Comments on: Not Sucking Up? http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:08:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: alank http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-601430 alank Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:04:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-601430 <p>I remember Kitty Kelly writing about this in the shortlived DC tabloid, NewsWorks, back in the 1970s. I mean the White House provides their little gaggle of press corpscritters with all the things/thingies they need to get the message out. Stories? I bet Helen has a million of them.</p> I remember Kitty Kelly writing about this in the shortlived DC tabloid, NewsWorks, back in the 1970s. I mean the White House provides their little gaggle of press corpscritters with all the things/thingies they need to get the message out. Stories? I bet Helen has a million of them.

]]> By: cando http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-601187 cando Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:59:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-601187 <p>Heard today on Hardball that Mitt Romney has a great singing voice! Maybe his next job should be in showbiz!</p> Heard today on Hardball that Mitt Romney has a great singing voice! Maybe his next job should be in showbiz!

]]> By: momly http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600989 momly Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:59:16 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600989 <blockquote><p>Howard Kurtz: I’m not a big fan of these dinners, but I guess I don’t understand what was <em>“disgusting” and “shameful”</em> about it. You seem to regard Rove as the enemy and feel there should be absolutely no fraternization at any time under any circumstances. As for David Gregory’s role, he was plucked out of the audience by these two not-terribly-funny comedians, as was Brian Williams. I doubt they would have volunteered for <b>this distasteful duty.</b></p></blockquote> <p>Ahem. Does he listen to himself?</p>

Howard Kurtz: I’m not a big fan of these dinners, but I guess I don’t understand what was “disgusting” and “shameful” about it. You seem to regard Rove as the enemy and feel there should be absolutely no fraternization at any time under any circumstances. As for David Gregory’s role, he was plucked out of the audience by these two not-terribly-funny comedians, as was Brian Williams. I doubt they would have volunteered for this distasteful duty.

Ahem. Does he listen to himself?

]]> By: blue e http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600874 blue e Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:49:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600874 <p>thank you Teddy … I learn everyday here</p> thank you Teddy … I learn everyday here

]]> By: Jakebob http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600862 Jakebob Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:41:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600862 <p><a href="mailto:TeddySanFran@77:">TeddySanFran@77:</a><br /> “Why, I ask you, is nothing the GOP does ever characterized as a political stunt?”</p> <p>You mean, like the time-outs during the Sampson hearing the other day? </p> <p>…Speaking of political stunts, tell me again why impeachment is not on the table… something to do with we’re not hollering loud enough yet?</p> TeddySanFran@77:
“Why, I ask you, is nothing the GOP does ever characterized as a political stunt?”

You mean, like the time-outs during the Sampson hearing the other day?

…Speaking of political stunts, tell me again why impeachment is not on the table… something to do with we’re not hollering loud enough yet?

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600762 Eureka Springs Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:24:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600762 <p>FYI .. <a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/above-the-law-2/">New thread upstairs</a></p> FYI .. New thread upstairs

]]> By: angie http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600755 angie Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:18:52 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600755 <p><a href="#comment-600753"><em>mui @ 87</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Helen Thomas, why? I am trying to figure out what’s so funny and hilarious about Saddam Hussein’s botched, quite possibly criminal execution. I guess I am not one of the DC in-clubs.</p></blockquote> <p>ditto.</p> mui @ 87

Helen Thomas, why? I am trying to figure out what’s so funny and hilarious about Saddam Hussein’s botched, quite possibly criminal execution. I guess I am not one of the DC in-clubs.

ditto.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600754 eCAHNomics Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:17:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600754 <p>Edwards fundraising stats:<br /> Total raised: Over $14 million (nearly twice what we raised this quarter last time around)<br /> Total contributors: 40,000, representing every state of the union<br /> Grassroots victory: 80 percent of all contributions were $100 or less</p> Edwards fundraising stats:
Total raised: Over $14 million (nearly twice what we raised this quarter last time around)
Total contributors: 40,000, representing every state of the union
Grassroots victory: 80 percent of all contributions were $100 or less

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600753 mui Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:15:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600753 <p>Helen Thomas, why? I am trying to figure out what’s so funny and hilarious about Saddam Hussein’s botched, quite possibly criminal execution. I guess I am not one of the DC in-clubs.</p> Helen Thomas, why? I am trying to figure out what’s so funny and hilarious about Saddam Hussein’s botched, quite possibly criminal execution. I guess I am not one of the DC in-clubs.

]]> By: newspaperbrat http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600751 newspaperbrat Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:12:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/02/not-sucking-up/#comment-600751 <p>CNN’s Suzanne Monrove (sp?) just asked viewers the rhetorical question: “Is Speaker Nancy Pelosi overstepping her bounds in the mideast” and assuming too much power in some of her fellow democrats minds, she says with a grave tone of voice. CNN is increasingly morphing into FOX by drips and drabs. Sigh. Am gonna spotlight Teddy’s post just for her if I can figure out how to do it. aghhhhhhhh!</p> CNN’s Suzanne Monrove (sp?) just asked viewers the rhetorical question: “Is Speaker Nancy Pelosi overstepping her bounds in the mideast” and assuming too much power in some of her fellow democrats minds, she says with a grave tone of voice. CNN is increasingly morphing into FOX by drips and drabs. Sigh. Am gonna spotlight Teddy’s post just for her if I can figure out how to do it. aghhhhhhhh!

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