Greg Gianforte (MT GOP candidate)

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Septic said:
A word of advice. I've seen a couple of your posts now and thought I'd let you know that the forum is already at capacity with people whos only 'gift' is to point at the scoreboard.

If you think that this type of low brow mockery is going to even remotely faze the people in this forum, you're in for severe disappointment.

Keep it if you must, just prepare to be marginalized like the other Rob Schneider's of the PF's.

Good luck and enjoy your stay.
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But you're mad sooooooo, so back to the scoreboard I win again :shaking2::shaking2::shaking2:

You take yourself wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to seriously
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
I think you're extrapolating anti-liberal sentiment out of the event.

I think the Gianforte should be in jail. He laid hands, forcefully, on an agressive journalist. I don't know if he had any idea what the politics of the reporter was. I haven't read everything about this event. It does not matter. Gianforte wasn't attacked. He got violent over stupid shiest. He's not acceptable for public service.

That said, I think there are some reporters (the "you guys" OF ANY POLITICAL PERSUASION), who think they have a right to bust in on any public candidate at any time, forcing themselves ahead of other reporters to get answers to their "burning question" the answer "enquiring minds want to hear".

They force a stop to whatever the candidate was doing. They interrupt whomever he was engaged with. They shove a mic into his/her face. They demand an answer to their "burning" question before anything can proceed. What pricks!

Had he politely waited his turn or asked for some of the candidate's time when he was through, I have to believe he would have gotten his answers.

But again, Gianforte's violent reaction was and is utterly indefensable. He should have refused to engage, told the reporter "later".
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You are dead wrong.

First, the candidate's press statement after the incident described him as a "liberal reporter."

Second, look at some of the posts on this board EXPLICITLY approving of the physical use of force BECAUSE of the politics of the reporter.

Again, just like it is wrong for BLM to throw stuff at or punch a Trump supporter, that is simply indefensible.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Did you wake up this morning in the mood to argue?

I already said I agreed with your post. I did add that the media doesn't do themselves any favors by being persistent and annoying...which is their job, however, a job some perform far too zealously. Politicians are people after all (contrary to those who want to promote their chosen candidate to God-King or Queen status) and do have breaking points. In the end, nothing justifies the use of force or threatening to toss a reporter off a balcony or grabbing a college student by the wrist and holding them in place. But some people's threshold for physical actions are lower than mine. It's like the old zoo analogy, you keep poking that tiger in the cage and giggling about it since it can't do anything. But eventually if that tiger finds it's way out, it will eat your ass up.

Some reporters are poking the tiger that's not in a cage and giggling about it.
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Though, I'm always looking for an argument I didn't intend for my reply to be viewed as a rebuttal, just an adjunct to my initial. I've noted your position that the media sucks too.
 
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tumscalcium said:
I don't give a single F about what happened with the reporter. Has nothing to do with politics. I don't care when people get what they ask for.
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That's because you're too myopic to understand the consequences of public officials assaulting reporters with impunity.

(this kind of statement is why you're hard to take seriously.)
 
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lawgator1 said:
You are dead wrong.

First, the candidate's press statement after the incident described him as a "liberal reporter."

Second, look at some of the posts on this board EXPLICITLY approving of the physical use of force BECAUSE of the politics of the reporter.

Again, just like it is wrong for BLM to throw stuff at or punch a Trump supporter, that is simply indefensible.
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Sure it's wrong, but people make a calculation every time they vote for imperfect people. It's why Trump won. Hell, Robert Byrd was a KKK member and people knew Ted Kennedy went DUI and killed somebody.... and they won repeatedly.
 
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hog88 said:
The reporter wasn't body slammed because of his politics, it was because he was a rude and annoying jerk.
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We really don't know that. The account from the FNC reporter makes it sound like the reporter was just persistent.
 
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hog88 said:
The reporter wasn't body slammed because of his politics, it was because he was a rude and annoying jerk.
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There are countless rude and annoying jerks on this message board alone, but if I met any of them in person, I'd rather have a beer with em than body slam them. Point being, he never should've been body slammed for doing his job, even if he may have annoyed someone, that should be expecting the question.
 
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PeterNincompoop said:
There are countless rude and annoying jerks on this message board alone, but if I met any of them in person, I'd rather have a beer with em than body slam them. Point being, he never should've been body slammed for doing his job, even if he may have annoyed someone, that should be expecting the question.
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Agree 100%. People have lost the ability to compartmentalize. Everyone is conveniently hypersensitive and everything is personal.
 
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The press has declared open season on anything and everything republican. They've been in a coma for the last eight years but suddenly they're duty bound to "get the story" on every piece of scuttlebutt and half truth they come across. If you think they're doing this for you the reader or voter, you're delusional. They want Trump gone and they will do everything possible to get him gone and any republican that appears to support him. The Berkeley rioters are just frustrated citizens, this guy assaulting a reporter is an aggressive Russian agent who's hiding something. They've picked their narratives and they will do everything possible to keep them going.
 
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GAVol said:
Agree 100%. People have lost the ability to compartmentalize. Everyone is conveniently hypersensitive and everything is personal.
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Like the Aly Raisman girl bellyaching that she was "bodyshamed" by some anonymous tsa dude because he wasn't impressed with her guns?

ffs.

Is this the new buzzword for the fatty's?
 
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Grand Vol said:
What happens if he's a liberal? Should she still be able to beat his ass?
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Sure, but not BECAUSE he's liberal. Or conservative. Or white. Or black. Or Methodist. Or drives a blue car. Or is a Vols fan.


hog88 said:
The reporter wasn't body slammed because of his politics, it was because he was a rude and annoying jerk.
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Then why did the candidate's press release emphasize the reporter's politics?

His own words betray him.


GAVol said:
We really don't know that. The account from the FNC reporter makes it sound like the reporter was just persistent.
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Correct. And not the least bit rude or a jerk. I noticed by the way that on one of the Fox commentary shows they played the audio but began it AFTER the polite and calm questions were asked.

Pretty obvious they did not want the set up to be that the reporter was asking him a legit question in a calm way, and the candidate just lost his sh^t.


DancingOutlaw said:
The press has declared open season on anything and everything republican. They've been in a coma for the last eight years but suddenly they're duty bound to "get the story" on every piece of scuttlebutt and half truth they come across. If you think they're doing this for you the reader or voter, you're delusional. They want Trump gone and they will do everything possible to get him gone and any republican that appears to support him. The Berkeley rioters are just frustrated citizens, this guy assaulting a reporter is an aggressive Russian agent who's hiding something. They've picked their narratives and they will do everything possible to keep them going.
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Ironic, coming from the party that calls any news report that dares question them "fake news" or "evil."
 
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Septic said:
That's because you're too myopic to understand the consequences of public officials assaulting reporters with impunity.

(this kind of statement is why you're hard to take seriously.)
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You realize he was charged, right?

It will all be ok SF.
 
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Septic said:
Like the Aly Raisman girl bellyaching that she was "bodyshamed" by some anonymous tsa dude because he wasn't impressed with her guns?

ffs.

Is this the new buzzword for the fatty's?
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My post was more of a tongue in cheek to lighten the mood somewhat. Don't get all serious.

I still think more folks would enjoy watching a 5'2 girl beat some TSA Agent's ass. Especially if they've ever had to wait in a screening line and dealt with some of those incompetent fools.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Sure, but not BECAUSE he's liberal. Or conservative. Or white. Or black. Or Methodist. Or drives a blue car. Or is a Vols fan.





Then why did the candidate's press release emphasize the reporter's politics?

His own words betray him.





Correct. And not the least bit rude or a jerk. I noticed by the way that on one of the Fox commentary shows they played the audio but began it AFTER the polite and calm questions were asked.

Pretty obvious they did not want the set up to be that the reporter was asking him a legit question in a calm way, and the candidate just lost his sh^t.





Ironic, coming from the party that calls any news report that dares question them "fake news" or "evil."
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I think we can agree a lot of what has been printed in the past few months is of the "let's see what sticks" variety.
 
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