A Resounding Undorsement

I just received the 2009 Washington State/King county Voter's Pamphlet for the General Election. One of the dilemmas on local election is the listing of candidates as "non-partisan." What kind of policies and beliefs will "non-partisan" candidates support or oppose? Since I'm a long-time net-surfer, I decided to google the candidates to see what I find. My first on deck was Susan Hutchison, a candidate for King County Executive to replace the happily-gone Ron Sims. As I read the list of results, I realized that it was more productive to read the pages who oppose a candidate rather than those who endorse them. One of the results that jumped out at me was an article by Valerie Tarico of the Huffington Post, entitled, Susan Hutchinson - Washington State's Sarah Palin. Washington State's Sarah Palin??? Sounds like a good pick to me. Her score rose even higher after I read a petty lambasting of Ms. Hutchison by The Stranger - a local left-wing moonbat rag. I refer to these negative endorsements by the left-wingers as "undorsements." I found these undorsements to be quite enlightening. A search on other candidates revealed other enlightening endorsements A liberal blogger said Reagan Dunn, candidate for King County Councilmen, was stupid for saying "The first rule in economics, you don't tax economic activity in a down cycle of the recession." - doesn't sound stupid to me... I guess it's true... any publicity is good publicity.