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Smith Endorses '08 McCain Supporter

Congressman Adam Smith (D) stepped into the middle of the City of Newcastle council campaign, even though the candidate he endorsed, John Drescher, donated hundreds of dollars to the John McCain (R) presidential campaign, according to reliable reports.  Smith is obviously worried about Mark Greene's probable official entry into the 2014 U.S. Congress election, as Greene is the other candidate in the Newcastle council election.  Smith, probably realizes, along with former King County elections official, Dean Logan, and the current director, Sherril Huff, that the 2004 G.O.P. primary for U.S. Representative (Washington, 9th District) was stolen from Mark Greene by an unknown miscreant or miscreants -- and that election officials were never able to get to the bottom of it, not that they tried very hard or at all (Huff, however, wasn't at King County in 2004) -- and thus the election has been shrouded in controversy ever since 2010 when Greene discovered, through unofficial election watcher Bev Harris' reports, and alternative news, that an electronic voting tabulation audit log was missing (after Greene led the vote in 2 of 3 counties on election night, and the overall vote was practically tied) and never accounted for.  There's more to the story than that.  Smith, more worried about the truth of that election coming out just in time for 2014 (the mainstream media has been doing their best to keep a lid on a steaming pot as it tenuously bounces up and down), than Greene's non-corporate financed unofficial campaign, is beside himself with anxiety.  Smith wants to hold onto his "tenure" in Congress, as Mark Greene's "common person" politics catches on in the new 9th District.

[revised on 9/11/13]

[revised on 9/9/13]

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