2008 elections | OlyBlog

The recent Democratic Caucus was a real pleasure to take part in. The organic flow of the event was exciting; it was fun to come together in person to decide on which candidate to support. I enjoyed hearing people speak on behalf of the different candidates. It was empowering to know that we have influence; we have some ability to affect the outcome of a political election based on first hand participation.

My precinct (Oly 218) caucus was held in a building with about 4 or 5 other precincts. Olympia 218 had a huge turnout, there were well in excess of 100 people.

What struck me most was the enthusiasm, the hopefulness, and the desire for real change that was apparent amongst the participants. This photograph by Kay Schultz exemplifies the spirit of enthusiasm at the Caucus:

Photograph by Kay Schultz

There is promise for developing a better society through the democratic process. Congratulations to Washington for such a great Democratic Caucus turn-out.

Clark County Republican Website...in the news.

Submitted by The Original Yoda on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 9:36pm.

From http://www.horsesass.org/?p=4159

"Apparently, shamelessly racist smear campaigns aren’t limited to anonymous emails anymore, what with the Clark County Republican Party’s official website front-paging the “Barack Obama is a Muslim” hoax:

Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. […] It is reported that Obama swore his oath of office using the Koran and pictures have shown him standing for the Pledge but not reciting it and holding his hands to his side while others place their hands over their hearts.
This is chilling information about a candidate for the highest office in the Country especially given the radical Muslim claims that they will destroy American from “the inside”.

Really. I’m not making this up. Jon Devore gets the credit for exposing this pathetic attempt at swiftboating Obama, and just in case the Clark County GOP attempts to cover up their shameful hate-mongering, Jon’s captured a screen shot for posterity."

The article goes on to say the post was taken down from the Clark County GOP website. I'm not a huge Obama fan but this kind of crap is totally lame in my book.

EDIT: UPDATE

To be fair, the Clark County GOP website has posted this:

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