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Dori: Don鈥檛 fall for state Dems last-minute ‘reverse psychology’
Nov 8, 2022, 5:43 AM
The chair of Washington鈥檚 Democratic Party reportedly threatened to cut election campaign funding to some state Democrats. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
For more than a decade, has refused nearly 20 invitations to come on The Dori Monson Show and talk politics.
That鈥檚 why it raised antennae for Monson when Podlodowski asked to come on his show just hours before Tuesday鈥檚 general election. Her message: To urge voters 鈥渘ot鈥� to write in candidate Brad Klippert for secretary of state.
That鈥檚 bogus, Dori told Podlodowski and his listeners. It was actually a stunt straight out of Psychology 101.
鈥淚 hate this about politics,鈥� Dori said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty obvious that it鈥檚 reverse psychology.鈥�
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The back-handed message, Dori continued, is actually designed to incite Republican voters to do just the opposite of Podlodowski and Inslee鈥檚 warning: To write in Klippert鈥檚 name as a show of solidarity against Democrats 鈥� and thereby drawing votes away from the Democratic party鈥檚 real concern: Independent candidate Julie Anderson.
In a last-minute barnstorming mission with Gov. Jay Inslee, Podlodowski claims Republican Klippert is nipping at the heels of Democrat and incumbent-by-appointment Steve Hobbs. She points to a Northwest Progressive Institute poll that she claims shows Klippert is surging in the project ballot count.
This is a false interpretation, Dori told Podlodowski. Instead, the poll shows that without Klippert in the race, Anderson would be holding a slight lead over Hobbs.
鈥淲hat you鈥檙e really afraid of is Julie Anderson,鈥� Dori insisted.
Podlodowski disagreed, claiming write-in candidates have been elected in the past.
With the rare opportunity to interview Podlodowski, Dori then turned the subject to the state鈥檚 10th District legislative race between incumbent Greg Gilday (R-Stanwood) and Democrat Clyde Shavers. In a letter to several news media groups last week, Shavers was called out by his father for falsely representing his nuclear submarine military service, an alleged career as an attorney, and residency within the district which covers Island County, and parts of north Snohomish and Skagit counties.
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Shavers鈥� father, Brett, wrote to the Lynnwood Times, also disputing his son鈥檚 campaign claims that he has experienced homelessness and grew up in a farming family.
Clyde Shavers has since backpedaled on claims he made in his campaign materials, but state Democrats have not commented on his apparent misrepresentations.
When Dori tried asking Podlodowski about Shavers, there was a long pause. Though 成人X站鈥檚 phone and computer lines appeared to be intact, she seemed to indicate she could not hear Dori, suggesting there was an apparent phone snafu before discontinuing the interview.
Either Podlodowski鈥檚 own phone disconnected, or she no longer wanted to answer Dori鈥檚 questions.
Listen to Dori Monson weekday afternoons from noon 鈥� 3 p.m. on 成人X站 Newsradio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the聽podcast here.
