tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post1005247423483826453..comments2023-03-16T09:05:18.356-05:00Comments on iPol: WolkenkuckucksheimiPolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399109126864304318noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-15207938519236619272007-04-18T19:39:00.000-05:002007-04-18T19:39:00.000-05:00Actually, in my very first post on this site, I wr...Actually, in <A HREF="http://ipol-2008.blogspot.com/2007/01/deep-background_3962.html" REL="nofollow">my very first post on this site</A>, I wrote,<BR/><BR/>"I have no journalistic pretensions, and make no attempt at producing a political news site. Most likely, in fact, if it is actually news, you’ll read about it here last of any site on the internet. And while I will make very free with my personal political opinions, I expect this will occur within the context of framing my reaction to one or another event or candidate. I don’t intend to try to necessarily persuade readers that I am right, but do hope to always set out a clear (and hopefully compelling) statement of my views."<BR/><BR/>You are free to disagree, of course. I would only add that since, as you say, YOU'RE the journalist, you might have done a little cursory content checking before making your assertions. But we can't have everything.<BR/><BR/>BTW, if Fox news ever should come calling, I'll be sure to give them your email address; you have more in common with them than you might think.iPolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399109126864304318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-58802627824669992832007-04-18T18:55:00.000-05:002007-04-18T18:55:00.000-05:00I can't believe you consider yourself a journalist...I can't believe you consider yourself a journalist. I'M a journalist. You're an embarassment. You had a presidential candidate right in front of you - there are hundreds of questions you could have asked him that would have been of value to your readers. Instead you focused on minor internal incident and mauled it to death. I see a bright future for you on Fox News.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-18776679322499416472007-04-14T03:39:00.000-05:002007-04-14T03:39:00.000-05:00Supporting those who work for you is a skill not m...Supporting those who work for you is a skill not many people have. Giving someone a second chance makes for better teamwork overall.<BR/><BR/>Now, why don't you ask a candidate how he proposes to get us out of the morass this administration has so criminally got us into? Climate change? Health care? Rejoining the rest of the world, where US policy has made us a pariah and a plague?<BR/><BR/>We are in desperate need of real solutions, of new ideas, since politics as usual is only digging us deeper into a hole. Please, next time, make your questions count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-33064209890111861682007-04-13T16:40:00.000-05:002007-04-13T16:40:00.000-05:00iPol, Well done! I commended you for your coverag...iPol, <BR/><BR/>Well done! I commended you for your coverage of this matter already, but confronting him directly deserves extra kudos. 2008 Central's calls and emails to his campaign regarding this matter were not returned, so I'm glad that you were able to at least get some information from Rep. Kucinich.<BR/><BR/>Keep it up!<BR/>AsC<BR/>Publisher, <A HREF="http://2008central.net" REL="nofollow">2008 Central</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-4402729388191872792007-04-13T14:33:00.000-05:002007-04-13T14:33:00.000-05:00Please go back and read the post. You'll find that...Please go back and read the post. You'll find that I did post links explaining what Eyes and Ears is and my thoughts about what made it such a questionable move by the Kucinich campaign.<BR/><BR/>Campaigns are generally about people who aren't president trying to become president. As such, they don't yet have the power to commit monumental blunders on the order of Katrina and Iraq. But since it is unlikely that the way in which a candidate responds to their mistakes will suddenly change upon their ascenscion to the Presidency, by definition molehills are mountains at this stage. <BR/><BR/>As posted in a separate comment, no campaign is immune to early mistakes. But campaigns that feel they are immune from accountability are something to beware of.iPolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399109126864304318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-16725227903146808322007-04-13T14:13:00.000-05:002007-04-13T14:13:00.000-05:00Whoa, aren't we self-righteous today! You never e...Whoa, aren't we self-righteous today! <BR/><BR/>You never explained what the Eyes/Ears project was and why it was such a serious error as to merit someone's firing.<BR/><BR/>And are you comparing this staffer's error to Paul Bremer and Mike Brown? sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-89709769215976264602007-04-13T13:01:00.000-05:002007-04-13T13:01:00.000-05:00I really think you're making a mountain out of a m...I really think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Campaign staff screw up all the time, especially this early in the campaign cycle. Mistakes are going to be made. Think Edwards hiring those two bloggers or Obama and the NJ big donors thing where his campaign didn't get in touch with a big time fundraising money bundler. No campaign is immune to early mistakes. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry but this is a blip in the large scheme of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-43365836770349761482007-04-13T09:42:00.000-05:002007-04-13T09:42:00.000-05:00Wow, Cr, spoken like a true Kookcinich supporter.D...Wow, Cr, spoken like a true Kookcinich supporter.<BR/><BR/>Dennis presents us with the same false dichotomy that Bush does, just from a different side.<BR/><BR/>You can indeed support the troops and not the war. You can also fund the troops and not support the war. What is the HONEST alternative to THAT? Kookcinichs idea to not fund troops is neat on paper, unfortunately for "serious" Dem candidates who know how that would look it is a completely ridiculous concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310750865196701849.post-84330925353653376672007-04-13T06:16:00.000-05:002007-04-13T06:16:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, the "serious" Democratic candidates...Unfortunately, the "serious" Democratic candidates can neither recognize a war of aggression nor realize that paying for war crimes is reprehensible as well as insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com