Slog - Comments on What's With Hugh? http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh The Seattle Times isn't the only local publication that has some 'splaining to do about a recent endorsement. The Stranger endorsed Hugh Foskett, the Republican running to represent the 43rd District in the State House of Representatives. The 43rd is famously liberal and famously queer—so queer, in fact, that gay wunder 'mo Jamie Pedersen won the Dem primary without a single major endorsement. (Sorry, Ed!) So as we pound the Seattle Times for their inexplicable McGavick endorsement—no, wait. It was totally explicable: The edit board at the Seattle Times bent over for Frank Blethen and took it like a... Copyright 2008 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:30:00 -0800 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:11:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by seattl98104 Completely off topic, but I just wanted to say, that, except for WEEKENDS (why can't you guys get some interns to slog it up on the weekends?), this Slog is the best god-damn daily in Seattle.

]]> seattl98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480287 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:36:36 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay Back in my single days I bagged quite a few boys from Bear Creek. It's gayer than Seattle Prep and almost as gay as O'Dea.

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480303 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:52:17 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Bear Creek's mascot... is... a bear.

They're setting those nice Christian boys up for a lifetime of beer busts at the Cuff.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480304 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:55:47 -0800 Comment by catalina Vel-duray Oops. Lest anyone confuse me with Foley, let me just say that they were all ALMUNI of Bear Creak, Seattle Prep, O'Dea, etc. Everyone was 18 or older, and we were all roughly the same age.

One can't be too careful.

]]> catalina Vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480308 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:01:16 -0800 Comment by wf you're still disrespecting jamie when you had a chance to make amends. i personally think jamie was the worst of the six candidates in the dem primary-- the most corporate, the lease likely to pursue any kind of economic justice for anyone. but still. it's clear even to jamie's detractors that endorsing hugh was not JUST a joke.

]]> wf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480322 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:28:27 -0800 Comment by SeattleExile Does anyone other than me see a big resemblence between Hugh in these photos & Matthew Broderick, circa "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"? I have no idea what the significance of that may be, but it's definately there...

]]> SeattleExile http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480325 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:29:36 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate seattl98104: unpaid interns can't afford internet access at home!

]]> Amy Kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480331 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:37:26 -0800 Comment by Gomez Pedersen is a tool and I can see why the Stranger refused to endorse him.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480334 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:41:44 -0800 Comment by Mark Mitchell And down the catwalk they come, modeling the Christian walk.

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480441 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:06:24 -0800 Comment by L This is ever-so-slightly off topic, but I was reminded of this whole mess with this dude's MySpace recently... Teaching at a local private school, I was sitting in on a little speech being given by an admissions rep for a fancy schmancy private boarding school on the east coast. Apparently, it's now common practice for fancy schmancy private schools to look up the MySpace pages for new applicants and peruse them for objectionable content.

I think I have a serious problem with that. Sure, MySpace is great for exposing supposedly conservative Christian baby-politicians as former normal teenagers, but if a kid comes out on his MySpace then gets rejected from his hoped-for school? Or some "friend" posts a pic of the kid barfing up alcohol, so the kid gets rejected on the basis of underage drinking?

Anyway, this just reminded me and I thought I'd share...

]]> L http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480479 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:38:12 -0800 Comment by FILS-DE-VACHE Gomez: If you are able to cogently explain how "Pedersen is a tool" - of what? for whom? to what end? and why? - then I may be able to grasp the contentious certitude of your declarative sentence. The Stranger has made "in jest" endorsements before - e.g. Steve Pool - BUT - Pool's name was not on the ballot. In any event, as Dan intones: "Hugh-Gin-Towel" has got no chance unless by some weird happenstance he pulls off a "Dewey Defeats Truman" - [your Google assignment for the day].

]]> FILS-DE-VACHE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480538 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:57:13 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I find it odd to hear someone say that the Strange has to make "amends" to Pedersen. We didn't endorse him—unless our endorsement was somehow rightfully his, we have nothing to apologize for.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480546 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:03:28 -0800 Comment by Andrew Dan,

I think WF is referring to the generalized contempt that the Stranger has shown Jamie for no apparent reason.

I read an interview with him in the SGN where he discussed his policy
priorities and they include transportation, affordable healthcare and marriage equality. So, what exactly is so objectionable?

I agree that his ties to Preston, Gates and Ellis merit scrutiny, but shouldn't you hold off on the criticism until he's actually done something in the political arena for which he should be criticized?

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480654 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:53:24 -0800 Comment by Gomez By 'ties,' you meant puppet strings. And you're naive if you think PG&E and clients thereof won't use his position to make things happen, should he be elected.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c480977 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:52:49 -0800 Comment by wf i'm not saying the stranger had to do anything, or has to apologize for anything. i don't really give a shit about jamie or what the stranger thinks about him. i just doubt that the ONLY reason the stranger endorsed hugh was to make a joke. that's all.

]]> wf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c481028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c481028 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:17:10 -0800 Comment by Fnarf No, Gomez, the naive position is yours. Thinking that Peterson is somehow going to do Preston Gates's bidding just because he works for them is rather dim.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c481044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c481044 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:31:50 -0800 Comment by factcheck L @10:

Foskett's profile was on Facebook, which, unlike MySpace requires a user login and is invisible to search engines.

]]> factcheck http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c481082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/whats_with_hugh#c481082 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:11:38 -0800