Comments on: Media relations eclipse rhetoric as bare-knuckle politics http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2010/10/18/media-relations-eclipse-rhetoric-as-bare-knuckle-politics/ Tracking U.S. politics Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Yellow105 http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2010/10/18/media-relations-eclipse-rhetoric-as-bare-knuckle-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-411837 Yellow105 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:54:32 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=30675#comment-411837 Sure looks like it! Sure looks like it!

]]> By: TyC http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2010/10/18/media-relations-eclipse-rhetoric-as-bare-knuckle-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-410858 TyC Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:08:09 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=30675#comment-410858 No. No.

]]> By: GetpIaning http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2010/10/18/media-relations-eclipse-rhetoric-as-bare-knuckle-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-410816 GetpIaning Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:19:09 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=30675#comment-410816 I've occasionally seen items that characterize Alaska as being like "a whole different country." It would have to be, since in the United States, Senate campaigns don't try to take journalists into custody. Joe Miller, a lawyer, is running on a platform premised on his alleged love of the Constitution. He may want to re-read that part about the Bill of Rights. And in the larger context, I can't help but wonder: is this what the Tea Party crowd has in mind for America's future? In their version of "limited government," should we expect candidates to hire private security forces to detain reporters who ask them about their background? Is this their vision of American "freedom"? I’ve occasionally seen items that characterize Alaska as being like “a whole different country.” It would have to be, since in the United States, Senate campaigns don’t try to take journalists into custody.
Joe Miller, a lawyer, is running on a platform premised on his alleged love of the Constitution. He may want to re-read that part about the Bill of Rights.
And in the larger context, I can’t help but wonder: is this what the Tea Party crowd has in mind for America’s future? In their version of “limited government,” should we expect candidates to hire private security forces to detain reporters who ask them about their background?

Is this their vision of American “freedom”?

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