Considering that my post 5 Ways to Get Rid of Art Wittich was so popular, I figure I’d throw up on one on Jennifer Fielder.
Maybe this woman is terribly nice and gives wonderful gifts at Christmastime, but when you try to sell off federal lands to Koch-backed groups, we know you aren’t a true Montanan and have to go.
So how do Democrats go about getting rid of this woman? Here are five ideas.
Maybe this woman is terribly nice and gives wonderful gifts at Christmastime, but when you try to sell off federal lands to Koch-backed groups, we know you aren’t a true Montanan and have to go.
So how do Democrats go about getting rid of this woman? Here are five ideas.
Run Mark Sheets Against Her
Who is Mark Sheets? I have no idea, but he ran against this woman in 2012. I wrote about it on February 16 on the post Ochenski put up on the Missoulian called Silly season in full swing at legislative session. There were only three comments on the post:
You can see that I lay out the down-low on Fielder’s successful Montana Senate race from 2012. Mark Sheets did indeed run, and he did get beat good, 56% to 36%. It’s a helluva lot better than I did in my Montana House race, and it’s important to remember that he took more than 3,600 votes. What’s more, Fielder got just over 5,700. Move those nearly 800 Libertarian votes to the Democrats and you’ve got about 1,300 votes separating the two.
Shit.
How the hell are you going to get another 1,300 people in Thompson Falls, or even 2,100? How are you going to get any of these areas that went red in 2012?
Shit.
How the hell are you going to get another 1,300 people in Thompson Falls, or even 2,100? How are you going to get any of these areas that went red in 2012?
I don’t know. But there has to be a way. There has to be a way to get candidates that people can believe in and get out for and create those 2,000 votes. Is Mark Sheets the one to do that? I don’t know any Democrat that’s done any better in that district lately.
Run a Woman Against Her
You were angry that I suggested we run a man against Art Wittich, weren’t you? Well let’s flip that coin and throw a woman at a woman. And I’m not talking just any woman, I’m talking about an unapologetic New Deal-style Democrat that’s ready to throw all of Fielder’s silly assertions back in her face.
Find Groups that Don’t Really Like Her
You know how sometimes you can piss people off, often through no fault of your own? I think Fielder has done that a bit, and perhaps we can use that against her.
How about a 69% approval rating from the Montana Contractor’s Association? Couldn’t we take that endorsement…and what the hell does that endorsement mean, anyways? It means companies and businesses that build things aren’t exactly as pleased with Fielder as they could be. Use that against her.
How about a 69% approval rating from the Montana Contractor’s Association? Couldn’t we take that endorsement…and what the hell does that endorsement mean, anyways? It means companies and businesses that build things aren’t exactly as pleased with Fielder as they could be. Use that against her.
I’m sure someone at the Montana Human Rights Network knows that Fielder is no good, what with their 15% approval of her. The same goes for Montana Conservation Voters (13%), NARAL Pro-Choice Montana (0%), Montana Rural Education Association (0%), and the Montana Environmental Information Center (0%).
The Northern Plains Resource Council gives her 27%. Surely there are some votes here…right?
The Northern Plains Resource Council gives her 27%. Surely there are some votes here…right?
Run a Forester or Logger Against Her
How about someone that really loses out because of the actions of Fielder and her land transfer nonsense? Why not get a longtime Forest Service worker, someone in the Wood Products Industry, or someone involved in tourism? These are all ideas, and I think planning should start now on how to get rid of her in 2016.
Run a Kid Against Her
What the hell do I mean, run a kid against her? I mean, why not find some son or daughter of an old-time Thompson Falls Democrat, or Democrat from the general area of Senate District 7, which used to be 26 - it's Sanders County, that's what's important.
- In 1982 William “Bill” Riddle lost the race there by about 400 votes. In the House there was Housh and Kennerly in that area. Actually…I think I might be in the wrong part of the state (District 7 mix-up)
- In 1984 we see Sanders County is in Senate District 26, and that year Democrat David Colyer lost to Republican George McCallum by more than 2,000 votes.
- In 1988 Senate District 26 went to Democrat Paul Rapp-Svrcek, 4,669 votes to the 2,680 of Republican Mary Naegeli. Remember, Bush was elected that year on Reagan’s coattails – and a Democrat took that race. Jim Elliot also prevailed as a Democrat in the House in Sanders County that year.
- In 1992 Democrat Barry “Spook” Stang took the race easily – he was unopposed! That same year had Democrat “Jody” Bird best Republican Brett Hardy, showing a woman can win there…although in that instance House District 52 wasn’t made up much of Sanders County.
- In 1994 Jim Elliot did dam well in House District 72 in Sanders County and Lincoln County. Kenneth Wennamar was another Democrat that had no Republican opponent in that county with HD 71 that year.
- In 2000 the Republicans took HD 71 when Bob Culp ran. Sylvia Bookout-Relnicke beat him 56% to 44%. Democrat Paul Clark took HD72, with more than 2,000 votes in Sanders County, the bulk of the total. Senate District 36 was tight that year, with Jim Elliot squeaking out at 50.5% to 49.5%, with just 87 votes separating him from Republican Greg Hinkle. The district had gotten tighter.
- In 2004 Jim Elliot easily beat out Republican Fred Carl, but then in 2008 Greg Hinkle came back and bested Paul Clark as the Democrat tried to jump from the House, 5,555 votes to 4,581 votes, or 55% to 45%.
And then it was 2012 and Fielder.
Surely we can find a Riddle, Colyer, Rapp-Svrcek, Elliot, Stang, Bird, Wennamar, Culp, or Clark to run against her…right?
