Tim Eyman wore a suit, I see.

In other words, readers have to acknowledge that you might be slandering the wrong Shannon Williams, Christopher.

Tim Eyeseore is indeed and unbelievable piece of shit. Here's hoping he tests positive for coronavirus, and soon. It's a shame Trumpty Dumpty tested negative. All this is proof that we seriously need to find a vaccine for MAGAvirus.

At this point it's probably safest to assume that all Republicans are carriers.

@4: The moral disposition is that we want nobody to test positive no matter who they are.

Yeah, that's Tim "Who cares if we all die, so long as we have '$30 car tabs'"Eyman, the guy who thinks low taxes matter more than making sure we survive a pandemic. Whaddya expect from a convicted chair-stealer.

@ If for no other reason than to make sure corona tests negative for Eyman.

wow
The Stranger on it's deathbed and this is what you spend your energy producing?
looks like the old needs to die out so the next wave of actual useful journalism can move in

This is just more confirmation of why we should never vote for Republican leadership. Imagine if this dipshit was in charge of responding to this crisis. Is there anyone in the Republican party that will tell idiots like this to stop?!

Thank goodness we have Inslee doing an excellent job.

Tim Eyman is an unfuckable flatass, the result of years sitting in stolen office chairs.

I, unlike Griz, wish neither death or coronavirus upon this unfuckable flatass. I merely wish that he will
1) Get deported.
2) Leave politics
And
3) do some squats.

I mean, is it too much to ask that he visit a gym? His opponent is a stud. Inslee could be very successful in porn. Consuming his body of work would make me feel rather patriotic, among other things.

Eyman, however, has no future in porn. Nobody, and by that mean absolutely nobody, wants to fuck Tim Eyman. This is why he is such an asshole. He cannot get laid. This has led him to a nasty physical condition called the DSB, Deadly Sperm Backup, aka, blueballs. I mean, look at his pathetic, pained facial grimace. There has never in the history of mankind been another individual so desperately in need of a blowjob.

And this is the best the Republican Party can do to field a candidate for Governor of Washington? Are there rational and capable people left in the GOP? Have they just given up on our state, like they did on Seattle 30+ years ago?

@1 hey: He probably stole that, too.
@6: Yeah, well, how many RepubliKKKans are actually moral, much less ever strive by what they preach to blindsided crowds, sugarlips? .......listen.....crickets!
@10 Lastlight for the WIN!! Agreed and seconded.
@11 Wandering Star: I agree with you on a lot of issues (and we seem to be in the same age bracket, too, as well as both being U.S. veterans). I notice that many other commenters share my views that evil, globally destructive individuals such as Donald Trump and Tim Eyman deserve as horrible demises--such as death--as they willfully inflict upon others. But you rarely, if ever, go after them. Why only me? Is it because we don't shop at the same store?

@12 have they given up, interesting question.
It does seem that Republicans have submitted to a cult of personality in their fealty to Trump and that habit of elevating personality over principle is operating in their enthusiasm for Eyman.
I think they're going to regret this.
People generally want a lot more from their state government than cheap car tabs and that is really all he has to offer.
That and a cocky attitude that wears thin quick.

13,

My approach is to sexually assault powerful men. Think of me as the anti-Weinstein. I have n9 interest in exploring the vulnerable, I only exploit the powerful.

Republicans, with few exceptions, are extremely ugly. Melania Trump herself practices strict pathogenesis. She’s kind of like an amoeba. Just kind of buds off, you know.

That beefy fella in the back row looks suspiciously like Chad Daybell. But I could be wrong - it looks like someone shot that picture with one of those shitty smartphone cameras.

@16 - you mean the dude with Himmler Hair?

anyone wishing a deadly virus on another is as big a piece of shit as trump is.

@18: You might want to go get tested for MAGAvirus. It's pretty deadly--especially in human brain cells.

Inslee: Taking extreme precautionary measures to slow the spread of a pandemic, using the best advice from science and medical experts.

Eyeman: Powning the LiBs!!! Mocking the governor like a mindless twelve year old. Lacking any shred of sense or empathy.

Can you imagine Eyeman being in charge of the state's response to any kind of emergency or crisis? Do you think he'd act any more mature in the face of an earthquake or tsunami? What a clueless idiot.

The thing about Eyman and Trump is, their voter base consists mostly of the elderly. Visit any nursing home (after the epidemic, please), and you will hear from thousands resident there the same demented adoration of Republican politics. Religious vultures such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, SDAs and Catholics swoop in to sucker granny into membership, along with tithes, if course, as she heads for the exits. Even though half the nurses and CNAs are gay, the residents all vote to strip away the rights of the very people keeping them alive. Televisions turned to the highest possible volumes all blast the talking heads of Fox and Friends from a thousand screens, even while the aged sleep, all day, all night.

The corona victims are the ones whom Timmy needs to vote for him come November. If he bumps them all off, Inslee’s on track for Round Three.

If Tim Eyman isn't locked up for fraud soon, they'll have to add manslaughter and premeditated murder to the charges against him.

All social classes carry within them the seeds of their own self-destruction; their vulnerability equal to the paucity of their philosophy (regardless of their power to impose it temporarily upon reality). It's easy to post an armed guard at the door with a brown paper bag who excludes anyone whose skin is darker than the bag, but more difficult against a virus or the effects of climate change. The upper class enclaves may pretend to be Galt's Gulch, only to realize the Masque of the Red Death.

I responded to Christopher after I returned to the event but (not surprisingly) he didn’t include my response - read it yourself:

https://mailchi.mp/7337a91335e8/we-are-facing-2-huge-crises

In case the link above doesn’t work:

Sun, March 15, 2020

To: Our thousands of supporters throughout the state
(cc'd to the media, house & senate members, and Governor, and other candidates for office)

We're facing 2 crises: 1. the Coronavirus & 2. the government's reaction to it. Saturday's update and meet-and-greet in Oak Harbor were intended to provoke a needed debate.

I am very concerned.

All of us -- including myself -- are scrambling to keep track of the federal, state, and local governments' list of can's and cannot's. They keep changing on an almost hourly basis. Anytime so many governments are mandating so many constantly evolving restrictions, citizens need to be especially vigilant so the government doesn't make a bad situation worse.

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilence." That sure fits this.

Coronavirus is something we're all very concerned about -- there are people who have died from it and will die from it and all of us mourn for them and their families. And we're grateful to those heroic people in the health care field who are doing their absolute best. Coronavirus is rightfully getting a lot of attention.

But what's not getting the attention it deserves is the government's reaction to it. It's something all of us need to recognize: there are legions of examples in our nation's history where the government -- federal, state, and local -- made a bad situation worse and basic constitutional rights are trampled. During World War 2, Japanese Americans were put in internment camps. During the late 60's, there was the House Committee on Un-American Activities and Hollywood's "black list". After 9-11, the federal government imposed restrictions that were not consistent with our US Constitution. There are innumerable examples.

At the meet-and-greet in Oak Harbor yesterday, I talked about this and it was very well received.

I highlighted my own personal history that influences my convictions: when we were doing our local initiatives to let the voters decide on red-light ticketing cameras in 2010 and 2011 -- the voters sided with us every time. The government always said it was about safety, but voters recognized it was also a loss of their liberty.

During those campaigns, I often cited the famous quote by Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

The First Amendment guarantees the citizenry the right to peaceably assemble. I am very concerned that during fear-intensive situations like this that the government infringes on basic constitutional rights without sufficient questioning. And when that happens, I've seen the media is often silent or even complicit. It's important that when the government infringes on basic constitutional rights and the press falls down on the job, there needs to be people with the courage to question it, challenge it, debate it. Jay Inslee did not "suggest" the suspension of the First Amendment, he ordered it. That is deeply disturbing to me.

Nothing wrong with the government saying -- we strongly urge citizens to do the following -- that's fine.

But using the full weight and authority and power of the government to order the end of political discourse, the suspension of worship, these are basic rights that do not need to be and should not be sacrificed without greater discussion and debate. I firmly believe we can have a society that values both safety and liberty but only if you elect people who are committed to both.

My update on Saturday and the meet-and-greet in Oak Harbor were intended -- and they've succeeded -- in provoking a needed debate.

"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation." Douglas MacArthur.

People need to be concerned, not just about COVID-19, but also the government's continued escalation of restrictions. Here's the latest:

Link to Inslee’s latest restriction order

It's a serious question: what's next?

These are very trying times that we are facing right now. I ask you to join me in prayer. I ask you to join me in asking questions that aren't being asked. I am very concerned, but I am also very certain that together, we can overcome these challenges without sacrificing what makes America so special.

My best to you and your families.

Tim

Please forward this update to friends, family, and co-workers. I welcome your feedback: email me anytime: Tim@Tim4Gov.com, PM me anytime: Tim Eyman. Post a comment at our Facebook page: Governor Tim Eyman for Washington state

Hey Tim,

Washington state's response to this emergency has been excellent. The announcements for best practices and protocols have been very clear and easy to access. Maybe if you didn't spend your time hosting jokey parties to make fun of concerned and sick citizens, you would be able to keep up.

Chairman Timmy
(thnx for being here)
but were you Unaware
of the CRUCIAL 6' Bubble Rule
when you packed the place with
(two hundred fifty one of) your Faithful?

Or were you willing to Sacrifice
how many Lives (thru hubris)
for a little chance at Glory?

'Cause it looks to be
a fine Example of
your 'Leadership.'

Quote from @26:

"I highlighted my own personal history that influences my convictions".

If you get convicted of reckless endangerment or something similar, it would indeed be because of your personal history.

Fuck off forever, Tim.

@16 -- pic Gone!

Peeps now prefer to keep their Distance?
Can't say as I blame them.

Let's Keep the PANfuckingDEMIC
to a MINIMUM peeps. Now
go Warsh your Hands.

Of tim.

too

Only 'sixty' fans at the Partay?
Why were they crammed
in like sardines then?

Stay SAFE Citizens.

The Pandemic you
Postpone may be
your very Own.

@26 Um, no. You were trolling the state’s Democratic leadership about how COVID19 is a big, hysterical over reaction and you and your brave supporters were making a stand for liberty, or some horse shit. It’s only now, that Trump and Fox News have changed their tune and realized that treating this situation like a joke is what keeps tanking Wall Street, that you want to pretend that you’re engaging in a dialogue and are concerned about civil liberties. You are completely full of shit. It’s that kind of lack of seriousness and juvenile nonsense that has led to this virus spiraling out of control in this country. Oh, and HUAC was in the 50s, genius.

@26: There was no debate needed on this, "Chair Man Tim"(btw, you still haven't apologized for doing that-and you know perfectly well you were guilty) Inslee is simply doing what any responsible governor WOULD do in response to this situation. There is no alternative to social distancing as a response to this situation, and nothing Inslee is doing was ever going to cause the suppression of dissent OR restrict freedom or religion.

@26 Cop to it, you used watch salesman hack--you're a virus. The propaganda you preach is 300% pure bullshit, and the sooner you're gone, the better. And be sure to take Thug Ericksen, R--Ferndale, and Dino Mafia Don Rossi with you. Don't let the door hit any of you in the ass on the way out.