Here in Washington State…

and for those of you who are not in the know, this is the Washington waaayyyy on the west coast.

I know,

when you say Washington it causes confusion and people think you’re talking about DC.

So let me make this clear so that what you are about to read will make sense.

We’re on the California side of the Country.

Now that we have that established I can go on…

 

It would appear that not only is our State’s name causing  confusion out there in big old world

so is our

Joe Wilson

Our Joe Wilson is running for Superior Court Judge Position 2

here in Snohomish county in WASHINGTON STATE ( you know, the place where apples and Jimmy Hendrix come from ) and

I guess in the same way there is only one ‘Washington’ that counts, there must only be one ‘real’ Joe Wilson out there.

I’ve made that assumption because  Washington State’s Joe Wilson’s  Facebook page has been swamped with people who love or hate

Joe Wilson.

The problem is they think they are talking to the

OTHER

Joe Wilson.

 

I was talking to Washington State Joe Wilson and his wife yesterday and as we talked about his Facebook Page making the evening news I thought:

How the heck do I get on line right now so I can see this train wreck for myself?

I spent the rest of the time gleefully  imagining how bad it was going to be and then I started to worry NOTHING could live up to the things I had dreamt up.

I was SO wrong.

I found out that people went to Joe’s page and vomited all over it, not for a minute bothering to look at the Information Box on the left side of the Facebook page.

That’s the box that tells you

WHO IT IS YOU ARE TALKING TO.

 

My gosh, between nearly being blinded by the hate comments I almost went deaf from all of the flag snapping that was going on.

 

Still, it was great fun to visit Joe’s Facebook Page and continue to watch the comments come in. I just couldn’t  help myself.

It’s like when you drive by a traffic accident and think to yourself

I’m not going to look, I will not look, it’s wrong to look

and then you do.

 

Here’s the thing- most of the time people don’t pay attention to Judicial races- and they should.

So.

 If this ” Joe Wilson Incident ”  gets people to look at those races from now on that  is not a bad thing.

I just wouldn’t count on it being this much fun.

 

LINKS:

Local Judicial Candidate Joe Wilson Mistaken For Lawmaker Who Yelled “You Lie” At President

I’m Joe Wilson, But Not THAT Joe Wilson!

Joe Wilson controversy shows up in Snohomish County race

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