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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 12:25 PM Aug 2018

Nunes attacks The Fresno Bee. The Fresno Bee responds.

What have we done to trigger Nunes into chipping off at least $30,000 from his $7 million war chest in an absurd, desperate attempt to discredit Central California’s leading news organization? Let’s sum up:

● We had the temerity to ask Nunes why he doesn’t hold town halls or do meet-and-greets with anyone except wealthy donors. (For this, he went on a petulant rant.)

● We reported Nunes is an investor in a Napa Valley winery, owned by a friend, that was sued by an employee for civil rights violations, intentional infliction of emotional distress and sexual harassment following a fundraiser held on a yacht.

Never did the story imply that Nunes was present or had knowledge of the events. It simply reported on the lawsuit, and Nunes was given the chance to respond. He’s a part-owner of the winery and our Congressman. That makes it newsworthy.

https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/marek-warszawski/article216739445.html
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Nunes attacks The Fresno Bee. The Fresno Bee responds. (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2018 OP
They are so touchy in so many ways. BSdetect Aug 2018 #1
No republican I've met can seem to comprehend.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #44
Their entire Snowflake-accusation-reaction to Liberals BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2018 #46
Same with their favorite, "libtard" or "libertard". KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #49
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #2
Pesky Facts... SallyHemmings Aug 2018 #3
Thanks for posting this EricMaundry Aug 2018 #4
I used to live about 40 miles north of Fresno, up in the Sierras. Stonepounder Aug 2018 #5
I hear Fresno is a nice place to be from, with the emphasis on "from." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2018 #19
I would not want to live in Fresno. Stonepounder Aug 2018 #26
someone needs to tell the bee and the dem that his .gov website has about 50 podcasts certainot Aug 2018 #25
Precisely, Stonepounder! Cha Aug 2018 #36
Love Lakoff! zentrum Aug 2018 #48
I used to live about 30 miles east of Fresno/Clovis Bayard Aug 2018 #53
WHY on Earth would anyone think this dweeb is fit to be a congressman? world wide wally Aug 2018 #6
All politics is local Hekate Aug 2018 #10
Loco? world wide wally Aug 2018 #13
In some cases, most certainly Hekate Aug 2018 #14
Hes a Republican Cosmocat Aug 2018 #21
He's a repuglikan snowflake! lastlib Aug 2018 #22
KICK for exposure Angry Dragon Aug 2018 #7
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2018 #8
No mention of the "Rusher(sic) stuff", the "Bee" slept that one. oasis Aug 2018 #9
Did they really? I didn't go to the link. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #11
I didn't go to the link. The Bee seemed so defensive by oasis Aug 2018 #17
I just left the link. No "Rusher stuff". nt oasis Aug 2018 #18
Tut-tut on them, then. Maybe a letter to the editor will jog their memory. Nunes is vile. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #29
Looks like the Fresno Bee knows how to sting! Hopefully Nunes gets hives from this. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #12
Andrew Janz! Cha Aug 2018 #37
I see Janz has good chance to take Nunes' seat. oasis Aug 2018 #40
I imagine Andrew Janz out talking to everybody Cha Aug 2018 #41
another entitled Republican, and oh BTW - a traitor vlyons Aug 2018 #15
I hope he gets his ass kicked out by voters first! lastlib Aug 2018 #24
If that happens, it probably means we've had a very good night, because his district is very red. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #27
This looks encouraging... Cha Aug 2018 #38
Nunes is up by 5 according to a poll from late July that appears on 538. Either way... Garrett78 Aug 2018 #39
glad to see Fresno Bee going after Nunes...I just hope Janz is getting enough publicity diva77 Aug 2018 #16
I don't think anyone EVER called the Fresno Bee liberal pecosbob Aug 2018 #20
Another GHOST republican congressman ROB-ROX Aug 2018 #23
Where I live in California, my Democratic congressman will win re-election by 50 points. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #28
Nunes has worked overtime covering for his and Trump's Russia ties. oasis Aug 2018 #30
I Fear That Russia Will Put The Fix In For Him LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #31
He's another one of those dishitouters, not a dishiteeer, yonder Aug 2018 #32
Bravo. Good, dispassionate, factual response. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #33
Here's something we can do - I just did it again: Donate to Nunes' Democratic opponent, Andrew Janz- NBachers Aug 2018 #34
+1000 Let's get Andrew Janz elected!!!! diva77 Aug 2018 #42
I seem to remember something about a winery that Nunes had money in. tikka Aug 2018 #35
K&R Gothmog Aug 2018 #43
The GOP is a corrupt criminal org workinclasszero Aug 2018 #45
Whinery peekaloo Aug 2018 #47
Bravo! Kudos to "The Bee"... Raster Aug 2018 #50
California, take Nunes down. saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #51
Nunes should be defeated in blue Cali.. at140 Aug 2018 #52

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
44. No republican I've met can seem to comprehend....
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 06:02 AM
Aug 2018

anyone on planet Earth breaking St. Ronnie's 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."

They take it one step further now and just say "Thou shalt not speak ill of any Republican."

Every single one I've ever met is totally allergic to any criticism of their political beliefs. It truly represents a form of mental illness and is our most corrosive form of American bigotry.

.........

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
49. Same with their favorite, "libtard" or "libertard".
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 11:29 AM
Aug 2018

If there ever was a group of socially retarded folks in America, it's our typical authoritarian Republican.

....... ...........

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
5. I used to live about 40 miles north of Fresno, up in the Sierras.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 01:27 PM
Aug 2018

The Fresno Bee was 'the' newspaper in the whole area. Fresno is to far north of LA to really care, to far south of SF/SJ to really care, and there is nowhere else close. As the famous quote normally attributed to Mark Twain goes, "Never pick a fight with someone who buys their ink by the barrel and their paper by the ton".

That editorial is gonna leave a mark.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
26. I would not want to live in Fresno.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:39 PM
Aug 2018

We actually lived about 40 mi North, close to Bass Lake, in a tiny town called North Fork. For those not familiar with the area around Yosemite, Bass Lake featured prominently in Hunter S. Thompson's book "Hells Angels".

The only time we actually went to Fresno was if we had to do some major shopping (the closest mall was in Fresno) of I had to fly off to somewhere.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
25. someone needs to tell the bee and the dem that his .gov website has about 50 podcasts
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:34 PM
Aug 2018

of interviews of nunez, a lot of them on talk radio stations where he'd be treated like royalty and probably feels comfortable saying all sorts of shit that can be useful.

those can be transcribed for $5/hr at sonix.ai

Bayard

(22,110 posts)
53. I used to live about 30 miles east of Fresno/Clovis
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 01:11 PM
Aug 2018

Down the road from Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Parks. Yes, had to go to Clovis or Visalia to shop.

This would have been unheard of a few years ago:

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Cosmocat

(14,566 posts)
21. Hes a Republican
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 02:57 PM
Aug 2018

Given decades of hate framing liberals unimpeded, a Republican can pretty much say or do anything, cause HILLARY, OBAMA, PELOSI!

lastlib

(23,252 posts)
22. He's a repuglikan snowflake!
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:06 PM
Aug 2018

He'll spout venom all night long about eevill ObamaHillaryPelosiBenghaziEmails, but when someone attacks him, he melts. Can dish it, canNOT take it. A worthless POS traitor who deserves a humiliating ignominious defeat tis November, followed by a long prison sentence.

oasis

(49,393 posts)
17. I didn't go to the link. The Bee seemed so defensive by
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 02:11 PM
Aug 2018

pointing out the "newsworthiness" of their concerns. I figured it was a signal they wanted to tread lightly.

oasis

(49,393 posts)
40. I see Janz has good chance to take Nunes' seat.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:25 AM
Aug 2018

Thanks for posting this info, Cha.

Winning that California seat will cap a tremendous election night for Democrats.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
41. I imagine Andrew Janz out talking to everybody
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:34 AM
Aug 2018

in his District, oasis.. That's how you GOTV!

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
15. another entitled Republican, and oh BTW - a traitor
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 02:01 PM
Aug 2018

If he gets re-elected, I hope the Dems drag him before the ethics committee. There is a process in the House, whereby a member can be kicked out for cause.

lastlib

(23,252 posts)
24. I hope he gets his ass kicked out by voters first!
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:10 PM
Aug 2018

The sooner we are done with the little traitor pr&ck, the better, IMHO! Then they can drag him in front of the Committee to ask him what his little escapades were about--why he visited the White House that night in such a secret rush, why he wants to know all the DOJ/Mueller probe "secrets" (it ain't about oversight, I can tell ya), etc. Then we can just hang him, bury him in a radioactive-waste dump, and be done with him.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
39. Nunes is up by 5 according to a poll from late July that appears on 538. Either way...
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:09 AM
Aug 2018

...Janz is gaining. He was down by about 10 points in June. That Janz has a chance is pretty amazing and speaks to how favorable of a year this is for Democrats.

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)
23. Another GHOST republican congressman
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:09 PM
Aug 2018

This congressman is out of contact with the people he represents. He is a GHOST congressman who only shows up when he has to be elected. When the TRUE facts are released he FADES and becomes a republican GHOST congressman........He knows his masters and his masters pay he VERY good for his GHOSTLY abilities..........Where I live in California there is republican congressman who is another GHOST congressman who does not even live in his district.................VOTE BLUE

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
28. Where I live in California, my Democratic congressman will win re-election by 50 points.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:44 PM
Aug 2018

So, suffice to say, I'll be following other districts much more closely on election night. I almost wish I lived in a battleground district. Almost.

 
31. I Fear That Russia Will Put The Fix In For Him
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 06:09 PM
Aug 2018

I'd love to see Dana R. & Dipshit Nunes go down to defeat, but Nunes apparently has a stranglehold on that district.

tikka

(762 posts)
35. I seem to remember something about a winery that Nunes had money in.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 11:47 PM
Aug 2018

On his financial statement, his only asset was a $50k investment in a winery that has ties to a Russian company.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
50. Bravo! Kudos to "The Bee"...
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 11:55 AM
Aug 2018

...there needs to be as much sunshine as possible shining on Putin*s Puppet2*. #TraitorNunes is the epitome of a bought-and-sold man, only it appears it might be the Russians* holding the receipts. Oh yes, and INTEGRAL to the #tRump* election campaign right from the beginning... one of the first in the borscht.

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