Comments on: Which Side is Susan Hutchison on? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/08/11/which-side-is-susan-hutchison-on/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Amanda http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/08/11/which-side-is-susan-hutchison-on/#comment-342773 Amanda Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:24:23 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=14944#comment-342773 That's really not news here. Anyone who knows anything about her knows that the DI is where her allegiances lie. She's a conservative religious whack-job. That’s really not news here. Anyone who knows anything about her knows that the DI is where her allegiances lie. She’s a conservative religious whack-job.

]]> By: The Other Tom http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/08/11/which-side-is-susan-hutchison-on/#comment-342178 The Other Tom Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:19:38 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=14944#comment-342178 The bit about Dawkins is phrased in the present tense, while the bit about the Discovery Institute is phrased in the past tense... so it's possible that she used to be associated with DI but has seen the light, as it were. I suppose the best thing to do would be to, politely, ask her. The bit about Dawkins is phrased in the present tense, while the bit about the Discovery Institute is phrased in the past tense… so it’s possible that she used to be associated with DI but has seen the light, as it were. I suppose the best thing to do would be to, politely, ask her.

]]> By: MacCrocodile http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/08/11/which-side-is-susan-hutchison-on/#comment-342177 MacCrocodile Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:19:07 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=14944#comment-342177 She's been trying her damnedest to keep the people of King County ignorant of her political affiliations, because she is a Republican, and Republicans just don't get elected here. She put a lot of money and time into getting a referendum passed last year that makes all county jobs "non-partisan," meaning she is not obligated to assign herself a party affiliation when she runs for county executive. She's been denying and covering up her past, but the local press (particularly <i><a href="http://www.thestranger.com" rel="nofollow">The Stranger</a></i>) has been pretty diligent in exposing the money she has paid to get people like Bush elected (and re-elected) and the time she spent at the Discovery Institute. If her bio says something about a tenuous connection to Richard Dawkins, it's probably just there to throw you off the scent of her super-conservative, Republican leanings. I wouldn't trust that woman as far as I could throw her. She’s been trying her damnedest to keep the people of King County ignorant of her political affiliations, because she is a Republican, and Republicans just don’t get elected here. She put a lot of money and time into getting a referendum passed last year that makes all county jobs “non-partisan,” meaning she is not obligated to assign herself a party affiliation when she runs for county executive.

She’s been denying and covering up her past, but the local press (particularly The Stranger) has been pretty diligent in exposing the money she has paid to get people like Bush elected (and re-elected) and the time she spent at the Discovery Institute. If her bio says something about a tenuous connection to Richard Dawkins, it’s probably just there to throw you off the scent of her super-conservative, Republican leanings. I wouldn’t trust that woman as far as I could throw her.

]]> By: Adam http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/08/11/which-side-is-susan-hutchison-on/#comment-342136 Adam Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:19:41 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=14944#comment-342136 It's possible that her support for the Discovery Institute only extends to their work with stuff like Cascadia - the passenger train system. They actually do a lot of weird stuff at DI that has nothing to do with creationism. Just a guess though. http://www.cascadiaproject.org/ It’s possible that her support for the Discovery Institute only extends to their work with stuff like Cascadia – the passenger train system. They actually do a lot of weird stuff at DI that has nothing to do with creationism. Just a guess though. http://www.cascadiaproject.org/

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