

And 24 showed up.

No.... not 2400.... but 24.

And how pathetic was that?

Both Herrera AND Bowman should be fired immediately.

Because, particularly for Herrera, this is a stellar example of the old saw: If you can't stand the heat... then get the hell out of the kitchen.

Cross posted on Clark County Politics.

Is it any wonder Tim "The Liar" Leavitt could knock Ridgefield Barbie's political teeth out and get away with it?

It is to our great misfortune that our representative in Congress is a coward.

And believe me, I write that with ALL due respect... which is none.

Notice how Barbie has disappeared on the loot rail issue?

She wrote a meaningless letter that detailed no course of action to try and show the voters of Clark County that she REALLY REALLY cares about making sure some of us get a vote on loot rail (Not all of us, you understand, because, well, we all already know the outcome of such a vote... and she can't actually have that vote LOSE.... can she?) and, as a result, that little worm who is the mayor of Vancouver, the weasel more popularly known as Tim "The Liar" Leavitt proceeded to politically knock her into next week.

She should have both responded... and acted... in kind, to teach that punk some manners.

But, she didn't. And I, of course, knew our little congressional coward would keep her undies clean by staying out of the mud.

Leavitt busted her directly in her political mouth... and the Camas Manikin.... did nothing.

We all already know all this, but it provides a nice backdrop for this tidbit, Barbies furtherance of the "Women as Victim" nonsense that she's so wrapped around.

I, personally, never factor gender into my decision to politically support or oppose someone.

I despise Ridgefield Barbie because she is dishonest, self-serving, spoiled rotten, and gutless. Her plumbing has nothing to do with any of those factors... she is what she is, and I loath her for it, as all voters should.

So.... what's she doing now?

Don’t Give Cover to the Women-as-Victim Crowd

October 12, 2011 2:02 P.M.

By Carrie L. Lukas

The Left can be expected to trot out tired tropes about the how U.S. society works, whether it’s that the rich don’t pay their fair share in taxes or that our public schools are crumbling from a lack of funds. That’s what they do. It’s frustrating, however, when those conservatives fall for these platitudes, giving them an aura of mainstream truth and paving the way for government action based on false premises.

Reps. Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R., Wa.) seem to have fallen into that trap as they co-host a luncheon tomorrow with the Women’s Policy, Inc. to discuss the topic, “The Gender Wage Gap: What Is the Impact on Women and their Families?” They’ll be welcoming a panel that includes the director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the Department of Labor, the former chair of the EEOC, the president of the Michigan League of Human Service, and a director from the liberal American Association of University Women.

When asked about their participation, Rep. Herrera Beutler’s office responded that “the Congresswoman does not definitively know why a wage gap exists between men and women. Any combination of causes could be the reason for the gap, and that is why she is co-sponsoring a series of discussions on the topic. She is not supporting legislation to increase government activism on this issue, and hopes to facilitate full and open conversations between people of differing viewpoints.”

Yet this particular panel is hardly a cast likely to challenge the presumption that the “wage gap” is caused by discrimination. And that’s a premise that needs to be challenged. While Rep. Herrera Beutler is right that uncertainty remains about the exact causes of the wage gap, we do know that the Left’s chant that “women earn 75 cents for every man’s dollar” is grossly misleading.

Yes, the median wage of a full-time working woman is about three-quarters of that of a full-time working man. But that statistic doesn’t account for variables such as occupation, hours worked, years of experience, specialty, or education, to name a few factors that we know influence earnings. And we also know that when such factors are taken into account, the wage gap shrinks, and in some cases, even disappears.

An honest discussion of the causes of the wage gap would be welcome. Some have suggested that women are more hesitant than men to negotiate starting salaries and raises, which could be a lasting drag on women’s earnings. That’s good information for women to have. It’s something women can keep in mind when considering our next career change. We can teach our daughters to be more proactive in discussing money.

Yet this panel’s title suggests that it won’t focus on what factors drive the wage gap, but on the outcome (most likely the grievous harm) of this well-established, sexist phenomenon. Those outcomes are then used by big government advocates to call for government intervention that’s wasteful at best, and economically counter-productive at worst.

Our Department of Education pushes aside evidence that boys (particularly boys from minority and lower-income communities) are failing academically while doubling down on girl-power programs designed to boost female achievement in math, science, and engineering, disciplines that skew male.

Legislation has been advanced to give the Department of Labor more power to micromanage how businesses compensate employees. For now, they claim to just want to assess how employers make decisions and offer government “guidelines” for what constitutes fair pay. Yet how easy it will be for those guidelines to transform into law.

Facilitating another feminist pow-wow to lament the patriarchy’s oppression of the weaker sex also sends the wrong message to young women. Walking around with a chip on your shoulder and expectations that the world will mistreat you is hardly the most promising path to success.

The Republican representatives sanctioning this discussion may sincerely oppose the big-government solutions that are advanced in the name of eradicating the wage gap, and simply want a robust discussion about what determines men and women’s earnings. They are unlikely to accomplish that tomorrow, and instead are helping lend legitimacy to those who see the world as overwhelmingly sexist and government as women’s only protection from it.

— Carrie Lukas is the managing director of the Independent Women’s Forum.

Cross posted at Clark County Politics.

If a fringe left whack job like democrat Gov. Jerry Brown can get it... why couldn't Ridgefield Barbie (Jaime Herrera)?

One of the many reaons to oppose Jaime Herrera's election to anything was her abysmal performance while in the Legislature: She co-sponsored and supported SEIU legislation that would have required both the forced unionized of child care workers here in the state of Washington while requiring the day care owners to pay those worker's union dues.

Why would she do that? This kind of fringe-left idiocy has gone unexplained but not unoticed by those actually paying attention... which brings us to this:

California Gov. Brown Vetoes Child-Care Unionization

Wednesday, 05 Oct 2011 12:37 AM

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown, saying "no" to the organized labor groups that helped elect him, vetoed a bill on Tuesday to allow some child-care workers to unionize.

The Democratic governor said that while the bill's goal was laudable, its price tag was too high.
"Maintaining the quality and affordability of child care is a very important goal. So too is making sure that working conditions are decent and fair for those who take care of our children," Brown wrote in his veto message.

"Today California, like the nation itself, is facing huge budget challenges. Given that reality, I am reluctant to embark on a program of this magnitude and potential cost."

About half of California's estimated 80,000 child-care providers would have been affected by the legislation, which applied only to those workers within state programs subsidizing a family's child-care costs.

The ability to organize child-care workers has been a long-time goal of the state's major public employee unions -- the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Service Employees International Union, which already represents many of the state's in-home caregivers.

Similar measures were vetoed three times previously by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican.

Brown signed another budget-related measure on Tuesday allowing nonprofits to operate state parks, a strategy aimed at preventing the slated closure of some 70 parks in 2012 because of budget cuts.

© 2011 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

If someone like Jerry Brown could figure out the obvious outcome of this scam... why couldn't the Camas Manikin?

Cross posted at Clark County Politics.