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March 14, 2010 11:13 PM UTC
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Immediately trying your hardest to link this to the Bennet campaign. And your proof would be? Are you always this paranoid and desperate when you choose to support a candidate?
Barron X is obviously trying to spin dems into a tizzy because the R’s have no chance to win against Romanoff.
however, you immediately tried your best to blame Bennet without any proof. Quite frankly I think the R’s have no chance with either candidate, but I feel by far that Bennet is so much better.
but at least we are on the same team for the general.
BTW: what are the rules of this website?
Daily Kos has a list of rules that anyone can read.
Bennet’s campaign had anything to do with this. Think before you open your mouth.
If drawing a weak inference is grounds for banning we will all be gone soon enough.
By Daily Kos’s rules, Meteor Blades would be banning you right about now, wouldn’t he, for making such an unsubstantiated smear? At the very least you would have been HRed into oblivion.
Be careful what you wish for, Wade.
And like David said, put on your big boy pants.
As to Barron’s diary, is it really a surprise that he would post something that stupid and consider it humorous? After all the guy regularly makes remarks that offend most sensibilities. Or did you just not care about the homophobia, the xenophobia, until he took a cheap shot at your boy?
and retracted the statement after 1) reading some of Barron’s other posts and 2) talking to people i know on Bennet’s campaign.
Neither candidate’s campaign supports this type of misleading information.
do you?
Do you just hit reply and comment before you read through a comment?
You have really turned out to be a lesson unlearned since 2008. What a shame.
What you are being criticized for is immediately trying to connect this to the Bennet campaign without any proof. That type of hysteria reflects poorly on you and on the Romanoff campaign that you support.
As a Bennet supporter, I am offended that you would automatically would try and link this to Bennet. Fine you retracted your statement – you still made it without any proof. Think next time before you react.
How does it reflect on the Romanoff campaign?
Are you engaging in the same behavior you deplore? Jumping to conclusions, connecting things to campaigns… look familiar? That’s you.
As a huge Romanoff supporter, it does reflect poorly on Romanoff’s campaign when Wade makes rash statements and blindly tries to tie things to Bennet without any proof.
Fair or not campaigns are judged by their supporters. I criticized Wade for automatically blaming the Bennet campaign, I made no comment about the Romanoff campaign itself – learn to read before posting.
That”s a stretch but we’ll see how expensive the campaign gets. I don’t thinking spreading false rumors is ethical.
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NOBODY is as pathetic as that Barron X.
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to stir things up here.
However, you’ll find that I have made more communications with Team Bennet people and we are more determined as democrats to stand united against your Republican brand of wingnuttery.
But he does it on purpose, which should count for something.
this is going to be an awfully empty and boring site.
Wade – put on your big boy pants. Some people will post humor you don’t find funny, some will post lies, and many will polish the turd to the point it shines.
That’s politics.
that if the title was
Bennet to drop out
you would be as impartial?
and why won’t you agree to interview AR?
Because I recognize Barron’s sense of snark.
I don’t see this as malicious at all.
First off, I would treat it the same way if it was Bennet (or Norton).
Second, I did interview Romanoff, twice. And in July I’ll ask everyone once again for an interview.
Third, I know your opinion on this is different, but I think it’s safe to say most Republicans are a lot more worried about Bennet. Romanoff has had nothing thrown at him yet – of course his favoribles are going to be higher right now.
of “Why won’t you interview AR?”
was an example of a blatant lie that should not be tolerated.
and you reacted the way I expected, which is what my point is – to use facts to refute poor journalism and lies.
I quietly and calmly replied to you. I did not start a diary saying you should be banned. And I did not say the Romanoff campaign had you make that accusation to smear my support for Bennet.
If you had done the same in a comment on Barrons’ diary, that would have been supported by everyone here.
that writing a blog diary ‘Barron X should be banned’ at least doubles the exposure, to something that would have passed mostly unnoticed on a Sunday afternoon…
And since Barron X is clearly trying to provoke, quite successfully, and is a known conservative, the better tactic would be to ignore it, perhaps. Or not. Wave your hands and shout ‘Look Here!’
At least its not this spoof…
http://www1.voanews.com/englis…
can anyone tell us what are the rules of this site.
I think blatant lies should be against the policy of the editors of the site.
(fyi I was just emailed to let me know Barron X is a constitution party member)
Barron’s “membership”/registration has been well known for some time. He has referenced it for quite awhile, particularly in diaries about Tea Party meetings, etc.
Who believes what he believes. He’s not a shill for anyone. I really enjoy reading his point of view.
I happen to think he adds a lot to this site.
we all make mistakes, but I draw the line at blatant lies, which in this case was the situation.
Was mocking your guy.
Are you suggesting that because one of the local candidates has a Russian name, that we could be invaded by Russia?
Or that an-onionish story about a Russian invasion would provoke local reaction that would affect all those candidates with Russian sounding names?
I was laughing at first, cause I thought it was about Georgia- as in Atlanta and the Braves Georgia. It was less funny their way.
War of the Worlds radio show was my favorite thing when I was a kid.
the pro-government TV, which ran the ‘what-if’ scenario, spliced in the opposition candidates handing over the reins to the Russians, according to the article I read.
That’s some funny stuff. Fox News needs to pick up its game.
What happened to you? What has caused you to become so immature all of a sudden?
I’ve known you for a while and you’ve always seemed, at least on the surface, very cool-headed. But as soon as there was a primary in Colorado, you’ve become incredibly hot-headed, immature, and not someone I’d enjoy having any sort of dialogue with.
This isn’t high school. Just let it go. Barron X does his own thing on this site, much as we all do. It’s not like the diary was promoted, and the fact that it got you in such a tizzy is evidence that you’re concerned about every piece of anti-Romanoff press that’s floating around out there.
Andrew’s a big boy. He’s smart, he’s got smart people working for him, and something posted on Pols probably isn’t even a blip on the radar. If this was a concern to Romanoff, then they would’ve handled the situation. But a diary, which anyone can post on Pols, is trivial.
So just cool down, take it easy, go to caucus on Tuesday, and stop being such a drama queen.
the campaign was quite concerned when i sent them word of this story.
it may be old news on wednesday, but any story that is presented as fact that states a candidate is dropping out two days before the cauces, is not just ‘humor’ or a snark, it is blatant lying.
if wanting a website to monitor its content for false stories immature, then that’s what I am.
And it doesn’t even have to be accurate, or well-written.
I did a little searching on this site for the Dead Gov’s rules. Basically, I came up empty, because I’m pretty sure they don’t have too many, other than the one regarding outing someone’s identity against their wishes.
We’re all big boys and girls, and the self-policing aspect is the best enforcement tactic available.
The Dead Govs aren’t our nannies.
PS. In the course of my research, I learned a new acronym — GBCW, as in a Good Bye Cruel World posting that one of our very own prolific posters once made (and fortunately, has since reconsidered).
Another bit of unrelated trivia: I found Michael Dorsett MD’s confession of being a troll: http://www.coloradopols.com/sh…
Which would be a helpful footnote to any of his/her future postings.
Maybe the Romanoff campaign should be a little less concerned about every little thing that is said about them on here. Then they wouldn’t have to deal with fallout from stunts like the one triguardian pulled and look like a bunch of fucking crybabies complaining about a diary.
We’re not pleased, and we are consulting on next steps. This kind of thing is never, ever appropriate and will always be dealt with as swiftly as we become aware of it.
but at the same time, don’t people float rumors here all the time? I remember cutting down such a similarly pointless, unsubstantiated, and moronic rumor the other day from the poster Born to Run — isn’t the point of an “insiders” blog to post controversial and unsourced information from time to time?
to get a reaction. It’s not even clear that he has an agenda (unlike “Born to Run”); it just seemed like he wanted to piss some people off, God knows why. Kind of the definition of trolling.
Of course Barron is in constant communication with God, so maybe he can explain it to us.
for pulling the diary. As for all you Bennet supporters – this diary is a very big deal. Especially right before caucus. I think it also shows that not only is the Bennet crew getting very nervous about Romanoff’s momentum but the Republicans are as well.
YOU are going to try to implicate the Bennet team? You ought to be the next one “removed”.
either had a toddy too many or was just tring to have fun. It wasn’t right and I’m glad it is removed but now THIS diary doesn’t really make sense standing alone.
Leaving this diary up doesn’t make any sense either. The other diary was only 2 lines, and it’s now IN this diary! This is beyond stupid.
hi, I don’t know if you read my statement on Bennet, but I have assurances which are credible from my friends in Camp Bennet and they are not responsible and not happy with this line of attack from the Rs.
This is one issue with which Team Romanoff and Team Bennet can be on the same page about.
if you got assurances from Camp Romanoff that it wasn’t a false flag operation, meant to send an immature Romanoff supporter off into a tizzy and raise questions about the Bennet campaign.
And the other posters are right, Wade. If the criteria for being banned from Pols was posting unsubstantiated lies about a rival campaign, you would have been shown the door long ago. You’re not exactly the best messenger on this topic.
What’s this latest rumor you’ve been peddling about “dirty tricks” perpetuated by one of the campaigns? Should that count too, and lead to your removal from the site? If not, can you explain the difference between Barron’s clumsy attempt at humor and your actual attempts to influence opinion on the candidates?
the rumor i am talking about is sourced, and i only brought it up in reference to the numerous people who have registered on this site in the past 2 months from both sides of the primary.
As for assurances about a ‘false flag’
why aren’t you asking Barron for an explanation instead of me?
Your repeating of skewed, rumor-filled versions of events is designed to have an effect on the primary.
I know you’re not stupid enough to think that the context with which you bring up rumors has no bearing on whether or not bringing up that rumor was any different than what you accused BX of for most of the day.
That has been made quite clear.
It’s wrong. Sen Bennet had nohing to o with it.
Neither did his supporters.
It’s time to be adults and try and get along.
Making conjecture of why this came from the right does little good. The right will be coming much harder in the fall.
and the summer.
“Fall” starts Sep 21- about 2 weeks before ballots are in the mail.
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I honestly thought that my offending diary was so obviously false that nobody would be taken in by it.
Andrew has fought harder for this than anything else in his life.
I thought it was a way to be provocative and funny. The folks who read this site are mostly insiders and almost all of them would know better.
I apologize to you.
If appropriate, I would also apologize to Andy, but I doubt he took it like you did.
But lets look at the bottom line: neither Bennet nor Romanoff stands a chance against Barton, if the Republicans have the wisdom to choose him as their candidate.
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Careful, Barron. You might get banned for speaking the truth like that.
and come back to this nonsense.
1. Did anyone consider that Barrons’ real (subconscious or otherwise) motive was to further drive a wedge between the Romanoff and Bennet camps ( which seems to be the net effect, intentional or not )?
2. Who the hell is Barton? I was only on vacation for a week. Did I miss something, or did Barron get some of Da Kine the boys in Nawiliwili were toking?
Please, nominate Brton.
Ideologically he appears to be the most consistent with current mainstream R positions. But I also think he’s less electable.
and i respectfully disagree.
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Its kinda abstract, being forgiven by God. But being forgiven by the one I hurt –
and believe me, I can see that you were hurt by my lie –
I cherish that.
You’re a better man than me, Wade Norris.
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was your reputation
I suggest you get away from politics for awhile.
Last time I saw someone wig out like you did today he had a heart attack the next day at age 38.
You are wound up like a top and it is not good for you.
I have a firend that passed. He was divorced. He advised me that I should never criticize another. He said that his ex made a very good strawberry cheese cake. That’s all he said about marriage.
It ‘s my way of my refusing to participate in open criticism unless I feel compelled to do so by falsehoods.
one can only marvel at the miracle that democracy has survived the pettiness of WE human beings.
I seriously doubt that Barron X had any malicious intent, or was trying to accomplish any political end. That’s not Barron’s style, as far as I can tell. I disagree with many of his positions, but his sincerity and integrity have always appeared to be solid constants.
Wade, much ado about nothing is unflattering to the much-adoer, not to the much-adone about (so to speak). And striving to portray everything as proof of Speaker Romanoff’s superiority is both tiresome and self-defeating, just as doing the same for Senator Bennet would be. Let’s let them, and their respective positions and records speak for themselves.
I get that we’re all just a bunch of talking apes, but can’t we at least make a better pretense of trying to do better?
throughout today’s episode, i have found out a few things,
1) Barron X is from the Constitution wing of the Republican party
2) the Campaigns of Bennet and Romanoff joined together to denounce this guy’s lie.
3) Colorado Pols denounced this guys’ diary, as noted in the updated diary.
4) anyone still supporting Barron X’s diary is supporting something that neither the Campaigns of Michael Bennet, Andrew Romanoff, or Colorado Pols supports.
n/t
He didn’t say they were actual, accurate things.
just lots of people pointing out that you over-reacted, immediately blamed Bennet, and wasted an untold amount of electrons.
Pols took the offending diary down. I support that. Can someone post the next flame-bait diary please?
Is not the “Constitution wing of the Republican party” any more than the Green Party is the Green wing of the Democratic Party.
Members of the Constitution Party are not members of the Republican Party. You can only belong to one party at a time
You got all facty with him.
I wanted him to look it up.
doesn’t imply “support” of the event catalyzing those posts. Get a grip, please. What everyone is denouncing is misinformation, which is a good thing to denounce, regardless of how it came to be published. That does not mean that anyone is condoning attempts to exploit such events to further ratchet up inflamatory rhetoric in a primary contest.
As a member of the Green wing of the Democratic Party, he hasn’t been terribly rooted in reality for quite some time, but in the past several months he’s devolved into a tinfoil hat-wearing crazy pants.
I stand by my strong suggestion that he take a break for his own health and get some perspective at the same time.
It is possible (as Republicans have proven) to win elections by capitalizing on other people’s fear, but it has never been possible to win elections from a position of fear.
I’d have to say you’ve got a point.
I just want to say for the record that a diary of mine was also deleted … by me. I decided it was a tad bit snarky, and out of my deep respect for Senator Bennet, I thought it did not forward the conversation. Senator Bennet is committed to a positive campaign based on issues and integrity, and I want to honor his commitment.
I do not know what the diary was that this thread is about, but I can assure everyone that every single member of the Bennet campaign staff, as well as Senator Bennet and his wife Susan, are committed to a one hundred percent clean campaign and one that is completely positive. I could not be more proud to be a supporter for that reason, and many others.
is that it’s been conclusively demonstrated that Barron X is a douche.
Now I say this as someone who’s also posted a diary with a false headline, and a big stink was made about it. But it was based on a misreading of a story, rather than a deliberate attempt to piss people off.
False statements can sometimes be funny, but just throwing out a lie doesn’t by itself make you funny.
Barron X pranked the site because at heart he’s an 8-year-old in an old man’s body.