According to Politico, I’ve been promoted to Editor of the Stranger.

Several posts on TheStranger.com, a blog edited by Seattle liberal activist David Goldstein, fanned the story late last month.

And as we all know, if it’s in Politico, it’s gotta be true.

Wow. Of course I looked down upon everybody else writing here at Slog—who doesn’t?—but I never expected to climb the editorial ranks at Stranger so fast. But don’t you worry, Chris, I think I can scrape up enough budget to pay you on a per-post basis; we’ll talk on Monday. And Dominic… go get me a cup of coffee.

As for the larger controversy concerning Rep. Dave Reichert’s brain, and whether a severe head injury has left him with any more of an intellectual disability than usual, well, Politico confirms my report that these rumors have been circulating for months, though as you might expect, Reichert denies them:

“People are spinning this into I’m mentally incapacitated somehow because of this trauma that I suffered to my skull and bruised my brain; it makes me angry…”

Yeah, silly me for wondering if a “bruised brain” might incapacitate one mentally. Oh… and you know what else can make somebody angry? A traumatic brain injury. I’m just sayin’.

Of course, all Reichert needs to do to dispel these rumors is to accept Suzan DelBene’s challenge to a public debate, wherein he spontaneously answers unscripted questions in a cogent and articulate manner, without, you know, hitting anybody. Otherwise, I can almost guarantee that the speculation will continue.

17 replies on “Hey, Frizzelle… Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out”

  1. all Reichert needs to do to dispel these rumors is to accept Suzan DelBene’s challenge to a public debate, wherein he spontaneously answers unscripted questions in a cogent and articulate manner, without, you know, hitting anybody.

    That’s a pretty tall order for Reichert even in the best of times.

  6. #4

    WA residents fail to pay their fair share of property taxes and instead want to tax people who work for a living.

  7. You looked down on us? Well, then I guess someone won’t be getting a visit from the Slog welcome wagon. In fact, maybe I’ll alert Amway to your presence.

    Regarding Reichert, when would you ever expect any Republican candidate to actually use their brain to defend their positions? After all, the people who vote for them aren’t big fans of thinking.

    Back in Iowa, they have a fairly conservative Democrat running against the odious Steve King. King, of course, won’t debate him, and he’ll doubtless be re-elected in a landslide, because people in western Iowa aren’t big fans of thinking – they just look for that R next to the name, and pull the lever. I think it’s the Nebraska influence seeping over the border – that, or the pesticides in the drinking water.

    Reichert knows he doesn’t have to debate, so why bother?

  9. Catalina @7,

    You looked down on us?

    I’m just really, really, tall.

    As for Reichert debating, he debated in his three previous campaigns, and this one could shape up to be just as close. So the question is, what’s so different this time around?

  10. Wait a minute… You’re the editor, but you won’t place a link to your own blog in the side bar? WTF… Why all the self loathing, Goldy?

  12. Goldy, look at what passes for a GOP candidate these days. Intelect is not a big part of the equation, and many of them refuse to even talk to reporters. Reichert is hoping to win by keeping his head low and counting on anti-Democrat feeling, which is pretty strong in his district, even in normal years.

    Say what you will about the republicans, at least they vote. It seems like we have to spend all our time trying to get a bunch of flaky kids and easily hurt liberals to agree to do their basic civic responsibility.

  15. seatackled @14,

    It’s actually one of the things that has long frustrated my righty trolls: my, um, self-employment. One of the first things far righties try to do to punish their critics is cost attempt to cost them their livelihoods. But as long as I have no employer, there’s nobody they can pressure to fire me.

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