NYC Councilman James Oddo Goes Nuts - Democratic Underground

superkia

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:00 PM
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NYC Councilman James Oddo Goes Nuts

NEW YORK — New York City Councilman James Oddo may have had a meltdown during his first experience with gotcha satire media, but he wasn’t about to go down without a fight.

Dropping the “f-word” no fewer than 16 times in the course of what has become a popular You Tube video, Republican Oddo became irate when he realized the attractive, seemingly harmless young reporter who sat before him last week for an interview in his office was really a comedienne of note for the Norwegian program Rickets Rost, a sort of Scandinavian Daily Show w/Jon Stewart.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a4_1192040521

Just think we pay his salary, he seems so honorable.

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Xipe Totec

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:22 PM
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1. All things considered, I thought his reaction was appropriate

I too was offended by the questions.

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BootinUp

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:15 PM
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7. I don't generally

see people act that way in their place of work. Its called having a bit of a rage problem. Nothing wrong with ending the interview of course.

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Xipe Totec

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Mon Oct-29-07 04:55 PM
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12. By New York standards it was pretty tame

Having lived in the South for nearly 30 years, I can understand how you would see it differently.

:hi:

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cuke

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:35 PM
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2. Oddo has to walk backwards to reach nuts

He's way past nuts

His signature issue - protecting children from the dangers of non-wood bats. He wants them banned

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dsc

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:47 PM
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4. that isn't a totally nutty issue

I am no baseball expert but I have repeatedly heard that metal bats cause an immense problem with baseballs hitting players way too hard and causing injury.

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cuke

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:58 PM
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6. It's been debunked

By itself, it's not nutty. But Oddo has had scientist after scientist testify that the increased ball-speed that metal bats cause has NOT made the game any less safe. Oddo arranges for these scientists to testify about the dangers of metal bats, the scientists testify that the only reason to ban the bats is if you want to reduce the # of out of the park home runs, and that they pose no safety risk

And then, when they're done testifying, Oddo makes a speech along the lines of "You see? Even the scientists agree with me that the bats should be banned".

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BootinUp

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:44 PM
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3. Holy f-bomb Batman. lol, whatta Loser! n/t

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IA_Seth

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Mon Oct-29-07 12:52 PM
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5. I didn't think it was that bad...

You know, the NYC taxpayers DO pay his salary, so why be offended when he gets upset about someone wasting his time (that you're payin for?).

Then again I've been known to be pretty loose with the f-bomb myself so...

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Bluebear

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:18 PM
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8. "Before I beat the fucking shit out of you!" - not that bad??

Edited on Mon Oct-29-07 01:19 PM by Bluebear

Guy's got a rage problem!

I would have said "I'm sorry, this interview is way past being over, goodbye now!"

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cuke

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:42 PM
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10. His response was appropriate

for a junkyard dog, not a member of the City Council

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IA_Seth

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Mon Oct-29-07 02:11 PM
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11. Ok ok...

I was listening at work and must have missed that part, I didn't have it up extremely loud and turned it off after he repeated "get the fuck out of my office" a couple hundred times! I heard him say "before I throw you out", which i didn't take him to mean literally.

If he threatened someone with beating them, you are right, that would be a problem.

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superkia

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Mon Oct-29-07 01:22 PM
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9. Imagaine if you treated somone like that at your office or job.

He is an elected official and to act like that is just insane. I would lose my job if I acted like that to someone at my place of work.

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