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GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 06:57 PM Nov 2015

Will Pitt - of blessed memory - Nails it - Again.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33686-hillary-clinton-goes-bush-league

Hillary Clinton Goes Bush League

A number of commentators have compared Secretary Clinton's 9/11 debate comment to the 2008 campaign tactics of Rudy Giuliani, who 9/11 couldn't go 9/11 to the men's room 9/11 without 9/11 invoking 9/11 9/11 like a verbal hiccup 9/11. That tactic worked about as well as the wax wings Icarus used when he flew too close to the sun. It was grotesque then, and is grotesque now, but doing so on the doorstep of a massacre puts Clinton into a whole other category.

In baseball, when a player pulls some punk move - headhunting with a fastball, cleat-spiking during a slide, failing to run out a pop fly - the game has a universal retort: "That's bush league." Bush league is precisely where candidate Clinton has parked herself ... and that's "Bush" with a capital "B."


Very little more needs to be said about Ms Clinton's tactics. She always reverts to type.
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Will Pitt - of blessed memory - Nails it - Again. (Original Post) GoneOffShore Nov 2015 OP
Ignorance and distortion continue Evergreen Emerald Nov 2015 #1
How so? GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #2
She was not invoking 911 Evergreen Emerald Nov 2015 #6
Oh, she invoked it. Read her words. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #9
I heard it when she said it. Evergreen Emerald Nov 2015 #11
I'll stand with Will Pitt. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #13
Yes she will. I stand with Pitt. 840high Nov 2015 #20
I also stand with Will Pitt. peacebird Nov 2015 #26
I'm in the Pitt crew as well DJ13 Nov 2015 #41
Me too. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #67
You can "stand with Will Pitt" all you want, but I also listened to the whole statement... Hekate Nov 2015 #79
+1 nt Skidmore Nov 2015 #91
+2 BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #101
+1 BeanMusical Nov 2015 #82
I stand with Will Pitt marym625 Nov 2015 #85
Aye. Major Hogwash Nov 2015 #86
She couldn't think of anything else to come back with Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #25
NObody has to twist anything to make that a negative, Hillary did it herself plain and simple litlbilly Nov 2015 #38
+1 demigoddess Nov 2015 #44
Perhaps you could be persuaded to check out Thespian2 Nov 2015 #69
So did I. I thought they would admit that doing something giuliani marym625 Nov 2015 #84
I was watching. bvar22 Nov 2015 #115
How does that answer Bernie's "How will hundreds of million in contributions from financial Vincardog Nov 2015 #15
She has been in the public eye her whole life. And not once has she done Evergreen Emerald Nov 2015 #16
How will hundreds of million in contributions from financial companies affect her regulation of them Vincardog Nov 2015 #21
I vote it makes them uncomfortable madokie Nov 2015 #30
Since the question gets crickets or hyperbolic responses; I have to vote uncomfortable as well. Vincardog Nov 2015 #36
I don't understand how anyone madokie Nov 2015 #42
He's spot on, on everything. SmittynMo Nov 2015 #51
I don't either. pangaia Nov 2015 #55
It looks that way more every day, with every word uttered by the opposition. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #68
Highly debatable. merrily Nov 2015 #28
BOOM! merrily Nov 2015 #35
Wall Street liked her--and vice versa--before 911 as well. She tried to wrap it in 911, though. merrily Nov 2015 #27
Wall St liked her long before 9/11. They liked her A LOT, long before 9/11! So sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #63
+1 nt rbnyc Nov 2015 #112
I think you made a very important point when you said, " She was there rebuilding after 911. She was rhett o rick Nov 2015 #98
No she wasn't Fed up in NJ Nov 2015 #114
Which part of the article is untrue? arcane1 Nov 2015 #4
What parts do you disagree with? sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #5
:crickets: BeanMusical Nov 2015 #83
Yes they do. Hekate Nov 2015 #78
"Ignorance and distortion continue" tazkcmo Nov 2015 #90
Going back 25 years with your hatred for asjr Nov 2015 #92
25 years? tazkcmo Nov 2015 #93
We have a chance to elect someone that doesn't have her terrible baggage. We have a chance to rhett o rick Nov 2015 #99
Really!! Blessed memory? Ha! I remember "POSUCS" and a lot of incoherent ranting. MADem Nov 2015 #102
Will is right on, as he always is. I am so very grateful for his voice. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2015 #3
I am saddened that he is willing to write a superficial attack Evergreen Emerald Nov 2015 #7
It's hardly superficial. It goes to the heart of Ms Clinton's personality and character GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #17
And the color is also right. zeemike Nov 2015 #43
They do- they think we're too stupid to notice Hydra Nov 2015 #72
Or they just don't care if we do notice. zeemike Nov 2015 #75
Meh, after the POSUCS thread, JTFrog Nov 2015 #18
Jaysus. That has been de-bunked so many times. Give a rest already. merrily Nov 2015 #31
Debunked? JTFrog Nov 2015 #45
I'd like that explanation too mcar Nov 2015 #47
Let me see... Fairgo Nov 2015 #58
He employed the same tactics that right wing bigots use. JTFrog Nov 2015 #65
Yep. Same here. I even wrote an article when that whole Fitzmas thing was going on that stevenleser Nov 2015 #62
Really, did anybody read it? Major Hogwash Nov 2015 #87
Pitt and Leopold among others read it. I spoke to Pitt on the phone at the time. stevenleser Nov 2015 #105
Oh, he looked, all right. Just not through your particular prism. merrily Nov 2015 #29
Will goes on to say Jarqui Nov 2015 #8
We're on the same page. See Reply 27, which I just updated to reference your post. merrily Nov 2015 #33
Sir Will Nails It cantbeserious Nov 2015 #10
That is a brilliant illustration. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #12
I miss Will's posts here...thanks. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #14
I do, too. 840high Nov 2015 #22
When did Will go? Was it of his own free will? Demeter Nov 2015 #34
He got tired of crap from years ago being repeated again and again and said goodbye merrily Nov 2015 #37
he got tired of DU assholes Skittles Nov 2015 #52
He lost a lot of cred after the POSUCS tantrum, among others. Hekate Nov 2015 #77
The real question: How did he have any cred to lose after Fitzmas? tritsofme Nov 2015 #100
His antics were cute, once. That's all I can think of. nt Hekate Nov 2015 #108
Big K&R Duval Nov 2015 #19
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #23
Doez u haz a madz? 99Forever Nov 2015 #24
Hehe. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2015 #32
Rofl! BeanMusical Nov 2015 #81
The HRC people TSIAS Nov 2015 #39
A Fox News guest like Bernie Sanders? stevenleser Nov 2015 #60
But Sanders doesn't post on DU so it's a COMPLETELY different situation! randome Nov 2015 #104
Yeah, they have lots of excuses for things. None of them hold water, but they have them. stevenleser Nov 2015 #106
Nice to see him continuing his record Orrex Nov 2015 #40
Better to take a couple of days and think, rather than respond without doing so. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #49
Will is right, sadoldgirl Nov 2015 #46
for a short time, I thought Hillary might keep it together demwing Nov 2015 #48
It would have been good and notable if she had. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #50
Maybe not so good. The last thing we need demwing Nov 2015 #54
I will not speak ill of Will Pitt. MineralMan Nov 2015 #53
Glad to hear it. At least the subject line. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #57
But he is a cad and left here... Historic NY Nov 2015 #61
He is not using surrogates. He has not asked anyone to post his stuff here. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2015 #64
Then why not name the authors of every article posted on DU? randome Nov 2015 #88
Like so many others for whom people came to DU, helping to build it because what they wrote was sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #96
He has always spoken honestly and factually, and does it better than most. sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #94
I remember his posts very well, thanks. MineralMan Nov 2015 #95
You were here in 2001? I don't remember all of anyone's posts. Don't remember sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #97
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2015 #56
K&R! Owl Nov 2015 #59
He sure as hell did. nt LWolf Nov 2015 #66
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #70
Will Pitt - Nails it - Always. Autumn Nov 2015 #71
Will did nail it... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #73
Perfect. SoapBox Nov 2015 #74
Pitt didn't pull any punches, did he? PatrickforO Nov 2015 #76
Great article from a great writer. BeanMusical Nov 2015 #80
Pitt. LOL...nt SidDithers Nov 2015 #89
William Pitt is still a member of DU Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #103
Funny how one can threaten another DUer's life Codeine Nov 2015 #109
I don't give two tugs of a dead dog's dick Codeine Nov 2015 #107
Thanks for the kick. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #110
Who DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #111
Will Pitt. Codeine Nov 2015 #113
Well, seems Will is now loved at DU... Gloria Nov 2015 #116
No, he ran away because all the big meanies Codeine Nov 2015 #117
You just keep kicking this. GoneOffShore Nov 2015 #118
You're welcome? Codeine Nov 2015 #119

Evergreen Emerald

(13,070 posts)
6. She was not invoking 911
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:06 PM
Nov 2015

She was discussing why Wall Street would like her, if not for $$. She reminded them that they like her because of the work she did as a Senator. She was there rebuilding after 911. She was their Senator.

To not see the difference between Giuliani's use of it and Clinton's is either disingenuous or ignorant. Just because someone says "911" does not mean they are invoking it. It must be looked at in context. Nuance is lost on people who are either looking for a way to twist for the best attack, or are too stupid to understand it. I gave the article's author the benefit of the doubt.

GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)
9. Oh, she invoked it. Read her words.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:08 PM
Nov 2015
You know, not only do I have hundreds of thousands of donors, most of them small, I am very proud that for the first time a majority of my donors are women, 60 percent. So I - I represented New York. And I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked. Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York. It was good for the economy. And it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,070 posts)
11. I heard it when she said it.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:10 PM
Nov 2015

Like I said, if you are looking for a way to attack her, you can twist anything she says into a negative. I just thought democrats were smarter and more....honest than this.

GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)
13. I'll stand with Will Pitt.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:16 PM
Nov 2015

Ms Clinton is in a bubble.

And she's going to go full Giuliani as soon as she can.

Hekate

(90,827 posts)
79. You can "stand with Will Pitt" all you want, but I also listened to the whole statement...
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 03:19 AM
Nov 2015

...including the direct attacks she was answering. There was and is a context.

Don't worry, if HRC ever becomes POTUS, Pitt will have plenty of opportunity to take things out of context and blow them out of proportion. I'm sure it will be entertaining -- just not necessarily accurate.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
85. I stand with Will Pitt
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 04:48 AM
Nov 2015

I posted the article in full the other day. He rocked it with this article. Nailed it

demigoddess

(6,645 posts)
44. +1
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:49 PM
Nov 2015

we are falling for this negative propaganda. At least, some of us are. But they are twisting her into something they imagine she is.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
84. So did I. I thought they would admit that doing something giuliani
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 04:46 AM
Nov 2015

Did, and was called out on by democrats, would still be called out when a democrat did it.

The families of the victims of 9/11 are pretty pissed at her remarks.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
115. I was watching.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 05:15 PM
Nov 2015

Hillary performed a Full Frontal Giuliani in front of the entire Nation and World.
That is not easy!

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
15. How does that answer Bernie's "How will hundreds of million in contributions from financial
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:21 PM
Nov 2015

companies affect her regulation of them?" ?

It doesn't it is the same verbal salad meant to deflect the discussion.

What is disingenuous or ignorant is to ignore the corrupting influence of money in our government

Evergreen Emerald

(13,070 posts)
16. She has been in the public eye her whole life. And not once has she done
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:26 PM
Nov 2015

anything dishonest or ignorant or was corrupt in any way.

Your accusations without facts continue to distort the dedication, and work Clinton has done for us.

Go ahead. Join the RW in trashing her.

But you are wrong.

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
21. How will hundreds of million in contributions from financial companies affect her regulation of them
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:32 PM
Nov 2015

Do you deny they have given her the money?
Does the question make you uncomfortable?
Why?





madokie

(51,076 posts)
30. I vote it makes them uncomfortable
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:50 PM
Nov 2015

Hillary is not one of us and will not be looking out for our best interest and I don't think anyone can even come to the conclusion that she will, honestly that is.

IMO

madokie

(51,076 posts)
42. I don't understand how anyone
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:35 PM
Nov 2015

that is in the 99% can even consider anyone besides Bernie at this point in time.

The man is spot on with his fight for us for his whole political life.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
27. Wall Street liked her--and vice versa--before 911 as well. She tried to wrap it in 911, though.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:45 PM
Nov 2015

And that is indeed invoking 911.

See also Reply 8.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
63. Wall St liked her long before 9/11. They liked her A LOT, long before 9/11! So
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:17 PM
Nov 2015

she not only invoked 9/11, she led people to believe that it was because how she helped them at that time, that they were giving her money now.

That isn't true.

Iow, she attempted to deceive those who were watching the debate because she KNOWS that a top issue for voters in this campaign IS The Money from Wall St flowing into our political system. And is the recipient of untold amounts of that money.

She did indeed invoke 9/11 to try to lead people to believe she has already paid Wall St anything they might think she owed them.

Except that is not true.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
98. I think you made a very important point when you said, " She was there rebuilding after 911. She was
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:02 PM
Nov 2015

Their Senator." She said it herself that she was Wall Street's Senator. That's the problem. We need a president that isn't the president for Wall Street.

Democrats believe that big money in politics has decimated the 99%. Why would anyone back "Big Money"?

 

Fed up in NJ

(35 posts)
114. No she wasn't
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 05:09 PM
Nov 2015

I spent 7 1/2 years helping rebuild WTC. 4 on the Freedom Tower, 2 on The Transit Hub and 1 1/2 working on Tower 3 (until an accident on the job 3 months ago ended my career) and I NEVER saw her!?!? The only thing she rebuilt in the Financial district was her bank account and that of former President Clinton. All the money she's gotten WILL come at a price!

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
90. "Ignorance and distortion continue"
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:17 AM
Nov 2015

Bosnian sniper fire with her daughter in tow. IWR vote. Regime change. 9/11-I Am Woman-9/11!!!. #12IsEnough! Single payer too expensive. "CUT IT OUT!" Fake southern accent. Vince Foster. White Water. Clinton Foundation and arms deals. Private email server.

25 years of providing the GOP with talking negative points. Doesn't matter that some of these are pure crap (Benghazi for example which I didn't even list) because she put herself in these situations through her own actions. Even when presented with her own words invoking 9/11 as an excuse to take millions from Wall ST, you refuse to see it. That's fine, it's your choice as it's mine not to trust one word that comes out of her mouth.

asjr

(10,479 posts)
92. Going back 25 years with your hatred for
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:58 AM
Nov 2015

Hillary Clinton is pathetic. But I realize that hatred has formed itself on many DU writers. We have become "he said- she said" in a smug manner patting ourselves on our backs. Been here since 2002 still hoping we will grow up.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
93. 25 years?
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:09 AM
Nov 2015

Your math is off. Sniper fire was a lie, period and during her last "crowning", as was her fake accent. Libya and Honduras during her SoS tenure, not 25 years ago. 12 bucks an hour is last week. I hate broccoli and her lies, obfuscation and Wall Street coziness. The GOP hate her will not vote for her as well as many independents and young voters who identify with traditional Democratic values like single payer, 15/hr and breaking up big banks.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
99. We have a chance to elect someone that doesn't have her terrible baggage. We have a chance to
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:04 PM
Nov 2015

elect someone not controlled by Big Money. We need a change from the corrupt establishment she represents.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
102. Really!! Blessed memory? Ha! I remember "POSUCS" and a lot of incoherent ranting.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:32 PM
Nov 2015

Not impressed with that guy at all.

Then again, I like Democrats, not people who relentlessly trash them ... so shoot me!

Evergreen Emerald

(13,070 posts)
7. I am saddened that he is willing to write a superficial attack
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:08 PM
Nov 2015

rather than look at truly what she was saying. It is always easier as a writer to go for the superficial.

GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)
17. It's hardly superficial. It goes to the heart of Ms Clinton's personality and character
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:26 PM
Nov 2015

Or rather lack thereof.

As others have said, she is an opportunist.

That arrow on the logo? Points in any direction that she thinks will serve her interests and those of her paymasters.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
43. And the color is also right.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:46 PM
Nov 2015

Blue H Red direction...in keeping with the colors assigned to the two parties.
It is as if they talk to us in symbols.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
72. They do- they think we're too stupid to notice
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:07 AM
Nov 2015

Which is apparently true to an undetermined extent. They pretty much draw pictures telling us where they stand, but it seems to be missed by a lot of people.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
75. Or they just don't care if we do notice.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:29 AM
Nov 2015

I mean what will we do if we do notice it call it out loud?...and then be called a conspiracy theorista or paranoid? How many times have you heard that when one questions the official story told?

As long as they can control the narrative we can notice all we want and it won't change shit.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
18. Meh, after the POSUCS thread,
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:29 PM
Nov 2015

I haven't seen much but superficial attacks from him.

Most folks wouldn't believe it, but I used to be quite a fan of his and defended him many times.

Not so much anymore.


mcar

(42,375 posts)
47. I'd like that explanation too
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:15 PM
Nov 2015

Did someone falsely bearing his name post that garbage? How else could it possibly be "debunked?"

Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
58. Let me see...
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:55 PM
Nov 2015

Pitt's superficial attacks are no longer favoured by you because because he concluded a critique about policy with a metaphor you didn't like. It was the metaphor, not the critique that made you change your mind. Superficial is as superficial does.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
65. He employed the same tactics that right wing bigots use.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:42 PM
Nov 2015

He didn't just say it once. He doubled and tripled and quadrupled down on that crap.

And his post was celebrated on many right wing websites.

Just sayin.... not a fan anymore.





 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
62. Yep. Same here. I even wrote an article when that whole Fitzmas thing was going on that
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:07 PM
Nov 2015

we should wait and see what happens before piling on him or Leopold.

I was also a fan until his hyperbolic attacks on Obama.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
87. Really, did anybody read it?
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 07:24 AM
Nov 2015

I don't recall ever seeing any articles posted here that were written about waiting, that's just not the DU way.

Jarqui

(10,130 posts)
8. Will goes on to say
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:08 PM
Nov 2015
"I've been watching political debates of all kinds since God wore short pants, and this ranked right up there with the most vile, disingenuous, sneaky, low-road slippery debate statements I have ever heard."

"People who will say anything to win office are truly frightening, and truly dangerous."


Does Will criticizing Hillary for her "act of verbal violence beyond moral repair" mean he "hates" her?

The only thing lacking in his response was pointing out Clinton's "act of verbal violence beyond moral repair" was a deception because:

Wall Street loved Hillary Clinton before 9/11, too
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/16/wall-street-loved-hillary-clinton-before-911-too/

To me, it was worse than lying about sniper fire in Bosnia so Will wasn't that far off the mark if at all.

GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)
12. That is a brilliant illustration.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:12 PM
Nov 2015

And exactly right as regards Ms Clinton.

If you want to know which way the wind blows, ask Hillary. But don't expect an answer until she runs a focus group. Oh and you won't be able to ask as you won't be able to get past her handlers and minders.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
34. When did Will go? Was it of his own free will?
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:55 PM
Nov 2015

with so many significant contributors leaving, what will be left of DU?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
37. He got tired of crap from years ago being repeated again and again and said goodbye
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 07:58 PM
Nov 2015

And, boy oh boy was his goodbye thread trolled by posters who cannot write anything but one or two lines of snark to troll everyone else.

Hekate

(90,827 posts)
77. He lost a lot of cred after the POSUCS tantrum, among others.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 03:12 AM
Nov 2015

Will has the capacity to be a quite good writer -- I've "known" him here since 2002, so I speak with that authority -- but at times he goes completely off the rails and POSUCS was one such time. Given proof to the contrary, he doubled down. Proven wrong, he never said "sorry," afaik.

He still has many fans here, but has also lost his charm for quite a few others. He decided to take an extended break, and yes, it was of his own free will. He'll always have his column at Daily Kos or whatever that he's had for a decade and a half.

tritsofme

(17,399 posts)
100. The real question: How did he have any cred to lose after Fitzmas?
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:23 PM
Nov 2015

24 business hours...what a joke of a "journalist"!

Response to GoneOffShore (Original post)

TSIAS

(14,689 posts)
39. The HRC people
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:14 PM
Nov 2015

They crucified us for piling on a FOX News guest who also posts on this site, but are fine with calling another member's work "putrid vomit".

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
60. A Fox News guest like Bernie Sanders?
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:02 PM
Nov 2015






Or like Progressive Caucus member Barbara Lee (who has also been on my radio show)




I have never seen character assassination by DUers of other DUers like I have seen by Sanders supporters against Hillary supporters here. Every nonsensical thing they can think of, it is the kitchen sink approach.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
104. But Sanders doesn't post on DU so it's a COMPLETELY different situation!
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:35 PM
Nov 2015

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
106. Yeah, they have lots of excuses for things. None of them hold water, but they have them.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:26 PM
Nov 2015

And yes, I agree:

Orrex

(63,224 posts)
40. Nice to see him continuing his record
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:28 PM
Nov 2015

Of posting boldly original insights two or three days after others have already done so.

GoneOffShore

(17,341 posts)
49. Better to take a couple of days and think, rather than respond without doing so.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:22 PM
Nov 2015

I've noticed the same thing with your posts, particularly the ones concerning woo.

You obviously read something, think about it, and then post.

I've seldom 'seen' you shoot from the hip.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
54. Maybe not so good. The last thing we need
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:30 PM
Nov 2015

is a candidate losing it during the GE.

If it was only a matter of time, I'm glad that time was now...

Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
61. But he is a cad and left here...
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:04 PM
Nov 2015

now he uses surrogates to post his dribble. He is just a like a "pos" used car sales man except he push his dribble in print.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024734785

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,712 posts)
64. He is not using surrogates. He has not asked anyone to post his stuff here.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:29 PM
Nov 2015

People who bring his posts here are doing it so that we can read them.

He is on Facebook, for anyone interested.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
88. Then why not name the authors of every article posted on DU?
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 08:01 AM
Nov 2015

Face it, this is hero worship of someone who is not well liked by many here.

And 'blessed'? Ugh.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
96. Like so many others for whom people came to DU, helping to build it because what they wrote was
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:27 AM
Nov 2015

worth reading, he has moved on.

Who told you 'he is using surrogates', did he ask anyone to post his writings here?

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
94. He has always spoken honestly and factually, and does it better than most.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:25 AM
Nov 2015

Like many others who helped build this forum by attracting people her because of their writing, he has moved on to larger audiences where people can still do what they used to do here, only better.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
97. You were here in 2001? I don't remember all of anyone's posts. Don't remember
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:31 AM
Nov 2015

yours eg.

But it's not a surprise that people might remember Will's. He certainly wrote some great material starting in the early 2000s which brought many people to this site.

He always had a following among Democrats, and of course he had enemies, lots of them, on the Right. Who probably also remember his work. They didn't like it at all.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
73. Will did nail it...
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:17 AM
Nov 2015

...and it is important that writers say these things, because the majority in this country feels the same.

I was pleased to see that 90 percent of his Facebook friends passionately agree, as well.

PatrickforO

(14,592 posts)
76. Pitt didn't pull any punches, did he?
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:45 AM
Nov 2015

What bothers me about Clinton, though, isn't that particularly, though it was cheap.

What bothers me is she's participating in this supposedly bipartisan effort to give the White House MORE war powers.

I mean, WTF?????

That's the wrong direction on SO many levels it makes me want to hurl.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
103. William Pitt is still a member of DU
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 12:32 PM
Nov 2015

and in good standing

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=102890

Last Post

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 11:45 AM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7311270

Think about that ......... when you break the rules
and then complain about getting a hide. Oh and BTW
I won't alert but that's just me

Will......... great piece as normal

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
109. Funny how one can threaten another DUer's life
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 02:46 PM
Nov 2015

and still be considered a member in good standing.

Merry Fitzmas!

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
107. I don't give two tugs of a dead dog's dick
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 02:18 PM
Nov 2015

about what Mr. POSUCS is writing when he's not busy threatening to beat homeless women to death.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
111. Who
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 02:53 PM
Nov 2015
I don't give two tugs of a dead dog's dickabout what Mr. POSUCS is writing when he's not busy threatening to beat homeless women to death.



Who threatened to beat a homeless woman to death?
 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
113. Will Pitt.
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 04:37 PM
Nov 2015

Years ago he threatened to beat a homeless DUer named Bobbolink.

He's a real charmer, that one.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
117. No, he ran away because all the big meanies
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:09 PM
Nov 2015

were super-mean to him by reminding people of what he's said over the years. Unable to cope with the increased temperature he chose to exit the cooking facilities.

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