It looks like the Negative Politickers are continuing their campaign. I received another supposedly "negative" ad on Senator Don Benton today. I say supposedly because I don't see anything wrong with accepting money from most of the organizations listed on that particular mailer. I shop at most of the businesses listed. Many are here locally. It seemed like a positive piece until I saw that there was a picture of Benton's opponent on the other side. And how are companies like Les Schwab and Stimac Construction special interests?
So, my victim count by the negative politickers thickens. I think there have been 3 or 4 attacks on Benton. And I heard that another attack piece just came out on Mielke--I haven't seen this one yet though. These attacks seem to be coming from only the left field. Why have they stooped to negative politics instead of focusing on the issues?
I'm still waiting to see a hit piece on someone running on the Democrat ticket--It seems odd that the Republicans are taking the beating and not pushing back. But I like this. As I've said, I do not like negative politickers.
We can see evidence that negative politicking only turns people off--as in the presidential election. Also, people that I have talked with about politics are fed up with those who stoop to the level of attacks--both in the mail and through other means, like breaking signs or worse yet, destroying personal property simply because someone places a political sign in their yard.
As usual, here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
Senator Don Benton
David Carrier
For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James
For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace
18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen
For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie
Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant
