Tim Eyman sees himself as a very influential man. While I figured he had moved on from his failure to qualify his anti-gay rights referendum to concentrate on explaining why he may fail to qualify his latest $30 car tab initiative, Eyman is not done spinning the sorry tale of R-65.

In a post on The Reagan Wing Saturday — thanks for the head's up blatherwatch — Eyman says he's responsible for the state Supreme Court upholding the Defense of Marriage Act.

Imagine if there had never been a referendum filed against HB 2661 — would the state supreme court justices, especially those up for reelection this year, have interpreted the lack of opposition to it as a sign of acceptance by the people of the bill's policies? You bet they would have.

It was only because all of you fought back against HB 2661 that these justices realized the amount of opposition they'd face if they unilaterally imposed same-sex marriage on the citizens of Washington.

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R-65 turned out to be an incredibly effective lobbying campaign that you should all be very proud of. That 5-4 ruling wasn't a fluke — it wasn't luck — it was a direct result of your hard work and effort on Referendum 65 that made it happen. Don't ever doubt that.

Some things to keep in mind when reading Eyman. "You," means "I" and "incredibly effective lobbying campaign" means "fell far short of the signatures necessary to quality for the ballot."