Poll: Inslee ‘way ahead’ of Culp, Eyman for Washington governor (house, unemployment)

[hellopity]

I know many Republicans who switched parties over the past 3 years. Some live on Hunts Point, some out in Issaquah, some out on Bainbridge, basically all over the region. They all have one thing in common: they refuse to vote for any GOP because of the way the party has transformed under Trump. They are going to vote for Inslee even though they don’t particularly love him, but the GOP is literally dead to them.

[pnwguy2]

Originally Posted by hellopity

I know many Republicans who switched parties over the past 3 years. Some live on Hunts Point, some out in Issaquah, some out on Bainbridge, basically all over the region. They all have one thing in common: they refuse to vote for any GOP because of the way the party has transformed under Trump. They are going to vote for Inslee even though they don’t particularly love him, but the GOP is literally dead to them.

Agreed. Will be interesting to see how many Republicans switch sides this year.

[dav51lin]

Originally Posted by hellopity

I know many Republicans who switched parties over the past 3 years. Some live on Hunts Point, some out in Issaquah, some out on Bainbridge, basically all over the region. They all have one thing in common: they refuse to vote for any GOP because of the way the party has transformed under Trump. They are going to vote for Inslee even though they don’t particularly love him, but the GOP is literally dead to them.

good

[homesinseattle]

Originally Posted by folkguitarist555

Seattle will remain a bleeding heart city. The intolerant left will continue to reign supreme and all the pompous, elitist women will bask in all their glory, in sausage fest Seattle. Prices will continue to force out the middle class, lower income, and the poor. Homeless population will continue to explode. Only the uppity, upper class liberal elitists will survive. They will drink their coffee and engage in “witty banter”, and cringe when a stranger approaches!

Dude, come on. I’m a left leaning normal guy. There are a lot of us here. I don’t engage in “witty” banter to hear myself talk. Stop representing Seattle so monolithically. I’m just a guy with a wife and daughter, same as you I get up, eat, go to work, do the best I can each day. I talk to strangers, though these days through a mask. The sausage fest thing is a joke, there are men and women of all kinds here, it’s all in your attitude, man.

And about the costs, yeah, it costs money to live here, pretty much like any desirable, beautiful place with a strong job base. Listen, I feel for you and I really mean that. It can be increasingly tough these days as real estate prices and rental prices have gone up, especially if you are on fixed income and don’t have home equity to parlay or keep monthly costs down by not owing as much on your home.

Please though, stop the insults. It’s getting old. There are a lot of good, kind people here going to work each day, living their lives in this place that many people clearly love more than you. I sincerely do wish you the best. Sometimes life or finances forces people to make changes. I went through a really rough patch financially about 20 years ago, went bankrupt, had to start over financially. I had a little home in Snohomish county, had roommates, didn’t go out to eat, kept costs very low.

I worked hard (and continue to), kept myself physically and emotionally healthy, got back on my feet and charted a course to improve my financial and life reality, moved back to Seattle 12 years ago, bought a little home and fixed it up, did much of the work myself. Later I used the equity in that home to move into another house that had even more potential. A lot of my momentum came from positivity and hard work. Don’t say it can’t be done, I see it happening every day around me.

You may not have the desire or ability to create something to change your reality, that’s okay. What you could benefit from is a better attitude and vibration, that will help you wherever you end up. Again, I am sorry things have been tough and I hope they get better for you. Some advice my mom gave me years ago “don’t yuck on other peoples’ yum”.

[elkotronics]

Get yerself a houseboat and live on Ebey Island, folkguitarist. It's bound to change your life forever!




Do it.

[pnwguy2]

Originally Posted by homesinseattle

Dude, come on. I’m a left leaning normal guy. There are a lot of us here. I don’t engage in “witty” banter to hear myself talk. Stop representing Seattle so monolithically. I’m just a guy with a wife and daughter, same as you I get up, eat, go to work, do the best I can each day. I talk to strangers, though these days through a mask. The sausage fest thing is a joke, there are men and women of all kinds here, it’s all in your attitude, man.

And about the costs, yeah, it costs money to live here, pretty much like any desirable, beautiful place with a strong job base. Listen, I feel for you and I really mean that. It can be increasingly tough these days as real estate prices and rental prices have gone up, especially if you are on fixed income and don’t have home equity to parlay or keep monthly costs down by not owing as much on your home.

Please though, stop the insults. It’s getting old. There are a lot of good, kind people here going to work each day, living their lives in this place that many people clearly love more than you. I sincerely do wish you the best. Sometimes life or finances forces people to make changes. I went through a really rough patch financially about 20 years ago, went bankrupt, had to start over financially. I had a little home in Snohomish county, had roommates, didn’t go out to eat, kept costs very low.

I worked hard (and continue to), kept myself physically and emotionally healthy, got back on my feet and charted a course to improve my financial and life reality, moved back to Seattle 12 years ago, bought a little home and fixed it up, did much of the work myself. Later I used the equity in that home to move into another house that had even more potential. A lot of my momentum came from positivity and hard work. Don’t say it can’t be done, I see it happening every day around me.

You may not have the desire or ability to create something to change your reality, that’s okay. What you could benefit from is a better attitude and vibration, that will help you wherever you end up. Again, I am sorry things have been tough and I hope they get better for you. Some advice my mom gave me years ago “don’t yuck on other peoples’ yum”.

There is a general misconception that all of Seattle is radical leftists. This could not be further from the truth. Most Seattle residents vote democratic but would not describe themselves as radical. Within the metro there are many Republicans, but outnumbered overall. These numbers can easily be looked up. The point here is when you take the total population of Seattle combined with the metro, the radical left is a small percentage despite the media misguidance.

[gjb01]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Inslee will be re-elected due to simple political demographics. However the divide does seem greater than ever in our State.

The divide only seems great online, and is amplified by the anti-mask crowd who are loud and crazy.

[kynight]

I see more and more F Inslee bumper stickers around. How can ppl vote for leaders who purposely destroy our livelihoods?

He tried to deny that CHAZ existed.

[homesinseattle]

Originally Posted by kynight

I see more and more F Inslee bumper stickers around. How can ppl vote for leaders who purposely destroy our livelihoods?

He tried to deny that CHAZ existed.

Do you mean leaders like Trump, who purposely withheld life and death info from Americans, that led to the virus spreading out of control, nearly 200,00 people dead and the need for extended shutdowns and a wrecked economy absolutely in large part because of his malfeasance? I totally agree with you, how could we vote for someone like that again?

[jdhpa]

Originally Posted by homesinseattle

Do you mean leaders like Trump, who purposely withheld life and death info from Americans, that led to the virus spreading out of control, nearly 200,00 people dead and the need for extended shutdowns and a wrecked economy absolutely in large part because of his malfeasance? I totally agree with you, how could we vote for someone like that again?

I suppose you feel the same way about the leaders of (so far):

Peru
Belgium
Spain
Bolivia
Ecuador
Chile
UK
Brazil
Italy
Sweden
Mexico
Panama
France
Columbia
Ireland
Netherlands
Moldova
Armenia
North Macedonia


The saddest part of this is that I know there are people who genuinely believe the above post, and don't recognize that it's over the top hyperbole.