Virginia Tech shooting source of media jokes?

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1. commonsense on September 8th, 2008 11:32 pm

   JTF;
   Glad you took the 4 hrs to complete the tally and kudos that you tallied the political articles rather than football.

   Dick needs to get a new life & find a new whipping boy- Go Vols and VT- it’s a big football universe and who really cares; at the end of the day- it’s entertainment, isn’t it?
   However,, now that the tally is in, your pitfall is that you keep a running tally as you go forward. That would be a big mistake because at some point you’ll feel ‘obligated’ to write something positve, or negative on one of the candidates to simply balance the ongoing score, and that would be highly insincere and irresponsible as a journalist.
   We’ve all had an 18 month ‘sales job’ done on us with little detail on how each will accomplish the fullfillment of their presidential promises, and by the way; who was the last President that actually followed through.
   We all know the issues, and there are many- help us demand the details and help us analyze them in terms of their relevence and the candidates’ ability to execute.
   Let’s dispense with the analysis of Oprah, whether the flags were stolen or discarded from Denver, vetting of Palin and all the perceptual ‘sound bites’ the campaign managers want us to hear to continue the ‘sales job’.
   We need an Executive Branch that will lead this nation with OUR best interests in mind with truth, honor, integrity and for the good of the people that will foster the development of a better planet far into the future.
   The campaign is a process leading to an event- the election. If we let the process fall out of focus, the conclusion of the culminating event (the election) will be out of focus as well, and there is too much at stake, and we, the people, are the stake-holders. This is a very important election, as they all are.
   And, oh yes, I’ll take the Vols in a TN/ VT bowl game.

2. rawbleedorange on September 8th, 2008 11:32 pm

   Todd, you and I don’t agree on alot of things but you are right on this one,,,,,partially! i don’t know if it has anything to do with your opinion page editor or not,,but i have noticed a more balanced paper with your new opinion editor.
   i may not like everything or every angle you take , but racist you are not.
   as for “Dick”,,he probably jumped on the Tech bandwagon along with 95% of Southwest Virginia when Vick became the blown out of proportion quarterback. Every Tech fan I have encountered(my four older brothers included) can’t tell you anything about Tech football pre-vick. I have been a lifelong Vol fan.GO VOLS!!!!!!!!

3. nuff said on September 8th, 2008 11:33 pm

   I wonder if anyone saw the clip on FOX news where Obama was talking about McCain and how McCain served HIS country? I wish I had recorded that. I use to respect Obama but after him saying that McCain served HIS country, as if Obama was not part of THIS country too, well, that has caused me to look at Obama differently.

4. right side on September 8th, 2008 11:47 pm

   I would love to see that clip. Do you have a link to it on youtube?

5. HokieHigh87 on September 8th, 2008 11:48 pm

   Every Virginia Tech fan you know “jumped on the Tech bandwagon” when Vick came around? I guess you don’t know a lot of VT fans.

6. the real zero on September 8th, 2008 11:49 pm

   I for one have been a Virginia Tech fan since long before Michael Vick.

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