Protesters turn out for, against Gregoire's certification

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | January 11, 2005 | DAVID AMMONS

[MB6.3]

The buzz from those in attendance is that the re-vote crowd out numbered the MoveOn.org clowns by close to 10 to 1. Local WA newies are reporting it a 2 to 1.

204,000 re-vote petition signatures were presented to the crowd.

Of course, the dim controlled senate approved the certification of Fraud-oire.

Should be interesting as the court challenge begins in Chelan County (eastern WA) this week. Friday, I believe.

[ocr1]

Related thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1318700/posts

[anniegetyourgun]

"There is a time for partisanship and politics and there is a time for governing," said Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown..."

With Dems in charge, this is a distinction without a difference.

[youngtory]

The people of Washington should be outraged and if Gregoire had any integrity she would have supported a re-vote.

[weegee]

A pro-Gregoire sign said "Sore loser."

Are we sure it didn't say "Gore Loser?"

[vrwcagent0498]

Good for the pro-revote people in Washington.

Glad to see our side in continuing to fight back! (culturely, socially, and politically)

[Billthedrill]

"We are a state that is governed by constitution and laws, not by chanting crowds, rumor of the day or, frankly, making it up as we go along."

On the contrary, the antics of the King County elections board were perfectly described as making it up as they went along, both procedures and, in the end, the very ballots themselves.

I predicted it and I stand by it - the Gregoire crowd knows perfectly well they'll lose a re-vote and are going to brazen this out, acting sanctimonious the entire time.

[MissouriConservative]

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[MissouriConservative]

Yep, King County was the epitome of the Keystone Cops and still got away with it. But they had help in the courts and on the election boards.

It will come to light and the roaches will scurry away.

[Truth29]

The re-vote crowds need to be much larger and Gregoire needs to be shown that she will have an ungovernable state if she takes the oath tomorrow. The legislature and the Governor's mansion need to be blockaded by tens of thousands of demonstrators. I hope the crowd estimate in this article is drastically understated.

[_Jim]

The pro-Gregoire contingent didn't have microphones or a list of speakers, but hoisted signs and yelled their replies to nearly every Rossi rally speech or taunt.

Duh ... it was a pro-revote rally!

The union thugs were there to protest democracy!

[_Jim]

The re-vote crowds need to be much larger

How big do you think the pro-vote crowd was in reality?

Remember, this was the Seattle PI (literally, a 'press report') reporting this ...

[Truth29]

Re the crowd size, I suspect that the size is underreported, but I don't know. If someone has direct knowledge, I hope they will post the crowd size here.

[goodnesswins]

I WAS THERE.....there was a reported 1800+ and about 200 losers (Gregoire union thugs)......

[GretchenM]

Note the bolded words. This is good, especially coming from the PI.

state troopers kept a larger pro-revote crowd separate from a pack of Democrat Christine Gregoire's backers

[MissouriConservative]

I take it that it is a good sign that a liberal newspaper would say these things? I am not too familiar with the Seattle P-I.

I'm surprised that they would refer to a democratic support group as a "pack."......lol

[GretchenM]

Bill, you really nailed the dem behavior with that word, "sanctimonious."

[farmfriend]

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[GretchenM]

1. I take it that it is a good sign that a liberal newspaper would say these things? I am not too familiar with the Seattle P-I.

2. I'm surprised that they would refer to a democratic support group as a "pack."......

1. Yes, very much so.

2. I was shocked! It's a subtle left hook, if you will, that I would never have expected them PI to make at "their own." I am sure the wording was intentional. Normally the papers around here villify the right with far more pejorative words than that.