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I posted the following on the Oregonian comments section, sorry for the repost but I cannot help myself.
The recall will be having a table at an upcoming gun show according to the comments section of a recent story in the Tribune.
The latest ‘big’ donor to the recall as reported by Orestar is from out of state and appears to have previously donated to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth based on a Google search.
The event yesterday was at the business of a Ron Paul supporter who is for the recall because he feels Sam represents big government.
The number of people commenting on the Oregonian who support the recall based primarily on the 39th Avenue renaming is significant, and it has nothing to do with the stated rationale of the recall leadership.
Now an Oregonian story from yesterday says the recall will be circulating a petition at a church, which is the same tactic that was used for measure 36.
In February Jasun Wurster promised this is not how the recall would operate in an interview with Just Out. “This cannot be subverted by people who have a political or, more so, a social agenda,” he said. “It’s not going to be or I’ll pull the plug on it at any minute.”
Who is the liar now?
Adams gave the frothing idiots their rallying cry. And of course it's "not" about Sam being gay, just as the Obama "birthers" insist it's not about Barack being black.
Oh, those poor disenfranchised middle-class white Christians! When I hear a birther embarass herself by shouting "I want my country back", I think of the delusional recallers prattling on about how Sam has "brought shame to our city." I guess temper tantrums last as long as they have to.
Thing is, nobody gets to vote if it isn't on the ballot. If I were Wurster I would be turning away from all that moral high ground baloney too. He needs the signature of everyone willing to sign, regardless of motive. That's the only way it gets to the ballot.
75 days for 48,000 signatures = 640 signatures a day.
Quite a leap, but doable. But here is the problem - every day he fails to hit 640 signatures from here on out his job gets exponentially more difficult.
Not surprised that WWeek has jumped on the bandwagon, their circulation depends on a recall.
Also still puzzled by anyone who thinks that Potter somehow lends legitimacy to this whole thing. One of the worst mayors in Portland's history supports recalling his successor who he didn't support in the first place. Why is this news? And why does this help?
40K signatures collected by 500 volunteers equals 80 signatures per volunteer. One good day of signatur gathering, or two. I have personally gathered over 300 and have set myself a goal of 1000, as have a few others amongst us, all died-in-the-wool democrats like me (my first vote after I became eligible was cast for Jesse Jackson).
Keep grasping at straws and trying to polarize the situation and make it even uglier that it is.
We want nothing more than to put the question to the vote. I personally, will be the first to ask Adams if he would like any help from me once he is properly and democratically elected, should that be the outcome of this effort.
Yes, because the point of a democracy is not to simply to hold one election for an office, it's to continuously hold elections every time some folks become dissatisfied with the elected person's performance. Or is that American Idol? I'm constantly getting the two confused.
Hasn't that already happened?
Or does the above statement mean that everything else that was voted on during that election cycle was not "properly and democratically elected?"
The statements:
"all politicians lie"
"politicians have to lie to get elected"
"lying scheming politicians are the only ones who get stuff done".....
"sex has nothing to do with politics".....
These are all old-world, pre-internet standards, that are totally ripe for change. If Obama can win the presidency on the engine of 50$ dollar donations, voters can certainly be heard loud and clear if they decide they actually DON"t want to be lied to by their representatives, about sex with a teenager or anything else. And how one conducts one's sex life, sorry, can say a lot about you. Chasing a teenager, then letting your lawyers hang him out to dry a few years later as a shady untrustworthy character is just SO not acceptable to some of us.
We are free to use our right to organize against this scheming standardbearer for an old political paradigm, and if you were at all open-minded, you would accept that, and quit slinging mud at us and pretending we're all republican homophobes.
Ridiculous.
I am going to leave the merits of this and go back to the signature gathering issue which I know very well having run 3 (successful) campaigns to get on the state ballot.
40,000 signatures (I assume 10 signature opportunities a sheet, so 4,000 sheets) means nothing. I learned the hard way that until a signature is in your office it doesn't count. Period. The vast majority of those 4,000 sheets will either a) never get used/recycled or b) come back with two signatures on it - the household basically.
You know how many signature sheets we printed and sent out in the last campaign I ran (needing 110,000 sigatures)? 75,000! That's SHEETS.
It's patently obvious you guys have no idea what you are doing.
I also don't agree with what you are doing but I also know how hard it is to take the time to gather 300 signatures so congrats on that.
Nevertheless, politicians exist for the sole purpose of disappointing me. If we kick out Adams, the next fucker is going to probably be as bad or worse. I'd rather let Adams try to scramble in an attempt to keep me happy than start over.
Cheers all!