Democrat slams the idea of Greater Idaho

Good day all. It’s been a while since we heard anything regarding the idea of several counties in Oregon seceding from the state and joining Idaho. Of course, there’s been a lot going on around the world, so it’s easy to miss things like this. However, we have yet another local Democrat saying it’s a bad idea and should be stopped.

The idea of Greater Idaho took root a few years ago as the progressive controlled cities in the western part of the state started their usual progressive moves to progressively suppress the rights of anyone who didn’t support the progressive narratives. This pissed off the residents in the eastern part of the state, so they started working on the process of seceding from Oregon and joining Idaho, hence the name, Greater Idaho.

Needless to say, the Progressive Liberal Democrats think this is really bad idea. For one reason, they don’t like the idea of their slaves thinking they can get away from the Progressive Liberal Democrat Plantation. Now another Democrat has come out in, surprise, surprise, opposition to the idea. Here are the details from Fox News:

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., over the weekend spoke out against a campaign to have the rural eastern part of his home state of deep-blue Oregon effectively secede and join more conservative Idaho.

Speaking at a town hall at a local high school, Merkley said the idea of moving the Idaho-Oregon border raises important issues about Oregon’s internal situation that need to be addressed but argued the project has essentially no chance of coming to fruition.

“There are a whole set of barriers that would make the process very difficult,” Merkley said in response to a question about the so-called Greater Idaho movement, which seeks to incorporate about 13 Oregon counties, or 63% of the state’s landmass and 9% of its population, within Idaho’s borders. “I would not want to see the state carved up. I love every part of it.”

Granted, it is difficult, but it isn’t impossible nor is it unprecedented. It’s happened several times in the past as state boundaries were adjusted. While Senator Merkley may love all parts of Oregon, the feeling from the eastern part of the state doesn’t appear to be “Mutual.”

Moving the Idaho-Oregon border would require the approval of both state legislatures as well as the U.S. Congress. Critics have argued such a scenario won’t ever happen and therefore isn’t worth the time and energy.

I think that the fact that the “Critics” think that this is a waste of time indicates that they’re scared that it could actually happen. Since 11 counties have already voted to start the process, and Idaho is also interested, there is a fair chance of this happening.

However, a resolution is making its way through the Idaho Legislature that wouldn’t move the Idaho-Oregon border but rather call for formal talks between the states’ legislatures about relocating the boundary line. Earlier this year, Idaho’s House of Representatives passed the bill. It’s unclear if the bill will eventually pass the Idaho Senate, but the chamber is, like the state’s House, dominated by Republicans who are more supportive of the idea than their Democratic colleagues.

What’s not to like? I think Idaho would pick up another house seat and this would probably go for the Republicans. Oregon would probably lose a house seat of course, not to mention a good chunk of the landmass of the state. All that would remain would be the the Hard left democrat controlled cities and they are already starting to circle the drain.

Proponents also note that 11 counties in eastern Oregon have voted for ballot measures to explore and consider the move. A measure in Wallowa County currently looks like it will pass in a close vote that, if finalized, would bring the total to 12 counties.

According to some polling, Idahoans would welcome expanding the state boundary. In Oregon, meanwhile, polling has shown a roughly equal number of voters support and oppose the idea, with about one-fifth of the population undecided.

I question the polls methodology, or at the very least, the information in this Fox article. The question I have about the poll is this. Was it conducted statewide, or only in the eastern parts of the state? If the former, then it’s not really valid since Coastal Oregon wouldn’t be trying to join Idaho, and Idaho doesn’t want them.

Proponents of a “Greater Idaho” argue the movement is about maintaining more traditional values, preserving a certain way of life, and being properly represented by the state’s lawmakers, who they argue impose a far-left agenda opposed by those living in more conservative eastern Oregon.

And there is it. The Communists, Socialists, Progressives and Liberals, (Not that there is any difference), are flat out ignoring the more conservative parts of the state and running roughshod over their rights and values.

“I have lived along the Oregon border my entire life, so have many east Oregon friends. They have been quite frustrated with the liberal I-5 western Oregon corridor running their state and completely ignoring their values and needs,” Idaho Rep. Judy Boyle, R, told Fox News Digital in March.

“Advantages for Idaho are gaining citizens with likeminded conservative values, gaining another congressional seat, moving the Oregon ‘legal’ hard drugs several hundred miles away from Idaho’s population center, allowing these new Idaho citizens to remain in their existing homes and generational old ranches which relieves the pressure on the Idaho housing market, and brings more businesses, jobs, and innovators into Idaho.”

It will also allow the rural Eastern Counties more control over their natural resources. The Urban Progressives have no clue how people live in rural areas and yet they love to tell those people how they should live their lives manage their property. When the people in the Eastern part of the state complain, they’re ignored told to shut up and in some cases, flat out threatened.

Currently, the Republicans are outnumbered in the state legislature and the Democrats are, as usual, are working to lock in single party Democrat rule for eternity. The Democrats basic legislative tactics are “Shut up and go away while we do what we want.”

Over the weekend, Merkley acknowledged that the Greater Idaho movement reflects a divide between western and eastern Oregon that needs to be addressed, adding that different communities live across the state and elected leaders should try to understand them.

Perhaps Merkley should speak to his colleagues in the legislature. They are the ones running roughshod over the more conservative areas.

He also argued that social media and cable television news exacerbate Oregon’s east-west divide, saying politics forced from both the left and right use these outlets to demonize the other.

Big deal. That’s been going on since the United States was founded. Of course he might be thinking that these discussions and debates need to be controlled and censored. He is a Democrat after all.

Merkley’s comments come as several state Republican senators in Oregon, which is overwhelmingly run by Democrats, are protesting what they characterize as a radically far-left agenda being pushed through the legislature by walking out and preventing the Senate from having the two-thirds majority quorum needed before it can pass legislation. The walkout, which began earlier this month, is meant to block certain Democrat-backed legislation.

I have read about some of that legislation and it’s basically the standard Progressive Liberal Democrat laundry list that’s been making the rounds nationwide. Almost all of it is utterly opposed by conservatives and anyone with a brain.

According to The Observer, Merkley suggested preventing future walkouts by changing the Oregon Constitution so that a two-thirds majority isn’t always required before the House or Senate could pass legislation. He proposed that after 10 sessions of either chamber being canceled due to unexcused absences by legislators, the quorum needed to transact business would be a simple majority rather than a two-thirds majority.

There is a reason that they put that Two Thirds requirement into the state Constitution, and it was to slow down bad legislation. It’s a feature, not a bug. Of course, in the minds of the Ruling Progressive Elite, anything that prevents them from attaining their goal of single party rule is bad and must be stopped.

This is why the Eastern Counties have decided that the only solution left is a divorce due to irreconcilable differences. The western coastal progressives want to put socialism into place and do away with the republican form of government, individualism and liberty. The eastern counties are not going to put up with that. This is why they are working through the process to secede from Oregon and join with Idaho. The Democrats in Oregon should just sign off on the paperwork and free the slaves. The potential alternatives cold be a lot worse as they double down on their goals of single party rule and totalitarian government.

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