That's how you stand up to a Tea Party tracker
Kari Chisholm
Clackamas County is ground zero for the Tea Party. And they're going in big to take over the Clackamas County Commssion.
Their latest tactic is going beyond doing basic video-tracking, and actually using tracker goons to chase after elected officials to ask harassing gotcha questions.
Over the weekend, one of their tracker goons posted a video of himself harassing Clackamas County Chair Charlotte Lehan over light rail - at a Labor Day picnic.
Hilariously, the tracker goon posted the video even though Lehan owned his ass.
Check it out - it's just 24 seconds.
Lehan: 17,000 workers, this is money coming in to --
Tea Party Goon: Wouldn't those just be temporary jobs though - just to build the infrastructure?
Lehan: What are you doing here? Every construction job is a temporary job. You tell that to a plumber. You tell that to a carpenter.
Tea Party Goon: But my dad was a plumber.
Lehan: OK, and every job he works is a temporary job. That doesn't mean he's a temporary plumber. I gotta go.
Tea Party Goon (desperately): I, I, I, I have more questions!
Awesome. That's how you handle a tracker goon with grace, intelligence and wit.
Sure, full-time long-term jobs are good. But let's not pretend that construction jobs are worthless, just because they're short-term.
And for that matter, I'm always amused by folks who jump up and down about "temporary" jobs - when that spending is producing something of permanent lasting value, like infrastructure.
*If you want to help Charlotte beat back the Tea Party in Clackamas County, donate here, volunteer here, and join her on Facebook here.
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9:09 a.m.
Sep 11, '12
Yep, that's how you do it. Go Charlotte! I just made a donation to your campaign. Hope the rest of you can join me!
12:38 p.m.
Sep 11, '12
This is going to be stock and trade if Ludlow gets in.
1:45 p.m.
Sep 11, '12
We simply cannot allow that to happen. I've donated to Charlotte, and will walk door to door, carry her button on my purse, and have a lawn sign. It's up to all of us to make sure that Charlotte stays as Chair.
6:43 p.m.
Sep 11, '12
He thinks he won because she said, "I gotta go."
Geez...