Well, it was either going to be within the recount margin or outside of it - those are the only two choices - and since almost all elections fall outside of it, you were making a pretty safe bet. barfo
I just discovered that Oswald West State Park was named after a former governor and he was also Canadian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_West Also, we had a British born Governor. James Withycombe immigrated to the US from England when he was 17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Withycombe
Well that's too bad as I was really hoping Dudley would win. Kitzhaber failed as governor before and I don't expect anything different this time.
I was really hoping the opposite, as I didn't see Kitzhaber as failing before. But, I guess we'll both see how he does this time. And probably disagree about it. barfo
barfo I'm curious what you liked about Kitz's first two terms. What did he do that you thought was successful? I'm genuinely curious.
...I was shocked to see such a reversal in the "official numbers" vs. any of the polls leading up to yesterday, the bogus propaganda machine must have been really cranking up there?!
Me thinks this is your way of not answering a direct question. For the record, you do it quite often.
Oh noes! Do you want me to tell you about your method of avoiding questions you don't want to answer? For the record, Northwest Salmon Plan, Oregon Health Plan, would be a couple of Kitz accomplishments. barfo
See? Was that so hard? Edit: BTW, I noticed a couple of things from your post. 1. You admitted that deflecting with another question was a "method of avoiding questions you don't want to answer". Why don't you want to answer why you support Kitzhaber and want to see him elected? 2. You listed his past accomplishments, not anything he was running for this time 'round. Again, what specifically this time running causes you to support Kitzhaber?
He talks about jobs, but Oregon unemployment was above the national average for 80 consecutive months during Kitzhaber’s 96 months as Governor, and remains above the national average to this day (Oregon Labor Market Information System http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/labforce) He constantly pushed for a sales tax. This is a big one for me. Oregonians have voted down the fucking sales tax how many times? I find it interesting because we already have a property tax here, and an income tax, but they want to do a sales tax. I took this from an article in Forbes on the ten most taxed states in the union, "Thanks to California, the West Coast has a reputation for heavily taxing businesses. Washington, however, likes to spread the burden around, making it the leading Western state for taxes. There are low property taxes in the state, and no personal income tax, but just try and buy something. Sales taxes--which come out to $2,181 per person--account for 85% of personal taxes paid." Oregon isn't in the top 10, but if we added a sales tax ON TOP OF what we already have, I can guarantee we would make that list.
