- hat-tip to Stilwell at nwprogressive.org for catching this one from Adam Wilsons Blog at the Olympian .
It seems the House Republican Leaders could only round up one reporter and three conservative bloggers for a conference call. Their plan? To put conservative bloggers to work?
After warm up chit chat in which Deputy Leader Rep. Doug Ericksen of Ferndale told a blogger: ""I think everybody aught to access to those automatic weapons," said Ericksen, explaining he didn't think they are any more dangerous than a semi-auto." They moved on to the real topic; the House Republicans lack of fire power.
... If the Republicans thought the professional press, or the paid reporters, weren't going to give their minority any ink, they appeared to be about right. So they're talking to people who will listen.We'll see how well that works, but its potential showed through when Ericksen talked about the chances of peeling off enough Democrats to pass a Republican bill. He said most of the new Democrats won in swing districts with pledges to be business friendly.
'We're still trying to feel them out, too. Trying to see who is feeling the heat back home," he said. "That's where you (bloggers) come in with your ability to communicate directly with the people on these issues."
Well yeah; using conservative bloggers to attack Democrats might be a step up from sending out fake sex-offender postcards.
Ericksen might be busy making conference calls down in Olympia, but he sure doesn't communicate with 'the people' 'round here. I'm Ferndale's 'liberal' blogger and I wasn't one of the liberal bloggers (supposedly) invited to his shindig. My not being invited might not be too surprising, but from what I can tell neither was Ferndale's 'Conservative Christian Republican' blogger Wally. It just doesn't seem like Doug's all that interested in his District. Has all that time down in Olympia made Ericksen too 'citified' to talk to us 'hicks' up here in Whatcom County?
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