Jay Inslee: A Proven Progressive Leader

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Tuesday November 29, 2011 · 8:15 AM PST

2011/11/29 · 08:15

Jay Inslee Speaking to the Clallam County Party (Photo By Chris Tucker)

Nowadays, politicians disappoint and disillusion their progressive supporters at a rate bested only by first loves and diet programs. In American liberal circles, to express faith in a modern politician is to invite instant suspicion of your gullibility and sanity, like a stranger at a bar loudly proclaiming his belief in the unsurpassed combat prowess of pro wrestlers.

Rare is a candidate with a record that displays consistent good judgment and courage, but such a candidate is running to become Governor of Washington in 2012. His name is Jay Inslee, and he is the Democratic Representative for Washington’s 1st Congressional District.

If past performance is the best indicator of future accomplishment, then Inslee is the strongest candidate for governor in years. Ever since Jay was first elected to Congress in 1992, he has been right when it counts with the uncanny regularity of a student with a cheat sheet.

Learn how after the jump ...

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Saturday December 25, 2010 · 3:22 PM PST

2010/12/25 · 15:22

This is a video of a baby bald eagle being treated for a gunshot wound. On December 15, he was flying during a rainstorm above the forests of Beaver, Washington -- 9 miles north of Twilight town Forks. As he extended his wings to flap, someone raised their .22-caliber rifle and shot him in the left wing. The eagle instantly toppled from the sky.

The shooter left the wounded, floundering eagle to slowly die in the rain. Born earlier this year, this small male bald eagle had only been flying for a few months before some sadistic buffoon did his best to ensure that he would never fly again.

This is the story of that eagle's rescue, his rehabilitation, and the search for his attacker. This is also the first chapter in this eagle's fight for survival and, hopefully, his fight to fly again.

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Jay Inslee: A Proven Progressive Leader

A Wounded Bald Eagle's Christmas Wish