I know this is about Dimslee, and I still feel he has to go! But Culp ain't gonna be the guy. Jay-Jay needs to go though as he's a dimwit, ambulance chasin', free loader, who sway's where ever the $$$ takes him. As mentioned in another thread; Gary Locke - while quite mundane, was a fine govenor from what I remember? I'm just embarassed that the R party has had 8 years and the best they could find has been Bill Bryant (remember him, bet not?) and Culp for the middle of Nowhere, Wa. I'm just not the demographic I guess..

Regarding Clinton-I was in my mid/late 20's when that debacle was taking place, and I remember the amount of people I personally knew who were totally enthralled with the impeachment hearings, aka the "gullible". Probably the same folks who were just coming down from their "high" from watching the "OJ Debacle" too. "Court TV" was a new novelty that was sweeping the land of the daytime TV viewers, plus the new-fangled Interwebzz/24-hr instant media source w/chat rooms and "fake-news" outlets, etc.

I was probably naive at the time, but I assumed "The Clinton Investigation" was a Colossal Waste of time and taxpayer MONEY, and the end result (regardless of a vote of "impeachment") would be a moot point. Most of "us" knew this as well, as we probably didn't give a rats-azz that 'Ol Slick Willy got a Hummer in the Oval Office. Or that he did what every other married guy would do when he was confronted about it...lie, lie, and deny! It's human nature; plus factor in that he's a politician anyhow and that lieing/dishonesty comes second nature with upper level elected positions??? [Bleeeeep!], how could anyone be surprised?? I just lost so much respect for the R's who were pushing the witch hunt...

As I mentioned, 'Ol Bill was good for the economy, which was good to me! It allowed us to buy our 1st house when I was 22yo, and then a new pickup in '96. In '97 I stumbled on a deal we couldn't pass up on a newer jet boat. Sold my 1st boat I bought when I was 21yo, and the new boat opened up an entire new arena for us to recreate in. Life was grand, as we had 2 good jobs with minimal debt and we didn't even have a credit card. Fiscally, the economy was cooking along well from my perspective. By the end of the '90s we'd sold our first house, and moved out of town to the same house I have today. The tech stocks had taken a hit (I believe) but the market was still solid and consumer confidence was positive. But Y2K was imminent, and changes were coming...

I was raised a "R", but my wife was a "D" when I met her. Over time she had started to change some of her views to a more conservative perspective, and I was becoming way more moderate. But by the late '90's, thanks to the shait show the R's were hosting against Clinton, she had retraced her steps and I continued to become more liberal. By 2000, we both became so frustrated with anything political, we just tuned it out. Essentially we just worked, and went full on killin' fish and game. As we couldn't comprehend any of the macro political ideals/beliefs being served up anymore (especially from the R side). "The times, they were a changin"...."Dub-Ya" or Gore....