What Jaime Herrera will NEVER know.

Thanks as always to Lew Waters.

So, a women's group endorses a woman. So what?

Oh, the hullabaloo about the Susan B. Anthony list "endorsing" a woman when women are ALL they endorse.

The Susan B. Anthony List was founded by a diverse group of women in 1992 to advance the role of pro-life women in the political process. Today the Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of over 145,000 Americans dedicated to advancing, mobilizing and representing pro-life women in the political process. Its connected Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.

There aren't any other women running in this race. So they endorse one. So what?

Herrera didn't even fill out the lifepac.org survey in 08. She's as pro-life as my cocker spaniel.

Ridgefield Barbie is far better known for her SEIU Guardianship and selling us out to the democrats when she voted and advocated for emptying out the state emergency fund then anything she ever did for the pro-life people.

So, members of the local party (Those in the Herrera Herd) are a little bit upset with me.

For the last few days, there's been a little kerfuffle going on in local party circles because someone in party leadership followed orders and distributed a remark of mine from both this blog and Clark County Politics that says the following:

"The despicable political cartoon that is Jaime Herrera will not mysteriously cease being the waste of skin she is. Concepts of honor and truth will remain as foreign to her if she wins as they are now.

For purposes of context, the body of the post in question is provided here:

Recently, I was asked: If Herrera wins the primary, are you going to let up on her?"

Not only no, but hell no.

Folks, I believe there is a place for partisan politics. But as individuals, we must find the line between blind obedience to a party line and the suspension of common sense.

Party allegiance isn't a death warrant. At the end of the day, if Ridgefield Barbie and her keepers manage to fool enough people into voting her in, either through to the general or, God forbid, into Congress, what exactly does that change?

Will she somehow magically become honorable? Will someone install a knowledge chip that will give her a clue about any of the major issues confronting us? Will she suddenly stop lying to us, exaggerating her background, her knowledge and suitability to actually be IN Congress? Will she suddenly cease her betrayal of Republican principles like she did while in the legislature, becoming a Guardian of the SEIU and while spending our money like a drunken sailor to help her leftist buddies? Can we be sure that she'll betray us again, representing Cathy McMorris Rogers, who built her from the ground up, instead of us?

Will the mentality that allowed her to leave the floor of the House for hours at a time to fund raise; which allowed her to ditch us during session for yet another McMorris trough session in DC suddenly return to the level where her FIRST duty becomes us... instead of her?

No.

The despicable political cartoon that is Jaime Herrera will not mysteriously cease being the waste of skin she is. Concepts of honor and truth will remain as foreign to her if she wins as they are now.

There are no circumstances where I will not do all I legally can to keep her from winning any election.

Period. Ever.

For those wondering, I hope I've made my position clear.

Cross posted at Clark County Politics.

The person who sent this out is a died-in-the-wool Herrera kool aid drinker, who at least partially blames this type of writing on their decision to help sell us out to this empty suit.

This person then goes on to write:

I was leaning toward David at one time, but this type of thing really soured me. I think David could put a stop to this today if he wanted to. If this isn't reason enough to support Jaime, I don't know what is. It is disgusting.

What that person failed to say is that they are now, and had been literally for months before this was written, a full-blown Herrera supporter; as they were when they sent out this sniveling email behind my back. Excusing their version of political treason as a reason to support a candidate based on what someone ELSE writes without that candidate's knowledge, approval or input goes a long way to explain why that email was sent in the first place and behind my back in the second place.

And if that's not a reason to dump the local GOP organization, I don't know what is.

Cross posted on Clark County Politics.

Here's an idea: what about a one-on-one debate? Castillo versus Herrera?

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I would actually pay money to see that: a kind of political UFC match.

Castillo and his background of service to this country in the military and in sub-cabinet positions; his history here locally in government and in the private sector...

Against Ridgefield Barbie and her background of short internships, exaggerated job titles, parties and a complete lack of service in or understanding of the military... not unlike the president, come to think of it.

Wouldn't that be something? The self-made candidate who took on Baird LONG before anyone else even thought of it versus the opportunistic assemblage who accomplished absolutely nothing in the legislature except to co-sponsor an SEIU bill that would have forced day care centers to pay the union dues of their employees while helping the democrats to blow the last $229 million from our state emergency fund as she sold us out to the democrats and voting against her caucus... precisely like she would if we had the misfortune to have her as our congress critter.

It goes without saying that she's far too much of a coward to actually do something like that. After all, she'd come out of that looking like a complete idiot.

But a guy can dream, can't he?

See for yourself: Herrera somehow doesn't mention her SEIU/Union support or that she is THE establishment candidate.

I wonder why?

Hererra: "She's a big, fat, liar."

Teenagers have an interesting way of looking at things.

I've got a couple. One just finished high school, the other is a junior. The junior has had some difficult times, but is making a solid comeback, on the honor roll again after an 18 month or so absence.

As you might expect in a household where the majority of the income stems from politics, these two have a great deal of political awareness... more than most kids their age.

So, I was not terribly surprised when my daughter, in the midst of reviewing the bidding from last night's Herrera debacle (Otherwise known as the 3rd CD candidate forum) piped up and exclaimed, "That Herrera... she's a big, fat, liar!" (!6 year-olds do seem to have the ability to cut to the chase.)

I hadn't read the review from the TNT as yet, so I asked how it was that Herrera was a liar.

She replied, "Well, there's a part of this story... she says that she (Herrera) has a track record as a state lawmaker of reining in government spending... and that's a lie!"

"How 's that?" I asked.

"Well," she said, "Herrera helped the democrats strip out our last $200 million from the state emergency fund to help them spend our money. How is that 'reining in government spending?'"

That's my girl!

"It isn't," I explained. "Herrera has been worthless as a legislator, getting a grand total of one agreed bill into law. She's worked for the SEIU, cosponsoring and voting for a bill that would have required day care workers to unionize while forcing their business owners to pay their dues for them, and then lying about the nonexistent business support for the bill... all the while lying about it.... (Don't forget, unions gave her $5000 for her last run in 08) and, she's helped the democrats waste hundreds of millions of dollars. So, Herrera seems to be remarkably like Jon Russell: someone who will lie about anything, at any time, to get elected."

When it comes right down to it, my kid nailed it. Herrera lied last night... to the audience and to all of us.

As Al Gore has found out, the truth can be an inconvenient thing.

Just ask Ridgefield Barbie.

Recently, I was asked: If Herrera wins the primary, are you going to let up on her?"

Not only no, but hell no.

Folks, I believe there is a place for partisan politics. But as individuals, we must find the line between blind obedience to a party line and the suspension of common sense.

Party allegiance isn't a death warrant. At the end of the day, if Ridgefield Barbie and her keepers manages to fool enough people into voting her in, either through to the general or, God forbid, into Congress, what exactly does that change?

Will she somehow magically become honorable? Will someone install a knowledge chip that will give her a clue about any of the major issues confronting us? Will she suddenly stop lying to us, exaggerating her background, her knowledge and suitability to actually be IN Congress? Will she suddenly cease her betrayal of Republican principles like she did while in the legislature, becoming a Guardian of the SEIU and while spending our money like a drunken sailor to help her leftist buddies? Can we be sure that she'll betray us again, representing Cathy McMorris Rogers, who built her from the ground up, instead of us?

Will the mentality that allowed her to leave the floor of the House for hours at a time to fund raise; which allowed her to ditch us during session for yet another McMorris trough session in DC suddenly return to the level where her FIRST duty becomes us... instead of her?

No.

The despicable political cartoon that is Jaime Herrera will not mysteriously cease being the waste of skin she is. Concepts of honor and truth will remain as foreign to her if she wins as they are now.

There are no circumstances where I will not do all I legally can to keep her from winning any election.

Period. Ever.

For those wondering, I hope I've made my position clear.

Cross posted at Clark County Politics.

Summing up Herrera.

This little blurb was in the rag today:

Latino youth zero in on issues, involvement

Friday forum also lures congressional candidates

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What about the proposed federal “Dream Act” that would grant temporary, six-year residency to immigrant children who finish two years of college or military service?

“I’m going to vote for that, and I’m going to vote proudly for it,” Heck told the group.

Students liked that response. Castillo said he’s against the act, while Herrera said she hasn’t read it yet

That's Jaime Herrera. Fail to take a position on an issue and use ignorance as her excuse.

Ridgefield Barbie at her finest.

Sheesh.

The growing List of Reasons to Vote Against Herrera

I make no bones about it: I despise Jaime Herrera.

Ever since Cathy McMorris Rogers made the deal with my brother-in-law, Marc Boldt, that got Herrera appointed to the open seat in the 18th District, I have despised this empty suited political manikin.

Herrera is the same kind of empty suit we elected as president.

She lacks the education, the experience, the vision, the courage, the intelligence and even the experience of living here to be our Member of Congress.

Clearly, if it weren't for McMorris Rogers' interference here locally and Boldt's desire to do McMorris' bidding, we'd have never heard of Herrera, a blank slate with leftist tendencies that I do not want to represent me in ANYTHING, let along Congress.

We just got rid of one leftist in the job. Why replace him with the fake variety she represents?

This blog, as of this writing, has 130 posts detailing her lack of experience, her lies, her efforts to ditch us during session, her support of the SEIU and her efforts to help the democrats to strip out the last $229 million from our state emergency account because she stupidly believed it would stop the leftists from jacking up our taxes.

Herrera has:

Lived outside the district for 11 of the last 13 years.

Equated her decade-plus absence, to my face, as the same thing as being in the military.

REPEATEDLY lied about her job with McMorris Rogers.

Lied about being "courted" by the NRCC to run against Baird.

Never worked in the private sector.

Never owned property.

Had her people throw a snit and lie about her loss of the FreedomWorks endorsement.

Ditched us during session to go to a special interest fund raiser in DC... put on by her keeper and master, McMorris Rogers.

Never served in the military and has no concept of their/our sacrifice or that of our families.

Cosponsored and voted for SEIU legislation (HB 1329) and then lied about why she did it.

Spent almost $500 taxpayer dollars for meals for 3 days while on a legislative staff boondoggle trip.

Left the floor of the House for hours at a time to fund raise for Congress, leaving her seat mate to vote for her in her place... and then lies about it.

Voted to strip out the last $229 million from the state emergency fund.

Received $5000 from her union buddies for her state house re-election bid in 2008.

Has become the undisputed establishment candidate because of McMorris-Rogers, who wants Herrera in Congress representing McMorris Rogers instead of the people of the 3rd District.

Has gained county GOP endorsements ONLY from the counties in the district that are DOMINATED by democrats and run by incompetent Republicans who frequently can't even get GOP candidates to run.

Herrera, or "Ridgefield Barbie" as I like to call her, lacks ANY record. It appears she got precisely one bill passed into law, the "give-the-new-guy-a-bill-to-teach-them-the-system" type bill that EVERYONE got passed.

She has been a waste of space in Olympia, and she will be a waste of space in DC.

How anyone could possibly support her as a conservative is simply beyond me.

So, the PDC sends out an email reminder to EVERY candidate today...

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A few days ago, CCP filed a PDC complaint against Jon Russell.

Russell, best known for an abortive congressional campaign and working so diligently to screw up Washougal city government, isn't the most transparent campaigner you're ever going to see.

In fact, Russell has, to this point, filed manually in a deliberate effort to cover up his donations and expenditures, all the while knowing (and hence, all the while violating PDC law) that he would have expenditures in excess of $10,000.

That was complaint Number One of Five.

One of the immediate results of filing this complaint seems to be this:




Regardless, as of this writing, Russell chooses to continue to break the law while continuing to run an opaque campaign.

Oddly, I never believed that campaign laws were mere suggestions. Apparently, Russell, who, as chair of the Washougal Finance Committee oversaw every aspect of the Stacee Sellers debacle, doesn't agree.
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So.... why can't Ridgefield Barbie get volunteers?

I noticed how pathetic Babs' little group looked in Woodland at the parade. Everyone there either worked for her or was related to her. Odd that.

Well, maybe not so odd.

Having been named a "Guardian of the SEIU" for her co-sponsorship, votes for and subsequent lies about her motivations and involvement for this self-styled "friend to organized labor" involvement with the mandatory unionization/employers pay union dues bill she was so rabid about (HB 1329); and having helped the democrats rape our state emergency fund, there's really little there to brag about... or to gather volunteers to your cause.

What we don't need is another clueless empty suit holding any kind of position in government... particularly some establishment twit like Herrera.

I hate to take exception to Linda Smith... but here, I draw the line.

So, imagine my surprise when I found this in my in-box:

From Congresswoman Linda Smith: An important message

Dear Friend,

In America, every generation has left behind a better place for its children.

But now our national debt threatens the prosperity we've worked so long and so hard to achieve. Southwest Washington citizens are struggling to find jobs. Economic uncertainty is taking its toll on families. Yet, the government continues to make promises it simply won’t be able to keep and rather than spending less money, politicians in Washington, D.C. talk about adding even more job-killing taxes to deal with this debt.

We need a new generation of leaders. We need Jaime Herrera.

Not since we won our historic write-in campaign for Congress in 1994 have we had such an important opportunity in Southwest Washington. With 3rd District Democrat Congressman Brian Baird retiring, Republicans have a chance to reclaim this Congressional district and we’ll have one more vote to repeal and replace the $1 trillion healthcare disaster.

That’s why I hope you’ll join me today in supporting Jaime’s campaign for Congress with a contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or more.

I wouldn’t be supporting Jaime unless I truly believed in her. She’s intelligent, conservative and hard working – and most importantly – she’s right on the issues. As your Congresswoman, Jaime will fight against big government power grabs like its recent healthcare takeover, and government bailouts for Wall Street.

Your financial support is critical to building a strong grassroots operation across the 3rd District that will carry her to victory this November.

Thank you for your support of Jaime Herrera. Let’s work together and win!

Sincerely,

Linda Smith
Former Congresswoman, 3rd District

Unlike Herrera, or Eric Earling, (Is he looking for a job, or what?) or Nan Malin, I worked my ass off for Linda Smith in 1994. Herrera was no where to be seen. But my understanding is there is something of a family relationship, so until now, I've stayed essentially quiet about how disappointed I am that Linda Smith would work to stiff us with this empty suited Guardian of the SEIU.

The LAST thing we need is "Jaime Herrera," or anything LIKE Jaime Herrera.

I was always struck by and respected Smith as an outsider to the establishment. Unfortunately for us, The Linda Smith of old seems long gone, replaced by this version, who endorses without consideration of the alternatives.

The last thing we need is someone who'll sell out her caucus to be "a friend to organized labor."

As Smith fades into the political twilight, I focus on her fine works for girls and women overseas. And then, I pause and wonder: whatever happened to the tough, independent outsider we all used to know and love... the one I worked so hard for back in '94?

Sigh.

How the GOP protects establishment candidates.

I was checking out Crosscut today, and read one of those pro-cheerleader articles divining the tea leaves for the upcoming election.

The writer was Chris Vance, the GOP chair who was running the show for most of our precipitous decline in the legislature.

Some of what he said made sense, of course.... it's hard to be wrong about everything.

But what struck me was his take on Herrera?Castillo in the 3rd CD; you can read about it here; what he had to say was no different then most Herrera kool aid drinkers, and as a certified member of the Bellevue Mafia, I suppose his remarks were to be expected.

What Vance left out of his column (and it's hard to believe the oversight wasn't deliberate) was that the poll was ordered, orchestrated and paid for by Herrera.

He also failed to mention the crosstabs, because the crosstabs haven't been, and won't be, released.

Furthering that old saw that a grand jury could indict a ham sandwich, the Herrera Herd and the rest of the establishment have been babbling like blithering idiots over this worthless poll with a sample of, ahem, 300; that was designed to do what it has done; garner hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of earned media for Ridgefield Barbie.

Vance's pro-Herrera propaganda without questioning the veracity and source of such a poll, without even MENTIONING that the poll was bought and paid for by Herrera.... well, was that a question of competence, or a deliberate act?

Either way, the poll is worthless without the release of the supporting information. And you would think that Vance, in his eagerness to stuff Herrera down our throats here in a district within which he does not reside, would have known that.

The cynic in me is fairly certain he does.

But hey. What do I know?

Cross posted at Clark County Politics.

So, Herrera is ASHAMED of being the establishment candidate?

One of the many reasons to detest Jaime Herrera's candidacy for anything north of dog catcher is her inability to accept responsibility for what she's done... and who she is.

Take this little tidbit in the Seattle Times:

But both (Castillo and Herrera) also tout tea-party backing and reject any notion they're an establishment candidate — a label that's spelled trouble for some candidates elsewhere this election season.

Earlier, Ridgefield Barbie was described in this same article thusly:

Herrera, 31, has the backing of several top Republicans, including former Sen. Slade Gorton.

Odd that none of those "top Republicans" don't live here, isn't it? Of course, the Times either doesn't know or wouldn't publish that Gorton only endorsed Herrera because Vander Stoep is on her campaign... and that Gorton endorsed Herrera without ever talking to Castillo.

Was it that long ago that Herrera's Hypocrites whined us a river over the FreedomWorks endorsement of Castillo? No Matter.

Herrera has been built from the outhouse up by the oh-so-establishment Cathy McMorris Rogers. She ditched us during the legislative session to go to a DC special interest fund raiser. She hasn't even lived here for 11 out of the last 13 years. She's been listed in the "If you can stand up and chew bubble gum while breathing" young gun list, while Castillo, who matches her achievement for achievement needed to get on that list, has been excluded.

So, while Herrera has MUCH to be ashamed of, she should just acknowledge that sher is the establishment candidate and move on.

Because Tea Party members with two functioning neurons who come to find out that the SEIU and other unions have funded Herrera; that SEIU has cosponsored and voted for a bill that would force people into collective bargaining while forcing their BOSSES and BUSINESS OWNERS to pay THEIR DUES; that she voted AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS to strip out the last $229,000,000 from this state's emergency fund.... well, they're much less likely to think she's worthy of their consideration.

In the end, Herrera is the establishment candidate. And given her history and that of her winged monkies, I can certainly understand why she would run away from the truth. But run away is what she's doing.

And cowardice, opportunism, with zero qualifications... something of an Obama Lite, is not what we should want representing McMorris (OOooppps... I mean, "us") in Congress.