Washington State Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Online Poker Ban

[drunkguy]

Washington State Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Online Poker Ban | Poker News

April 29, 2008
Haley Hintze

Washington State Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi expressed his strong opposition to that state's felony law banning online poker in comments made during a recent on-air interview with talk radio host Dori Monson. The Thursday, April 24 interview on suburban Seattle's KIRO radio (710 AM) focused on Rossi's attempt to oust incumbent Governor Christine Gregoire.

While the body of the interview between Rossi and Monson dealt with Washington state budget matters, special-interest callers received attention during the dial-in segment, and a call or e-mail about the 2006 law signed by Gregoire making online poker a felony was the very first question received.

"I never would have signed that bill," responded Rossi. "Because actually, they made it a crime for someone playing poker online on their computer. They made it a crime that's equal with child pornography. Now, a felony will mess up your life for a very long time. You have some college kid that's playing poker online and you're giving him a felony for that? It doesn't make sense. It doesn't fit the crime."

When questioned as to whether he would support a measure reversing the ban, Rossi also noted that he "would sign legislation that would overturn it, certainly."

[Juice]

This was the state where the GOV only won by 8 votes the last time, right?

HMMM.

[howid]

A felony to play online poker... only in America.

[StarnetGypsy]

looks like i vote Republican this year, Dino, because if yous against the ban, you da man!

[Minnow]

I was one of those 8 votes for Gregoire

[StarnetGypsy]

Originally Posted by Minnow

I was one of those 8 votes for Gregoire

see what happens when you women get behind another woman? same same with Hillary. it's emotional, and we guys get screwed

[Minnow]

Party vote, babydoll.. she was working with VA improvements and never mentioned poker in her speeches! If you voted for Rossi we canceled each other out anyway.

[StarnetGypsy]

actually, i was down in Costa Rica and only voted in the presidential race, not that it mattered ... those votes are usually counted after the race is over

ya know, i wish just once that promises on VA care were actualized.

do you know that Vets returning from Iraq get $125 more to go to college on the GI bill than I did back in '68? ... whatta feckin joke.