Contact Sports
Politics is a full contact sport. My favorite political operative of all time was Lee Atwater. My favorite politician of all time has yet to be revealed to me. I have often noted that I am an Intellectual Conservative and generally choose to support like minded Republicans; I have crossed party lines.
I just wish that the residentia (my word) of NCW would get off the kick of only supporting a party rather than an ethic. In the last election cycle I was dumbfounded to see how some endorsing organizations and letter writers framed their arguments. You might say, “what arguments,’ and you would be correct. I love the letters that give us a laundry list of one side or the other. When I see those intellectual masterpieces I search for the porcelain bowl.
We lost some fine representation because of behind the scenes work that I am going to attribute, in part, to a portion of the Chelan-Douglas Farm Bureau membership. They were not overtly vocal but they were working behind the scenes; mark my words on that. I will thank them personally later and let you in on a few secrets about their highly regarded leadership.
In one way I am looking forward to a new beginning and a continuation of the same in other areas. I am proud of M.A. (Mike Armstrong) being able to raise nearly $100,000 at the drop of a dime; mostly from his coast buddies. By the way, did you know that Pat Notter donated $500.00 to the campaign of Courtney Cox. Mike brought that to my attention. He should have been paying closer attention to the politics of some of his donors.
I am sure that he collected more than a snoot full of cash from the Olympia Mafia (special interests from his adopted home town). Pat Notter, like all liberals is right occasionally. In this instance, I would support her investment in Courtney’s campaign as wise and reasonable. Mike Armstrong is often confused, so I have no idea how often he is right. Some of his co-sponsored legislative efforts are definitely left; far left. I am sure that an honest appraisal would not be well received by the intellectual savant (my title for his brilliance) himself.
In the future folks, if you want to support a candidate, please do so. If you have a slate of candidates to support please, understand that those you are attempting to convince, they will see your obviously partisan hand; mindlessness is not a political strength. In my support of particular candidates it was simple and straight forward. They exhibited an understanding and a commitment that I embraced and appreciated (fiscal conservatism and an understanding of what is right).
I am excited to see Carnan (pronounced like Conan) the Communicator get his new found buddies on the PUD Board to participate in team building. After that is complete and he has collectively raised the silliness of that inattentive board, I am getting geared up to see how his promise of better communication works out for all of us. He might want to use the mail and cajole his godfather, Bob Boyd, to provide the stamps.
In honor of Carnan the Communicator I am keeping some of my former academic colleagues apprised. They love how this shy unassuming pseudo-intellectual has grasped the notion of phone effectiveness in terms of PUD meeting successfulness. I cannot repeat what they commented with respect to his quotes. Anyway, in these tangles of dark clouds there will be some silver linings. In some instances my thoughts will be confirmed. Regarding one hopeless sojourn, we can always pass laws about the use of sharp knives but their is no protection offered against the concealment of dull minds.
Stay tuned for the on-going saga of Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, and Dork. Those are my characterizations of the 4 male members of the newly constituted PUD Board. I have heard some interesting characterizations from friends about a few of them. Those characterizations led to my connecting them with dark Dwarf activities. Some Dwarfs are small in stature while others are impeded by their thick skulls, limiting brain size and corresponding performance significantly.