Comments on: Stark on the Hill: What Does Dave Reichert (R-WA) Think of Birthers? http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:08:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Punkster http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1942117 Punkster Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:07:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1942117 <p>Holy crap. did you SEE this? Charlie Pierce just jammed it up Schuster’s *ss and broke off the handle! “Lynn Cheney has influence because YOU people put her on TV!” He opened up a giant can of whupass on the MSM and left Schuster sputtering. It was funny, satisfying, and uncomfortable to watch.</p> Holy crap. did you SEE this? Charlie Pierce just jammed it up Schuster’s *ss and broke off the handle! “Lynn Cheney has influence because YOU people put her on TV!” He opened up a giant can of whupass on the MSM and left Schuster sputtering. It was funny, satisfying, and uncomfortable to watch.

]]> By: mediavaughn http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941953 mediavaughn Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:26:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941953 <p>I understand the concerns some of the posters have in regards to Mike’s approach to interviewing. The problem with most media outlets is that they allow a politician to sit too long on a talking point them to wash the viewer over before they realize they completely avoided the question at hand. </p> <p>What Mike is doing is simply making sure that the Congressman is not allowed to dance around the issue and simply answer the question at hand. </p> <p>Would we really rather them talk around every issue like cable news stations do? Do we not want a different outlet to actually get these guys to answer a question or actually expose them for all the dancing they have practiced for so long?</p> <p>I think it is refreshing. I think it is something news outlets use to do far more before they realized how much money could be made.</p> <p>I would like to see more reporters forcing them to answer the simple questions at hand the way they would someone close to them. </p> <p>I commend Reichert for going farther than other Congressmen have, and I definitely can’t help but appreciate the wonderful timing of the birther in the back.</p> I understand the concerns some of the posters have in regards to Mike’s approach to interviewing. The problem with most media outlets is that they allow a politician to sit too long on a talking point them to wash the viewer over before they realize they completely avoided the question at hand.

What Mike is doing is simply making sure that the Congressman is not allowed to dance around the issue and simply answer the question at hand.

Would we really rather them talk around every issue like cable news stations do? Do we not want a different outlet to actually get these guys to answer a question or actually expose them for all the dancing they have practiced for so long?

I think it is refreshing. I think it is something news outlets use to do far more before they realized how much money could be made.

I would like to see more reporters forcing them to answer the simple questions at hand the way they would someone close to them.

I commend Reichert for going farther than other Congressmen have, and I definitely can’t help but appreciate the wonderful timing of the birther in the back.

]]> By: InnocentBystander http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941934 InnocentBystander Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:55:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941934 <p>Did Mike interview Cardboard Man after this? </p> <p>Every chance he gets he ought to put these clowns in front of a camera. Give them all the time they need to make complete idiots of themselves. And don’t forget to ask their political affiliation. Because nothing conveys cluelessness like a teabaggin’ birther in front of a rolling camera.</p> Did Mike interview Cardboard Man after this?

Every chance he gets he ought to put these clowns in front of a camera. Give them all the time they need to make complete idiots of themselves. And don’t forget to ask their political affiliation. Because nothing conveys cluelessness like a teabaggin’ birther in front of a rolling camera.

]]> By: shell http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941933 shell Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:54:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941933 <p>Yes, and HOW LONG did it take this hack to catch the Green River killer? Over a decade? Two decades? I don’t remember, but it was definitely over a decade. It seems the Green River Killer was smarter than this hack. No wonder he’s proud to be a GOPuke.</p> Yes, and HOW LONG did it take this hack to catch the Green River killer? Over a decade? Two decades? I don’t remember, but it was definitely over a decade. It seems the Green River Killer was smarter than this hack. No wonder he’s proud to be a GOPuke.

]]> By: jeaton http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941932 jeaton Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:40:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941932 <p>I applaud FDL’s use of video and like the idea of the reporter staking out the Capitol area. But, sad to say, I had to check out of this half way through because it was boring and Mike Stark was a putz. Edit the material down to the essentials and tell the reporter to shut up.</p> I applaud FDL’s use of video and like the idea of the reporter staking out the Capitol area. But, sad to say, I had to check out of this half way through because it was boring and Mike Stark was a putz. Edit the material down to the essentials and tell the reporter to shut up.

]]> By: siri http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941909 siri Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:44:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941909 <p>Why isn;t this guy leading the Rep Party?<br /> SANITY from the other side, from a former cop, who apparently THINKS, actively.<br /> GOOD FOR HIM!<br /> TY Mike Stark, AGAIN!!!<br /> THEY’RE NOT ALL NUTZBALL KOOL AID DRINKERS.<br /> This is actually encouraging.</p> Why isn;t this guy leading the Rep Party?
SANITY from the other side, from a former cop, who apparently THINKS, actively.
GOOD FOR HIM!
TY Mike Stark, AGAIN!!!
THEY’RE NOT ALL NUTZBALL KOOL AID DRINKERS.
This is actually encouraging.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941892 eCAHNomics Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:26:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941892 <p>As I thought about it while unloading the dishwasher, I decided that you were right and that the way I thought about it was not at all the way the PTB (powers-that-be) would think about it.</p> <p>As for Kent State, that could work either way: they could have learned from it, or not. Again you’re right: no learning.</p> As I thought about it while unloading the dishwasher, I decided that you were right and that the way I thought about it was not at all the way the PTB (powers-that-be) would think about it.

As for Kent State, that could work either way: they could have learned from it, or not. Again you’re right: no learning.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941881 Raven Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:15:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941881 <p>Didn’t seem to matter at Kent State. I remember watching the NG’s unload from deuce and a half’s at the Uof I during a big action and falling on the ground laughing. Of course I was a grizzled nam vet of the old age of 20!</p> Didn’t seem to matter at Kent State. I remember watching the NG’s unload from deuce and a half’s at the Uof I during a big action and falling on the ground laughing. Of course I was a grizzled nam vet of the old age of 20!

]]> By: Eureka Springs http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941878 Eureka Springs Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:11:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941878 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/rep-mike-ross-personal-pork-good-public-health-care-bad/" rel="nofollow">PW is two flights upstairs, fyi</a></p> PW is two flights upstairs, fyi

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941877 eCAHNomics Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:10:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/23/stark-on-the-hill-what-does-dave-reichert-r-wa-think-of-birthers/#comment-1941877 <p>Camoflage unitforms and badges.</p> <p>I take your point about if something happened and they didn’t have live ammo. My thought was the opposite: a minor skirmish happened, poorly trained NGers unleashed random fire, and innocent civilians got killed. All hell would break loose and the whole structure of the NG would be under attack.</p> Camoflage unitforms and badges.

I take your point about if something happened and they didn’t have live ammo. My thought was the opposite: a minor skirmish happened, poorly trained NGers unleashed random fire, and innocent civilians got killed. All hell would break loose and the whole structure of the NG would be under attack.

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