The Misogyne of Steve Forrester

It appears that ever since the death of his mother, Eleanor Aldrich Forrester, the editor and publisher of Clatsop County's one and only daily hard copy has run editorials and news stories degrading strong women in politics. Weak, ineffectual women earn his praises, in a paternal sort of way, but the strong willed, self-driven women continue to be debased and destroyed in his editorials and news articles.

The smear campaigns Forrester has led against Ann Samuelson adds one more woman to the bedpost above his desk. Like the college boys of old time frat houses, competing in acquiring the most trophies to show their power over the "lessor" sex, Forrester mops the floor with the lives of the women who appear to have more power than he will ever wield. Both Forrester and fhe old time frats use their weakest, and most unbending, member to thrust the most degrading acts they can fathom on those they consider impotent to stop them.

Now that he has finished raping the integrity of Ann Samuelson Forrester will set his phallic pen once again on Commissioner Roberts. Although men, too, sat on the NOAH board and it was in trouble before Roberts, as liaison from the County board, volunteered to serve on it, Forrester will train all of his venom and misplaced oedipal tendencies on Roberts.

It is sad to see the hatred this man apparently had for his mother played out in the public arena. And hatred it must be. One can only imagine how it felt to be out shined by a mother with the journalistic talent, innate abilities and focused drive of Eleanor Forrester. To be reigned in, corrected and edited, continuously, by her must have been a burning gall that, with her death, raged loose to match any tsunami that has ever hit this coast.

While it is with pity we watch a man embroiled in his own need for revenge lash out at the living , perhaps for the imagined acts of a departed mother, as a community we cannot and should not tolerate it.

Obviously, no one is left at the East Oregonian to reign in this man for his own good. For the good of the community its leaders must say "Enough is Enough!" We have lost too many fine women from public service. Too few are left in public office to allow the blatant smear campaigns to continue. The only thing that Forrester will understand is money. Cancel and refuse to advertise until he gets the psychological help he needs and the newspaper is no longer a tool used by a sick man bent on striking out, especially at a woman already dead.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

She was an amazing woman, you would think that a grown man would celebrate having a mother like her...be proud...instead of what he does...and he has a friend that does the same...this post is incredibly well done, hard to read because of the emotions it emits, but well done.

October 30, 2009 6:38:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

You may have a point.
He endorsed Richard Lee over Cindy Price.

October 30, 2009 7:41:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

I just wish that more people would see this post - I know that I will definitely be linking to it everywhere I blog, and I hope everyone else will too! I cancelled my subscription to the Daily Astorian last year when I just couldn't stand his lies and made up news any longer, and I've encouraged many of my business friends to cease their advertising.

Money really IS all he cares about - and I sincerely think that especially in this last year, the man has lost a few marbles.

October 30, 2009 9:06:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

He certainly has squandered the reservoir of goodwill built up by his predecessors.

October 30, 2009 9:57:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

And let's not forget his comrad, Josh Marquis.

October 30, 2009 10:20:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

The editor does favor Marquis . I would love to see Marquis leave our County, but I feel for the people of Oregon. Our County has been worse off since he has been here, ask your neighbors or read "The smoking gun"!

October 30, 2009 3:42:00 PM PDT

Paul said...

Yes, he does. And now it makes sense as to why he endorsed Lee for the commissioner seat only to immediately turn on him. Forrester just couldn't bring himself to endorse as strong willed of person as Cindy Price. Since he owed Marquis, big time, for not endorsing his wife, he paid him back by then going after Lee with both barrels. Sick man, that's for sure.

October 30, 2009 7:36:00 PM PDT

Anonymous said...

Could it be that Marquis sort'a used some leverage to lean on Forrester--some sort'a blackmail to get Stevearino to play ball? Being Marquis is the top cop in the county, he wouldn't have any trouble digging up some dirt on anyone. That's Marquis style-playing dirty to get what he wants.

October 30, 2009 8:01:00 PM PDT

Anonymous said...

Isn't freedom of the press wonderful?

October 30, 2009 10:07:00 PM PDT

Anonymous said...

Yes, freedom of the press is a wonderful thing, except when one uses it to make up news...in order to sway a vote, for example. Making up the news against a county commissioner.

Forrester should be brought up on ethics charges by whatever board oversees the press...he's a horrible, horrible man

October 30, 2009 10:25:00 PM PDT

Anonymous said...

Steve Forrester: Minister Of Disinformation.

October 31, 2009 7:46:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

Steve Forrester: Minister Of Disinformation.

October 31, 2009 7:46:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

My take, Marquis loves the media, he knows the best way to go over the head of everybody else is to milk the media and as someone said and I paraphrase, Josh Marquis would walk over a bed of hot coals barefoot to get to a reporter with a camera and a microphone. In Clatsop county the Daily Astorian is the main media source. It's so much easier to prosecute someone in the press in this situation. Josh and Steve may not be two peas in a pod but put them together with a few political stratigerists who think they have something to gain.remember Josh did indicate in an email that he would teach the commissioners who voted to withhold his stipend a lesson. All that could equal big time shenanigans. -That and a $1.75 will get you a cup of coffee most places.

October 31, 2009 8:43:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
And let's not forget his comrad, Josh Marquis.

In the sometimes glorified Hollywoodized history of incoruptible District Attorneys committed to cleaning up a city of organized or rampant crime, a crusading fearless newspaper editor is often portrayed as the crime fighter's closest ally in rallying to rid society of its least desirable elements. What it seems we have here now, is quite the opposite. The District Attorney and the newspaper editor are the undesirable elements-joining forces to decieve the public with their lies and underhanded tactics to smear honest people, cause polarization among the people and create havoc in local government by sowing the seeds of mistrust and despair. To create a political and social climate of fear based on inimidation and greed. This marriage of Marquis and Forrester is detestable and evil. As long as we let it continue there will be no harmony or prosperity in our beloved county-only fear and chaos created by these men for their own selfish gains who care not for justice nor good will. It's time for the good people of the county to do something.

October 31, 2009 9:01:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

I looked back and Marquis said the KKK incident / editorial on Samuelson was "political"...so what does he do as our DA? protect us, or prosecute and hold accountable those that are really hurting our community, or play politics with the lives of those who have given to make this community a better place? I'd say after watching this last work of he and Forrester and their helpers he hurts much more than he helps.

October 31, 2009 11:13:00 AM PDT

Anonymous said...

And Josh Marquis actually THOUGHT he had what it takes to be a US Atty? That's rich. Josh's cohort, Forrester, is a sad, petty, mean little man with an embarrassing yet wildly evident "big fish, small peni$" complex. I guess they both are.

But let's also give a WTH to the Clatsop County "Dems." Let's give chair Larry Taylor and his bump-stumbling chowderhead followers a big hand for trying to toss a DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED FEMALE COMMISSIONER. Got something against women in office in Clatsop or no?

It would all be laughable if the colossal waste of money didn't make it border-line criminal1

October 31, 2009 2:24:00 PM PDT

Anonymous said...

Marquis didn't care that he was taking County money and refusing to account for it, as asked. USA does performance based budgeting. Wonder how Marquis got through the interview process on how he would manage the US attorney office w/o doing transparent performance based budgeting?
Marquis doesn't care about costing Clatsop Co a ton of money with his special ballot to get himself a clatsop co taxpayer financed fat salary package based on a judge's salary! Judge's total salary packages now $186,000+ marquis wanted, what, 90%? State only pays him $87,000 and the county tax payers would have to pay close to another $80,000 to make up the difference!
Marquis said he would take each of the commissioners who voted to make him accountable for his stipend down and when the electors in the county voted against his pay raise he vowed to make us pay as well. He will not stop until he has cost us all of the money he thinks we owe him.
The FACT that Wyden recommended him for the US Attorney job shows what Wyden thinks of people who use their office for revenge and political gain. Its A-OKAY! If Obama appoints him, it shows Obama thinks the same.

October 31, 2009 10:59:00 PM PDT