In Oregon we have a contested primary for the honor of beating Gordon Smith next November.<\/p>\n
I went to a Merkley fundraiser Tuesday because a person whom I respect asked me to go and keep an open mind – which I did.
[Merkley is one of 3 front running candidates – Novick and Neville are the other 2]<\/p>\n
It was a low key evening and I did not ask the questions I had thought of – which were about the Schumer group pushing him into the race and the seemingly lack of enthusiasm in his ads – and the ads seeming disconnect from Oregon issues for this cycle.<\/p>\n
The people who introduced him and the “money pitcher” were very enthusiastic, had worked with him in the Oregon House and said things about Jeff that made him seem like a really neat caring person and I was about to more seriously consider voting for him.<\/p>\n
But then I the saw his newest “ad” – the one where Merkley takes Novick’s old-ish blog comments out of full context and presents them as Novick name calling. I won’t post the ad here [you can Google it and watch if you wish] – but I am so tired of politicians thinking the electorate is stupid. We are smart, many of us pay attention and have heard\/read about those comments for a while now and know the full context or we at least in this state, can use Google, YouTube and other ways to research what was said and in what context.<\/p>\n
And of course as I have this blog, and others, I might be a bit more sensitive – as I sure should I ever choose to run for something – some of my content would be take out of context and posted to prove my hate\/love\/antipathy to whatever. Ah – but as I never plan to run for anything except local PCP – I am safe : – )<\/p>\n
The ad seemed beneath the Jeff I had just met and had heard personal commentary about – and I was so very disappointed.<\/p>\n
So politicians – please respect the minds of voters. Some actually read, think and know or can ask others about what is going on!<\/p>\n
This type of campaigning turns people off – we are not stupid voters…we care and we pay attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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