Comments on: Bring on the Ads! http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Anonymous Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:09:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-812 Hey Linda, the Jerk Store called--they want their commercials back. Hey Linda, the Jerk Store called--they want their commercials back.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Anonymous Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:22:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-813 Thanks Rees. Good to hear from the wanna-be expert in revolting, sleazoid campaigning. Thanks Rees. Good to hear from the wanna-be expert in revolting, sleazoid campaigning.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Anonymous Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-814 To me Fenty is much more Bush-like than Cropp.<BR/><BR/>Arrogance - Check<BR/>No substance - Check<BR/>Poor record prior to being a politician - Check<BR/>Cronies - Check (Sinclair Skinner)<BR/>Can't answer tough questions - Check<BR/>Cult following who believe he can do no wrong - Check To me Fenty is much more Bush-like than Cropp.

Arrogance - Check
No substance - Check
Poor record prior to being a politician - Check
Cronies - Check (Sinclair Skinner)
Can't answer tough questions - Check
Cult following who believe he can do no wrong - Check

]]> By: Jonathan R. Rees http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Jonathan R. Rees Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-815 These swift boat, willie horton attacks may seem tacky but effective as they worked to defeat Dukakis and Kerry! These swift boat, willie horton attacks may seem tacky but effective as they worked to defeat Dukakis and Kerry!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Anonymous Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:21:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-816 Fenty may be young and less tested than Cropp, but these swift boat, willie horton attacks that Cropp has launched are too Bush/Rove for me. Fenty has carried himself with much more dignity, and I'll be supporting him on election day. Fenty may be young and less tested than Cropp, but these swift boat, willie horton attacks that Cropp has launched are too Bush/Rove for me. Fenty has carried himself with much more dignity, and I'll be supporting him on election day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Anonymous Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:22:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-817 Isn't the DC School Board by act of Congress totally independent of the mayor and council? Isn't the DC School Board by act of Congress totally independent of the mayor and council?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Anonymous Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-818 Unfortunately for Linda, her record is at once far more lengthy and far less flattering. Here's a nice illustrative vignette: School Board President who presided over a failed system v Newcomer who proposed (and goaded others who were initially hostile into passing) the School Modernization Act. Unfortunately for Linda, her record is at once far more lengthy and far less flattering. Here's a nice illustrative vignette: School Board President who presided over a failed system v Newcomer who proposed (and goaded others who were initially hostile into passing) the School Modernization Act.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Anonymous Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-819 The ads make one think about voting for Marie Johns. One begins to look more closely at the front runners and rethink the choices. Vincent Orange also comes to mind. <BR/><BR/>The media moved too quickly to try to make this a two-person race. <BR/><BR/>Let the games begin, or continue if you will. The ads make one think about voting for Marie Johns. One begins to look more closely at the front runners and rethink the choices. Vincent Orange also comes to mind.

The media moved too quickly to try to make this a two-person race.

Let the games begin, or continue if you will.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2006/08/22/dcision-06-bring-on-the-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Anonymous Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/_dev/redesign/templates/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2006/08/22/dcision-%e2%80%9906-bring-on-the-ads/#comment-820 Fenty's record is fair game. His past as a lawyer is nothing to brag about and neither has his tenure on the council.<BR/><BR/>Add to that the Sinclair Skinner connection and his abysmal handling of that situation. Why anyone would vote for him is beyond me. As Ryan Grim said, Fenty is not the Barak Obamma many think he is. Fenty's record is fair game. His past as a lawyer is nothing to brag about and neither has his tenure on the council.

Add to that the Sinclair Skinner connection and his abysmal handling of that situation. Why anyone would vote for him is beyond me. As Ryan Grim said, Fenty is not the Barak Obamma many think he is.

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