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Man, some people just can't give up their fifteen minutes. Even worse when people can't give up on someone else's fifteen minutes.

Edited, Jun 13th 2011 5:31pm by lolgaxe

You go first.

Eh, same as birth certificate. Wait until opportune time then capitalize on whatever attention it might get.

Or, you could have stopped giving a fuck *before* starting this silly process by demanding to dig through her emails in the first place. What was the reason for that again? Does anyone remember?

Edited, Jun 13th 2011 3:21pm by gbaji

I don't know about the rest of the nation, but I'd have to start giving a fuck before I could stop.

Is every politician selected to VP a complete unknown neophyte governor? If not, you need to try some reading comprehension before asking stupid questions.

Here's one reporter's account of seeking the emails. For him, it started when people were looking for information about the unknown governor and a guy turned up seeking her emails for an ethics complaint -- a request which returned heavily redacted results.

Edited, Jun 13th 2011 5:52pm by Jophiel

Nope. But then, I can't think of an unknown neophyte governor who has made it onto the VP ballot since email became commonplace, either. I suppose if McCain had selected someone that didn't make everyone collectively say "Wha?", it wouldn't have been an issue.

Again: Reading. Comprehension. I know she has an (R) after her name and this means you'll yip and yap and growl and wag your little tail to the end for her ("Don't retreat, reload!") but learning how English works would go a long way towards making your complete obedience seem slightly less asinine.

Honestly though, those emails were public record and, if the reporter was legally in the right to file the request, it doesn't matter if he filed it as a "hoot" or because he had firm evidence that she was a Chinese spy. Whining about that doesn't change the fact that it took three years to comply with the request and, had they not stonewalled a legal request for three years, we wouldn't be talking about this today.

Edited, Jun 13th 2011 6:11pm by Jophiel

Ones that the press knew much, much more about that said governors! Of course, there it was of vital national importance to chase down every quote his pastor said; something of much greater political value than silly ole official emails.

I already said -- we need an in-depth investigation into every word some other guy not even on the ticket has ever said. That was much, much more important than official correspondence from the governor's mansion.


I know. You wouldn't be a good guard puppy if everyone didn't look like an enemy!

Edited, Jun 13th 2011 6:17pm by Jophiel

When said politician is also a relative unknown, and said "other guy" was the pastor of the church said relatively unknown politician chose to attend? Yeah. I think that's more relevant than a FoI fishing expedition with no cause other than "Let's see if we can find something!".



Yeah. It kinda is. We don't normally demand every single official correspondence from a politicians office when they're running for another office, do we? We do, however, look into external events, statements, and relationships which said politician has all the time.


Have you *ever* heard of a full email request being done like that before? You seriously still going to deny that Palin was subjected to vastly more scrutiny and media assault than any other politician in her position (neophyte or not)? Really? You've got your blinders screwed on really tight then.

Haha... adorable. Yip! Yip! Yip! Grrrrr!!!

Just because the words are all there, doesn't make them meaningful. In the first case, we were talking about someone holding the office of President, not just running for the position. In the second case, I was questioning why someone running for VP was subjected to greater scrutiny than someone running for President.

So if your point is that I'm very consistent with applying higher standards to someone running for President than someone running for Vice President and applying even higher standards to someone who actually is President than either of those, then sure. What was your point again?

That you'll change the question if you don't like the answer.