It’s in all the Democrat talking point memos, being used from Jay Inslee on down to the newest appointed state representative, to spend some time during today’s start of the legislative session to … [Read more...]
Liberal Lie #5: Democrats want a bi-partisan solution to our state’s transportation problems
Transportation used to be one of the few issues in Washington that was relatively bi-partisan – labor Democrats liked bigger transportation budgets because it meant more jobs for union members, and … [Read more...]
Liberal Lie #4: Democrats use science, not politics, to guide their environmental policy
Left-leaning politicians and extremist environmental groups love to attack Republicans as the anti-science party, demonstrated most often these days by trotting out the tired cliché “climate-denier” … [Read more...]
Liberal Lie #3: Washington State needs higher taxes to fund public education
Tomorrow is the annual Associated Press Legislative Preview Forum, where legislative leaders from both parties will provide insight into their priorities for the session which starts next Monday. And … [Read more...]
Liberal Lie #2: The state gave away billions of tax dollars to Boeing
What is almost lost in the celebration of the Boeing Machinists vote last Friday to accept the company’s long-term contract offer was how the militant leaders of the local Machinists union so totally … [Read more...]
Liberal Lie #1: Republicans have secret rich conservative donors, but Democrats depend on grassroots supporters
Democrats like to complain about "secret rich donors" who try to use their money to impose an agenda on the public ever since the Supreme Court loosened campaign finance laws with the Citizens United … [Read more...]
How to apologize without being sorry – the only wasteland is between Fitzgibbons’ ears
Democrat state representative Joe Fitzgibbons showed how you could be a good liberal and a bigot at the same time, all thanks to the Seahawks on Sunday. The Seattle Representative decided to play to … [Read more...]
Inslee thinks nation’s highest minimum wage is too low
In a massive year-end cave in to the big labor bosses who invested millions to elect him in 2012, Jay Inslee told reporters last week that we need a "conversation" on raising the minimum wage. A … [Read more...]
Perhaps “disrespect” comes from actually believing your own propaganda
Outside observers — like the governor, members of newspaper editorial boards and small aerospace business owners — have watched in disbelief as Machinists union leaders first negotiated a new deal … [Read more...]
In budget announcement, Inslee comes through for his labor buddies
As people across the country struggle to maintain their health coverage in the face of Obamacare implementation (some five million Americans have already received cancellation notices in just the … [Read more...]
Labor bosses miss the party, but Inslee already got the presents
A mini-crisis is brewing in the Governor's Mansion tonight. According to Seattle blog PubliCola, a swath of the state's big labor bosses decided to cancel their RSVP at a Jay Inslee Christmas Party … [Read more...]
Jay Inslee is trying to get some laughs
Normally SHIFT would leave the political humor to the late-night professionals, but we couldn’t let Jay Inslee’s recent effort at getting laughs pass unnoticed. At least, we think he was trying to … [Read more...]