I'm not going to play that game.

Post #288,819 by Another Scott 7/12/07 8:47:53 PM Reply	I'm not going to play that game. ;-) You know as well as I do that that's just one AP summary story. Entering "Sharpe James" in the search box at Newsday turns up [link\|http://www.newsday.com/search/sns-ap-ex-mayor-indicted,0,1487950.story\|this] as the first hit. I didn't bother to check the others. HTH! Cheers, Scott.
Post #288,825 by bepatient 7/12/07 9:07:31 PM Reply	Deal is only one is actually mentioned by party. Yet they are all the same party. No, its not sexual misconduct...but if these crooks don't deserve a mention by party, how can the media be trusted to report in kind? Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #288,861 by Another Scott 7/13/07 1:50:08 PM Reply	On trusting the media reporting... [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/world/middleeast/12cong.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin\|NY Times]: Senate Narrowly Backs Bush in Rejecting Debate on Increasing Time Between Deployments As the [link\|http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/015349.php\|TPM] notes, the Senate voted 56 to 41. Against Bush. I guess it's that Liberal Media^TM up to its old tricks again, eh? IOW, one can find lots of isolated examples of headlines or summaries of stories that seem to be slanted when other explanations are more likely. Cheers, Scott.
Post #288,880 by crazy 7/13/07 5:11:32 PM Reply	Nah, I think you missed the real issue why people care It's the "family values" stuff the Republicans are always screaming about. That is why that particular behaviour strikes a nerve. Each party has its hot button list of political planks, and when they do something that is opposed to the plank, they become fair game. When Clinton got in trouble for Monica (and others), you'll note that his supporters mostly said, "So?" It's not like this behaviour was unknown, or unexepected. He certainly didn't claim that his party was against this behaviour, and that other people shouldn't do it, and THEN did it anyway. I think they key issue is we love to destroy hypocrites. Especially ones that are in a position of creating laws that affect how we can behave. We especially love to go after them, since they are in a position to inflict their bullshit on the rest of us. And the people who create laws that impact interpersonal behaviour with a religious foundation are almost always right wing republicans. So, as far as your example with Bryant and other, yes, politicians in general are scum, and yes, a certain subset of them will be stealing from the public. BUT: We expect that. No matter which party. It is when some anti-business tree hugging democrat who tries to champion a bunch of causes is found to own a substantial amount of stock in Exxon-Mobil is what becomes a problem. Not for offering blowjobs in the bathroom. Because he was already expected to be doing that.
Post #288,836 by Simon_Jester 7/13/07 7:16:12 AM Reply	LOL Regardless of whether or not the media is accurately protraying party affiliation of crooks has little to do whether or not the Florida co-chair for the McCain campaign has been picked up for prostitution. (Unless BP wants to assert that Bob Allen is actually a democrat). Of course, the standard argument ISN'T anything to do with Allen, but rather "Democrats are bad too."™ Which makes me surprised that he didn't mention the [link\|http://wonkette.com/politics/pagefuckergate/desperate-times-desperate-measures-205075.php\|Congressional Page scandel].
Post #288,837 by bepatient 7/13/07 7:24:05 AM Reply	Not quite, but close The guy got picked up for soliciting sex. He's a bad guy R or D. My beef is with the REPORTING of these items. Case in point being the DHS guy. With the reporting of that, you would believe he was an R even though he was registered D. This is why I included that piece. I guarantee that if those politicos were Repo's it would have been mentioned every time. Instead, the biggest pay for play offenders in NJ, all walking away with hundreds of thousands of my dollars, get a party affiliation pass in the article. Fair and Balanced? Hardly. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #288,842 by mmoffitt 7/13/07 8:17:00 AM Reply	The fact that he was DHS is/was relevant. Remember that your Constitutional protections do not have to be honored by the ~~Gestapo~~ Homeland Security ~~Brown Shirts~~ SS officers. Don't you want to know what these guys who can enter your home without telling you and without a warrant, remove things from your home, never tell you they were there, arrest you and hold you as long as they like and if and when they ever decide to take you to court can surprise you on the stand with the stuff they stole from your home are really like? bcnu, Mikem Microsoft Vista. The best reason ever to buy a Mac.
Post #288,922 by bepatient 7/13/07 10:42:32 PM Reply	And so reporting... ...a sexual predator as a rep when he was a dem has something to do with this? Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #288,925 by folkert 7/13/07 10:46:40 PM Reply	Duh... non-non-Fair and un-un-biased reporting. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* `PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0 Alternate Fingerprint: 455F E104 22CA 29C4 933F 9505 2B79 2AB2`
Post #289,088 by mmoffitt 7/16/07 11:11:08 AM Reply	Careful. With all that straw, you'll start a fire. bcnu, Mikem Microsoft Vista. The best reason ever to buy a Mac.
Post #289,095 by bepatient 7/16/07 11:37:53 AM Reply	Just keeping myself warm Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #288,926 by Simon_Jester 7/13/07 11:02:21 PM Reply	You really should've followed my link.
Post #288,932 by bepatient 7/14/07 1:33:25 AM Reply	Seen that before. Wishful thinking, I'm sure. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
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