Seattlest: Cantwell Haters

Cantwell Staff

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:03:29 -0800

for the facts on maria cantwell, read mariacantwell.com -

Kevin

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:56:58 -0800

Nick, your mistake is to think of the Democrats as a singular, single-minded institution. The reality is they're highly disorganized and driven by so many different factions that they tend to resemble more like the general Anerican populace than the Republican party ever has. Frankly if your efforts won't move the Democratic party, they'll never move the nation as a whole, and that's why your get out and organize small little bands of loud people will fail.

Nick

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:44:42 -0800

The democrats are a waste of time. They've never given us any reforms that we didn't have to fight tooth and nail for first. Throughout US history they have been just as much a war party as the republicans. We're not going to end the war because of the democratic party--we'll end it in *spite* of them. The democrats support US imperialism and we can't depend on them for anything. Get out and organize against the war independently of those corporate sellouts and *force* the politicians of both parties to pay attention.

Michael

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:35:51 -0800

*blushing* Thank you for catching that, Margaret. I have to admit, I've never watched The Sound of Music all the way through. I must have just picked up the song through the ether. There is a Maria in West Side Story. But no one has a problem with her.

Margaret

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:06:03 -0800

"How do you solve a problem like Maria?" is not a West Side Story reference. It's a Sound of Music reference. Sheesh, Michael -- get your musicals straight!

Michael

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:49:32 -0800

WTF?! I've been saving up for a carriage! I was thinking it'd suit with the more leisurely pace of traffic when the Viaduct comes down. Also, I believe the Discovery Institute is just about to issue a release on "the ether." So hold onto your top hat!

Seth

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:17:14 -0800

Unfortunately, West Side Story references went out of style along with carriages, top hats, and "the ether."

Michael

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:28:50 -0800

Had someone already used "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" for a headline? Or is that moratorium still on for West Side Story references?

David

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:40:59 -0800

Funny since most of these pro-war Dems voted for the war because they felt it was the popular thing to do.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:09:30 -0800

By the way feel free to post this is a rebuttal. Pro-Iraq war Democrats tend to loose elections. The Democratic house and Senate leadership supported the Neocon war in Iraq in 2002, and 2004 they failed to win back Congress. Dick Gephardt, John Edwards, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Tom Daschle all supported the Iraq war in 2002 and 2004 and they all lost major elections. Supporting the Iraq war in 2006 is a great way to turn off the Democratic base and it will depress voter turnout. Cantwell is the last of a dying breed of Pro Iraq war Democratic politicians.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:50:49 -0800

I don’t hate Cantwell and I am going to work my ass off to register several hundred new Democratic voters in Kitsap County to help her and the party out. But her continued support for the Iraq war and her vote against the filibuster of Alito are the reasons why I am not going to take my Patty Murry sticker off my car. Jesus my congressman Norm Dicks had the courage to call Iraq a mistake and to support the Murtha resolution. If Maria were to say that. 1. Her vote for Iraq in October of 2002 was a mistake 2. She supports the Murtha plan. Then I would put my Cantwell stickers and t-shirt back on. I am going to vote for Mark Wilson in the primary and Cantwell in the general election and support the party efforts 100%. Just like in 2008 I am going to support Feingold in the primary and probably Clinton in the general election. I have personally met Maria thrice and asked her about Iraq and she blew me off all the times. it is against my morals to support a Pro-Iraq war Democrat in 2006 and 2008. Until then I am going to work to support the elections of progressive Democrats like Darcy Burner to Congress, Derek Kilmer to the State Senate and Christine Rolfes to the State House. Jacob Metcalf Young Democrats of Washington State Technology Director Young Democrats of Kitsap County President Washington Stonewall Democrats Webmaster Kitsap County Democrats Webmaster.