Friday, April 4, 2008
Media / Politics Yep, Jr. Was a "Putz"
Posted by Liz Garrigan on Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:49 PM
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Attacking Bob Tuke daily and unfairly. Now taking cheap shots at Harold Ford, Jr.
You are the same people, if I recall, that endorsed Bob Corker.
Since when does an alternative weakly (sic) paper that can't write a single article without scatilogical references or profanity ... that carries itself with an undeserves swagger as a publication that is "sticking it to the man" ... end up as an apologist for the Republican status quo?
What is next? An investigative report on how George Bush is really a great president? Bill Hobbs as a guest columnist? A link to Steve Gill's website?
The Scene has lost its way, squandered its credibilty and is little more these days than a delivery system for the sex for hire businesses in the back pages.
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A little harsh and hyperbolic, SNH, but kind of true. Is there a politician you guys like these days, Liz? Throw a bone to the optimists?
And to be fair and accurate, about a half dozen Democrats lost Senate races (remember Ned Lamont? and Jimmy Carter's son in Nevada?); Ford was the only one to lose an OPEN seat.
Oh, and phone sex is hardly sex, SNH.
Mr. "Scene Not Heard," your fanciful notion that we're trending right would certainly be news to Bill Hobbs, Robin Smith, the Tennessee Eagle Forum woman, Lamar Alexander, CCA, Gus Puryear and every single Republican lawmaker in the legislature, who Woods has eviscerated relentlessly for being a gaggle of anti-gay, pro-Gun nut jobs. Meanwhile, we publish the words of the TN Democratic flack as if he were preaching the Sermon on the Mount.
Also, Liz and Mack were ridiculing Ford for being a faux Democrat--did you find a thing in their posts that's mocking Jr. from a Republican perspective? And do you think that Ford's little cheap shot of Obama underscored a commitment to Democratic values?
By the way, Pith Nation. It's 9:00 on a Friday and I'm commenting on a blog. No wonder Tuke won't call. I don't deserve him.
I actually think it's refreshing to read comments about Jr. that look at him as a human being; while electing more black Americans to higher political offices is important, in this case the overshadowing factor is that he is a Ford. He talks like a Ford, acts like a Ford ...
We didn't endorse Corker. And, Matt, you mean Saturday.
Meanwhile, my bet is that kids being abused and raped at state-licensed facilities whose scandalous practices we've exposed don't think we've lost our way. Nor do sexual assault victims of the paternalistic, head-in-sand Southern Baptist Convention, whose hypocrisy has been the subject of recent Scene coverage. Or Hispanics being preyed upon by faux attorney con artists.Or Karl Dean supporters, many of whom credit this newspaper for helping him upset inferior mayoral candidates who may have taken the city a step back. Or kids awaiting adoption in Tennessee, where some lawmakers want to limit the pool of potential loving homes. Or media junkies, who enthusiastically applaud our coverage of the daily and other major media outlets.0r the homeless, who are no more helped by being ticketed for standing around than the city of Nashville. Or death row inmate Paul House, who the state refuses to release even though the U.S. Supreme Court thinks, and DNA evidence shows, he's innocent.
But, you're right, we're just interested in sex ads.
back on topic, Junior didn't have a problem with Barack's patriotism when the Illinois senator was the primary draw for the largest Nashville event during HoFo's losing 06 campaign. In fact I remember him cuddling up pretty closely to Barack at that event, so to turn around and question his patriotism is beyond lame.
And I'm starting to wonder if Junior's run towards the right didn't cost him the election. TN may not have a proud progressive history, but if Junior lost the gun-love shtick and never filmed that weird TV ad where he strolled through the church pews, quite awkwardly, maybe more real Dems would have come out to vote and he might have actually beaten Bob Corker -- the most unimpressive current senator in the country.
