I just want to get local for a minute here in Central Washington.
George Fearing, is the Democratic candidate for the seat occupied by one of the most vile republicans in congress, Richard 'Doc' Hastings. Hastings made a career out of lock-step party line politics and inside work for the republican machine, yet somehow avoided being sunk by the good ship Tom Delay when it went down.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) lists Doc as the fifth most corrupt congressperson on a bipartisan list of unethical members. He is coincidentally the former chair and now ranking republican on the House Ethics Committee. Say What?
Seems like a no-brainer that Doc's job would be on the line here. Well, sadly, even though there has been some money raised by the Fearing Campaign, and a well organized grass-roots effort by the local party, Fearing is doomed to lose unless the national party recognizes the need to excise the last vestiges of the old Delay machine.
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