Can Ed Murray Get a Little Respect?

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"I had no idea who Sawant was at the time. I wasn't paying attention to her race."

Wait wait wait. He was running for mayor and he had no idea whom he might be working with? Wasn't one of his big selling points that he would be able to work with the city council?

MacCrocodile on January 9, 2014 at 12:48 PM

I think he meant "the local newspaper" to differentiate from all the other things that The Stranger could mean -- the book, the film, the guy standing over -- wait, who IS that guy?

Fnarf on January 9, 2014 at 12:56 PM

@1 Sawant was such a come from nowhere winner that I have no doubt that an establishment guy like Murray wouldn't have had her on his radar. I hope Murray can get over this pettiness and stop being so offended by her presence. Sawant is from another political party, of course she is not going to be confrontational with democrats.

guerre on January 9, 2014 at 1:04 PM

of course she is going to be*

guerre on January 9, 2014 at 1:04 PM

Well, I, for one, hope The Stranger is our local newspaper. Because the Times has morphed into this cheerleader role rather than reporting role. (I know this is true in education reporting. They now have a major grant from the Gates Foundation to fund ed reform reporting and are working on an agreement to gain access to Seattle Public Schools' student data.)

The Times is not functioning as a solid daily newspaper and The Stranger gains more credibility with every election (whether or not they get every race right).

westello on January 9, 2014 at 1:06 PM

Square standing aside (can this be confirmed? IS there video of him standing in a square?), the remainder of his statement seems to be a not-very-carefully parsing: "well, I was supported by labor, and labor supported fast food workers who went on strike for a $15 an-hour minimum wage, therefore, by-association, it should be clear as crystal that I too support it as well".

By this, may we also infer that Murray supports all the other things labor supports, because, you know, they supported him?

COMTE on January 9, 2014 at 1:13 PM

I don't gunk of The Stranger as a newspaper so much as an advocacy forum.

Aaron on January 9, 2014 at 1:14 PM

@3 - Still, if he's going to claim to be so personable and friendly, he might give some credit to the person who started the ball rolling. She may be from another party and a surprise winner, but she's on the council now. Giving her credit is the classy thing to do and more likely to get you that across-the-aisle cooperation he claims to engender than saying "Oh this? I just found this issue here on the ground. It's always been a central part of my campaign, and I don't know how your name got on it."

MacCrocodile on January 9, 2014 at 1:17 PM

@2

That's the stranger. Lowercase.

The Establishment on January 9, 2014 at 1:17 PM

http://forum.randirhodes.com/viewtopic.p…

dak7e on January 9, 2014 at 1:31 PM

I rather like he stands up for himself when confronted.

Pope Peabrain on January 9, 2014 at 1:32 PM

Did Sawant previously run against both of Ed's seatmates? And he doesn't know her from Adam?

kurisu on January 9, 2014 at 1:33 PM

I frequently disagree with the Stranger but you play a vital role in providing a different voice for the city.

ProstSeattle on January 9, 2014 at 1:34 PM

@12 for the Pay Attention win

Will in Seattle on January 9, 2014 at 1:52 PM

I'm assuming such a film of a forum by The Stranger and Washington Bus exists or you guys would have ripped Ed to pieces over it. How about linking to it on Youtube and people can see for themselves what happened.

NotYourStrawMan on January 9, 2014 at 2:17 PM

Allow me to do your job for you: Here's the link to that forum held on July 16, 2013. http://youtu.be/-hN1eNgHPoo
Go to 2:00 to see Murray move to the YES side on the $15 wage issue.

NotYourStrawMan on January 9, 2014 at 2:26 PM

Thanks @16, but WTH? Did Murray accidentally think it was Halloween and decide to attend as Angus Young?

COMTE on January 9, 2014 at 2:54 PM

So Sawant calls the other council members corporate puppets who don't care about the average Seattle person (I'm paraphrasing), but the mayors the one that needs to show Sawant some respect...

j2patter on January 9, 2014 at 8:06 PM

Just a couple of ways Murray has supported the working class:

A) Cutting corporate taxes while making it harder to get unemployment during a recession.

B) Not voting against Boeing's demand for more tax cuts

So progressive.

TheMisanthrope on January 9, 2014 at 8:42 PM

@19, those are really great points, I wish the stranger would focus on stuff Murray has actually done, rather then him being a big meanie to Sawant...

j2patter on January 9, 2014 at 9:08 PM

Wasn't Murray also joining in the political pressuring of the machinists union (granted not playing a big role) just these lasts few weeks? Some friend of labor, indeed!

Upchuck on January 9, 2014 at 11:50 PM

cracked on January 10, 2014 at 11:38 AM

I don't understand what happend, did somebody tell somebody important to "go fornicate with themselves"?

Dirtclustit on January 11, 2014 at 8:59 AM

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