Comments on: Stirrup Appointment Could Mean Another Year of Extremist Duecaster Shaping County Policy

By: FortKnocks

FortKnocks — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:37:05 +0000

Why can’t we talk about more than one topic on a thread? I’m just trying to explore your reasoning for accepting dirty politics from one person but rejecting it from another.

By: WhyHereWhyNow

WhyHereWhyNow — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:25:14 +0000

FortKnocks, I don’t care to argue with you about national politics. This blog, tends to focus on local politics, much to its advantage. Can we agree that John Stirrup is a weasel and leave it at that? Appointing Rob Duecaster is a cowardly way to say, “Racists, I have your back.”

By: FortKnocks

FortKnocks — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:37:40 +0000

Okay. But what about McCain is hiding behind the skirts of Sarah Palin. Couldn’t take on Obama without right winger with hate in her heart to mobilize “the base.” McCain was cool when he was a moderate. But now his game is so obvious. He is giving up on independents and Democrats voting for him, and taking a chance that Palin can resurrect the Bush/Cheney electorate by promising more of the same Bush/Cheney policies. If, instead, he’d tapped, say Romney, everyone would be focusing on the policies, which are obviously a 3rd term of the Bush administration. But with Sarah’s skirts to hide behind, McCain can pander to right wing extremists and let Sarah take the heat.

Sarah Palin is John McCain’s Corey Stewart.

I won’t call McCain a weasel.

But I’ll say it again. Sarah Palin is John McCain’s Corey Stewart.

By: WhyHereWhyNow

WhyHereWhyNow — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:05:40 +0000

Although I have plenty of problems with John Stirrup’s scapegoating/fear politics and thinly veiled prejudice, my reference to him as “Weasel John” has nothing to do with his ideology. He was a career lobbyist in Washington with connections in the high echelons of the party. Reportedly unnerved by the ethnic diversity in Arlington, he also calculated that if he moved to Gainesville, he could manuever himself on to the Supervisor ballot with his friends in high places, and in a heavily Republican district, be elected despite being the poster boy for the word Carpetbagger.

As a Board Member, he has had almost no mind of his own, and lets Corey Stewart not only take the initiative, but take the heat for most of their policy decisions. I call him Weasel John because he is always hiding behind Corey Stewart’s skirts.

By: FortKnocks

FortKnocks — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:10:19 +0000

WHWN:

Since you like to ask why. Why “Weasel John” Stirrup? Why not not “Weasel John” McCain? I see a lot of ideological parallels.

By: NotGregLetiecq

NotGregLetiecq — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:11 +0000

Boohoo, so what if 2,300 people are ignoring Gospel Greg’s spam emails. We all get spam from various sources. It doesn’t mean they are powerful. Just annoying.

The only people I know who still get his spam quit the group a long time ago, right around the time Greg became “Gospel Greg.” They see the email alerts as a way to keep track of what the town idiot is up to next.

By: NotGregLetiecq

NotGregLetiecq — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:49:34 +0000

Maybe it wasn’t you Emma. Sorry if I was wrong. Sorry if I was right, also. I shouldn’t have brought it up anyway.

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:33:29 +0000

No matter, though. There is so much hatred in his/her posting to me that I don’t think there is much chance we would find common ground. Too bad.

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:28:25 +0000

I thought the weight comments were ridiculously inappropriate and offensive, and I made that known. So I am at a loss as to NGL’s comment.

By: Moon-howler

Moon-howler — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:22:38 +0000

Emma, no. I am not concerned over anything having to do with blogging. I think that the earlier posters have you confused with someone else. If I recall correctly, you ripped into someone else for making personal remarks. Am I incorrect about this?