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Why the GOP in Oregon keep losing

by: carla

Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 11:16:03 AM PDT

There are probably many examples I could list here demonstrating why the GOP in Oregon keep losing races. But today a couple of stellar examples have leapt off the computer screen at me.
First (via Blue Oregon) is this piece of rhetorical diarreah from the new Marion County Vice Chair:

I Hope the Democrats have enjoyed their short lived pouncing of peoples paychecks while giving more to Illegal Aliens and Communist sympathizers.
Republicans will take back Oregon next year, I will make sure of it.
Oregon will not become a Communist State no matter how hard the Dem's keep trying to do so, as people wake up to their cradle to grave-Gov't (Unions-Mafia)knows best agenda, people will flee that backwards Damn the people, Party of far left wacko's.
America has hundreds of Millions of peoples from all over the World that want to live here for Freedom & Independence, not Oregon's Gov't dictators or Union's that also take your paycheck(Making them worse than Corp.s, at least you voluntarily give them $), very similar to where they live now and why they want to leave their Country and come here. Democrats keep forgetting that, because they are drunk with power and can't get on the 12 step program because they hate God.
It's OK people, the responsible, keep the money YOU earned & put American workers 1st, real Republicans will make it better soon.
I WILL MAKE SURE OF IT!
Rick Hickey, New Vice-Chair Marion Co. R's
This utterly irrational diatribe is ridiculously out of step with mainstream Oregonians. It's fringe-y to the point of being absurd. The Marion County GOP can't possibly believe this guy is an appropriate representative of their party. And if they do--well then I suppose they must love losing A LOT.
Even more striking to me however is this bizarre (and what I guess is supposed to be humorous) fake letter to Oregonians, ticking off a laundry list of things passed in the legislative session that the GOP of Oregon don't like. This one really stands out:

Domestic PartnershipsWe passed HB 2007 – yeah it was somewhat different than SB 1000 (from last session) but we had to change it… “Domestic Partnerships” polled better than “Civil Unions.” This bill flies in the face of traditional marriage and the overwhelmingly popular Measure 36, the Defense of Marriage Act of 2005, but so what – we know what’s best for Oregonians, not the voters.
So when those who campaigned for Measure 36 told us that it didn't preclude domestic partnerships or civil unions..that was just their funny little way of bullshitting us?
Not to mention the fact that the GOP is apparently very proud of their platform of denying equal rights to their fellow citizens.
The Republican Party can not and will not win in this state with this kind of bombastic speechifying. Some of it may carry well in a more rural setting--but that's not where the vast majority of Oregonians live and it's sure as hell not what they believe.

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Very entertaining (4.00 / 1)

Thanks for that letter from Rick Hickey; that's the kind of thing I love to see. Is the spelling and punctuation his? Eyes read/lips move kind of thing...this is really from someone in the party? Wow.

It is worth remembering that there are a lot of people out there who read some Ayn Rand as teenagers and never got over it, though. And lots of people who just don't get any news but Fox. And people who get stressed by government warnings to be afraid of terror and decide it's not only okay but necessary to give up their rights in order to be safe. That authoritarian follower kind of mindset is virtually impossible to argue against, as facts don't really come into play.

But despite all that, I heartily agree with you; furthermore, I say "Give 'em a longer rope." And let's tie Gordon Smith to the end of it. (I speak metaphorically for any followers of he-who-must-not-be-named-O'Reilly, not literally.)

by: Tyrannocaster @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 13:35:00 PM CDT

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You bet (0.00 / 0)

As long as the Republican Party chooses to speak entirely inside that bubble of looney tunes, and denounce as enemies of Reason/the State/themselves the majority of Americans and Oregonians who find that bubble laughably repulsive...why, I say to the GOP, "Oh no, please don't throw us in that briar patch!"

by: AdmiralNaismith @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 14:23:16 PM CDT

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That is the worst bit of writing (0.00 / 0)

I've seen from an elected official in ages. He is nearly illiterate, and I'm serious. What's with the Superfluous Capitalization of Almost Every Noun Or Adjective? WTF is a "grave-Gov't?" Why are there possessives on "wacko's" and "Dem's?" WTF is a Corp.s?

Jesus. (Oh wait, he says 50% of the country hates God.)

Embarrassment! Somebody ought to write an LTE to the SSJ.

by: torridjoe @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 13:54:29 PM CDT

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Let them dig themselves in deeper (0.00 / 0)

its a natural process, soon they will not be able to find a ladder of such heights to allow their ascent. their DEscent right now is going quite well.

by: friedaMae @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 14:16:56 PM CDT

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Guarded Optimism (4.00 / 1)

Don't forget: Karl Rove et al don't win by making sense. They win with dirty tricks. The demented rhetoric is mostly a diversion.

by: Sue Hagmeier @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 14:41:07 PM CDT

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diversionary tactics (0.00 / 0)

(i'm going to try my damnedest to spell check this before i send it out...)

i disagree. this one sounds like a "true believer" to me. i don't think it's a diversion, i think it's frustration. Republicans, nationally and locally, have a lot to be frustrated about. the pendulum isn't swinging their way anymore, and they're losing power.

i say, give this guy some money so he can't keep making his cause look bad. i'd love for this guy to stay around and sending out emails and blog comments.

by: maloney @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 14:49:59 PM CDT

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Turdblossom Is Through (0.00 / 0)

I think their dirty tricks, along with their looney rhetoric, their criminality and their manifest incompetence in every area, have spawned a backlash against the Republiscum Party that (we can hope) will persist for another two or three decades. And I don't want to hear any more about what a "genius" Rove is. He had a president with the highest job approval ratings in history; it's now in the 20s. His party had been in control of the House since 1994; now it isn't (or the Senate either). A few more "geniuses" like Rove and the Republiscums will be as extinct as the Whigs.

by: dartagnan @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 16:19:01 PM CDT

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But don't forget (4.00 / 1)

the execrable Measure 36 passed, a prime example of Karl's handiwork. Now they're out collecting signatures to try to undo the Domestic Partnerships bill. Don't count the crazies out yet.

by: Delia @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 15:03:19 PM CDT

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Wingbats vs. Moonbats (0.00 / 0)

That was pretty wingbatty. A good representation of why I find the Oregon Republican Party to be completely irrelevant, though I'm certainly no fan of the DPO or so-called "progressivism." But at least the DPO manages to find people who don't go out of their way to sound like foaming-at-the-mouth idiots. The state Dems definitely have their share of moonbats, but they don't appear to be a prominent majority.

The Oregon Republican Party seems to have been completely hijacked by hard Right ideologues, and not very bright ones at that. I'm an anti-partisan independent who is pretty fed up with most of the "progressive" platform, but I've never even considered voting for any of the Republicans who have run for state office the last few years. I'd gladly vote for a Tom McCall Republican, or maybe even a Hatfield Republican, but the party drove out moderates like that years ago. Shame.

To change the subject entirely, the dark strip on the right middle of the page is making it really hard to read posts and comments. Is it possible to lighten it, or get rid of it all together?

by: Coyote @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 15:24:51 PM CDT

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improvement (0.00 / 0)

Rick actually sounds like an improvement over the last county chair...a 24-year-old racist/bigot who had a penchant for calling people f-gs.

by: JTT @ Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 15:27:27 PM CDT

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Republican throw-backs (0.00 / 0)

Over here in central Oregon, this 1955-era rhetoric is still popular (well, mixed with lots and lots of biblical quotes).

People are confused and frightend: they bought the American air-conditioned nightmare and it's broken down on them. Everything's gone wrong: their kids and grandkids are shooting crank, everybody's getting divorced, the blood pressure is way up, cholesterol too, traffic sucks, property taxes keep going up, and there's crabgrass in the lawn—and the coyotes just ate their cats. It has it's absurd side—but so did the rise of pretentiously patriotic brownshirts in Germany. That rhetoric is well-tuned and it works all too often.

Let us not forget Wes Cooley—or Spade Cooley, for that matter.

by: talapuspete @ Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 14:00:53 PM CDT

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