The battle for Seattle’s 43rd legislative house seat currently held by Democrat House Speaker Frank Chopp is heating up. Socialist candidate Jess Spear—protégé to Kshama Sawant and $15 minimum wage activist—appears to be giving the Olympia veteran a run for his money (Chopp is the longest serving House speaker in state history).
Seattle’s 43rd District is “arguably the most liberal chunk of land in Washington” and consists of “Capitol Hill, the U District, Wallingford, Fremont and a part of downtown Seattle.” It is the smallest legislative district geographically and the most densely populated—but also has the fewest children. In other words, a young candidate filled with socialist ideas like Spear may just win the support of 43rd residents. Crosscut,
“Dominic Holden, a political writer for The Stranger, said many 43rd District voters are frustrated with the deadlocks in Olympia on education, transportation and other issues: “Frank Chopp is not bringing home the policies they support.” Of Spear, he says, “She can offer something Frank Chopp can’t — change.”
Spears’ campaign strategy appears to be just that—offering voters in the 43rd an opportunity for change. In an attempt to drive her message, Spears frequently blasts Chopp as a political insider that is beholden to corporate interests. Crosscut,
“Spear has portrayed Chopp as a servant to corporate interests who is doing little for working people. She criticized him for not getting a $12-an-hour minimum wage bill out of the House in earlier this year. “Frank Chopp is to the right of this district. He doesn’t really fight for issues that matter to this district,” Spear said. Spear said she would not accept donations from any corporate interests, and the Washington Public Disclosure Commission backs that up. Spear has raised $17,343, all in private donations.”
Additionally, Spear once told a group of supporters,
“Look, Chopp’s got experience doing the bidding of corporations; I’ve got experience organizing movements – movements that win concrete gains for working people, not giant handouts for corporations that are already making record profits…His 20 years in the legislature have left us with the most regressive taxes in the country, while the biggest corporations in the world are again and again given massive tax handouts. Frank Chopp is clearly the king of corporate welfare.”
We here at Shift are more inclined to believe Chopp is a special interests hack ourselves. It is worthwhile to note that Chopp has “received a long list of labor endorsements” and has “raised $133,553 so far from a mix of unions, corporations, lobbying groups and private citizens.”
The sting of being a socialist candidate who is largely ignored by unions has gone over too well with the Spear campaign.
As Shift previously reported, Spear’s campaign manager (and former Sawant manager) Philip Locker took the corporate attack jargon a step further and directed a hit at the SEIU when it publically endorsed Chopp. Locker said,
“If the labor movement gets off their butts, and doesn’t criminally support [Chopp] and supports an independent working class candidate, it will crush the argument that this (Sawant’s victory) is a one off fluke.”
Chopp responded to Spear’s attacking by saying, “She doesn’t know me at all. I’m not the tool of anybody.” Somehow, considering recent events (here and here), that’s a little difficult to believe—even for the most animated Chopp supporter.
Spear is better off accusing Chopp of being a servant to special interests… but, of course, she won’t.
And yet, not one media report of how these leftists are “eating their own.”
Hey Lew, good news… cAndy is done writing about your penis, in fact he sucked that topic dry !!!!!!
And yet, more moron rhetoric, unless you “think” Christy is being eaten by baggers…
If anyone ate Christie it would be you, lard butt. You make Christie look like an Olympic athlete…
Nope….
Another swing & a miss, Ms….
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( I don’t care who ya are, that’s funny right there….Even funnier, is a “man” following me….. Not interested in a date!!! )
Still STOOPID,huh stalker ???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHA ! What an exciting life you “lead”. Oh look, a loser who follows a winner !!
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You need help fat man.
You need a father figure, to slap the stupid outta you, pee brain. Writing to Lew about his penis ? WTF ???
HAHHAHHHAAH !
Guess, who has shown you’re not a man at all ??? Just a LYING=LOSER !!!
Let me compliment you on your decision to get drunk and play with your
computer, instead of getting in your car. You’ve made a fool of yourself
and Republicans, but at least you didn’t kill anybody!
For that, I salute you. (Middle finger, of course.)
As for reviewing my posts, THEY’RE PRIVATE, moronic putz !!
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA ! Looks like another cAndy Azz Lie…..
You sure are a tough keyboard warrior, fat ass. Any time you would like to try and slap me let me know, I dont live far away.
Ya “dont”, huh ??
HAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH !
Ya DON’T read well either, loser !!!
Take 2… You need a father figure, to slap the stupid outta you, pee brain. Writing to Lew about his penis ? WTF ???
HAHHAHHHAAH !
You are such an weird ass loser.
I’m kind curious what offer I answered, since I offered a pussy with your moniker a wager, & the bYtch is still kvetching….
HAHAHAHAH ! First you’re writing about a guy’s penis , now my AZZ ??? Son, was it cold & dark in your “warrior” closet ??
HAHAHAHAHAHAH ! Yeah, you’re brave, after all…………………..you stood “behind” everything you wrote.
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Did you really delete your comment about Lew’s penis ??? HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA !
Do you know you are crazy? I mean, you are a seriously demented, certifiable crazy person. I feel sorry for you grampa.
Gee,
Another lie, by my brown nose, penis breath, stalker guy…
Wood family motto – “Dumb as a shiny doorknob…..OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH shiny !”
Imagine the childish hypocrisy/stupidity of cAndy No Wood “man”. Guess,
cons are not bound by ethics, morals, or any sort of code of conduct.
You are the most childish, vile person I have seen on these blogs. What a
loser…What’s actually funny is your room-temperature I.Q. It’s
obvious she spends a large amount of her time on here whining because of
a sad… little…..loser…. life.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH ! Just write you’re a MORON, save time…
Let me compliment you on your decision to get drunk and play with your
computer, instead of getting in your car. You’ve made a fool of yourself
and Republicans, but at least you didn’t kill anybody!
For that, I salute you. (Middle FINGER, of course!)
Do you hear voices in your head? I bet they echo…
Come and listen to a story about a man named cAndy Wood head
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
Then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude.
Crapola that is, brown gold, Twit teabagger.
Hey bagger, how is Lew’s penis ? HHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA !
Just how much crack did your inbred mom smoke, while pregnant with you?