Comments on: Let’s come together, America

By: chrisgraham

chrisgraham — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:39:32 +0000

Just did some sleuthing on the web after considering how the commenter on the NV refers a couple of times to me calling a reader on that site a “fascist” a few months ago. Did a site search for the word fascist – the most notable thing I found there was a piece from the editor calling Woodrow Wilson a fascist. Did a Google search of my name and News Virginian and fascist. Only the reference on the NV site pointing to me calling somebody a fascist in today’s NV thread.

More sleuthing, then I stumbled upon something on a local website. Jackpot. A familiar foe, slap my head, should have known it. Same tactics – threatening to expose me to people and advertisers and everything.

I was reaching when I titled one of my columns this week “The attack machine.” It’s the attack machine.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:10:53 +0000

Obama can probably get you the answers quicker. Surprised he hasn’t emailed you already.

By: chrisgraham

chrisgraham — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:00:26 +0000

The phrasing is similar to the comments in the NV thread on the same story. I wouldn’t have access to their knowledge of where the comments there are coming from, but my intuition tells me it’s probably the same person. (Who ironically is accusing me on that thread of not answering questions after I posted twice there. Hello! I’m here!)

As a resident of the 25th, I should probably call Landes’ district office and ask them to look into this for me.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:55:34 +0000

One IP address, one rogue agent.

By: chrisgraham

chrisgraham — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:54:06 +0000

And just to be clear about this to our readers, this “HonestT” person is the same who has been posting under several different names from the same IP address. The Landes campaign obviously doesn’t like that we’ve raised issue with his comments, and absent a popular groundswell of support for Landes went the route of creating a false groundswell.

Shame on you, Del. Landes, and shame on your supporters, limited though they might be at this point in time.

By: chrisgraham

chrisgraham — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:50:41 +0000

No free pass for you, either. The “Christian” radio host I denounced regularly spews vile and hateful things about gays, lesbians, people who support women’s reproductive rights and anybody who doesn’t march in lockstep with the far-right social agenda. Her comments reached a low when she said on “Larry King Live” that a murder victim brought about his own demise because he was gay.

I will not stand down from my comments about her, and I am in fact quite proud to have stood up to her and what she stands for. As a Christian, I am offended that anyone would refer to her using that same label, because Christ doesn’t hate the way she does and the way you obviously do.

I call on you to apologize for endorsing such a hateful person and for raising false moral outrage to defending her and attacking Dr. Morrow. And I call on Del. Landes to distance himself from extremists like Janet Parshall and yourself.

By: HonestT

HonestT — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:07:52 +0000

Sorry, Mr. Graham, but no free pass for Doc Marrow today. His denouncing of your comments is not contingent upon me doing anything. I’m not running for office so my personal beliefs are really meaningless here. But Doc Marrow IS running for office. And he DID make a big deal out of Landes’s comments. And he DID accept your endorsement even though you made comments comparing someone to a Nazi.

So, Doc. What’s your pleasure?

By: chrisgraham

chrisgraham — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:59:22 +0000

So, HonestT, are you willing to denounce Steve Landes’ comments to the same effect? This isn’t hard. Either you do, or you’re as hypocritical as you accuse Dr. Marrow of being.

By: HonestT

HonestT — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:36:57 +0000

It sems hypocritical to me that Dr. Marrow had nothing to say when Chris Graham, the chairman of the W’boro Dem. Committee, used a Nazi comparison to describe the beliefs of a Christian radio talkshow host. Where was the moral outrage then, Dr. Marrow? Are you willing to denounce the offensive words of Chris Graham?