Cheney to invade Washington 2nd Congressional District

Look out Puget Sound! VP Cheney is going to crawl out from under his undisclosed rock and darken Everetts door.

Report: Cheney told Libby to leak
USA Today -
Vice President Dick Cheney told his top aide, Lewis Libby, to leak portions of a still-classified CIA report to discredit a prominent war critic, former ...

Cheney's role in war, Halliburton
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL -
... There has never been an investigation into Dick Cheney's involvement in awarding Halliburton no-bid contracts, making the company the No. ...

Yes that crooked leaky Dick is going to be in Everett, WA. this coming Monday.
His purpose?

...Vice President Dick Cheney is coming to Everett with ideas of seeing U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen replaced by a Republican in this fall's election.

Cheney is coming for a $250-per-plate fundraising luncheon April 17 at the Holiday Inn in Everett on behalf of Larsen's potential Republican opponent, Doug Roulstone, a retired Navy captain from Snohomish.

Cheney initiated the visit even though the vice president and Roulstone do not have a personal connection, said David Hoffman, Roulstone's campaign manager... (HeraldNet)

Why the special treatment? Doug Roulstone has been hand picked by Beltway Republicans. Look at Doug's website and you'll see he's been endorsed by a shit-pack-load of Republican Congressmen; look at his FEC Disclosure Report and you'll see the same Congressmen have used their PAC's to bankrolled his campaign.

...The Republican Party has endorsed Doug Roulstone, a Navy veteran who rose to commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. Roulstone, co-owner of a company that makes precision-machined parts, has raised about $278,000, $82,500 of which came from GOP members of Congress... (Seattle Times)

In the Disclosure Reports "Individuals Who Gave..." category only about a quarter of the individuals live in the 2nd District. Roulstones financial support is coming from connections he'd like to keep quiet. The Seattle Times article goes along with the Republican line... playing up the Navy Vet angle and glossing over his current business connections.

... Since retiring from the Navy in 1999, Roulstone has been the senior vice-president of Thomas James International, a local aerospace and engineering company that does business with Boeing, the Defense Department and many other big-time aerospace players. In a district so heavily influenced and employed by Boeing and other connected aerospace, that kind of experience is vital. Boeing's image has taken a beating in Congress in recent years, not without cause, and it will be helpful to everyone in the region if Boeing has a local congressional ally who understands aerospace. (-)

(PRWEB) March 20, 2006 -- Damar Machine (a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas James International) and The Boeing Company have been accepted as participants in the Department of Defense (DoD) Mentor Protégé Program. The DoD Mentor-Protégé Program assists small businesses (Protégés) to successfully compete for prime contract and subcontract awards by partnering with large companies (Mentors) under individual, project-based Agreements.

Yes sir-ee, Doug's a Military-Industrial-Complex Insider, not a "local business man". He's got no interest in or ties to WA-2nd District, He's a Boeing/DoD/Republican-Party rubber-stamp kinda guy, bought and paid for.