Comments on: One Question http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47813 Nimrod Gently Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:59:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47813 Like I said, semantics. No-one's attacking Dr. Turner, I'm sure she's a great person. I'm just saying that the ad has her condemning the Fox ads as manipulative and exploitative of someone's incurable condition (even though they're not) - it seems like the obvious thing to do would be not to mention her MS. Like I said, semantics.

No-one’s attacking Dr. Turner, I’m sure she’s a great person. I’m just saying that the ad has her condemning the Fox ads as manipulative and exploitative of someone’s incurable condition (even though they’re not) – it seems like the obvious thing to do would be not to mention her MS.

]]> By: factcheck http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47812 factcheck Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:57:52 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47812 "And he was asked to resign when the leadership learned the worst of it." That's a lie. He resigned hours before Hastert found out. <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120005" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120005" rel="nofollow">http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120005</a></a> But when asked in a press conference the day before taking credit for Foley's resignation "whether the leadership asked Foley to resign," Hastert had responded: "I think Foley resigned almost immediately upon the outbreak of this information, and so we really didn't have a chance to ask him to resign." “And he was asked to resign when the leadership learned the worst of it.”

That’s a lie. He resigned hours before Hastert found out.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120005
But when asked in a press conference the day before taking credit for Foley’s resignation “whether the leadership asked Foley to resign,” Hastert had responded: “I think Foley resigned almost immediately upon the outbreak of this information, and so we really didn’t have a chance to ask him to resign.”

]]> By: Marty http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47811 Marty Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:54:26 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47811 Just like the Fox ad is a powerful message, so is this rebuttal. Perhaps you should continue to attack Dr. Turner. It should go over well. (About as well as anyone who has questioned Michael J. Fox.) Just like the Fox ad is a powerful message, so is this rebuttal. Perhaps you should continue to attack Dr. Turner. It should go over well. (About as well as anyone who has questioned Michael J. Fox.)

]]> By: Marty http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47810 Marty Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:46:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47810 Nimrod- diddling implies touched. Foley, scum that he is, hasn't been accused of touching anybody. Just emails and IM's to a seventeen year old page. And he was asked to resign when the leadership learned the worst of it. A good decision. Glad he's gone. I think Pedro is referring to the fact that when Democrats found out Gerry Studds actually had sex with the seventeen year old page, not only did he stay in Congress, but he was re-elected five times and was given a committee chairmanship by the Democratic leadership. Nimrod- diddling implies touched. Foley, scum that he is, hasn’t been accused of touching anybody. Just emails and IM’s to a seventeen year old page. And he was asked to resign when the leadership learned the worst of it. A good decision. Glad he’s gone.

I think Pedro is referring to the fact that when Democrats found out Gerry Studds actually had sex with the seventeen year old page, not only did he stay in Congress, but he was re-elected five times and was given a committee chairmanship by the Democratic leadership.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47809 Nimrod Gently Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:03:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47809 If "child" is taken as synonym for "underage", Mark Foley. At best it's a semantic mistake, but it ain't a lie. If “child” is taken as synonym for “underage”, Mark Foley.

At best it’s a semantic mistake, but it ain’t a lie.

]]> By: JWG http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47808 JWG Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:41:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47808 <blockquote>he wasn't diddling kids like some Republicans</blockquote> Oliver, you are such a liar. Which Republican, pray tell, touched any children? I know of a Democrat in congress who was doing it, but I'm unaware of any Republicans. Again...you lie. But unlike the NYT, you won't offer a correction.

he wasn’t diddling kids like some Republicans

Oliver, you are such a liar. Which Republican, pray tell, touched any children? I know of a Democrat in congress who was doing it, but I’m unaware of any Republicans.

Again…you lie. But unlike the NYT, you won’t offer a correction.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47807 Nimrod Gently Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:18:40 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47807 Is there anywhere Marion Barry isn't a joke? Is there anywhere Marion Barry isn’t a joke?

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47806 Oliver Willis Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:15:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47806 I know you have no knowledge of Maryland, Pedro, but Barry is a joke here. And hey, at least his crack smoking was hurting himself alone and he wasn't diddling kids like some Republicans. I know you have no knowledge of Maryland, Pedro, but Barry is a joke here. And hey, at least his crack smoking was hurting himself alone and he wasn’t diddling kids like some Republicans.

]]> By: nihilistic_disintegration http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47805 nihilistic_disintegration Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:29:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47805 Pedro, So it's okay for Steele to exploit his sister's illness for partisan political gain? Pedro,

So it’s okay for Steele to exploit his sister’s illness for partisan political gain?

]]> By: dr pedro http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47804 dr pedro Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:03:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47804 "Not only married Mike Tyson, but shacked up with a major DC drug dealer and had a child out of wedlock with said drug dealer pre Tyson." Holy crap, she was shacked up with the multiply-elected and arrested Democratic Mayor of the District of Columbia, Marion Berry! Who knew! “Not only married Mike Tyson, but shacked up with a major DC drug dealer and had a child out of wedlock with said drug dealer pre Tyson.”

Holy crap, she was shacked up with the multiply-elected and arrested Democratic Mayor of the District of Columbia, Marion Berry! Who knew!

]]> By: dr pedro http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47803 dr pedro Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:02:05 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47803 was she drooling? Incoherent? Did she have a walking, or was she shown shuffling up steps? Did she go off her meds for the ad? Has she been seen relatively normally while being paid for acting on television shows, and then shown with uncontrollable dyskinesias when doing this ad? Did she make it sound as if Cardin being elected was going to make it impossible for anyone with MS to ever be cured? Nihilistic? Bueller? Anyone? Thought not... was she drooling? Incoherent? Did she have a walking, or was she shown shuffling up steps? Did she go off her meds for the ad? Has she been seen relatively normally while being paid for acting on television shows, and then shown with uncontrollable dyskinesias when doing this ad? Did she make it sound as if Cardin being elected was going to make it impossible for anyone with MS to ever be cured?

Nihilistic? Bueller? Anyone?

Thought not…

]]> By: True Blue http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47802 True Blue Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:57:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47802 Not only married Mike Tyson, but shacked up with a major DC drug dealer and had a child out of wedlock with said drug dealer pre Tyson. I guess Mike was an improvement. At least when they split she got big bucks for a couple of years of abuse. She just got a grand jury appearance out of the drug dealer (except for the bling, of course, but those were the perks of dealing dope). Repugnant family values! Not only married Mike Tyson, but shacked up with a major DC drug dealer and had a child out of wedlock with said drug dealer pre Tyson.

I guess Mike was an improvement. At least when they split she got big bucks for a couple of years of abuse. She just got a grand jury appearance out of the drug dealer (except for the bling, of course, but those were the perks of dealing dope).

Repugnant family values!

]]> By: nihilistic_disintegration http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47801 nihilistic_disintegration Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:28:17 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47801 Wait a minute. Where are all the neocon jerkwads decrying the blatant exploitation of someone's illness for partisan political gain? Duggster? Pedro? Where's your outrage now? Wait a minute. Where are all the neocon jerkwads decrying the blatant exploitation of someone’s illness for partisan political gain?

Duggster? Pedro? Where’s your outrage now?

]]> By: BD http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47800 BD Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:19:06 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47800 Interesting. The people in charge of editing the footage can't spell "approved." Michael Steele "appoved" this message. I don't know what to think. Interesting. The people in charge of editing the footage can’t spell “approved.”

Michael Steele “appoved” this message. I don’t know what to think.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/10/27/one-question/#comment-47799 Nimrod Gently Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:23:16 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=2998#comment-47799 Seems to me, if they didn't want the ad to appear hypocritical, they wouldn't have MENTIONED THAT SHE HAS MS. Or swelled the music when she said it. Seems to me, if they didn’t want the ad to appear hypocritical, they wouldn’t have MENTIONED THAT SHE HAS MS.

Or swelled the music when she said it.

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