Because people lurking will see someone write Durkan is moderate relatively or otherwise. But those that know the reality here know she is as hardcore left as it gets only she is more clever and shrewd than other leftists in the City.
There is no need to make a false comparison. All of your comparative statements add nothing of value to the reality of what and who she is and actually serve to make her palatable to the Governor’s Office which is where she wants to be.
Your statements play into the mime that she is the best of bad choices which is simply not true. She is the worst of bad choices.
All the leftists on the Seattle City Council are never going to be taken seriously for higher office and in fact will be lucky to hold their seats.
But Durkan who is actually to the left of these leftists and who is orders of magnitude smarter and more powerful than they can be taken seriously for the Governorship and ultimately as the next Hillary Clinton.
It’s that bad.
So you need not make unsubstantiated comparisons. If you don’t know the real intel, the informed content, it’s not necessary to rank her leftism when you don’t know. A simple comment that the City Council is populated with leftists will suffice but don’t try and elevate Durkan atop that.
Comparisons with Mao are meaningless, cheap, and immaterial.
I would suggest you focus instead on how the current events in Seattle are impacting Durkan’s future in politics. Her future is now dim.
Read the previous post on how Bikers for Trump coming to Seattle can actually boost Durkan’s chances at higher office.
There are no good choices in Seattle...and Durban is no different. The majority in Seattle, easily, is in favor of disbanding the police - so she’s a bit to the right of them so far there. 14 years ago if you drove around anywhere in Seattle, Capitol Hill, Alkai, Ballard, U District, Lake Union...everywhere, there were “Kill Bush” signs displayed in windows, on cars, in yards, everywhere. That was Seattle 14 years ago. In the 80’s in Congressional elections, for McDermott (who was little different from Durban way back then) in the 1st District, the communist candidate would finish second, outpolling the Republican then 2 to 1. I doubt there is even a nominal Republican running today.
There is no good or advantage to come from trying to the make the best out of something in King, Pierce, Thurston or Snohomish. It really doesn’t matter how bad YOU think Durkan is because there is nothing there that isn’t so bad that anything better than the worst can ever happen there. The state isn’t going to turn...it doesn’t matter if she becomes governor, because no one better than her is ever going to get elected there. It will be someone awful no matter what.
That’s why after living the first 50 years of my life there I got out in 2006. The population in the dominant area of that state makes Southern California look almost normal in comparison. The point is that there isn’t anything except the far, far, outrageously far, left that can wield any power there. So if Durkan hits the middle range of the Seattle population...or is even left of it...doesn’t matter. It’s going to be either her or someone Left of her. There is Nothing there to her right in existence in any numbers that matter.