Hominid Views

Survey USA has released the results of a KING-TV-sponsored poll on Washington State initiatives I-920, I-933, and I-937. The poll was conducted from Aug 25 to Aug 27th on 969 registered voters. Each initiative was presented as a topic, but without information on what a yes vote means and what a [...]

I’ve been offline for the last 22 hours while traveling and spending time with the relatives.
It looks like Lynn at Evergreen Politics has posted another interview with Peter Goldmark
And I see that Goldy is doing an end-of-the-quarter push for congressional candidates Darcy Burner and Peter Goldmark.
Consider this: the number of doners is a [...]

Mike!™ McGavick has done it again. Just last week, he confessed to making a mistake with a political ad…

..in 1988 when I was a young man running Slade Gorton’s campaign against Mike Lowry. In that campaign we ran an ad, based on an article in the UW Daily newspaper that accused Rep. Lowry [...]

Jimmy at McCranium has posted a terrific interview with Peter Goldmark.

Peter Goldmark is running in Washington’s 5th Congressional District against freshman Rep. Cathy McMorris. Goldmark operates a 7,000-acre farm in eastern Washington. With a Ph.D. in molecular biology, Goldmark also runs DJR Research, a biotechnology research laboratory, and has some [...]

Former Safeco CEO and Washington Senator wannabe Mike!™ McGavick’s dirty past makes the front page of the Seattle Times this morning. And, once again, Mike!™ responds in a way that distorts the truth. First some background:

As Safeco’s president and CEO, McGavick promoted the use of credit reports as an [...]

I’ve been on vacation in Wilmette, Illinois for the last several days. Today, I headed to Madison, Wisconsin to visit with friends and family.
That hasn’t left me much time to blog. However, I did watch the movie Syriana this evening with my family. This geopolitical thriller stars george [...]

I don’t even look for Katherine Harris news items any more. They just pop up on my screen when I am looking for interesting stuff.
From CBS News:

U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is “a lie” and God and the nation’s founding fathers did not [...]

Jon Stewart presents the adventures of Rocky and Bushwinkle (via Crooks and Liars).
Things are “going swimmingly in Afghanistan”. Ann Coulter, appearing on Hannity and Colmes, demonstrates that even Wingnuts cannot take her seriously (via One Good Move).
This week’s

The big political news in Washington is that Mike!™ McGavick fessed up to some his life mistakes and regrets on his campaign blog.

Most important, my first marriage ended in divorce, and as a result my eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a “part-time” dad. [...]
The second terrible mistake, which was difficult to discuss [...]

The other day I mentioned that there is now only a single Republican candidate running for Tom DeLay’s old seat (Texas 22 CD)—and running as a write-in candidate. The remaining candidate is Dermatologist Sekula-Gibbs.
Emily, a perceptive readers, asked the question:

Does Texas law require that the name of the write-in candidate be spelled [...]

A graduate school professor of mine used to quip that anthropology was “the study of people darker and shorter than you.” The statement was made with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, knowing full well that the statement was bigoted and politically incorrect; worse still, was that it was uttered by an anthropologist.
Of [...]

Here is a video of a recent speech by Darcy Burner, given before the Democratic National Committee in Chicago (hat tip: Goldy).

…and here is a new video about Darcy’s opponent, Rep. Dave Reichert (hat tip: Daniel).

Learn more about Rep. Reichert and his voting record at “Who is Dave Reichert Really Representing“.
Important notice: In case you [...]

The Mayor of Sugar Land today withdrew as a Republican write-in candidate for Tom DeLay’s seat. From the AP:

Sugar Land Mayor David Wallace withdrew Monday as a Republican write-in candidate for the seat vacated by the resignation of former House Majority leader Tom DeLay.
His action left the Texas GOP united behind one write-in [...]

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has released a new study on the costs of the Iraq war. The New York Times gives the bottom line: “For fiscal 2006, monthly costs for Iraq alone could hit $8 billion.”

This figure excludes the massive human costs…deaths, suffering, lost limbs, shattered lives.
There are about 110 million households in [...]

I heard it on KUOW today…today is the last day to register by mail to vote in the Sept 19th election. If you need to register in the State of Washington, head over to your county web site. In King County, look at this site. Here is a note [...]