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struggle4progress

(118,356 posts)
Thu May 22, 2014, 05:54 AM May 2014

(WA State Sen) Pam Roach’s ‘Democratic’ opponent: conservative who’s called for Obama impeachment

Posted by Jim Brunner
May 21, 2014 at 5:54 PM

... But this flap surrounds Lynda Messner, a Bonney Lake woman who filed as a Democrat just before Friday’s filing deadline. Messner’s candidacy led the only other Democrat in the race, Layne Walthers, to drop out, saying two relatively unknown Democrats would only split the vote and have no shot at getting past the primary.

It turns out Messner, who also goes by Lynda Dabson, isn’t much of a loyal Democrat. State Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, captured online posts by Messner on conservative web sites in which she echoes tea party Republican talking points.

In one, Messner called for the impeachment of President Obama because “he is not a citizen.” She added: “NO OBAMACARE, NO GUN CONTROL, NO DEALS WITH THE UN, NO IMMIGRATION REFORM, NO MORE EXECUTIVE ORDERS until Obama can proove (sic) he is eligible to hold office.”

In another, she called the president “Obama Bundy!!! Disagree with him and he will ‘Dahmer’ your hide” ...


http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2014/05/21/pam-roachs-democratic-opponent-conservative-whos-called-for-obama-impeachment/

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(WA State Sen) Pam Roach’s ‘Democratic’ opponent: conservative who’s called for Obama impeachment (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2014 OP
Views of 31st District Democrat prompt confusion, suspicion struggle4progress May 2014 #1
I wonder if she's former DU'er, BetterBelieveIt? Tarheel_Dem May 2014 #2
Let me guess--she's a LaRouchie. Arkana May 2014 #3

struggle4progress

(118,356 posts)
1. Views of 31st District Democrat prompt confusion, suspicion
Thu May 22, 2014, 05:57 AM
May 2014

By Jordan Schrader
Tacoma News Tribune
May 21, 2014

... Messner said in an interview that there are unanswered questions, such as whether the birth certificate is fraudulent. She’s critical of Obama taking executive action and of his health care law passed by Congress, which she says is a federal intrusion and a one-size-fits-all solution.

Closer to home, she calls for state government to fully fund public education without taxes, while limiting social-services spending, saying the government is “not here to babysit and take on new dependents.”

“I really think the progressive movement is moving us backward, not forward,” Messner said ...


http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/05/21/3205459/views-of-31st-district-democrat.html?sp=/99/296/

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