Slog - Comments on It's Official: Rossi is Running for Governor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern Dino Rossi officially entered the race for governor this morning, making his announcement to an enthusiastic crowd at the Village Theater in Issaquah. His announcement played up standard GOP themes: the Democratic incumbent governs for the government rather than the people, raises taxes, and releases felons. No mention of improving the business climate (his big pitch on the 2004 trail). I guess that's not a surprise. Rossi also pledged to make relieving traffic congestion the number one priority of his administration. (At a press briefing afterwards, he would not say definitively how he was voting on the $17.8 billion... Copyright 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:24:50 -0800 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:09:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Touring The political environment in Washington has changed so much since he was a State Senator. He was actually very socially conservative and pretty extreme for a King County Republican. Last time he attempted to pretend he was a moderate. I sure hope he does not try to get away with that again.

]]> Touring http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833243 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833243 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:25:58 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe He's hot.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833244 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:27:40 -0800 Comment by Beano Rossi The republican front-runner for governor doesn't have a stance on Prop 1? Unbelievable. (that's it for now...I'm looking at that "Hot night for lesbians and their friends" ad).

]]> Beano Rossi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833245 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833245 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:28:09 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com What a douche. So is he going to give up all the money that he took at his “Non Profit Non partisan” group. Is he going to comply with the PDC laws. Man I can’t wait until Governor Gregoire hand him his ass again.

Note to king County voters. Don’t be cute and vote for Ron Sims in the general election. That shit was not funny.

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833251 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833251 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:31:21 -0800 Comment by Just Me Mr Poe, you have our blessings to grudge fuck Dino Rossi....

Then post the pics on line.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833254 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:31:49 -0800 Comment by Big Sven (1) On behalf of all residents of Issaquah, let me just say: BBBLLLEEERRRGGGGGHHHHGGGGGGHHGHHHH. Ahh, my stomach feels so much better now that ten pounds of vomit is gone.

(2) Dino agrees with Josh and Erica on Prop. 1! Yay!

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833255 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:31:59 -0800 Comment by June Bee Does he have any plans on reducing exorbidant Ticketmaster fees? Josh, I thought our date for From The Jam was going to cost me 50 bucks for 2, turns out it was 75 dollars! Oh well, you're worth it.
Don't you love the way 'Start!' makes it blaringly obvious they lifted the bass line from the Beatles' 'Taxman'? I think everyone was cool with it too, no courtroom dramas.
"And what you give it what you get"

]]> June Bee http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833257 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:32:25 -0800 Comment by YO AKH Close your bold tag -- everything on the Slog is now in semibold!

]]> YO AKH http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833259 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:32:53 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Wait, removing congestion and not increasing taxes?

Talk about a big fat Liar.

Why does he hate Washington so?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833277 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:43:45 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways oh, Mr Poe, I agree...

he's dreamy!

an idiot, but a dreamy idiot.

and I love the new choco-fudge hair color, so popular with male celebrities over 45, (Tom Hanks, Travolta, Tom Selleck, Billy Crystal; I think Cruise is starting to dip into it)

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833279 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833279 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:44:03 -0800 Comment by elenchos Where to begin?

1. The diminutive of Valentino might be Tino, if you wanted to go by Tino. "Dino" makes no sense.

2. Valentino Rossi is not your friend -- I can tell by that harsh "I gave you something to write about" line. So you aren't really close enough to call him by any Tino or Dino (sic) nickname.

3. The guy in those pictures is NOT Valentino Rossi. That's some square in a suit. It's like you don't even try to get this stuff right. Although that umbrella girl in the background of the second one is kind of cute.

There were a lot more mistakes in your post but that's all I have time for for now.

PS: Please write something about Casey Stoner. It isn't all about Rossi, you know.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833280 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:44:32 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I'd rather let him grudge fuck me. Then I'll post pics.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833281 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:44:55 -0800 Comment by Particle Man Dino told you he did not mention health insurance in his announcement speech?

It's just another day and this is just another flat out lie from Dino Rossi.

What I want to know Josh, is, was Dino smiling when he said this?

At least here, one can say what a lying sack of shit this Dino fraud is.

]]> Particle Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833294 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:49:32 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Tom Hanks is one of the ugliest motherfuckers on the face of the Earth. Right next to John C. Reilly and Woody Harrelson.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833299 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:51:50 -0800 Comment by Gitai Sweet! I'm sure that at Gregoire headquarters, people are already signing long term leases.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833320 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:01:11 -0800 Comment by Just Me @14, but Woody Harrelson is packing a very large cock.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833327 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:05:32 -0800 Comment by Cale Rossi will say anything. He has nothing solid to run on this election.

Congestion and higher teacher salaries without raising taxes? PUHleeez. If he wants anyone to take him seriously in Seattle he's going to have to try much harder than that.

]]> Cale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833342 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:12:44 -0800 Comment by Tim The dude looks like the elf CEO of Santa's toy shop.

]]> Tim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833370 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833370 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:23:13 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Exactly. And an untrustable hair cut.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833428 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:54:46 -0800 Comment by Jessica @6: yeah, you beat me to the punch. Speaking for the poor, liberal inhabitants of Issaquah: we didn't vote for you then, and we wont' vote for you now. And seriously. Announcing at the Village? You do realize that's just about the gayest place in Issaquah, right? They do musical theater, for chrissakes!

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833543 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833543 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:59:16 -0800 Comment by rubyred elenchos - do you feel like you have to hate Stoner next year because he is unfucking beatable?

Do you look for the missing Bayliss finger?

I'm rooting for Hopper.

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833563 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:12:19 -0800 Comment by elenchos Rossi will always be the greatest, and if ever all the bikes were equal (which they never are) that could be proven. I'd like to see him show that he didn't need Honda as much as Honda needed him.

But that Yamaha with pneumatic valves? What's up with that? I don't think the game was ever meant to be played with pneumatic valves. It ain't right. What's next? Jet engines? Rockets?

If Stoner is unbeatable, that's fine with me. He rides a Ducky, I ride a Ducky. We have that in common.

John Hopkins? Suzuki riders are thought of as hooligans. I'm not saying they are, but it's just something that gets said about you. You know how people talk.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833695 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833695 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:17:44 -0800 Comment by treacle Why does he always remind me of George Hamilton? Perhaps its the fake tan.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833709 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:44:26 -0800 Comment by Ebenezer 9, Will in Seattle, you take a cheap shot at Rossi. He will limit spending on education and transportation, run down our economy and drive businesses and jobs out of state. Fewer drivers = less congestion, and all while decreasing taxes. It's beautiful!

]]> Ebenezer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833786 2008 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:47:54 -0800 Comment by Greg So I'll have the pleasure of voting against him again? Wonderful. 2008's shaping up to be a fun election year.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833842 2008 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:21:16 -0800 Comment by rubyred Jet fuel, why not jet engines? But you are right, that's not right.

Rossi might be the best there ever was, but I like underdogs and I like a race. It's tough to see Stoner and Rossi always winning and Edwards and Hopper and Hayden always stitting at the back. Hayden's race in Australia was heartbreaking - if he didn't beat Stoner, he would have been close.

Not to say I'm just rooting for Americans - Loris and Vermeulen are fun to watch.

Have you read the Rossi bio? Don't.

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833927 2008 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:14:28 -0800 Comment by Particle Man Last time Rossi ran as a car salesman saying little about his fleet of cars other than that they were new. Sure, he found some buyers.

This time around all Dino's cars are used. The paint is oxidized and they drip oil. This time buyers will be much harder to find.

]]> Particle Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c833941 2008 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:40:36 -0800 Comment by Michele Ebenezer, you don't have to worry about anyone else driving jobs out of state--democrat governors have already taken care of that: witness Boeing getting the heck out of town with their headquarters.

]]> Michele http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c834542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_official_rossi_is_running_for_govern#c834542 2008 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:09:36 -0800