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Gregoire “Racist” Comments Cause a Stir
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Aug 07, 2008 08:29pm |
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| News Date | Friday, August 8, 2008 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In the Stranger Election Control Board’s interview with Gov. Christine Gregoire, she blasted a Building Industry Association of Washington-backed ad as “racist.” The ad implied Gregoire gave the tribes a sweetheart deal on a slot-machine gambling expansion compact in exchange for donations to the Democratic Party, which later made their way to her campaign. Gregoire told us:
They made stuff up about the tribes – and the ad, by the way, I think is racist. I think this whole thing is racist, and I’m totally offended by it. But it just shows you how low they’ll go. It shows you that it doesn’t matter what the truth is, they’re going to trump stuff up. So I’m not afraid of making decisions independently and standing by them.
Gregoire’s comments are making it all over the Northwest (and nation—last night the story was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”) |
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