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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Some GOP senators want Eastern Washington as a state unto itself

Well, Washington state republicans have revealed themselves to be the whining little pussies that they really are. They are saying that the talk about splitting Washington state is not sour grapes over losing the gubernatorial race, but that's just not true. The fact is that they can't handle a taste of their own medicine. By that I mean, when an un-elected republican was named President by the Supreme Court, Democrats didn't run around calling for a separate blue-stated country to be created. Well, okay, we did, but no one introduced a bill into the legislature. American liberals had to deal with the fact than George W. Bush was going to be our President, even though he didn't win the popular vote. Yes, just like state Repub's, national Dems did challenge the 2000 election results in the courts, but soon it was over and we all had to deal.

I guess what I'm saying is: I don't give a shit if the vote in Washington was illegal. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it was. I think we had, quite possibly, the fairest election in the country. But even if that weren't the case, I say to Washington state republicans, "suck it up, bitches."

Ultimately, I say let 'em do it. The eastern side of our state relies on the western side much more than the other way around. I've heard that the eastern side would lose up to 65% of their tax funding because all that money originates on our side of the mountains. I'm sure we could put that money to better use over here. And while we're at it, we Westerners will buy all our food stuffs from California so as not to buy Eastern Wa goods. It would be very entertaining indeed to hear all those Eastern Washington republicans trying to explain to their constituents the HUGE tax increases that would be necessary to offset the revenue losses they would experience over there.

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