Comments on: Henry Waxman http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/ A blog about politics. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bethnva http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-3/#comment-22768 bethnva Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:11:03 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22768 Wow, I had no idea Waxman was 69 years old! He doesn't seem that old, or am I just getting older? I hope he's healthy because in my mind he's a fantastic person to help enact the Obama policies for which we voted! Wow, I had no idea Waxman was 69 years old! He doesn't seem that old, or am I just getting older? I hope he's healthy because in my mind he's a fantastic person to help enact the Obama policies for which we voted!

]]> By: Dee in Columbia MD http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-3/#comment-22761 Dee in Columbia MD Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:21:38 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22761 Wvng - Again I am saying that it wasn't a big scandal. It doesn't matter much what the Washington post printed, if it didn't blow-up on black radio it doesn't blow-up in African American neighborhoods . And as to the homeless thing -- Democrats do it too. It's about bodies, whether you are talking fliers, gathering signatures, acorn etc. He11 the Washington post regularly recruits the homeless to sell their paper daily at every red light on the way downtown once you exit the highway at New York avenue. Wvng - Again I am saying that it wasn't a big scandal. It doesn't matter much what the Washington post printed, if it didn't blow-up on black radio it doesn't blow-up in African American neighborhoods
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And as to the homeless thing -- Democrats do it too. It's about bodies, whether you are talking fliers, gathering signatures, acorn etc. He11 the Washington post regularly recruits the homeless to sell their paper daily at every red light on the way downtown once you exit the highway at New York avenue.

]]> By: wvng http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-3/#comment-22759 wvng Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:11:57 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22759 Dee, the WaPost thought it was pretty sleazy. From the link above: . "Which nefarious election stunt from 2006 will live on in greater infamy, the NRCC's robo calls, or Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's recruitment of out-of-state homeless men to hand out misleading campaign literature in African-American neighborhoods? . The Washington Post makes the case for Ehrlich and Steele (who made an apparently unsuccessful bid for chairman of the Republican National Committee) in today's paper, even including a picture of the now-famous fake ballot that the men were handing out, which showed Ehrlich and Steele as Democrats. So check it out. . . . An Ehrlich aide who agreed to discuss the strategy on the condition of anonymity said the purpose of the fliers was to peel away one or two percentage points in jurisdictions where the governor would be running behind. No one inside the campaign expected a strong reaction." . Details at the link. I heard about it in WV, but then I read blogs. Dee, the WaPost thought it was pretty sleazy. From the link above:
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"Which nefarious election stunt from 2006 will live on in greater infamy, the NRCC's robo calls, or Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's recruitment of out-of-state homeless men to hand out misleading campaign literature in African-American neighborhoods?
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The Washington Post makes the case for Ehrlich and Steele (who made an apparently unsuccessful bid for chairman of the Republican National Committee) in today's paper, even including a picture of the now-famous fake ballot that the men were handing out, which showed Ehrlich and Steele as Democrats. So check it out.
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An Ehrlich aide who agreed to discuss the strategy on the condition of anonymity said the purpose of the fliers was to peel away one or two percentage points in jurisdictions where the governor would be running behind. No one inside the campaign expected a strong reaction."
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Details at the link. I heard about it in WV, but then I read blogs.

]]> By: Dee in Columbia MD http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-3/#comment-22755 Dee in Columbia MD Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:14 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22755 SG- Yeah I saw Rachel. And I'm with you on this one. There is not excuse for all the gushing being afforded this crook they should be turning their back to him in silence - Yeah I like it he deserves shunning. WVNG: As to the Steele debacle. I'm not saying that he didn't do this. I believe that he would pay homeless to handout fliers -- kind of standard practice actually. But as far as saying he's a Democrat that wasn't a big thing here and I have the feeling that if this was something that was wide spread it would have blown up pretty big. In fact, the big things here were the fear that his ads, not the typical political fare (puppy ad especially) were so appealing that he might make inroads -- but blacks weren't fooled for a second and he got absolutely no love and the tendency to remove any indication that he was a Republican from his literature. SG- Yeah I saw Rachel. And I'm with you on this one. There is not excuse for all the gushing being afforded this crook they should be turning their back to him in silence - Yeah I like it he deserves shunning.

WVNG: As to the Steele debacle. I'm not saying that he didn't do this. I believe that he would pay homeless to handout fliers -- kind of standard practice actually. But as far as saying he's a Democrat that wasn't a big thing here and I have the feeling that if this was something that was wide spread it would have blown up pretty big. In fact, the big things here were the fear that his ads, not the typical political fare (puppy ad especially) were so appealing that he might make inroads -- but blacks weren't fooled for a second and he got absolutely no love and the tendency to remove any indication that he was a Republican from his literature.

]]> By: wvng http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-3/#comment-22753 wvng Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:05:22 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22753 SGW (you prompted this with your last post) et al. I'm sure you've gotten this in your inbox, but just in case: . Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy . REUTERS -- Chicago, Nov. 19 -- In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say. Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth. But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring. According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language. "Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist." The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off." The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. "Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said. --Andy Borowitz SGW (you prompted this with your last post) et al. I'm sure you've gotten this in your inbox, but just in case:
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Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
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REUTERS -- Chicago, Nov. 19 -- In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack
Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight
years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political
observers say.
Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60
Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal
tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences
virtually every time he opened his mouth.
But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public
pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last
eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.
According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a
president who speaks English as if it were his first language.
"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in
agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the
risk of sounding like an elitist."
The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete
sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay,
subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."
The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences
has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov.
Sarah Palin of Alaska.
"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way
that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder
can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into
what Americans are needing also," she said.
--Andy Borowitz

]]> By: sgwhiteinfla http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-3/#comment-22751 sgwhiteinfla Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:02:04 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22751 wvng . Rachel had that turkey clip on also. But with out all the word salad. Seriously how did that woman get a degree in journalism without ever using the words "I am" wvng
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Rachel had that turkey clip on also. But with out all the word salad. Seriously how did that woman get a degree in journalism without ever using the words "I am"

]]> By: wvng http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-2/#comment-22749 wvng Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:50:23 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22749 sgw, that was two years ago. For repuglicans, that kind of behavior isn't a bug, it's a feature. Just ask Palin and her pardoned turkey. . And keep hitting refresh over at Rachel's, waiting for the web videoas. sgw, that was two years ago. For repuglicans, that kind of behavior isn't a bug, it's a feature. Just ask Palin and her pardoned turkey.
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And keep hitting refresh over at Rachel's, waiting for the web videoas.

]]> By: sgwhiteinfla http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-2/#comment-22747 sgwhiteinfla Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:45:11 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22747 By the way Dee . Did you see Rachel Maddow's disgust at watching Harry Reid gush over Ted Stevens today? I HATE that she was off on Tuesday night By the way Dee
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Did you see Rachel Maddow's disgust at watching Harry Reid gush over Ted Stevens today? I HATE that she was off on Tuesday night

]]> By: wvng http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-2/#comment-22745 wvng Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:43:46 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22745 Totally off topic, but "Sarah Palin pardons turkey, while others are being slaughtered, on camera, behind her." (AmericaBlog) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DTSPzU0RI . It just never ends. Totally off topic, but "Sarah Palin pardons turkey, while others are being slaughtered, on camera, behind her." (AmericaBlog)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8DTSPzU0RI
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It just never ends.

]]> By: sgwhiteinfla http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/20/henry-waxman/comment-page-2/#comment-22744 sgwhiteinfla Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:42:16 +0000 http://timeswampland.wordpress.com/?p=8434#comment-22744 wvng . Going by this flier does this mean that Michael Steele did not get the RNC chair or has it even been decided yet? wvng
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Going by this flier does this mean that Michael Steele did not get the RNC chair or has it even been decided yet?

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