Jan 30, 2006

Mr. Plebiscite at it again

A post ago I doubted that Tim Eyman, he of the ubiquitous initiatives, had made a public statement about gay rights.

No more doubts.
Tim Eyman says he will file an initiative today to repeal the gay-rights bill narrowly adopted Friday by the state Senate.

The longtime initiative promoter said in an e-mail to supporters and the media late Sunday, “Politicians aren’t thinking about what the voters want. Let the voters decide.”

“Politicians are deciding based on special interest group pressure and their own re-election calculations,” Eyman added. “The voters have watched this disgusting display of arrogance and selfishness for weeks. The issue has become hopelessly politicized.”
You gotta hand it to a guy who can say with equanimity that politicians simultaneously ignore the will of the people and vote based on their re-election chances.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And if the issue has become "hopelessly polticized," wouldn't the best solution to the problem be...well, not involve a press statement a few days after it was passed?

TeacherRefPoet said...

Time to re-start the horse's ass initiative.