Not everything can be accomplished by attacking a congressman for being too different from what we would like. Want to see a change in that district? Need to work with the voters there, because they love him and rightly so.

I even sent a condolence card when I heard about Mr. Hamilton’s passing. My First-Amendment-loving heart always had a great appreciation for this shining example of freedom of speech writ large, even if I was usually diametrically opposed to the opinions thereon.

The Hamiltons are Birchers, methinks, so it didn’t come as a complete shock when the last couple of messages questioned A) our involvement in the quagmire and B) the guvmint’s growing power to spy on its citizens.

And that Uncle Sam billboard is still there along I5. Surprisingly, the last time I went past it, it had a message questioning the war in Iraq…

That part of Washington is pretty conservative.

In fact, it is where this billboard used to be.

This was “mill country and ranching/agra country.” It was hit hard in the 90s when most of the mills closed. Lewis County is the poorest in the state. It might as well be part of the Utah or Idaho. About all they have left are antique merchants, a correctional facility and some small ranches. It is pretty country, but basically FOX NOISE watchers. There is a vast brain cell shortage between Olympia WA and Portland OR.

Excepting from Tacoma to Canada, directly surrounding I-5 (West of the mountains), most of Washington is pretty conservative. There just aren’t that many people in the rest of the state, and many are Conservative as a reaction to the ‘Liberal Bias’ of Seattle.

Me? I’m just here for the micro-brew. Viva White Center!

There used to be a huge John Birch billboard along side I5 in that neck of the woods.

I think it is still there. Right outside Centralia with a large picture of Uncle Sam on it.

I live in Bairds district and have been apoplectic since I heard of his new found belief in the “success” of the “surge”.

He will be holding a whopping 2 town meetings during his vacation, both are next week. Anybody want to join me in expressing our disappointment? Here are the details.

@ 162..Sounds like Baird should be ignored and just used as a warm body to determine House leadership. Dems like Baird are neutered by defeating Republicans with progressives. When the Blue/Bush Dogs can’t swing the majority vote..they have lost their power and the leadership can bust their balls. Like “Your want pork for your district? We have a nice basement office for you, this term”.

Baird’s district sounds complicated and he might be just the right person for it.

So, I agree with Steve-AR that we should just get his vote on House leadership and then let him go his own way.

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Did you know the ancient Greeks actually killed each other over the existence of negative numbers? i= the sq. root of -1.

So, one guy (claiming there are negatives) is on the ground and the other one is pounding him into dirt with a hammer until he’s dead and then he keeps pounding and yelling ‘dead’, ‘dead’, ‘dead’ before suddenly realizing he’d basically invented -1, -2 and -3. Of course, then he had to apologize to the now dead debator.

Sigh…good times.

We won districts like that all across the country in 2006.

So I’d say Baird’s ripe for a primary challenge. This isn’t a GOP district; it’s very much a swing district. And how we win swing districts is by standing for something, by God.