Blogs Oct 29, 2013 at 8:42 am

Mayor McGinn's New Ad

Dominic Holden
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But, what about good grammar?

"He believes is specific, controversial liberal stuff, not vague pablum about togetherness:"
nador on October 29, 2013 at 8:48 AM Report this
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Can I suggest his next ad?

"Hi I'm Mike McGinn. Did you know Murray went on record as saying he would put a moratorium on ride share programs like Lyft and Uber?"

Seriously Mike- that's all you have to do. Election won.
UNPAID COMMENTER on October 29, 2013 at 8:49 AM Report this
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@1) That was a typo (is/in). Fixed, thank you.
Dominic Holden on October 29, 2013 at 8:53 AM Report this
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Dominic,
It must be great to have all these minions who act as your volunteer editors, can you get them to do any other tricks?
Merchant Seaman on October 29, 2013 at 9:14 AM Report this
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He's so sweet on camera! If he doesn't win he'll have a good shot at unseating Murray next go 'round.
TomJohnsonJr on October 29, 2013 at 9:18 AM Report this
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He also believed in stopping the tunnel and reshaping the SPD. Luckily, he took down the Seattle Weekly, and gets daily endorsements from the Stranger in return.
biffp on October 29, 2013 at 9:19 AM Report this
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Hey, vague pablum can be an excellent comedic device:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBFrYGCU4…
Biff on October 29, 2013 at 9:19 AM Report this
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Well, it's late in the game, but that's a really well done ad.
J.R. on October 29, 2013 at 9:26 AM Report this
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Ah, I'm really looking forward to this campaign being over and The Stranger no longer operating as an ersatz campaign office for McGinn. (BTW, you still know he's going to lose.)
Aaron on October 29, 2013 at 9:40 AM Report this
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@6, on KCTS he said that he supported the tunnel.
He's a hell of a lair.
MrBaker on October 29, 2013 at 9:55 AM Report this
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I don't think anyone was ever opposed to plowing the streets. The issue was if salting was worse than spreading sand on the packed, not really plowed deep surface.
ChefJoe on October 29, 2013 at 10:16 AM Report this
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part of McGinn's 'charm' is his ability to obfuscate and dissemble so deftly in public.

he believes in equal pay for women now that it's been exposed that he wasn't paying equal.

he believes a soda tax will pay for parks when it will only generate a fraction of what is needed.

he believes in stopping coal trains but is he doing anything about the ones running through Seattle now?

but i'm sure feeling warm and fuzzy after that...

south downtown on October 29, 2013 at 10:31 AM Report this
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I'm not a fan of McGinn. I fully expect him and Dow Constantine to try to sell taxpayers down the river when (not if, *when*) Chris Hansen can't get an NBA franchise to come to Seattle. But Murray has done nothing to distinguish himself from the competition. So I already filled in McGinn's bubble on my ballot.

Four years ago, I voted for McGinn over his wishy-washy, milquetoast, corporate-speak competitor, and this year I'm voting for him for exactly the same reason.
keshmeshi on October 29, 2013 at 10:34 AM Report this
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@10, Yup!

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/…

Oh and McGinn was dragged kicking and screaming into settling the SPD lawsuit, he's been extremely hands off when it comes to SPD beating the crap out of citizen.
Kinison on October 29, 2013 at 10:35 AM Report this
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Chill out, @14. If the mayor gets reelected, everything is going to be just fine. I prefer the other guy for a lot of reasons, but it's not like the world's going to come to an end if the mayor gets a chance to do better the next four years.
TomJohnsonJr on October 29, 2013 at 10:54 AM Report this
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McGinn seems to cover more aspects of the Seattle base comprehensively. Seattle (and Washington) is not just a sea of drones worshiping the next tax and program from the bureaucratic hegemony grown from roots planted in Olympia. McGinn represents a bit of that, but a lot of indepedence. Small and big. Big can take care of itself...McGinn fills in the gaps for the under represented.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on October 29, 2013 at 11:08 AM Report this
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@14: McGinn was very present in the Ian Birk shooting of John T. Williams, refusing to give cover to the SPD. In his criticism of SPD, he stuck his neck out way more than Greg Nickels ever did, and likely more so than a Mayor Murray ever would. There's a reason why SPOG hates him.
DOUG. on October 29, 2013 at 11:08 AM Report this
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My my, an election certainly brings out the trolls. @6, Are you seriously implying that you retroactively support the Seattle Weekly's owners' former use of Backpage.com to make money off enabling pimps to sell underaged girls for sex? Because that's the only thing about the Weekly that McGinn opposed.

Scumbag.
Elvis on October 29, 2013 at 11:21 AM Report this
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@14: You still trust the Seattle Times? Man, you must've thought the Bush years were full of rainbows and unicorns.
Elvis on October 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM Report this
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@19 He did.
cracked on October 29, 2013 at 11:37 AM Report this
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Vote for Mike. He's a damn good man and mayor.
Pope Peabrain on October 29, 2013 at 11:47 AM Report this
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He never quite makes it to full smile. He's so Seattle. I like that.
Tabula rasa on October 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM Report this
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McGinn is as pro right of way public transportation as we've ever had, unlike the wishy washy we can come together around the issues with a little kumbaya Murray, so he's got my vote.
neo-realist on October 29, 2013 at 12:30 PM Report this
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Super happy and optimistic, Kinda like that last ad George Nethercutt ran a week before Patty Murray epically kicked his ass all over the state
Cato the Younger Younger on October 29, 2013 at 12:32 PM Report this
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Dont forget The Strangers glowing endorsement for Murray a few years ago.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…

Apparently he's not liberal enough to be mayor, but for congress, he's A-OK! All the reasons to vote for him years ago, are now the reasons why you should not vote for him. Too funny!
Kinison on October 29, 2013 at 12:34 PM Report this
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The 1990s called. They want one of their "Z" magazine subscribers back.
hmmmmm on October 29, 2013 at 12:57 PM Report this
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McGinn needs to shave, iron his shirt, then hike his stank ass back to the least coast.
Cascadian Bacon on October 29, 2013 at 5:24 PM Report this

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