Rip Van Winkle Green Candidate Dixon Wants to Run for What?
Incredible! The Washington State Green Party candidate Aaron Dixon who recently declared he is running against Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell is really Rip Van Winkle. He has been asleep since 1998.
Talk about name familiarity on the ballot - Aaron "Rip Van Winkle" Dixon. Sure out does the Republican candidate Mike Mc????.
As first reported on Horsesass.org yesterday Dixon hasn't voted in Washington state since 1998. But hey, there's a plus, he can't be blamed for voting for Ralph Nader. Neil Modie today in the Seattle PI also followed up to confirm that Dixon is a non-voter. see "Green Party Senate Hopeful not a Voter"
In a new blog today, Horsesass.org points out that isn't his only problem. Some sleuthing on public records by Republican Richard Pope points out a number of other problems Dixon has.
Aaron Dixon has seriously further eroded the Green Party's credibility. And the Green Party is just as responsible. Reminds me of McGovern's run for President and his choice of Thomas Eagleton for Vice-President. Seems no one really checked on Dixon's skeletons in his closet either. They were just happy to have someone run.
Dixon should withdraw from the race and the Greens should withdraw their support for him..
We need to encourage people to participate in the process of democracy and should appreciate Aaron Dixon's courage to run. It is not an easy task. But he also needed to be realistic, both in his chances of winning and in the reality of his personal life.
To criticize Senator Maria Cantwell for her record representing Washington State in the US Senate while at the same never having voted in the Washington State race in the first place that she fought and won over Slade Gorton is the height of hypocrisy. It means he also didn't vote against George W Bush. He was missing in action sleeping.
Maybe Dixon can start his rehabilitation by voting in future elections. Right now he has no credibility. If he can't vote in local and Washington State elections or national elections like for President, how could one ever trust that he would vote in Washington D.C.?
Talk about name familiarity on the ballot - Aaron "Rip Van Winkle" Dixon. Sure out does the Republican candidate Mike Mc????.
As first reported on Horsesass.org yesterday Dixon hasn't voted in Washington state since 1998. But hey, there's a plus, he can't be blamed for voting for Ralph Nader. Neil Modie today in the Seattle PI also followed up to confirm that Dixon is a non-voter. see "Green Party Senate Hopeful not a Voter"
In a new blog today, Horsesass.org points out that isn't his only problem. Some sleuthing on public records by Republican Richard Pope points out a number of other problems Dixon has.
Aaron Dixon has seriously further eroded the Green Party's credibility. And the Green Party is just as responsible. Reminds me of McGovern's run for President and his choice of Thomas Eagleton for Vice-President. Seems no one really checked on Dixon's skeletons in his closet either. They were just happy to have someone run.
Dixon should withdraw from the race and the Greens should withdraw their support for him..
We need to encourage people to participate in the process of democracy and should appreciate Aaron Dixon's courage to run. It is not an easy task. But he also needed to be realistic, both in his chances of winning and in the reality of his personal life.
To criticize Senator Maria Cantwell for her record representing Washington State in the US Senate while at the same never having voted in the Washington State race in the first place that she fought and won over Slade Gorton is the height of hypocrisy. It means he also didn't vote against George W Bush. He was missing in action sleeping.
Maybe Dixon can start his rehabilitation by voting in future elections. Right now he has no credibility. If he can't vote in local and Washington State elections or national elections like for President, how could one ever trust that he would vote in Washington D.C.?
Posted by Steve Zemke at 11:45 AM | Permanent Link
2 Comments:
This is really messed up. We're trashing a former Black Panther for not voting? All this stuff about his legal situation is based on something from a conservative establishment type. How do we know he doesn't have an axe to grind? How do we know Dixon hasn't been f'd with for the past thirty years and so has gone more or less underground?
I say give the man a chance to speak on the issue before we totally trash the guy.
I'm not trying to trash the guy. I certainly hope that he does speak out and explain himself.
As this story evolved it became more and more bizarre and I tried to moderate my last comments at the end.
I have run twice for the Seattle City Council and twice come in third in the primary. I know that running for office is a difficult process.
I give him credit for stepping up and speaking out with his concerns.. Most people do not understand the time commitment, effort and work that a campaign involved.
But to have any chance of winning, and not just be a spoiler, you have to be practical.
We are facing big stakes here. How many more years of the Republicans
trying to dismantle the governmemt and provide special tax breaks for the already wealthy and other benefits to corporate America can we take?
The US Senate race is not about whether Aaron Dixon or Maria Cantwell best represents progressive or liberal positions on Iraq and Supreme Court Justices.
It is about who has the best chance of beating Mike Mc???? the Republican.
My main question was and is, how can this guy ask us to take him seriously if he hasn't even bothered to vote for 8 or more years? He certainly hasn't participated. That is not a campaign position to run on.
As far as Richard Pope goes, yes he is a conservative Republican. He has twice run for Washington State Attorney General as a Republican, twice for Seattle Port Commissioner and once for King County Assessor.
He is an attorney. Earlier this year he filed lengthy
separate Public Disclosure complaints against Christine Gregoire and Dwight Pelz.
I am not sure why he looked up and brought to people's attention Aaron Dixon's problems unless he thinks a more viable candidate would give Senator Maria Cantwell
more problems.
Whatever Pope's motives were, the fact remains that Dixon does not a record to run on.
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