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Posted on 10/16/2022 4:34:13 PM PDT by libh8er
I lived in Eugene when the first vote by mail with national ramifications was held. A special election to fill a vacant US Senate seat held by Republicans for 35 years. The favored candidate was Gordon Smith. Handsome young Republican. A family man with a thriving business that even hired union workers at union wages. Popular president of the Oregon State Senate. Leading into the night and waiting to celebrate at the end of the day. A funny thing happened on the way to the US Senate. An unattractive, junior Democrat Congressman who would become a lifelong politician salivated as votes from mail drop boxes poured in.
Ron Wyden was declared the winner by about 1600 votes. Disbelief. Utter shock. Gordon Smith’s concession statement was brutally frank.
Ron Wyden is still in the US Senate working on voter legislation for us. Smith won the next open Senate seat handily but he never had his heart in it.
We moved away over 20 years ago but we always found Oregon to be patriotic and fairly conservative except in Portland and Eugene. It would be so great to see the state clean up it’s act. I apologize for the lengthy comment,
Thank you for that time capsule story. You may remember Gordon Smith retired after his son committed suicide. For a long time, he was the only Republican Senator on the West Coast.
Yep...4 out of a group of 8 of my friends bought Idaho property in last 4 years...2 already moved...other 2 in planning to.
WOW!
This is definitely news. Who would have ever expected that the CEO of the most woke corporation would turn on the Rats.
…and Washington, my home state.
No more elitist party circuit for him.
ROTFL One political cartoon had a person snorting cocaine out of a mountain of white, then asked, “Which of these is illegal in Oregon?” And the answer was the plastic straw.
Is this an about face, or is it a conflicted policy?
I appreciate his intentions in this instance.
Nike was heavily involved in the woke movement in my
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Having lived in Oregon as a child and then as an adult, I found I loved Oregon, especially areas like Coos Bay but then finding out how it has changed since I began working elsewhere...I was shocked at the attitude of “woke”. I often wonder if the “wokers” really understand the evil nature of their current passion? I think not as it is only the elite who will use woke to push their Democratic ideals....
I would love to return and in that wishing I will pray some strong person absolutely demolishes “Woke” and the people who pushing Woke.
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Must have had his, “Come to Christ Moment!”, thus his conversion. Only God’s hand could cause a China loving socialist to embrace America First going forward.
Of course, Cokan, err ah Conan would have it;)
I agree with you.
A lot of California’s Lefties have moved up to Oregon and
Washington over the last 50 years.
Even back in the 70s - 90s I read a lot about folks up
there being chagrined at the drift Leftward.
It’s why I never really considered Oregon to be a place
I wanted to live. I’m sure there are nice places too.
I live in Leftist Nutjob central, and when I move out of
the region, I’m not moving into another Nutjob region.
A lot of the Wokers these days, have been propagandized
since early childhood. They don’t have the information
for them to challenge themselves about what they believe.
It’s a bad situation. Our next generation is not capable
of leading a family, let alone a city, a state, or the
nation.
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