Mr Rees

factchecker2< No keys on his computers to be able to imput text on DC Pages.

factchecker2< Mentally challenge and illiterate.

Factchecker has no hands and that is why he never types anything but uses a stick from his mouth to hit the submit bottom. < So sad!

Bfrank... Two organizations I am with are split between Cropp and Fenty so how do you think that plays in the minds of voters?

I would probably win the POWERBALL LOTTERY before DC ever gets real representation!

Luke how do we know for sure that you are not a front for India based company? Lol

Loose Lips was sarcastic because he said he might give Sam 5 minutes of his time at his town hall meeting and he said a few other things to others that seemed like he was fishing for a story.

ARE POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS NECESSARY…? Jonathan R. Rees – jrrees2006@verizon.net In this current election cycle, candidates are running around like chickens with their heads cut off in search of endorsements from one organization after another with the belief that it can secure them an election and when those questionnaires come through the mail, candidates get cracking to crank out the sweetest one liners possible. Yet, are political endorsements really needed in these times to win your respective race? I think the answer is NO! The only real endorsement any candidate should be seeking is that from the voters on Election Day not from organizations voters may or may not belong to. A careful examination of the many organizations that hand out endorsements and/or ratings will show that candidates will receive endorsements from a variety of organizations but often those endorsements can split the voter in half as John Q. Public might respect the endorsement given by both the MPD and the DCFD but each has endorsed a different candidate. Thus with so many organizations giving out endorsements and very few candidates ever getting the lion’s share, these endorsements have historically resulted in cancelling each other out in the minds of most voters and have turned voters off not on, leaving voters to ignore them and going back and judging each candidate on what they are saying. Of course, often candidates that have received the endorsement of our notable Washington Post have gone down in defeat as was the case with former Councilman John Ray. Even John Ray s campaign manager conceded that the mood among voters was: (Ray is the establishment candidate. He can t be for you when the Washington Post is for him.) With each new election year, endorsements are becoming less and less effective in swaying voters, the number of organizations endorsing are too many for voters to count and candidates are spending too much time trying to win over these organizations than voters. In 2006, a smart candidate will just take her/his position on those issues of importance straight to the people who will vote and not to those organizations handing out endorsements and ratings and when those questionnaires come in the mail, you didn’t get them because you were just too busy knocking on doors and being a tangible candidate not a name without a face.

Bfrank should know better than to try and upset me as I am protected under law through the Americans With Disability Act.

Luke, Bfrank might be one of my twenty illegitimate children. How could I not love him? Lol

Luke since the Democratic Party controls DC and it is hard to get elected unless you say you are Democrat, I feel many are not but say they are. The Republican Party in DC is hard to define insofar as what they stand for. If Carol Schwartz is your typical Republican then the Republicans in DC are quite liberal.

Luke, Did you see today on NBC that segment about companies out-sourcing jobs to India?

Truthseeker is the master of deception and also should be ignored like a cockroach on the lunch counter.

Bfrank is jerk and should be ignored. I enjoy misleading the bastard as he is not important or worth anybodys time. So play with him, he is stupid enough to play back as he has nothing better to do with all of his free time.

The fact is, Fenty did look at my platform back in August and said it remined him of George H. Bush and nobody can promise no new taxes. Now Fenty promotes what he first said was not feasible. Fred Vinson who moderates the Tenleytown list server did in fact attend Mary Chehs kick off and gave her $100. Look at her next filing at the OCF.

Not me Bfrank. Supporters? According to you I have none. Case closed. I am innocent.

I am in your backyard dude.

I am like the American Express Card: I am everywhere you want me to be. Ha ha

Joseph Sternlieb is just one of many self-important people in DC who has been losing clout.

Since there are no hot button issues, I think voter turn out will be lower than expected.

I believe that Linda Cropp with all her good and bad is the most qualified candidate running for mayor based on her own merits and the fact that she would get less resistence from the members of the city council than say Fenty or Orange. Also, Cropp would have it easier with the US Congress than Orange or Fenty for a long string of reasons. Luke, I am a centrist Democrat which puts me right of most of the mayoral candidates. On September 12, my wife and I will vote Cropp, Gray for chair, Bolden and Catania at large and this is because we too want to see DC go back to the center and away from the far left it has drifted into.

None of the candidates are in trouble. Each are doing their thing. It will be a nifty and interesting conclusion.

The various AFL-CIO union offices around the city today are erecting signs supporting Cropp.

Only Fred Vinson who moderates the Tenleytown list server to my knowledge gave money to Mary Cheh and attended her kick-off. Fred gave $100.00 < Big spender

Aglue I never go on vacation as I live in your nightmares.