Rep Pete HOAXstra to run for Michigan Governor

[Parche]

http://hoekstraforgovernor.com/

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

what a fukin dooshbag...:hi:

[MichiganVote]

1. Mike Cox is even worse.

[mrcheerful]

2. And the numb nuts in the state might vote either of them into the govenorship

unlike Blanchard who left office well liked, Jenny is one of the most hated Governors the state ever elected, never mind facts, people are blaming her for not forcing the R's into doing things her way.

[MichiganVote]

3. I don't think that Granholm is one of the most hated Governors. People blame the MI

legislature for its sorry assed behavior more than Granholm. She beat the crap out of Dick DeVos in the last election. Mike Cox is Dick's boy.

But no denying, people are frustrated and scared. Like the people of New Orleans, MI citizens can't just turn on the pumps and flood away an economic hurricane. But they were sure like to!

[blue_onyx]

4. I'm not sure...

that Granholm is "one of the most hated Governors the state ever elected." Her unfavorable ratings are higher than favorable (55 vs. 39 in last EPIC-MRA poll) but it's not that bad. Her job approval is certainly very bad but I don't think most people hate her. They're just frustrated about the economy and need someone to blame.

I think the Dems have a better chance of winning the governorship than people give them (especially if the GOP nominee is Cox).

[William Z. Foster]

5. begging your pardon

We have worked our asses off the last few years, with tremendous success, turning rural counties in Michigan blue. After decades of going Republican, virtually every precinct in the state was in the play and we made historic gains. What we can't control is do-nothing Republican-lite compromising Democratic party politicians that fail to fight for the working people - fail to fight for much of anything other than hanging on to their own power and catering to the needs and desires of their wealthy benefactors.

The people here are not "numb nuts," but they are bitterly angry with what they see as a betrayal by the Democratic party politicians. An enormous mandate may well have been squandered. Please do not blame working class people for that - an utter failure of leadership, a completely compromised and corrupted party that was more than happy to get into power by holding out the promise of another New Deal, and yet since being in power has sold out to corporate interests at every turn, rolled over every time the Republicans yelled "boo!" and failed again and again to fight for the people.

Meanwhile all hopes for rural people about the issue that really matter - help for the collapsing school systems, an end to Gestapo enforcement of immigration laws, relief from the pressure of "fair trade" laws, increased funding for the public agricultural infrastructure, a solution to the growing health care crisis - now lie in a pile of smoldering ruins. All of those policies have gotten worse under Democrats, and are going in the wrong direction. This betrayal has left a mark here that will not go away. People will be talking about it with bitterness and sadness for a generation.

I watched Moore's Sicko with rural audiences in this state. They know what is going on, they know what is needed, and they voted Democratic in the hopes of getting what is needed. They know who let them down, who betrayed them. The hot shots and intellectuals can parse and spin and split hairs on this all they want, while they mock and ridicule the "numb nuts" and blame them for their failures. People are all done with hearing the excuses - "it was those big bad Republicans who stopped us!!!" Uh huh. The Republicans were able to pass any sort of legislation they liked that would help the rich with 51 votes. But when it comes to helping the rest of us? "We need 60 votes."

[mrcheerful]

6. The problem is Michigan has the Stupak first district that leans very right wing

Then theres the west side of the state that also lean to the right. The strong left leaning of the state is along the I-75 corridor from Bay City to Detroit and even in those area's I'm seeing pockets of right leanings when those area's had been strong left voters. Maybe I spend to much time in Michigan forums because reading the posts in there you start feeling that things are rather hopeless. It didn't help living in Grand Rapids for a few years, the stupid runs deep there.

[William Z. Foster]

7. the two worst places

Grand Rapids and Michigan forums - yikes!

I am in Stupak's district and don't agree that it "leans very right wing." It is all in play here and I am very optimistic. The problem is that we got everyone in rural Michigan to vote Democratic in the last two elections, with much hard work, and now the Democrats do not seem very serious about any of the issues that affect people here - "free trade," health care, restoration of the public agriculture infrastructure, help for schools, relief from the horrendous pressure on farm workers, an end to the foreign military adventures that are disproportionately wounding and killing poor rural young people.