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Bernie Sanders: the Good Shepherd
(Aside from liking the image of Bernie as Jesus, my underlying aim was to question whether Bernie’s strategy of not going negative is naive and will backfire. Can someone suggest a better caption?)
Bernie Sanders is a social democrat, not a socialist
There’s some confusion about whether Bernie Sanders supports capitalism. During the first Democratic debate, correspondent Anderson Cooper asked Sanders, “You don’t consider yourself a capitalist, though?” Sanders replied, “Do I consider myself part of...
Why the Dems are losing seats (and why Tim Eyman is half correct)
I went door-knocking in Federal Way yesterday for Carol Gregory’s campaign in the 30th LD.  Currently, the Democrats have a 51 to 47 seat majority in the Washington State House.  If Gregory loses, the...
Tim Eyman is Half Correct
Tim Eyman is half correct: let’s lower the sales tax by 1%. The sales tax is regressive and is too too high. But in addition, let’s establish a progressive income tax, capital gains tax,...
Republican voters are shockingly misinformed
Poll: Majority of Republicans think Obama is a Muslim http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/252393-poll-majority-of-republicans-thinks-obama-is-a-muslim
Republicans raised taxes on the poor and middle class: the gas tax
But they protected the unfairly low taxes that the rich people enjoy in Washington State.