tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post115271896369550858..comments2023-12-23T13:25:43.770-08:00Comments on Rob Kremer: Uninvited guestRob Kremerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152818987615496232006-07-13T12:29:00.000-07:002006-07-13T12:29:00.000-07:00"...making ameturish mistakes."Well put!Anyone who..."...making <I>ameturish</I> mistakes."<BR/><BR/>Well put!<BR/><BR/>Anyone who writes and believes words like: "...Moderate GOP paper like the Oregonian.", hould be careful tossing off accusations about being "...so far off the deep end..."; a position on which Maurer demonstrates he is well qualified to comment.rickyragghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541867920127691919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152812972995056742006-07-13T10:49:00.000-07:002006-07-13T10:49:00.000-07:00Kari,Have you any concern about the many BlueOrego...Kari,<BR/>Have you any concern about the many BlueOregon posts on this topic simply making things up? <BR/><BR/>Or is this standard operating procedure for you and your camp, given your track record?<BR/><BR/>Many of them are just plain rediculous but you're down with that heh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152802999349900732006-07-13T08:03:00.000-07:002006-07-13T08:03:00.000-07:00Kari:How does a candidate listing an appearence on...Kari:<BR/>How does a candidate listing an appearence on his calendar make it a public event? Even if his online calendar specifically identifited it as "public" (which it didn't) that doesn't make it a public event.<BR/><BR/>It was a private lunch, mistakenly listed on his calendar. When Esteve showed up, it was explained to him that it was private and he was not welcome. Sorry he had to waste his time, but mistakes are made and this one was a minor mistake by a campaign staffer. <BR/><BR/>Why is that such big news? The Oregonian referred to it again today in the article about Teddy K keeping his base. As evidence that Saxton was catering to his base, Esteve mentioned that Saxton gave "a private talk to a coalition of anti-tax, property rights and other conservative groups this week."<BR/><BR/>Get over it!Rob Kremerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152770969708839972006-07-12T23:09:00.000-07:002006-07-12T23:09:00.000-07:00One item: The event was listed as a public event ...One item: The event was listed as a public event on Saxton's website. So that, um, makes it a public event...Kari Chisholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782919197573622563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152769393859978342006-07-12T22:43:00.000-07:002006-07-12T22:43:00.000-07:00Steven Maurer:Thanks for the advice. I specified "...Steven Maurer:<BR/>Thanks for the advice. <BR/><BR/>I specified "front page Metro." Later, when I used the term "front page," I assumed readers were bright enough to remember that it was Metro section. Bad assumption perhaps.<BR/><BR/>"...deliberately telling a reporter that he is unwelcome to cover a speech made by Oregon's Republican Gubernatorial candidate ..."<BR/><BR/>This was hardly a speech. It was a meeting, to which the Oregonian was not invited, yet showed up without so much as asking. <BR/><BR/>And if they are going to pitch a fit because they were asked to leave a meeting that they were not invited to, then so be it.<BR/><BR/>But thanks for the advice. Have fun with your "more than a trickle" of moderate Republicans. <BR/><BR/>And read the Willamette Week this week. We're gaining on you.Rob Kremerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152753913260735912006-07-12T18:25:00.000-07:002006-07-12T18:25:00.000-07:00I thought Judges were non-partisan?I thought Judges were non-partisan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152744060280360362006-07-12T15:41:00.000-07:002006-07-12T15:41:00.000-07:00"Front page news"?You keep using that phrase. I d..."Front page news"?<BR/><BR/>You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means.<BR/><BR/>To me, and all other members of the reality based community (that is to say - people who aren't modern Republicans), today's front page news is "OHSU picks president from its own ranks", "Drug pricing clobbers uninsured", "Deadly train blasts hurl Bombay into chaos", "U.S. gives detainees Geneva protections", and "The toughest easy money an addict ever earned".<BR/><BR/>Why? Well, because that News is on the Front Page of the Oregonian. You know, "Front Page News".<BR/><BR/>The Saxton story, on the other hand, was on the bottom half of section B-1 (continued on B-10).<BR/><BR/>Now, ignoring the fact that current Republican leadership and reality are like two ships passing in the night (something that's certainly not news), let's talk about the real question - is deliberately telling a reporter that he is unwelcome to cover a speech made by Oregon's Republican Gubernatorial candidate something that's newsworthy?<BR/><BR/>Personally, I say it is. But not for the reason others might suggest. The message I get isn't that there are still true believers among the big-borrow/big-spend/big-nobid contract/big-cook-the-books Republican interest groups. The real message is that they're losing so many people that the only ones left are making ameturish mistakes.<BR/><BR/>Here's some advice from the loyal opposition - the last you'll every get from me - DON'T piss off the mainstream media. You ESPECIALLY don't do that when you're dealing with a 'still pining for Tom McCall' Moderate GOP paper like the Oregonian. Those people want to be on your side. You're just so far off the deep end, anyone whose business is accurate reporting of facts simply can't be.<BR/><BR/>I'm only giving you this sound advice because I know you'll never follow it. On the Democratic side of the fence we're getting more than a trickle of moderate former-Republicans. Keep up the divisiveness and alienation, and that trickle will turn into a flood.<BR/><BR/>Just - keep pissing off the Oregonian, OK? It would be really nice to get them on our side - so they would do puff pieces on the Democratic party instead of Republicans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-1152736273630550332006-07-12T13:31:00.000-07:002006-07-12T13:31:00.000-07:00I'm reminded of a Beatles song:Cry, baby cryMake y...I'm reminded of a Beatles song:<BR/><BR/>Cry, baby cry<BR/>Make your mother sigh<BR/>You're old enough to know better<BR/>So cry, baby, cry.MAX Redlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040240474444763721noreply@blogger.com