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February 03, 2005

Rossi Revote Rally

There was a Revote rally for Dino Rossi here on campus today. I showed up a few minutes late, as I'd forgotten about it entirely (and wasn't really very much interested), but there were some libertarians headed that way so I decided to follow and see what would happen.

As it turns out, the rally started at 12:20, and was supposed to end at 12:50. They had an open mic where just about anybody could speak. But hardly anybody did. There were maybe 40 people there, 45 if you count the libertarians. I don't know how many people at the rally were actual members of the UWCR (UW College Republicans), how many came for the rally itself, and how many were just passerbys.

It was actually kind of sad. I know I'm on a liberal college campus, but there certainly wasn't a lot of support. I also found it a little aggravating that a similar sized rally in protest of the war would have attracted television news crews, maybe even a helicopter or two. There was no such media presence at this rally. I did see a reporter writing down some notes, but she was probably doing so for the Daily, rather than the Seattle Times or P-I.

It's probably for the best. I'm sure the headlines would have been something like "Few Show Up for Revote Rally". And I suppose they'd be right.

UPDATE: Apparently some idiot made a death threat against Gov. Gregoire.

But, and maybe I'm just ignorant here, wouldn't death threats be pretty commonplace for an elected official such as the Governor? I'm not sure why it's making the news.

Why didn't I make "Few Show Up For Revote Rally" the title of this?!

UPDATE 2: I'm told that the rally was on KIRO 7 News. Maybe they flew over in Chopper 7.

If you were at the rally, or saw it on TV, or just want to comment on the whole Rossi thing, feel free to say something on our message boards.

Posted by March at February 3, 2005 12:58 PM

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