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Mitt Romney

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    WATCH NOW: Political Attack Ads Gone Wild

    Let's be honest: Pretty much the only entertaining thing about election season is the political ads. And with this year's election inching ever closer, and Super PACs ready to flex their well-funded muscles, it's time to gear up for an onslaught of political propaganda the likes of which the world h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    President Obama Stumps in Seattle: 'We've Got to Keep Moving Forward'

    After attending a $17,900 per person fundraising brunch at a private residence in the Seattle area earlier in the day, and before later flying to California to fundraise it up at George Clooney's house, President Barack Obama stopped by the Paramount Theatre today for a 1,800-person "fundraising rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Undocumented Immigrants and The 21st-Century Underground Railroad: Q&A With Jose Antonio Vargas

    Jose Antonio Vargas is done coming out of the closet -- he's done it twice already. The first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist came out, it had to do with his sexuality. The second time, he told the world about his precarious life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He speak ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 2, 2012

    Chris Mooney

    Jose Antonio Vargas is done coming out of the closet -- he's done it twice already. The first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist came out, it had to do with his sexuality. The second time, he told the world about his precarious life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He speak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Local Take: Raising Interest Rates on Federal Stafford Loans at UW Could Come at a Cost

    The "fight" over federal student loan interest rates rages on in Washington D.C. Both Republicans and Democrats - including President Barack Obama and his imminent Republican challenger in November, Mitt Romney - seem to agree that keeping the interest rate from doubling on federally subsidized Staf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Village Voice's Pete Kotz Talks Romney and Parasitic Capitalism on TV with Eliot Spitzer

    Last week Seattle Weekly published an extensive feature story by Pete Kotz about Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital, debunking the notion that Romney is/was a great business leader. Turns out he's not. And Kotz went on TV recently to talk about it.

  • News

    April 18, 2012

    Mitt Romney, American Parasite

    The Presidential candidate's years at Bain represent everything you hate about capitalism.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Tax Day 2012: Five Things to Help You Survive

    It's Tax Day, yo! Sure, a large percentage of folks reading this probably filed their taxes months ago, and have already blown whatever refund came their way on gigantic televisions or Lasik eye surgery, but for those who procrastinated, or for those who are legitimate enough that filing requires mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    #Based University: The 10 Best, Craziest Quotes from Lil B's NYU Lecture

    Lil B, the famously eccentric Bay Area-rapper whose "based" philosophy started a cultural movement of sorts, gave a talk yesterday at New York University. Online chatter built to a fever pitch as the day approached, with Lil B tweeting various NYU-related hype and even releasing a mixtape in the bui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2012

    Romney 'Wins' State GOP Straw Poll

    It's a non-binding straw poll that doesn't officially determine who gets most of Washington's GOP presidential delegates. But Mitt Romney will take it. By notching a roughly 38 percent plurality vote in today's state Republican caucus and finishing ahead of Rick Santorum and Ron Paul, Romney at leas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Want to Found Out How to Vote for a Republican Saturday? Here Are Help

    What does it say about the Mitt/Rick/Ron/Newt bandwagon rolling into Washington for Saturday's caucuses when the state Republican Party welcomes visitors to its website with this greeting: "Do you want to defeat Obama? Contact your county party to found out how you can help!" Is it an ungrammatical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    For Political Reporters, Seattle Means Good Eating

    Political reporters may or may not stick around for the state's Republican caucus this weekend, since three of the candidates are scheduled to be in Ohio when results are announced, but Politico's Dylan Byers has suggestions for where Mitt Romney's embeds should eat after covering his Bellevue fundr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    New Poll: More Than Half-Way Through His Term, Mayor Mike McGinn Remains Unpopular

    ​Seattleites just aren't warming to Mayor Mike McGinn. He's becoming our own Mitt Romney: No matter what he says or does, there's something about him that just can't connect. In fact, only one-third of the city's electorate have a favorable view of the job he's doing at City Hall, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Where Do Washington's Mormons Live? Check Out the Interactive Map

    Now that Mitt Romney has put the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints back on the map, let's find out where one is most likely to encounter a real live Mormon. In Washington, Adams County boasts the highest percentage of Mormons (12.73) among any of the 39 counties. Garfield, Lincoln, and Wah ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Santorum Is So Spooked By Stormy Washington Visit That He Wants Secret Service Protection

    Santorum exercises right to bare arms​Rick Santorum likes to kid that his penchant for sweater vests is all about making a statement about the Second Amendment -- you know, the right to "bare" arms. He really is a laugh a minute kind of guy. But after his sojourn here Monday, where he clashed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Bet You $10,000 When Mitt Romney Comes To Seattle On March 1 He High-Tails It To the Eastside

    The last time Willard Mitt Romney was here about 50 Occupy Seattle protesters converged on his hotel, the Grand Hyatt. They carried signs that read, "This is class warfare," "Make Wall Street pay," and "Romney is the 1 percent." The party wouldn't have been complete without ribbing chants of "Corpor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Bill Gates Goes on Fox News and Says It's Time to Soak the Rich; What Would Ronald Reagan Say?

    Bill Gates, the second richest person on the planet -- trailing only Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu -- with a piggy bank worth $59 billion when last tallied by Forbes magazine, said today that the U.S. needs to raise taxes and that the wealthy should bear a greater burden of the increase. At the same ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Mitt Romney's Tax Return: He Buys (and Sells for Profit) Stock in Boeing, Microsoft, Costco

    Local investor​Not unexpectedly, Mitt Romney has invested some of his millions in Boeing and Microsoft stock, according to the Republican presidential candidate's 550 pages of just-released tax returns, and made a tidy profit off the aerospace and software giants. But he's also done well buyin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    How Ex-SNL Star Victoria Jackson Became Queen of the Far Right

    Not too long ago, Victoria Jackson was the helium-voiced "Saturday Night Live" cast member who always seemed to play the ditz. Now she's a Tea Party princess who co-hosts a right-wing version of "The View" and sings songs about how Obama's a Muslim. How'd that happen?

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Suggested Motto for Seattle Police Department

    ​Eric Rachner has won again, as we reported earlier this week, pocketing a Mitt Romney-sized $10,000 -- plus attorney fees -- from the city who settled his civil case alleging false arrest. The Seattle man also scored a $60,000 court decision from the Seattle Police Department for denying they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Occupy Seattle Follows Stephen Colbert's Lead With Citizens United Protest

    After relinquishing control of his super PAC to his pal Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert is officially running for president...of South Carolina. The candidate must be busy, ahem, coordinating his campaign, because he ignored Occupy Seattle's request to appear at their demonstrations this weekend. But d ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 18, 2012

    Ask a Mexican!

    After relinquishing control of his super PAC to his pal Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert is officially running for president...of South Carolina. The candidate must be busy, ahem, coordinating his campaign, because he ignored Occupy Seattle's request to appear at their demonstrations this weekend. But d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    David Horsey Already Hitting His Stride in LA, Thanks in Part to 'Freaked Out' Rush Limbaugh

    ​Longtime P-I cartoonist David Horsey has been writing and drawing for just over a week now in his new job at the Los Angeles Times and appears to already have a legion of SoCal liberals in tow and at least a few Orange County Tea Partiers demanding that his pencil be ceremoniously broken. A c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Comment of the Day: "I Like Being Able to Fire People"

    Those are the compassionate words of Mitt Romney, words that could very well come back to bite him in the arse.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    (Bathroom) Capers at Marjorie

    ​Just as I hadn't eaten at Wild Ginger in years until my recent dim sum meal (which taught us sexual lessons about sharing), other than an open house, I hadn't been to Marjorie since the old Belltown location closed years ago. It was a place I recommended to many, where you could enjoy a lovel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2011

    Edmund Morris

    ​Just as I hadn't eaten at Wild Ginger in years until my recent dim sum meal (which taught us sexual lessons about sharing), other than an open house, I hadn't been to Marjorie since the old Belltown location closed years ago. It was a place I recommended to many, where you could enjoy a lovel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    Edmund Morris

    ​Just as I hadn't eaten at Wild Ginger in years until my recent dim sum meal (which taught us sexual lessons about sharing), other than an open house, I hadn't been to Marjorie since the old Belltown location closed years ago. It was a place I recommended to many, where you could enjoy a lovel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Water Taxi Rockin', Connelly & I Squawkin'

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2009

    Calvin Trillin

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Film

    January 28, 2009

    New in Town: Renée Zellweger Says You’re Fired!

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    McCain: Yakima's Man

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Diversions

    February 27, 2008

    Why Won't Mexicans Vote for a Black Man?

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Georgia Hearts Obama, GOP Too Close to Call

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    I Ate This: Southern Crunk Barbeque Potato Chips

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Campaign 2008 is Too Sexy for Fred Thompson and Me

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    "Experience" Prevails in New Hampshire

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 9, 2008

    Mexicans? The More the Merrier!

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2008

    Hillary's on the Ropes (Part Trois)

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Hillary's on the Ropes

    As if the mere idea of reestablishing King County's woebegone mosquito fleet weren't brilliant enough to set such a plan in motion, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is fucking crushing it with its ridership numbers thus far this year. Per a Ferry District press release, "The King County Water Taxi had an ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    Rating the Local Stops by Presidential Hopefuls

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    Political Predictions: The Year in Review

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Diversions

    December 19, 2007

    Stop Waiting for Daytime

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Cougars for Ron Paul

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2007

    Terror Fighter or Hot Mormon: You Make the Call

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2007

    $eattle Loves Obama

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2007

    Dirty Money

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2007

    Moneybags Mitt

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    Elephant Beers

    As the Democrats cruise, the Sonics—and their fans—lose.

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Babes in Toyland

    Throwing a tantrum about Seattle's inner child.

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    On Death and Dealing

    The Green River plea bargain and the case for capital punishment.

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