Sound Politics: "I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn't apply" - should be said by Gregoire and the Democrats, not Tiger Woods

February 19, 2010

"I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn't apply" - should be said by Gregoire and the Democrats, not Tiger Woods

After all, Tiger only screwed 14, whereas Gregoire and the House and Senate Democrats are screwing millions of us.

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Posted by Tim Eyman at February 19, 2010 12:29 PM | Email This

Comments

1. off topic

Posted by: Politically Incorrect on February 19, 2010 01:32 PM

2. off topic

Posted by: Politically Incorrect on February 19, 2010 03:17 PM

3. Are we supposed to ASK EYMAN ABOUT IT?

Posted by: stevem on February 19, 2010 07:07 PM

4. Eyman doesn't implore us to "ASK EYMAN ABOUT IT," just go to his website and GIVE CASH.

This guy is like Max Bialystock from The Producers. Always putting on a show, rarely successful, and only in it for the money.

Posted by: AD on February 20, 2010 01:17 PM

5. Does the anticapitalist angle--"he's greedy!"--ever lose its finish for you Dems? Not even when a guy borrowed a quarter of a million dollars against his own home to finance 1033?

The allegation of greed is not an argument--it's a copout designed to prevent you from having to make one.

Here's what I never see Washington's class-obsessed talking about:

Average compensation for state and local workers in Pacific states is 64% higher than in the private sector. The only category in which they receive less is "supplemental pay"--that means the only concession they're willing to make is to NOT WORK OVERTIME. No claims of "greed" coming from liberals here.

Nationwide, inflation has pushed prices 7.35 times higher in the last 50 years. In that time, the population grew by a magnitude of 1.7, and Real GDP grew by a magnitude of 5.3. Meanwhile, federal spending grew by more than 41 times. No claims of "greed" coming from liberals here, either.

Government consumed 1/4 of the private sector between 1947 and 2004. State & local taxes in that same period grew 3 times faster than the economy. Liberals are silent.

Unions--which now exist exclusively to extort as much wealth as possible from private citizens--bought No on 1033, having outraised Yes by a ratio of 8 to 1, at least $1.1 million of which came from unions. No "greed" here.

Unions also bought No on Oregon's Measures 66 & 67, having outspent the private sector 1.5 to 1, of which millions again came from public sector looter organizations. No "greed" there.

Since 1992, our state's Real GDP has grown by a magnitude of 1.74. In that same time, Washington State and local governments TRIPLED spending on education, TRIPLED spending on welfare, QUADRUPLED spending on employee pensions, QUADRUPLED spending on transportation, QUADRUPLED spending on health care, and TRIPLED total state spending. Crickets from the Left.

In the future, if you MUST talk about greed, let's start with the greediest people of all, who line their pockets with what we worked for, who double their claim to our wealth every generation, and who offer us little or nothing in return.

Reserve the poetry about Eyman's figurative greed for your ANSWER meetings.

Posted by: gulliver on February 21, 2010 04:19 PM

6. There's a difference between being greedy and being a dishonest thief. What Tim did was he stole from his own supporters (perhaps you were one, gulliver?), he lied about it, and finally admitted it only when the lies became undeniable.

And yeah, leftist politicians are just as bad, probably worse. That's exactly what makes it so important that we have a conservative with INTEGRITY fighting for our ideas.

We can't call them out on their BS if our leaders are just as bad... Voters see through that (for proof, see the election results for the vast majority of Tim Eyman's initiatives)

Posted by: AD on February 22, 2010 03:26 PM

7. The vast majority of our initiatives have been approved by voters.

We're doing the best we can to give voters the opportunity to vote this November to bring back the 2/3's vote requirement for tax increases.

go to our website to help: www.VotersWantMoreChoices.com

Posted by: Tim Eyman on February 22, 2010 04:21 PM

8. @AD: I have spoken with, but not donated to, Eyman--and it's only because I didn't have the money.

I'd like to hear how Tim pleads on this charge at this point in time. And what could Tim do to win you back, AD, or are you permanently unwilling to give him a parole hearing? It's a serious question.

I ask because it seems he's the best chance we've got. Even if Eyman robbed a bank for six figures, the idea that he's "just as bad" is a bit far-fetched when you count the billions of dollars extorted from Washingtonians year after year after year, and at a rapidly accelerating rate, to ensure that idle bureaucrats never have to shell out for a copay or a premium, to allow them to go sick with needless capital projects, or to allow them to retire and get paid a decent five figure salary in return for performing NO WORK (i.e., a pension).

What is your plan of action? Ignore billions saved through the initiative process, dismiss Eyman in perpetuity, and just keep rolling your eyes every time they steamroll you with new spending projects?

Get back to me--I'm genuinely interested.

Posted by: gulliver on February 22, 2010 08:01 PM