Batter up!

First we had Rolling Stone taking a swing at Betsy Johnson. Now it's the Huffington Post. She's bad on guns, bad on the environment, bad bad Phil Knight money, bad bad Nike, etc.

It's obvious they don't have to live here.

With the three-way race for governor raging on, the strategy puzzles continue to rattle around in Oregonians' heads. Not mine. I had one personal interaction with Tina Kotek, and that was enough. I vowed then that I would never vote for her for anything, ever.

What has Kotek and her legislature done on guns? Squat. The preachers are still holding bake sales to get meaningful gun control legislation.

And are Oregon loggers really the big problem for the environment these days? They do their damage, but  there are bigger culprits. Culprits who seem to get to do their thing with gusto in Oregon, even with the blue side in charge of the lawmaking and enforcement. Google "Bullseye Glass." Or "Daimler Swan Island." Or "Port of Morrow wastewater."

Meanwhile, we have no drug laws, no cops, no bail system, no psychiatric beds, no drug treatment beds, and graffiti, garbage, and filth nearly everywhere you turn. The kids at the Stone and the Huff seem to have overlooked those situations.

For me the only decision is whether to vote for Johnson or not vote in the governor's race at all. It was that way with Hillary Clinton in 2008 and in 2016. And it's that way again now. Shame me. Blame me for Drazan, if that's what we get. But I am finished holding my nose and enabling more of the same.