Slog - Comments on Republicans Shut Out Press http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press The GOP is holding its annual fall fundraising dinner tonight ($100 a head) in SeaTac. The theme of the dinner is "Run Dino Run." Run from Forward Washington is more like it for the disgraced former executive director of the nonprofit, which is now under investigation by the state for its possible partisan political activity. Unfortunately, the dinner is closed to the press. The Spokesman-Review's "Eye on Olympia" blog has the story. The analogous fall fundraiser on the Democratic side, the Maggie Awards, is scheduled for Oct. 22 at Benaroya Hall and is open to the press. (Hillary Clinton is... Copyright 2008 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:02:34 -0800 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:08:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Tlazolteotl Schweet. The jokes just write themselves, don't they?

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822442 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:03:27 -0800 Comment by lostboy There aren't many people with my last name. Why are so many of them oxygen thiefs?

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822485 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:31:44 -0800 Comment by drewvsea Lostboy, count your blessings-- the first famous person ever to bear my last name is Michael Vick.

]]> drewvsea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822486 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:33:43 -0800 Comment by lostboy drew @3, point taken. I suppose we can both be glad we weren't born to the Santorum clan.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822489 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:36:09 -0800 Comment by elenchos Most people would be proud to be named after perhaps the greatest motorcycle racer ever. Most people will tell you that Rossi is a gentleman both on and off the track. I don't understand why The Stranger won't give him a break.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822500 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:54:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Why do the Red Bushies hate our American core values of Truth, Justice, and a Free Press so very very much?

Rossi is slime.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822505 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:59:50 -0800 Comment by Particle Man No, Will. You are wrong about Rossi.

When you encounter slime from say a slug or from the jowls of a dog you know it's slime.

Rossi is clever slime.

Next time Will, please use more caution so as not to harm honest slime's reputation.

]]> Particle Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822530 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:14:20 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sorry, my bad. Besides, some slime is algae, and we can use that for bio-fuel.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822576 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:01:58 -0800 Comment by COMTE Aw c'mon you guys, why can't the WA-GOP get together, knock back a few scotch-and-sodas, and tell some racist/sexist/homophobe jokes without you MSM-types going all nukular on they asses?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822744 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:54:23 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray I was at work the other day when the phone rang. It was some horrid telemarketer for the GOP, telling me that they needed to raise money for Dino Rossi because Christine Gregoire (sp?) is making such a mess of things.

I finally stopped her and asked her who she was calling for, because if there's one thing I ain't, it's a Republican. She gave me the name of the person who had my workstation before me: A retiree who is a real moron. (why would a union member be a Republican?)

Anyway, I told her that she was calling a City of Seattle government number, and that she should lose it.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/republicans_shut_out_press#c822748 Politics Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:08:07 -0800