Slog - Comments on Linnea Noreen's Excellent Suicide Mission http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel I had the insane pleasure of meeting someone who's running against U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-7) yesterday afternoon. Excellent! Pleasure because it's time for McDermott to go, and while this candidate doesn't have a chance in hell—she's 29, has never held public office, and doesn't have record of political accomplishments—I think her suicide mission will remind people that McDermott doesn't have a birth right to the seat. Her name is Linnea Noreen. She's running as an Independent. I put off meeting her for weeks because I thought she was just going to be some kook. (My bizarre colleague Adrian Ryan... Copyright 2007 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:25:07 -0800 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:50:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DOUG. Good for her! Easy to nav website. And she's better looking than Jim McD.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380245 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380245 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:40:29 -0800 Comment by ChetBob She sounds a wee bit like Joe Lieberman on Social Security. I'll pass.

]]> ChetBob http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380257 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:47:16 -0800 Comment by Gomez this candidate doesn’t have a chance in hell—she’s (28-35), has never held public office, and doesn’t have record of political accomplishments

Hey, sounds like Darcy Burner.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380267 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:52:48 -0800 Comment by schmoo Anything sounds like anything you want when you change the quote to your liking. It's awesome! Here is what Bruce Willis "said" about me two weeks ago:

"Schmoo, I want to make so much sweet love to you for so, so long".

It "made" my (year).

]]> schmoo http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380274 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:55:53 -0800 Comment by thehim She sounds like an extremely bright young woman, but she should run for a state-wide legislative position first. Fighting to replace Jim McDermott in this election cycle is like tightening a few bolts on the Titanic as it's heading for the iceberg.

]]> thehim http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380276 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:01:25 -0800 Comment by N in Seattle Damn you, thehim! You beat me to the punch. Her interests and proposed solutions are state and local, much more than federal/national.

Hey, Linnea, it's not too late to file for a position in the state House or Senate in your LD. Just don't file as a Democrat for Position #1 in the 43rd ... we already have more than enough great candidates.
:-)

]]> N in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380283 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380283 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:10:56 -0800 Comment by thalia If she wants to set an example for young people so they are motivated to run for city council and state senate, why doesn't she run for a seat she might have a chance of winning - like city council or state senate? How many people are going to watch her get pummeled by McDermott in November and think "yeah, I want to do that, too!" How is this not just another vanity campaign?

]]> thalia http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380287 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:13:48 -0800 Comment by Redshirt The fact that she is running is news...?

]]> Redshirt http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380330 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:50:18 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit News... for the Slog, Redshirt.
In fact, a few months ago we turned the Slog over to Sherman, Pure, Kelley, Pedersen, Street, and Dodson just because they were running.

Nice try, but, like, go hang.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380359 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:10:50 -0800 Comment by Mr. X McDermott was one of the only national figures to staunchly oppose the war early on, and I think he is pretty much the only Democrat who has flatly called GW Bush a liar.

He gets my vote.

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380363 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:13:44 -0800 Comment by Go Linnea!
I've known Linnea for years and one thing I can say about her, beyond the fact that she's hard working (and of course, good lookin'--that neckline, btw, was perfectly within reason, Mr. Mind in the Gutter :)), is that she's wicked smart. I mean, like run-around-most-people smart. I love talking policy with her.

Speaking of that, I'm surprised she didn't give you her rap about getting rid of school districts altogether. If I remember correctly, she's written abou this stuff in the past. Talk about local control!

]]> Go Linnea! http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380365 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:15:13 -0800 Comment by zander "They were gonna make me a Major for this and, I wasn't even in their Army anymore."

]]> zander http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380412 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:59:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So, was she going to show up at the 43rd candidates forum? The one on July 18th at Town Hall (6pm to meet candidates, 7:30pm for the forum). You know, the free one?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380536 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:35:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle oh, hey, is that Zander Batchelder? Long time no see at judicial parties ...

Will

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380541 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:36:34 -0800 Comment by gfish The rather exciting rumor I hear is that McDermott will be retiring in 2008, and Ron Sims is getting positioned as the heir apparent. As much as I love McDermott, it would be nice to get someone in there who can actually get things done.

]]> gfish http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380627 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380627 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:01:42 -0800 Comment by jason if she's is as smart as people are saying, she'll stop parroting the rightwing talking points on social security. there are no problems. the impending disaster is medicare.

]]> jason http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380646 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:26:08 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit GFISH,
I've also heard that Sims is not interested in DC at all. He doesn't think U.S. Reps have much power to get things done.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380656 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:38:50 -0800 Comment by Gomez How do you figure on that SS point, Jason? Common logic says that more people living longer + roughly equal, underwhelming payments = cumulative increase in SS payout = cumulative decrease in SS pool = empty SS pool once we reach old age.

Also, the solution to the Medicare problem, as well as the health insurance problem, is a social one: stop making prescription hypochondriacs out of everyone.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c380738 Politics Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:53:37 -0800 Comment by MAX HATS She's got my vote - McDermott is a clown, and the more vulnerable he becomes the better a chance of a credible alternative. It takes a special sort of lightweight to spend term after term in the house from the safest of safe districts and still get only the wood shavings of committees. He's not a legislator, he's a mascott.

]]> MAX HATS http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c381900 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c381900 Politics Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:51:13 -0800 Comment by Jack If she sounds like Darcy Burner then she deserves a much closer look. Elections should be earned, not a birthright. In McDermott's case, he continues to earn his place. It is safe to say the same is hardly true of Burner's opponent, the sheriff.
What a concept, an election based on qualifications, rather than characteristics. If it could be done it would beat the hell out of Term Limits. .... Jack Smith

]]> Jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c384265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c384265 Politics Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:40:08 -0800 Comment by libbertine It's the Josh Feit "crush-of-the-week"! This one is only slightly more tolerable than the one you had on Rob McKenna.

]]> libbertine http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c384615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c384615 Politics Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:37:45 -0800 Comment by misty Hi you have a nice homepage nokia6630

]]> misty http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c388367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c388367 Politics Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:43:20 -0800 Comment by poker
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]]> Alex Fuck http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c395456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c395456 Politics Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:35:08 -0800 Comment by poker
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]]> poker http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c397120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/linnea_noreens_excel#c397120 Politics Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:50:18 -0800