At 09:25 AM 10/24/01 -0500, Megan Thomas wrote: >Both Fred and Jonathan's responses will be saved by campaign managers to >explain why they don't want their candidates to respond or participate on >this list. All it is is a situation of damned if you do damned if you don't. EY: Also noteworthy: Jonathan apologized to the list for his remarks. A while back, Megan, you referred to Robert Lilligren on this list as a loser -- in capital letters, as I recall. I don't recall a subsequent appology.... If there was one, please refer me to the appropriate message in the archives.
>It appears that Jonathan's posts of the recent past amount to little more >than an attempt to goad a response so he can then ridicule it. (Be sure that >anything response that starts with "BWAH HA HA HA HA!" is ridicule). Jonathan appologized for that subsequently. His posts to the list were asking legitimate questions -- which Kallenbach answered. >It >appears to me that his posts are little more than some form of electronic >revenge for losing in the primary.) > >This is not respectful communication. It is an example of why people tune >out of politics and why many goof people do not run for office. > It will be interesting to see if the next time a conservative gets taken to task on the list, we will get another lecture on civility from Megan Thomas. I'm glad Dean Kallenbach responded on the list -- finally. I hope he decides to invest in learning how to use a computer and email. If all things being equal, I had a choice between a candidate who is email literate and who is not -- I would chose the email literate candidate. I don't expect that a candidate write all their own stuff -- especially the campaign literature. However, it's important to know that the ghostwriters for the candidate are actually taking their cue from the candidate rather than the other way around. I do think it's rather wierd when a campaign manager sits in for a candidate at a candidate debate -- as Stafford did for Kallenbach. I think the real reason that Campaign Managers don't like this forum -- is they are used to controlling spin. This forum allows for quick corrections to spin -- and allows for more voices to participate. It also allows a way to bust whisper campaigns. Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
