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The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: john dough
Date: May 16, 2012 11:47AM
[www.huffingtonpost.com]

This reminds me of the hand-picked attendants of the Bush years and how they ducked "hard" questions from the "liberal" press.

Could anyone that supports him let us know what you see in him? I have asked this question, repeatedly, but none of the Obama bashers (and likely, the supporters of Mitt) are dead silent.

Anything??


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: May 16, 2012 12:21PM
Huh ? A bunch of whiny reporters complaining that they're not allowed to shout out questions at an event where they were not invited ?

I don't see that as a 'coverup'. If you think political candidates aren't stage managed and protected to a fare thee well, you must have not paid much attention in the last, oh, 40 years.

Besides, the staff is busy shaking the Campaign Plan Etch-A-Sketch.

Ed: FWIW, I'm no longer a supporter of his. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this presidential election. I may register my disfavour by flushing my vote, like the time I voted for Ross Perot.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/16/2012 12:22PM by cbelt3.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: billb
Date: May 16, 2012 12:24PM
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: swampy
Date: May 16, 2012 12:44PM
I agree with the "whiney rporters" comment. Why don't they go shout out a few hardball questions to Obama (who tends to hide out at exclusive $40K per plate fund raisers)?

And if you want to talk about coverups, what is Eric Holder hiding regarding Fast and Furious?




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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: rjmacs
Date: May 16, 2012 12:58PM
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cbelt3
Ed: FWIW, I'm no longer a supporter of his. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this presidential election. I may register my disfavour by flushing my vote, like the time I voted for Ross Perot.

Don't know where you were living at the time (i.e., whether it mattered electorally), but Ross Perot got Bill Clinton elected in 1992, so don't discount the importance of voting for a crazy dude who liked to talk about farm animals!


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: billb
Date: May 16, 2012 01:10PM
but Monica was a nice girl !!!!!
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: $tevie
Date: May 16, 2012 01:18PM
Really? Monica Lewinsky comments? A reference to a 14-years-ago @#$%& is all you can contribute to a conversation about politics? You and Jay Leno should get a room.


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: May 16, 2012 01:21PM
Cbelt, the idea of journalism and reporting is that you don't need an invitation.

(Hint: when Swampy agrees with you, you know you've said something wrong.)



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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: $tevie
Date: May 16, 2012 01:26PM
Romney can thank his buddies Newt and Frothy and Ron "I'm not a Republican I just play one on TV" Paul for laying out the scenario for this election: Romney as an out-of-touch elitist who won't/can't mingle with the masses and has a tin ear for their concerns. Now the Democrats can just sit back and watch the blogs and op-ed writers, and yes the press or at least some of them, work their magic, same as happened to Al "Boring" Gore and John "Crazy" McCain.


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: billb
Date: May 16, 2012 01:27PM





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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: john dough
Date: May 16, 2012 01:28PM
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swampy
I agree with the "whiney rporters" comment. Why don't they go shout out a few hardball questions to Obama (who tends to hide out at exclusive $40K per plate fund raisers)?

And if you want to talk about coverups, what is Eric Holder hiding regarding Fast and Furious?

When you cannot answer questions (talk about ducking!!!), you just make things up. Romney cannot answer any tough questions at all and resorts to nonsense such as the story that I linked to.

Every day that passes, I am more and more convinced that Swampy was NOT a teacher (sure as hell not a SPELLING teacher - note hilighted quoted word above).

Swampy or billb, how much do you make a year? Hope you make a lot as supporting a buffoon like Mitt, you will have to be rich to survive the disaster he will surely be.






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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: May 16, 2012 01:44PM
jd--
As an aside, I initially responded to your original post, and then edited my posting to answer your question. Which did not specifically relate to the initial post.

Truly, if you desire to poll the assembled entertainers, you may wish to ask that question first.

And I say that as someone whose adult ADD (diagnosed with actual tests, which were fascinating) means that I have to work very hard to get past perhaps the first sentence.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: August West
Date: May 16, 2012 01:47PM
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Huh ? A bunch of whiny reporters complaining that they're not allowed to shout out questions at an event where they were not invited ?


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Linked Article
A public event followed the private meeting, and campaign aides tried to physically prevent reporters from asking Romney questions at the rope line where he was greeting voters. The reporters "refused to leave," in New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro's words.

ABC's Emily Friedman said that most journalists were able to get to the rope line, "despite USSS and campaign asking us to leave and stop," but that Romney still refused to answer any questions.

Campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul later emailed Politico, saying there had been an "error" on the part of the staff.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: May 16, 2012 01:58PM
"Every day that passes, I am more and more convinced that Swampy was NOT a teacher..." - john dough

But it was in Florida......... It's all starting to make sense now.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Pam
Date: May 16, 2012 04:03PM
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swampy
I agree with the "whiney rporters" comment. Why don't they go shout out a few hardball questions to Obama (who tends to hide out at exclusive $40K per plate fund raisers)?

And if you want to talk about coverups, what is Eric Holder hiding regarding Fast and Furious?

I agree about whiny in this case but couldn't you have stopped there? You really want to get into fundraisers? And what about Fast and Furious? Are you wondering about Wide Receiver as well?
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Chakravartin
Date: May 16, 2012 06:35PM
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john dough
[www.huffingtonpost.com]

This reminds me of the hand-picked attendants of the Bush years and how they ducked "hard" questions from the "liberal" press.

The Wall Street Journal is a Liberal rag now?

...

I don't see anything wrong with a politician refusing to take uninvited questions every once in awhile just so long as s/he's not in the habit of it.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: john dough
Date: May 16, 2012 07:08PM
When did Bush allow a tough question to come his way? He avoided the mainstream press (read: not Fox news) like the plague.

His administration were/are some of the most dishonest, most underhanded people ever to hold office in this country, yet were/are still defended based on their party, nothing else.

If Obama attempted some of the crap that Bush actually did, the righties would call for his head.

BTW, Romney will make a habit of avoiding anything but softball questions, just watch.






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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: hal
Date: May 16, 2012 07:26PM
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john dough
If Obama attempted some of the crap that Bush actually did, the righties would call for his head.

actually, Bush was famous for never having press conferences. The press went nuts over it. Seems that Obama is carrying on that tradition. I'm a little surprised that NO ONE is complaining (except me)
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Bill in NC
Date: May 16, 2012 07:41PM
I thought this was going to be about John Edwards...
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: john dough
Date: May 16, 2012 07:43PM
Obama had one about 2 weeks ago:

[www.whitehouse.gov]

Bush never had press conferences because he was just flat out terrible at his job. He was in WAY over his pay grade, pretty much his whole life (failed oil exec, failed baseball owner and failed politician).


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Acer
Date: May 16, 2012 08:05PM
Obama really isn't all that great off the cuff. His halting delivery is maddening. But he compensates by doing a lot more one-on-ones with interviewing reporters, where he's much better. Bush II did very few of either.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: May 16, 2012 08:50PM
The master of ducking questions was Reagan with his trademark cupped hand to the ear and head shake.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: hal
Date: May 16, 2012 09:22PM
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john dough
Obama had one about 2 weeks ago:

[www.whitehouse.gov]

Bush never had press conferences because he was just flat out terrible at his job. He was in WAY over his pay grade, pretty much his whole life (failed oil exec, failed baseball owner and failed politician).

Actually, I take it back - some have complained...

[www.huffingtonpost.com]

[www.huffingtonpost.com]
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: john dough
Date: May 16, 2012 10:17PM
There are some things that Obama does better than others. Bush, on the other hand, was good for nothing except "staying the course".


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: RgrF
Date: May 16, 2012 10:31PM
Some candidates are comfortable with the press, others less so and with reason. That a candidate will 'use" the media to get his or her story out and then not submit to media questions addresses' the medias willingness to be used, not necessarily the candidates strategy.

They are, after all, entitled to a strategy of their own. He is, like Reagan so famously stated, paying for the mike.
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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: davester
Date: May 16, 2012 11:55PM
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john dough
Bush, on the other hand, was good for nothing except "staying the course".

You have your Bushes mixed up.



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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: john dough
Date: May 17, 2012 09:19AM
Fine. Bush 2 was good for nothing. Satisfied?


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Rolando
Date: May 17, 2012 11:06PM
A few crazy votes can really destroy the election (and the nation). I am looking straight at you, Mr @#$%&.


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: haikuman
Date: May 18, 2012 02:38AM
"""Cbelt, the idea of journalism and reporting is that you don't need an invitation."""

Another oxymoron mentioning journalism and reporting in the same sentence. *(:>*pirate smiley


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Re: The ducking and hiding is ratcheting up
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: May 18, 2012 04:49PM
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haikuman
"""Cbelt, the idea of journalism and reporting is that you don't need an invitation."""

Another oxymoron mentioning journalism and reporting in the same sentence. *(:>*pirate smiley

You slander the reporters who work hard and do their best. They're out there.



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