Comments on: At least Hagan is consistent http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Debrah http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5385 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:40:56 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5385 John Drescher has a good column on this subject today. http://www.newsobserver.com/2711/story/1295578.html John Drescher has a good column on this subject today.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2711/story/1295578.html

]]> by: Brunette http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5381 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:04:12 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5381 C'mon, Dan, buck up. Hagan's lawsuit wasn't "stupid." She's not stupid and you know she's not stupid. Nor was it "craven." Hagan is certainly not craven and, again, you do know better. It was a tit-for-tat and a wee bit more. Far from stupid, this not uncommon maneuver helped feed the story about Dole's idiocy (smart) and no, it didn't clog the court system. It was a piece of paper that got filed and stamped and trhat was it. No docket crowded, no bodies in the courthouse, no "crowding" a thing. Ya have to know better. C’mon, Dan, buck up. Hagan’s lawsuit wasn’t “stupid.” She’s not stupid and you know she’s not stupid. Nor was it “craven.” Hagan is certainly not craven and, again, you do know better.

It was a tit-for-tat and a wee bit more. Far from stupid, this not uncommon maneuver helped feed the story about Dole’s idiocy (smart) and no, it didn’t clog the court system. It was a piece of paper that got filed and stamped and trhat was it.

No docket crowded, no bodies in the courthouse, no “crowding” a thing.

Ya have to know better.

]]> by: Debrah http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5373 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:40:50 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5373 I'd certainly not object to "guild by association". I'm in the market for a rich man. LOL!!! I’d certainly not object to “guild by association”.

I’m in the market for a rich man.

LOL!!!

]]> by: G.D. Gearino http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5372 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:24:01 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5372 Lee: Actually, the total time I've spent listening to Rush Limbaugh since he hit the air is about five minutes. Also, I've voted for more Democrats in my life than Republicans. And in a web post on election day, I said this about the offending ad: "Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s campaign commercial focused on opponent Kay Hagan’s 'godless' money was about as low as it got this election season. It was both stupid and clumsy, and may well have cost Dole the election." Get your politics out of the way and focus on the point of my column, which was that the court system isn't the appropriate place to sort out partisan squabbles. Lee: Actually, the total time I’ve spent listening to Rush Limbaugh since he hit the air is about five minutes. Also, I’ve voted for more Democrats in my life than Republicans.

And in a web post on election day, I said this about the offending ad: “Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s campaign commercial focused on opponent Kay Hagan’s ‘godless’ money was about as low as it got this election season. It was both stupid and clumsy, and may well have cost Dole the election.”

Get your politics out of the way and focus on the point of my column, which was that the court system isn’t the appropriate place to sort out partisan squabbles.

]]> by: Lee http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5369 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:02:11 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5369 Heavily armed with your daily Rush Limbaugh talking points maybe. It was Dole's poor choice in running the ads in the first place that cost her votes. It was maintaining that there was nothing wrong with the ads that cost her the election. Now, Republican die-hard apologists like you want to point fingers and call names. The implication of the original Dole add was unmistakable. The female voice at the end of the commercial was meant to make the viewer believe Hagen had made the statement, "there is no God." Was that slanderous? Probably not. Did it defame her character? Absolutely. If Republicans want to pursue the game of "Guild by Association" they should probably take a long hard look into their own backgrounds. The list of questionable associations is just as damning as those of any Democrat. A better idea would be to get honest and admit that one can associate with people they disagree with and not accept their positions or philosophies. For example, I have several friends who are Republicans, and I'm still a nice guy. Heavily armed with your daily Rush Limbaugh talking points maybe. It was Dole’s poor choice in running the ads in the first place that cost her votes. It was maintaining that there was nothing wrong with the ads that cost her the election. Now, Republican die-hard apologists like you want to point fingers and call names.

The implication of the original Dole add was unmistakable. The female voice at the end of the commercial was meant to make the viewer believe Hagen had made the statement, “there is no God.” Was that slanderous? Probably not. Did it defame her character? Absolutely.

If Republicans want to pursue the game of “Guild by Association” they should probably take a long hard look into their own backgrounds. The list of questionable associations is just as damning as those of any Democrat. A better idea would be to get honest and admit that one can associate with people they disagree with and not accept their positions or philosophies. For example, I have several friends who are Republicans, and I’m still a nice guy.

]]> by: G.D. Gearino http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5368 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:13:20 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5368 Yes, BP, in many ways I'm a wide-eyed, innocent lamb, dismayed by all I see and vulnerable to the horrors of the world. Good thing I'm heavily armed. Yes, BP, in many ways I’m a wide-eyed, innocent lamb, dismayed by all I see and vulnerable to the horrors of the world. Good thing I’m heavily armed.

]]> by: Debrah http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5367 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:10:20 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5367 Dan is a provocateur. He just provides the bait. Frankly, I don't know which one is the more oleaginous, Hagan or Dole. And I don't know which episode was more nauseating and smarmy, Dole's ridiculous ad or Hagan coming out to tell everyone that she is a "Sunday school teacher". Dan is a provocateur.

He just provides the bait.

Frankly, I don’t know which one is the more oleaginous, Hagan or Dole.

And I don’t know which episode was more nauseating and smarmy, Dole’s ridiculous ad or Hagan coming out to tell everyone that she is a “Sunday school teacher”.

]]> by: BP http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5365 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:37:28 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/11/14/at-least-hagan-is-consistent/#comment-5365 Dan, I'm amazed that a person of your...um...experience still apparently holds out some hope that politicians have some boundaries on what they will do to get elected. Dan, I’m amazed that a person of your…um…experience still apparently holds out some hope that politicians have some boundaries on what they will do to get elected.

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