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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jun 12, 2018 - 04:40pm PT
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Good news; the democratic candidate for Orin Hatch's seat is daughter of climber, Ted Wilson.
Bad news; she is opposed by Mitt Romney.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Jun 17, 2018 - 09:49pm PT
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Good news; the democratic candidate for Orin Hatch's seat is daughter of climber, Ted Wilson.
Bad news; she is opposed by Mitt Romney.
Did Romney win the primary?
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Jun 17, 2018 - 10:46pm PT
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Any one else want to make a contribution which I'll match?
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jun 18, 2018 - 12:15am PT
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done and done. Hearing about her opponent got me motivated. From the New Yorker article mentioned above.
Katie Hill, who is thirty and a Democrat, had declared her run for Knight’s seat a few weeks earlier, on International Women’s Day, part of a wave of young women seeking elective office. (Margaret Talbot wrote about these candidates here in April.) Soon, with support from Emily’s List and endorsements from celebrities like Kristen Bell (“My girl Katie is running for Congress”), Hill was giving speeches at “retirement parties” for Knight and pushing out the hashtag #FlipItBlue. Hill and her staff—“the most millennial campaign ever”—were featured in a two-part documentary on Vice News Tonight on HBO. In the run-up to the primary, held last Tuesday, Hill outraised Knight. Now, having defeated the better-known Democrat, a former corporate lawyer named Bryan Caforio, she will face off against Knight on the November ballot.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jun 18, 2018 - 08:36am PT
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Did Romney win the primary?
Not yet. I believe its the 26th of June. He is running TV ads...other than to just blow cash, I'm not sure why.
Even Ted says, "Mitt's a rock star".
He's a shoe in.
Race to watch for me in Utah is Ben McAdams v Mia Love. He got out in front of the new housing development west of Herriman (Olympia Hills) and vetoed it...we'll see where that ends up. He looks like he's 14...ha ha.
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Jun 18, 2018 - 07:01pm PT
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Okay, there are two contributors on for $150, which means Katie gets $300 and there is still $200 left in my checkbook. Any takers?
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jun 21, 2018 - 09:57pm PT
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Stand up folks!, bump
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Jul 16, 2018 - 04:51pm PT
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Received confirmation of $150 in contributions so far. I doubled the match and sent her $300. Still $200 to go.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Aug 16, 2018 - 01:34pm PT
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That's the best political ad I've ever seen.
DMT
Just wait there will be one with an under age girl doing stand up paddleboard yoga with her rescue while drinking locally sourced kombucha, you may just sh#t your pants when that one drops
She seems pretty cool, I agree with just about every one of her stances. I think this is where candidates will be looking like in the future, ones raised in a more progressive atmosphere who think outside the box.
I don't give a sh#t if she can rock climb or how she looks, however. The 50+ club here can't help but hurr durr that there's a young blonde but hey I'm sure she doesn't mind the lech vote.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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johntp
Trad climber
Little Rock and Loving It
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Aug 16, 2018 - 02:51pm PT
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I think this is where candidates will be looking like in the future, ones raised in a more progressive atmosphere who think outside the box.
I hope yer right. I'm sick of the vast majority of politicians who could give a ratz ass about building America and instead use their positions to keep getting elected, feed their narccism and lining their personal $$$$ coffers. Im pretty much apolitical for our two party politicians; I hate them all with a few exceptions.
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Johntp, Vogel bump. sorry if I forgot any of the other rabble.
VoOoOoOoOoOte!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Vote early and vote often.
- Al Capone
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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That is not news couch, that is a biased editorial written by someone who is backing the Republican.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2018 - 07:48am PT
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Katie is such a great person. This is awesome news.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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YAY Katie!
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