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"I am interested in the seat and have been encouraged to look at it." - State House candidate Toby Forsberg (D) on his interest in the state Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Representative-elect Kurt Schrader (D).
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Of course his is a campaign with a history of foot-in-mouth disease. The internet guru Jake Weigler hired referred to Secretary of Defense Bill Gates back in January.
I know that Vista launched with a horrible reputation but the idea that American's enemies would be frightened at the prospect of Microsoft founder Bill Gates running the Pentagon is pretty damn funny!
Anyway, as for SSI solvency... it's half amusing and half confusing that the Novick campaign has joined with President George W. Bush and his Republican cadre in their Chicken Little impersonation that "the sky is falling."
Seems to me that Novick needs to decide if he's a Democrat, a Naderite or a Republican. He seems to be trying to be all of them at once.