People who hit him the way they hit Gingrich, Limbaugh or Bush are just happy to have a punching bag, I’m sure, but Hans is almost always in earnest. So when he changes his mind, it isn’t a political move, he is a actually a normal guy who says what he thinks, just like he said what he thought before, when he wasn’t running for any office and didn’t think about not-giving-opponents-ammo-to-shoot-him-with. I’m sure he’ll get jaded quickly after dealing with you people, though.

People who complain about “kids these days” and in the same breath tell this man who is trying to make something of himself and give back to his community that he should “go out drinking… and leave our district out of it”, really bother me. You cant piss and moan about the degradation of our youth and then hold them down because they don’t have what you consider to be appropriate “life experience”.

Hans – you’re still in the middle of your “youthful indescretion”. Go out drinking like regular kids and leave our district out of it. Dawn Morrell is a qualified and dedicated public servant, and you can’t do anything but mess up our district’s representation in the state house with your childish vacillations of opinion and position.

What matters most to me is electing an official that is 1) NOT an intolerant, immature hate-monger. There are lots of articles saying that Zeiger is exactly that and no articles that he say isn’t. At least I assume that’s the case, since Zeiger pulled ALL of his articles instead of keeping a few up to say “See? I really wasn’t such a bad guy.” All we have is his word that he’s changed but considering all the other words he’s said in the past, that’s not good enough for me.

And 2) able to actually do something in Olympia. What does Zeiger know about jobs, having never actually had one himself? What does Zeiger know about debt, since his parents still pay his bills? Zeiger’s work history (or lack thereof) doesn’t qualify him to hold a manager’s position at McDonalds, let alone the state legislature.

Question: What matters most to you,
DEBT?
JOBS (private sector vs public sector)?
Growing or shrinking government?
Or some stupid immature comments made during an outrage moment?

I worry about our representatives spending money stupidly then sending the bill to taxpayers – don’t you?

I worry about our representatives borrowing money on our behalf, giving it to their political allies, then leaving the principal and interest for taxpayers to pay – don’t you?

Is Hans young? Yep.
Has he written some closed-minded, one-sided articles? Uh-huh.
Has he apologized for them and learned from these mistakes? I think so.

The difference between Hans and politicians who just apologize and hope the issue goes away, is that Hans really has changed his mind about a lot of these topics, and that has occurred through opening himself up to other ways of thinking.

He hasn’t just apologized for what he’s said, he’s given reasons to back up WHY his views have changed: “Since that time I had a Muslim roommate in grad school, studied Islam extensively, doing a masters’ degree in international relations, and have had a lot more time to think about the topic.” Give the man some credit for educating himself and realizing where he was brash and jumped to conclusions.

My hope is that he continues to work on learning about all sides of an issue before making statements about where he stands, in fact, my hope is that we all would do that.

What a joke.