GOP Candidate runs aground in Bellingham

Republicans say they are targeting Rep. Rick Larsen, WA - 2nd Congressional District's quiet workhorse. That must be because in 2004 Larsen only got 64% of the vote.

True to form, the GOP has found an affable doofus to run. A Navy has-been Veteran with no ideas of his own. The Bellingham Herald obligingly covered the candidates appearance at the Northwest Business Club, a PR front group for Whatcom County Republican Party. (Don't believe it's a front? Ask Bruce Ayers Vice President of the Northwest Business Club and Whatcom County Republican Party Chairman.)

There was the obligatory 'business good, government bad' quote:

... He criticized government regulations for stifling small businesses and promised to have the courage "to stand up and do something."
"Sitting on the sidelines is not an option anymore," Roulstone said. "If you believe in these principles, you have to stand up.

Right... no sitting on the sidelines... stand up... stand up. blah blah blah. Sporty active verbs: Yes... Content: No. Oh yeah, this affable doofus is named Doug Roulstone, (but perhaps we should refer to him as Ol' Roulstain in honor of Capt. Queeg.)

..."he supported a constitutional amendment to make burning the flag a crime."...

..."It doesn't make sense we have some foaming at the mouth over ANWR," he said. "It's not a big piece of property. ..."

But my favorite is:

...He called the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps "a program that makes sense,"

Yeah! Vigilante's prowling the border in the name of fear-mongering, that's an idea who's time has come! Yes indeed; a month of feverish activity by our local border vigilantes netted one impulsive young man who stepped across the border so he could call his girlfriend and say he was calling from Canada.

The B'ham Herald said Ol' Roulstain has raise $278,461... BUT, forgot to mention that about a third of that has come from GOP members of Congress!