There has been a flood of media interest in www.PeteHoekstra.com today. One journalist asked us a question we found to be partiuclarly thought-provoking: “Why are you doing this?”
We’re going to respond over a series of posts.
Believe it or not, our motives are purely altruisitc.
First and foremost, we believe the Internet will change the political landscape tremendously in the coming years, enabling voices of under-represented groups and grass-roots efforts to play with the big boys.
We are taking Pete Hoekstra to task because we are from Michigan and see him as a glaring example of everything wrong with politics. He truly is “dangerous, polarizing, and bad for Michigan.” The state needs the optimism that a fresh perspective brings. And Michigan needs someone who can help all Michiganders, not just “Red” ones. Ultimately, his divisive style would be worse than where we are today….and things are obviously pretty bad!
The power of incumbency makes it very difficult for outsiders to break in and shape Washington. That’s why everything is such a mess. It isn’t just George Bush or Barack Obama. Pete Hoekstra or Nancy Pelosi. Mitch McConnell or Harry Reid. The problem is the system. And without fresh blood, it only gets worse.
So, hopefully we can be a force of true change in politics — not the tug-at-the-heartstrings stuff Obama talks about, but real, legitimate government that makes the US a better place to live.
Thank you all for helping us spread the word about our efforts!
Great job! Thank you for reminding us of the facts surrounding this blow-hard chicken-hawk. Typical dangerous right-winger with nothing but bad intentions for this country. Michigan simply can’t afford this Bush-Cheney worshipping fool.
admin,
Congratulations on a job well done.
From the real Hoekstra’s twitter page:
# Let’s all be thankful. This could have been a terrible day for Detroit/Michigan/and America but it wasn’t. 7:58 PM Dec 25th, 2009
# Administration says attempted terrorist attack. No. It was a terrorist attack! Just not as successful as they (AQ) planned. 7:35 PM Dec 25th, 2009
So, we are supposed to be thankful for a terrorist attack? Typical GOP politics.
Good for you! Political money owns the mainstream media outlets. Hoekstra is just another tool in the Rove-marionette band of GOP jokers who seek to reward wealthy special interests at the expense of this great country.
More power to you!
Pete Hoekstra is a disaster. He leaked classified information a year or two ago, and suffered no punishment. While I was in Air Force Intelligence for thirty years, that type of offence whould have put me in jail!!
[...] because we are from Michigan and see him as a glaring example of everything wrong with politics," the anonymous Web activists declare. "He truly is 'dangerous, polarizing, and bad for Michigan.' The state needs the optimism that a [...]
I just wanted to thank you for what you are doing. It’s not the take over of the site that I am proud about, it’s your choice to try and change the system one state at a time.
Congrats and good luck.
Good move.
As a Michigander I want to thank you for your work. We are going to have a heck of a fight at election time I think.
This is almost better than the idiot who held up the sign that read ” Get A BRAIN! MORANS.”
Keep up the good work.
Sweet. Where do I donate for this worthy cause?
Fantastic website. I appreciate that Pete himself has brought it to my attention. Keep up the great work! I have disliked this guy for years, yet never in my district to vote against him.
Try finding more sinister pictures of him showing the true treasonous spirit he holds close.
Congratulations on the site! I have lived in Peatie’s district for 25 yrs. and consider myself involved in politics and current events. But for the life of me I cannot name one thing he has done positive for this district.
He screwed the public out of access to the Big Red Lighthouse in Holland because he helped his buddies the VanAndels secure a 100yr lease on there property that was 9ft. onto Army Corp. of Eng. property. We thought we had a deal till Peatie tried to “help” I’ll never forget him for that. But wait … he negotiated 3 parking spots with a 1hr time limit – whoopie.
Man does this guy make Dick DeVos look good or what? Another worthless pos that thought he could help us.
Does Peatie ever do anything besides try and put down the other party? Oh I forgot that is his sole JOB!
I will do everything I can to make sure he is not elected.
Best to all who vote against this nugget of political crap.
signed, Joke on the Water
I live in Holland and like many others have been experiencing the disintegration of our economy during the time PH and his buddies Bush & Cheney were in office. I simply cannot understand the paranoia of the republicans while they turn their eyes away from the obvious problems right under their ever growing noses here at home. I know of people living in tents in our once prosperous town because they have no where to turn…braving 8 degree nights in the cold and wondering where their next meal is coming from. I see seniors & people with disabilites on fixed incomes losing services left & right hoping they are not evicted and cutoff from lifesaving medical services because of our ever shrinking tax base. Wonder when was the last time Pete missed an expensive meal on our tax dollars? Christian and Republican don’t go together and I hope there will be a new generation of politicians who understand what their jobs truly are!
Congratulations! An outstanding idea, and an outstanding site. Unfortunately, given my feelings for Pete, I must wish you a short and happy occupancy on the WWW. I say short, because it’s my hope he’ll get reality checked into oblivion before the primaries, and never heard from again.
Keep it up!
thank you for this website. This really is needed in west michigan. Pete is such a grandstander..who will do anything say anything to get elected. Remember when he ran as a “citizen candidate”.
Mr security could not even secure his own website.
I think we should challenge Wotv with Rick Albin as their chief political reporter. He was on Hoek’s staff in washington for a couple of years. He always softballs Hoek. This is unfair to other candidates. We should ask Wotv to have Albin excuse himself from covering the gubernatorial race.
Please make any donations to the Boys & Girls Club of Holland and reference PeteHoekstra.com.
Exactly. There almost seems to be a “root for something bad to happen” mentality in certain camps these days. But then for Hoekstra to attempt to raise money for his campaign off the back of potential tragedy? Reprehensible!
Hat’s off to you sir! This site and the motivations behind it are beautiful things. What sets it apart, and what I would like to especially applaud you for, is its complete lack of partisanship.
Thank you, and keep it up.
Sincerely,
Recently Unemployed in MI
Bravo Bravo! We are lovin’ this at our house. For 5 years a failing real estate market, businesses moving out of the states, layoffs, friends who are solid citizens losing their businesses in the downturn and moving away, consumer prices skyrocketing, the working poor getting poorer & poorer and those who illegally manipulate the markets getting richer & richer. Heartbreak after heartbreak for the poor & the middle class and NOT ONE public statement about the issues before us….. Pete needs to evaluate his standards as a Christian. Heaven knows he claims to be one as his townhall meetings here in Holland have always been clandestinely held at religious facilities shutting out those constituents he deems as unworthy to be heard. My God tells me to leary of people like this and to speak out against those who pretend they know what Christianity means. The last national election was a loud and clear signal to the oppressors… Don’t Tread on Me!
You’ve got to be joking if you think the last national election was about “change” — and it’s downright delusional to apply the revolutionary slogan “Don’t Tread on Me” to it. The Obama campaign was simply a slick Madison Ave. shell game that duped a lot of good intentioned people who were rightfully fed up with President Bush. But President Obama is himself merely a puppet of the banksters and quite a war-monger in his own right. It’s time to grow up, transcend the false left-right paradigm, and take real ownership of this once-great republic.
Hmmmm…Seven indictments of criminal & excessive force against Iraqis settled out of court by Blackwater today….While we all know Erik Prince wishes he was God’s architect of Armaggedon….who wrote the paycheck that funded it? Kinda sounds like terrorist activity in foreign country to me.
I wonder why you are afraid to post anything good about Pete here? Aren’t you afraid this site will be recognized as lopsided and BS because of that? Don’t you recognize all these posts as lopsided propaganda?
All I know is the war-mongering trifecta continues to bring this country down. With all of his health problems, wouldn’t Cheney realize the universe is saying slow down, shut up, retire? I believe Bush is basically a nice, impulsive guy. With these two on either side of him pulling strings he became dangerous. Ask ANY Iraqi or Afghani, or veteran of any of the wars this trifecta started by lying to Congress and the American people..