Posted on 12/30/2004 9:28:58 PM PST by Josef1235
Here is Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire's victory speech, as delivered Thursday in the state Reception Room of the Capitol:
Well, an election night without end has concluded. The votes have been counted, the count has been certified and I am honored to stand before you as governor-elect of the great state of Washington.
Today could not have happened without the wonderful people who are with me today - the "First Mike" of the state of Washington, my husband Mike, and our two wonderful daughters, Courtney and Michelle, and we're joined by Speaker Frank Chopp today as well.
I want to start by congratulating Dino Rossi for running a strong campaign that helped sharpen the focus on the challenges our state faces in the years ahead. In the beginning, this was an election about many issues. But by the end, the election itself became the biggest issue. There were some unreasonable attacks during the recount. Fortunately, unfounded accusations were not enough to obscure the importance of what was happening.
Across the state, Republicans and Democrats dedicated themselves to protecting the integrity of our election system. They sat at the same table for days, counting ballots. And each time a ballot was counted, Democrat and Republican observers reached an agreement. That single gesture of bipartisan cooperation, repeated millions of times across the state, is a small symbol of our state's larger desire to be united. We showed that fundamentally, Washington will not allow itself to be divided by region or party or politics.
We worked together to ensure that votes were counted, problems revealed, mistakes fixed.
We proved that Washington is not Florida. And now, we will move forward.
Less than two weeks from today, I WILL take the oath of office as your governor of the great state of Washington. We may start with a narrow margin, the narrowest in the state's history, but we will not limit our goals. Whatever the issue and whatever the challenge, I will listen and I will lead.
The election is behind us, but not forgotten. We will review what worked, and fix what didn't. And let me be clear - change will not stop with our election system. We're going to tackle the tough issues that matter to all of us. We will give our kids a better education, we will insure health care for Washingtonians, and we will make Washington state a place where we are proud to live and proud to do business.
Ladies and gentlemen, there's much work to be done. And I have to say to you, I can't wait to begin.
So my fellow Washingtonians, Happy New Year. God bless each and every one of you, and God bless the great state of Washington.
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Nope....Our State houses are now fully Democrat.....and if we end up with Commissar Chrissy.....the full socialist agenda will be in place.
the "Dems" have HAD Washington State for a LOOOOONNNGGGG time......we're fighting to keep them from making it the most SOCIALIST STATE in the UNION.
So the Republicans don't even have enough members to filibuster???? Wow. Washington is truly a hopeless toilet. Say hello to Euro-style secular socialism and the rest of the athiest, anti-family Democrat agenda, lol.
I think Rossi should pull a Thune. "For the good of the state.. and in order to move forward..."
Then run against that carpetbagging b*tch Cantwell in '06.
Whoever ends up as Gov in the Puget People's Republic will be in deep doo doo. The dims control both houses in Olympia. Locke has proposed a monster tax increase in order to get out of town. Let her have it and make 'em eat their liver.
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NO...It Is NOT over!!! Rossi gave the Dems an opportunity to REVOTE.....they turned him down....now we prove the FRAUD.....and that really should NOT be that difficult to an intelligent court.....but, getting an "intelligent" court MIGHT be difficult.
What was "happening" was the theft of an election. But Chrissy baby, you talk about attacks and accusations? You haven't seen anything yet!
I know it's no consolation but I feel the same way living in Illinois.
Oh my! I just saw a picture of that woman. For anybody out there thats a movie buff, she reminds me of a horror movie I saw ages ago when I was a kid! It was really scary and the weird thing is, it even goes with this monsters name. How earie! It was about, something about a women with snakes on her head I think it was called '' THE GOREGON''! Does anyone else know what the heck Im talking about?
The Gorgon is a mythical beast out of Greek mythology. A woman with hair of snakes that turned men to stone when they gazed upon her.
Uh, I just checked and it looks like the GOP has nearly half of the Senate.
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So what's the deal? Are you saying that the Washington State Constitution has no provision for filibuster?
There is no filibuster in the state senate.
Good Lord!!! Is that the scumbag Gregoire?? Is that picture photo-shopped?
Even I can remember when Washington used to elect giants. Today, between Washington, Oregon and California, not a heavyweight in the bunch. Maybe Arnold and Feinstein can move out of the lighter weight divisions.
I do NOT think that pic is photoshopped...that's HER!
We proved that Washington is not Florida.
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I think it is terrible that she put comedy into her acceptance speech.
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