Comments on: Public Noose-ance

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:51:32 +0000

Scott:
professionalism is overrated…but thanks for playing!

By: scott

scott — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:08:04 +0000

McKenna you really need a lesson in professionalism, regardless of John’s tactless comments.

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:48:04 +0000

Wow! this got ugly fast, Johnny! In hopes of cooling things down between us, let me offer an olive branch: I hereby accept your premise that City Paper is something �that people only bother to read when they�re trying to score anonymous sex or a free couch.�

Are we cool now, Johnny? Oh, wait…if I�m accepting your premise….and since you�re now a regular poster here…I guess…I�m accepting… that you�re only here (AGAIN?)…to score sex or a couch.

Oh, my! TMI! Kinda painted yourself into one of two corners there, Johnny!

So much for the olive branch. Now let�s get back to hatin�!

Now, where were we? Oh, right: your silly posts.

Johnny, first you barge into my house accusing me of spreading �misinformation� and babbling that Allen never supported Lott. So I lead you by the hand to the source of the information (no �dis-� Johnny!) that you so cockily quibbled with: a Virginian Pilot piece from Dec. 14, 2002 headlined �It�s Time to Accept Lott�s Sincere Apologies� and WRITTEN BY GEORGE ALLEN HIMSELF!

It’s all there, guy! But rather than accept defeat and apologize, Johnny comes marching in again and says that Allen called for Lott to step down. Of course he did, Johnny! Of course your boy George caved along with all his fellow Republicans once Lott�s goose was cooked.

But, unlike most of his peers, Allen had already put his support for Lott on the record, in the form of � stop me if you�ve heard this one before — a Virginian Pilot piece from Dec. 14, 2002 headlined �It�s Time to Accept Lott�s Sincere Apologies� and WRITTEN BY GEORGE ALLEN HIMSELF!

That�s why the very same Virginian Pilot, in a story written just 12 days after Allen’s piece and headlined �QUICK CHANGE ARTIST SCORES AGAIN,� recalled the homestate senator’s initial support of Lott and subsequent flip-flop.

I�m begging you, Johnny: Before you type another wrong, silly word or try to score more anonymous sex or another free couch or whatever it is you freaks come here for, go read what Allen wrote.

But, continued thanks for playing the feud!

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:21:14 +0000

Damn, only a blog post? Well I guess accuracy and all that other �stuff� that goes along with being a �journalist� must not mean a thing since it�s only a �blog post.� Some “journalist”, to use the term loosely, you are, David. Rather than being a hack, you might want to try research before writing about things you don’t actually know about. In Trent Lott’s book, he actually calls George Allen and John Warner to task for being some of the first members of his own party (Allen in private, Warner in public) that called for him to step down.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8989917/

You sound really angry and bitter, David, but I suppose I would be also if I worked for dying, irrelevant alternative weekly that people only bother to read when they�re trying to score anonymous sex or a free couch.

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:58:53 +0000

Dear John:
this was meant to be a blog post, johnny, not a history book!

but, since you were condescending and accusatory, two of my favorite attributes, i’ll do all your work for you: Check the archives of the Virginian Pilot. The December 14, 2002 edition has a 1,000 word piece about the Lott episode by Allen himself, in which he calls for an end to the criticism of Lott (”a decent, honorable man”) and says Lott’s offense was merely an “unfortunate choice of words.”

there are plenty of references to this piece in that paper’s archives, Johnny! next time, work a bit for what you want! you’re not a guy who buys your peanut butter already mixed in with your jelly?

in any case, thanks for playing the feud!

By: John

John — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:20:43 +0000

Where is the evidence that Allen supported Trent Lott when he made his comments regarding Strom Thurmond? Please show me, because it sounds as though you are just spreading misinformation.

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:31:58 +0000

N/A:
i didn’t mean to be too general for you, since there’s so many specifics out there about allen’s racial resume. here’s one:http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060911/george_allen/3
hope that works for you. i just didn’t want to go over george allen the younger’s entire history here. i’ll talk all day about his dad, tho!

and if you are insinuating that marital infidelity is as much a deal breaker as hanging a noose in today’s political arena, well, N/A, that makes me giggle…

but thanks for playing the feud!

By: cminus

cminus — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:38:06 +0000

Correct me if I�m wrong but didn�t Webb hook up with his current wife while still married to his ex in the early 90s?

I have no idea, but that dooesn’t seem to have stopped John McCain. Or Rudy Giuliani. Or Bob Dole. Or Newt Gingrich.

By: N/A

N/A — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:25:47 +0000

They do no one any good.

By: N/A

N/A — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:24:33 +0000

There’s a lot more in the backgrounds of Moran and Webb that “could be.” Does the public know all of what Jimmy Webb did while overseas? Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Webb hook up with his current wife while still married to his ex in the early 90s? I don’t need to convince anyone that Webb’s a misogynist, either — he’s slighted some of the most honorable women, including Mrs. Reagan and female marines.
Do readers a favor, McKenna — spare us your generalities.

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:11:18 +0000

N/A:
give what up? if Allen does come back to politics anytime soon, he’s gonna get even more hung up on that noose than he was last time out. and how’d that work out for him in 2k6? there’s a lot more in his background that could be, and would be, linked to his office decorations, too. All an opponent would have to do is, as they say, give him enough rope…

By: N/A

N/A — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:46:41 +0000

Give it up. Allen was disqualified long ago.
All the aspersions against him won’t keep talent from seeking office, again.