tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post3350953997479852645..comments2024-03-28T13:00:58.408-07:00Comments on Up Close, with Peter Sage: Democrats respond to Jessica Gomez's candidacyUp Close: Road to the White Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590477200706751934noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-25921611346803388302018-05-29T09:15:37.315-07:002018-05-29T09:15:37.315-07:00Deplorables - still beating that dead horse REALLY...Deplorables - still beating that dead horse REALLY?<br />Golden doesn’t need to point out anything. Anger burger will do all the pointing necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-19458869857048303942018-05-27T20:54:16.413-07:002018-05-27T20:54:16.413-07:00You're correct. I got 48%. You claimed I wasn&...You're correct. I got 48%. You claimed I wasn't a serious opponent. I did better than all but one Dem. Shows what you don't know. I would have won if not for the Mail Tribune and that dirtbag liar Damian Mann. Pete...My "vicious" name calling is nothing that Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters don't do regularly, and the names I use accurately describe my opponents. I don't hear you squeal when the Dems name-call. You sound like a hypocrite. Any reputation I have was fabricated by the Mail Tribune. How many other candidates get smeared like I do from them? That's because the liberals at the MT see me, a real conservative, as a threat. This ain't no popularity contest on who is the prettiest, or who is a woman, or who is Latina. Pete is shallow, and those are the characteristics he judges by. The State of Oregon is going broke, and it has a spending problem, and an education problem among others, and I'm the ONLY candidate who addressed the real issues. Pete...you voted for communist Jeff Golden. REALLY? Golden gets mocked regularly on conservative talk radio, so don't think your poop doesn't stink. 30 years of Democrat mismanagement have ruined Oregon, and that's YOUR agenda which did it. This is your blog, and you can say what you want, but I'd run circles around you intellectually. REALLY. As for the "public figures" comments, the Rogue Valley is corrupt as hell, and most of the politicians in office have been compromised, and they deserve scorn. You have four former city councilmen currently working for the Chamber of Commerce. Sounds like payback to me. Are you buddies with lobbyist John Watt?Curthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544536341777512120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-5007855289316764612018-05-27T19:10:15.671-07:002018-05-27T19:10:15.671-07:00Curt Ankerberg received 48% of the vote in the Rep...Curt Ankerberg received 48% of the vote in the Republican primary, notwithstanding a well deserved reputation for vicious and strident name calling and denunciation of public figures. I have decided, for now, to let him comment, partly to hold up<br />A mirror to Republican readers. 48% of you voted for him. Really. Up Close: Road to the White Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590477200706751934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-30974357461418916412018-05-27T18:56:21.879-07:002018-05-27T18:56:21.879-07:00It formats on both my iPad and smart phone. Darn. ...It formats on both my iPad and smart phone. Darn. I am sorry to hear it isn’t formatting right for you. I compose it on a full screen, then it creates both a full screen and mobile view. You might try subscribing by email by entering your email in the upper right of a full screen or I pad view (but not smart phone). Then the blog will come by email right after twelve noon daily. That might be more readable. Up Close: Road to the White Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590477200706751934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-76667292622796435102018-05-27T18:04:44.232-07:002018-05-27T18:04:44.232-07:00I know you’re not a computer person and you may no...I know you’re not a computer person and you may not have experienced this personally but this blog of yours is very difficult to read on a smaller screen. I still read it because it’s a very good blog, but it’s a real pain on my mini iPad, to say nothing of my iPhone.<br /><br />The problem is that the the formatting is very fixed. The line widths don’t change with the screen size, and the font is too small for the width of those lines on a small screen. This is also true when entering a comment I hope you’ll fix this or find someone who can fix it for you.<br /><br />I will keep reading anyway. Some of your more generally-focused articles ought to be in some national publication. Michael Trigoboffhttp://spot.pcc.edu/~mtrigobonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-38905167890310108752018-05-27T17:36:21.945-07:002018-05-27T17:36:21.945-07:00"Jackson County Year of the Woman: Progressi..."Jackson County Year of the Woman: Progressive White Man vs. Moderate Latina" <br /><br /> For 2018’s Democratic Year of the Woman, Jackson County Democrats have coalesced around a unique celebration of the anti-Trump youthful revolution: We will field an old white man in a double whammy against woman adversaries. <br /><br />First up was having a progressive male statesman dispatch a liberal woman who had earned the endorsements of most of the causes we believe in. Indeed, part of the specifically articulated reason she lost was her partnership with, and funding by, a statewide coalition of reliable do-gooder Democratic allies who have tirelessly pushed our legislative agenda in Salem. The heck with blue friends, primary voters said, we want in on that feel good self-indulgent populism that makes the deplorables all wild-eyed. “No money from the establishment, that’s the winning ticket” went the battle cry in Ashland.<br /><br />Second up, savoring that taste of “winning” in beating back the activist woman, we now turn to the real enemy: a moderate never-Trumper Latina entrepreneur. Latinos and women, let’s celebrate by trashing her as a phony because she’s campaigning for—bipartisanship. Indeed, that delegitimizing of her will be the one thing we’ll have in common with the deplorables who attack her for not mouthing conservative battle cries. Beat down the Latina because she says we need to start somewhere in reducing the political bloodlust. And of course, just below the surface, you can sense the real toxicity—she’s a Latina Republican so she’s a traitor anyway.<br /><br />Although sexism and racism are not the animus here, a Starbucks–type “unconscious discrimination” self-examination may be indicated. Populism is a powerful drug, whether it is unleashed against a Democratic woman for being too “establishment” because of her embrace by pro-choice and conservation groups, or against a Hispanic woman for being insincere in her “bipartisanship”. <br /><br />Caution.<br />Thad Guyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12145098704410773166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-70668923882828798212018-05-27T14:39:44.390-07:002018-05-27T14:39:44.390-07:00FYI: Alan DeBoer “only” has a high school diploma....FYI: Alan DeBoer “only” has a high school diploma. Also, my plumber, electrician, auto repairman, carpenter do not have any college degrees. They are smarter and more capable than most people with doctoral degrees. <br />I don’t know Ms. Gomez but I read here that she operates a computer industry firm. <br />Why would “only” having an AA degree make her an automatic loser?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-63539987316005771932018-05-27T12:45:48.474-07:002018-05-27T12:45:48.474-07:00Contrary to what was written above, Gomez is not e...Contrary to what was written above, Gomez is not educated. She has an AA degree in liberal studies from a community college. She doesn't know the issues. She would get killed in a debate. She only regurgitates what her handlers tell her to say. She's never taken a college business or science class. She's not a deep thinker who can analyze complex issues. She takes her orders from lobbyists Brad Hicks and John Watt, and from Al DeBoer, who wanted to come home to Ashland, but he'll still control Gomez's vote.<br /><br />Gomez will have her surrogates paint Golden as a hard-left communist who is out of touch. They'll torch Golden like he's never seen before. Gomez will spend more than one million dollars. The Chamber of Commerce is like the mafia, and it contains both republicans and democrats. Party doesn't matter to them. Business deals do. This is all about who will bring home the bacon for them and their privately-owned projects.<br /><br />Rick Dyer is not a conservative. Rick is a whore of the Chamber, and he does what Brad Hicks tells him to do, as does Sal Esquivel. They both exist because of the Chamber's campaign money. Prominent democrat Bill Thorndike has already supported Gomez, because Thorndike follows the money. Thorndike doesn't speak for the average democrat voter. They should ignore him.<br /><br />The key for Golden to win is to get out the vote. He needs to get at least 90% of the Ashland and Talent vote to turnout (which is mostly democrats), then hope to get a decent number of votes in Medford. Golden also needs to point-out to conservatives that Gomez is not a conservative, and that she's a flip-flopper beholden to special interest groups and not to the common voter. Gomez's sole purpose is to get more corporate welfare for the wealthy members of the Chamber, like Thorndike, and Pacific Retirement Services. Golden needs to discourage conservatives and republicans from voting for Gomez, because she's not one of them. She doesn't hold their values, and she can't be trusted to support their causes. Gomez is a flip-flopper with no core values, and few skills. I expect Golden to win handily, but he needs to get out the vote, and discourage republicans from voting for Gomez. Curthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544536341777512120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-9657035881642596972018-05-27T12:01:54.712-07:002018-05-27T12:01:54.712-07:00Great and to the point: Why is this Republican run...Great and to the point: Why is this Republican running? <br /><br />It seems to me this is an opportunistic move after seeing an opening on a weak ticket. I would be questioning motives here. But as a bottom line I'd have to say that making Progressive noises while courting GOP donors is pretty suspicious...Rick Millwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754486828557229893noreply@blogger.com