Huckleberries: Huckleberries blog drives Kootenai County GOP crazy

We now know why those “tricksy” – to use a word coined by Gollum – Kootenai County Republicans don’t circulate their proposed resolutions prior to regular or special meetings – the Huckleberries Online blog.

On Tuesday, a party heavyweight explained to unhappy precinct committee members why they hadn’t received copies of a mystery resolution prior to a special meeting. Mr. Big Deal didn’t want the resolution published on Huckleberries Online to be analyzed and criticized by blog commenters prior to the meeting. It has happened before. A year ago, a resolution calling for Idaho to be declared a Christian state caused a hubbub on the blog and beyond. Ultimately, it was rejected by a two-thirds vote of the central committee.

Last week, a group of precinct committee members asked for a special meeting to discuss a resolution that denounced the political action committee launched by Idaho Gov. Butch Otter. Tea party members who control the Kootenai County GOP are afraid that Otter will use his Otter PAC to seek revenge on them for backing a Hard Right opponent in the last gubernatorial election. The resolution passed overwhelmingly. The commenters at Huckleberries Online waited until the next day to savor the dysfunctionalism of Kootenai County R’s.

P’haps Kootenai County Republicans should adopt a resolution banning the mention of Huckleberries Online. The Blog That Shall Not Be Named has a nice ring to it.

Bundy fan

Congressman Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, is getting blowback for sympathizing with the Bundy Brothers & Co. occupying Malheur Wildlife Refuge. The tea party pol earned headlines by categorizing the armed gang as “peaceful” practitioners of civil disobedience. Dana Milbank of the Washington Post aptly disagreed: “No, Congressman. Civil disobedience is when people break laws they think unjust and then peacefully face the legal consequences. The takeover of a federal wildlife facility in Oregon by armed men is sedition.” Even Donald Trump had more sense than Labrador on this matter. So do my Huckleberries Online readers. In a poll being conducted this weekend, more than 80 percent said in the early going that the Idaho congressman stepped over a line when he defended the malcontents taking up arms against our government.

Huckleberries

Poet’s Corner: “Our holidays have quickly flown,/like fast clouds above a ridge;/they left us happy memories/and some old stuff in the fridge” – The Bard of Sherman Avenue (“Holidays”) … In 2015, Huckleberries Online (www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo) broke its 2014 blog record with 2,789,768 page views and 1,817,202 unique views … Quotable Quote (from a blog wag): “We sure don’t raise the kind of terrorists they do in the Middle East. These Yeehawdists sent out a social media request for snacks. SNACKS. I can’t imagine ISIS doing a Cheetos communiqué.”

Parting shot

Keith Boe, of Post Falls, Facebooked his praise of Dueling Irons Cafe in Post Falls last week. Illustrating his point, Keith posted a photo of the ha-huge Big Iron Burger. Big Iron? Keith sez the restaurant “grinds (its) own meat from brisket and chuck and (is) the tastiest burger meat I’ve ever had.” And, continues Keith, “If you open carry (a weapon), you can get 10 percent off your check as well. About $10 bucks, if I remember.” Keith told Huckleberries that he’s a peacenik and doesn’t pack heat. But he may wield a squirt gun to earn the discount next time he eats at Dueling Irons.