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<title>Slog - Comments on Live from &quot;The Eyman Rim Job.&quot;</title>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job</link>
<description>Yecchh. That&apos;s what Savage called it yesterday when I told him I&apos;d be down in Olympia this morning covering the special legislative session. Gov. Gregoire has asked the Democrats to put Tim Eyman&apos;s government revenue cap (a 1 percent annual cap on the amount of revenues the government can collect from property taxes) into law after the Washington State Supreme Court threw out the public vote. Progressive activists are pissed at Governor Gregoire (I hitched a ride down with one this morning) because they see her capitulation to Eyman as a lack of leadership. Certainly, progressives acknowledge that property taxes...</description>
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<title>Comment by Will in Seattle</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Eyman is an ass. Period.</p>]]></description>
<author>Will in Seattle</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job#c858285</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:00:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Greg</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>What a cock. Yeah, be excited about sticking it to poor people and getting away with it. You fucking douche.</p>]]></description>
<author>Greg</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job#c858311</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:15:46 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by ecce homo</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Dan Savage see's everything in alagory to his own ass.</p>

<p>He is in love with his anus, fixated on it, loves it. It dominates his life and his thinking. He can't go 1 minute without thinking about his own dirt chute. Even someone as repulsive as Tim Eymen is cause enough to for him to again rumenate on asslicking, poop play, sodomy, etc...</p>

<p>Get a life Dan. Your naughty bits aren't that special. Are you teaching your kid about how great rim jobs are yet? Start 'em early, right?</p>]]></description>
<author>ecce homo</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job#c858329</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:28:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by SDA in SEA</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Gosh, ecce, we missed you.</p>

<p>Oh, and Tim Eyman should be caned 100 times for every initiative he either attempts to collect signatures but fails, or that gets voted down, or gets overturned by the courts. </p>

<p>What. A. Douche.</p>]]></description>
<author>SDA in SEA</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job#c858439</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:55:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Will in Seattle</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>SDA, Timmy boy would probably like that ... unfortunately.</p>]]></description>
<author>Will in Seattle</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job#c858486</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:28:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Tim Eyman, I-747 co-sponsor</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>From:  Tim Eyman, I-747 co-sponsor</p>

<p>All credit for what happened in Olympia yesterday goes to the citizens.</p>

<p>Voter pressure put on legislators over the past three weeks (and frankly over the past 10 years) made the difference.  Nothing like having 5 state supreme justices calling the people stupid to motivate and galvinize the support of the 58% of the people who approved I-747 (and a whole lot of the 42% who voted no but who have come to rely on its taxpayer protections).  It was a huge 200,000 vote margin.  Under the court's theory, then, 100,000 voters voted yes, but 'mistakenly' voted yes (because of some magical hypnotism or voodoo, i suppose) when they would have voted no if only they had known 'the truth'.  Unbelievably absurd.</p>

<p>As for Adam Kline, he is fantastic.  The media loves conflict and he and I provide lots of it.  But the reality is that when he looks at me, he gets angry because he sees himself.  Same aggressiveness, bombacity, and media whorishness.  Different political philosophy, sure (he wants government to have 100% of taxpayers' paychecks), but the tactics are identical.  No, don't think for a second that I don't like and appreciate him and accept him as he is.  What's not to admire about his aggressiveness and yes, rudeness -- civility is overrated.  He believes in what he's doing and he's working the press to get his message to the people.  It's the challenge we all face when dealing with a manytimes lazy press.</p>

<p>The problem is that his philosophy didn't have the support of the people (58%), his colleagues in the state house (91%) nor his colleagues in the senate (81%).  Every Republican and probably 80% of elected Democrats, including tax-hiking Democrat Gregoire, voted against his philosophy.</p>

<p>I didn't call the special session, Democrat Governor Gregoire did.  I didn't write the bill, his Democrat colleagues did.  I didn't vote for their bill, his Democrat colleagues did.  He called me names, but the reality is he really wanted to call Gregoire and his Democrat colleagues those names but that'd hurt his own party so he does some gratuitous Eyman-bashing to try to keep the D's base energized.  Not a bad strategy if you think your base is stupid and won't recognize the hollowness of his tactic.  But again, he's playing with the cards he's been dealt and making the best of it.<br />
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<author>Tim Eyman, I-747 co-sponsor</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/for_the_eyman_rim_job#c859625</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:51:25 -0800</pubDate>
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