So… when are folks going to start heaping the ridicule on Michael Dunmire that he so richly deserves?
In 2008, Dunmire personally contributed $285,000 to I-985, plus another $100,000 to Tim Eyman’s personal compensation fund, and in return bought himself an initiative that lost by a better than 60-40 margin, going down to defeat in all 39 counties. And that’s on top of the $530,000 he paid Eyman in 2007.
Any idiot could get an initiative onto the ballot given a half million dollars to buy the signatures, and over the past few years it’s been Dunmire’s millions that have kept Eyman’s name in the headlines. So doesn’t Dunmire deserve the same sort of scrutiny?
I mean, really… I-985 was perhaps the stupidest, most incoherent and ill conceived Eyman initiative yet (and that’s a pretty high bar), so doesn’t Dunmire deserve a little bit of the credit for personally financing this train wreck? Or do really rich people retain unquestioned credibility regardless of how incredibly stupid they act?
Well, in all fairness, Dunmire’s a piker as far as wingnut welfare goes. All Richard Mellon Scaife got for the Arkansas Project was Bill Clinton getting disbarred over lying about a blowjob.
Yep if it wasn’t for the wingnut welfare from Duncemire, Eyman’s hustling days would have been over long ago.
Hmmm. Doofus, that cur?
Now that would be sweet justice if Doofus was Duncemire.
I think the relationship betwwen Dunmire and Eyeman might be unhealthy.
Tim Eyman might have to work for someone who evaluates on the basis of results delivered. Wouldn’t that be too bad for him?
Isn’t Duncemire retired now? Has anyone thought about investigating Eyman for financially exploiting a senior citizen?
I’ll bet Duncemire wishes he had that money back after reading his latest 401(k) statement. It’s tough to support a millionaire lifestyle on a Social Security check alone.
Dunmire is proof positive that drug use leads to bad decisions.
But Soros is OK?
George Soros bankrolls the Open Society Institute, which works to bring transparent government to former dictatorships. Michael Dunmire pays Tim Eyeman to prance around in a gorilla suit. You were saying?
Dunmire losing his money on stupid initiatives at least means he has less money to throw at other projects which might cause more harm (financing Republican candidates for office, etc.). But then I remember that it’s not actually a net loss of money to the wingnut fringe. It’s just a re-distribution from the really wealthy Republicans (Dunmire) to the wannabe-wealthy Republicans (Eyeman and his cohort of initiative signature gatherers).
Hmmm, isn’t that a socialist re-distribution of wealth, since Dunmire isn’t receiving an equivilent value in the transaction?
Elvic @ 8: the abuse of prescription drugs isn’t drug abuse. Dunmire learned that from Limbaugh years ago.
Here’s my take…the very rich and very poor actually have a lot in common. First off, they make it a priority to isolate themselves from society and from reality. And it’s not just a right wing thang. Mike Dunmire’s counterpart Mark Baerwaldt has been pulling similar stunts for years.
Eyman has become such a moronic, cliched lightning rod, it’s amazing even the most idiotic trust funder is willing to piss away his cash on Timmy! Classic.
Not sure why you are complaining about a rich right-wing guy pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars on an initiative that got spanked by 20 points. He is your best friend –just imagine if he had invested that money in IE’s for Southerland or some close legislative races? The people who should be pissed at him are the Republicans who lost by close margins this year so Timmy could live in high style.