Who woulda thunk it?
First the WSU paper, then the UW's. The latter:
The Daily recommends Dino Rossi as the next Washington State governor. In tough economic times, we need a candidate who can balance the budget and Dino is our guy. He's smart, he's savvy and he had the know-how to help Gary Locke get out of economic anguish in 2003.For four years under Christine Gregoire, the budget was balanced. But the viaduct has remained in its status quo and the Sonics are gone.
Yes, more children are now insured, but she also increased spending by 85 percent within her own office.
Next year, when her plans really go into effect, the state will have about a $3 billion deficit -- the largest in our state history.
Other than that it was a great four years.
Also of note: the Rossi campaign mentioned this statistic in a release discussing both collegiate endorsements:
Popularity contests waged on major social networking sites are won overwhelmingly by Dino Rossi. Dino has nearly twice as many facebook supporters as Gregoire (6,299 to 3,332) and more than twice as many MySpace friends (1,063 to 380).
Remember, I also posted on how Rossi's website is kicking Gregoire's in the backside.
Lots of interesting data points to say the least.
Posted by Eric Earling at October 29, 2008 08:34 PM | Email ThisWow wish I had a lifetime Pers 1 pension to match her's
Posted by: GS on October 29, 2008 08:23 PMRossi is just another right-wing corrupt joke.
Posted by: clarlynn on October 29, 2008 08:53 PMThat still doesn't make your name any less of a typo.
Posted by: Hinton on October 29, 2008 09:16 PMCongratulations to the editorial boards of both student papers for taking such a brave, anti-moonbat stance.
Posted by: zapporo on October 29, 2008 11:09 PMRead the full comment below:
It's laughable to read most of these comments, because those of us on the right know that newspapers, especially THIS newspaper leans to the left. I spent 4 years reading The Daily and I cannot count how many times I thought personal agenda got into the way of reporting news. Now I know that the Ed. Board leans to the left, because I knew quite a few folks on the Board. I know that even though most are Liberal most still have some sort of common sense when something is broken, you MUST fix it. This is not about party lines, no, this time it's about common sense. Sen. Rossi knows business. He knows how to work the state budget. I find it ridiculous when Gov. Gregoire blames Sen. Rossi for the budget in 2003 when Gov. Locke was the one who signed it, and took the credit. One could argue that some of the attack ads on Sen. Rossi from the Gregoire Campaign was as if Sen. Rossi was the Gov. in 2003 and not Locke.
But I digress. Again like I stated before, it is laughable to read these comments attacking The Daily, but what do you expect from Liberals. The Daily knew this was coming, because when you go against a Liberal you WILL be attacked ala Hillary was in the Primaries by her own.
Finally to all you bashing liberals who cannot for some reason find anything else to do but to demean and ridicule anyone who disagrees with you, GET OVER YOUR SMUG STUCK-UP SELVES...NO ONE, especially those of us who are independents, or lean to the right, GIVES A RAT'S ASS ABOUT YOUR SMUG CLOSED MINDED SELF PROCLAIMED PROGRESSIVE OPINION. Just because you think that way doesn't mean everyone else does, OR SHOULD BE FORCED TOO. And when someone disagrees with YOUR opinion, in this case the Ed Board of The Daily, YOU BLOW UP AND MOCK, DEMEAN, RIDICULE, SHOUT DOWN ANYONE ELSE. And they say that Liberals are "tolerant" of others. They care. Trust me. There are those on the right that sicken me just the same with their closed minded attitude, but not even close to the same degree. When The Daily endorsed Gregoire in 2004 there was no call to "fix" the endorsing of a candidate if The Daily took public money from the state. I just find this to be utterly ridiculous. Even if The Daily endorsed Gregoire, which it has the right to do, I could care less. I wouldn't be in total disbelief, and in total outrage demanding that the newspaper not endorse anyone because it takes public money. Again...GET OVER YOURSELVES...have a drink, play some hacky sack, ultimate frisbee, or protest something, I don't care. The world will not end with this endorsement. Thank you Ed. Board, look forward to your endorsement in 4 years. Just endorse the democrat so your offices aren't vandalized and pillaged. GO HUSKIES!!!
Of course not.
Your hypocritical leftist waa waa rant reeks.
Posted by: hinton on October 30, 2008 07:24 AMAnyhow, I do bet the campus nutjobs heads are exploding. Everybody knows that if you are for "education" then you must before Democrats. Obviously, anybody who disagrees is "uneducated."
Strange year, this is.
Posted by: Cliff on October 30, 2008 07:47 AMThe esteemed editorial board of the Daily would have preferred that the governor prepare a $700 billion Sonics bail out plan. That way, they simply could have pointed out that she is a socialist for intervening in a private industry.
Posted by: Noble on October 30, 2008 09:26 AMShows what you know. Republicans have traditionally supported Higher Ed, while the Ds traditionally back K-12. Go back and look at the history of the budgets - and who crafted them - over the past 20 years or so.
If you're truly a CC teacher, I suspect your sociology class could use a trimming.
Posted by: jimg on October 30, 2008 02:51 PMThe dems don't back K-12, they back the K-12 Teachers' union. Go back to when the dems took control in the early '80s and you will find that the state's ranking in class sizes has plummeted while teachers salary plus benefits rankings have risen towards the top. Also, you will find that the state's ranking as far as per pupil spending has declined.
That means while the dems may have spent more on K-12, they have been spending far less as a percentage of the budget than they used to and the increases they have been spending have been to increase the salary/benefits of their union donors rather than to help the students.
Posted by: Doug on October 30, 2008 07:33 PMJust more tripe from a typical union koolaid drinker....
Posted by: thaddeus on October 31, 2008 04:49 PMAs with abortion, emotion based education has winnowed away the chafe.
Posted by: Jericho on November 1, 2008 06:24 PM