"Get Shays out, get Himes in there!"

awesome! (0.00 / 0)

are sports voters a large demographic?

"Join the resistance and there will be no resistance." - My Grandmother

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by: Rusty5329 @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 02:56:33 AM UTC

Any show OTHER than a politics show... (4.00 / 3)

... or any kind of Blog other than a political Blog, for that matter, is the best place for people to truly set the tone of a race. This is a great endorsement for Himes. For the reason that these two guys are not viewed as partisan political hacks.


Drinking Liberally in New Milford
ePluribus Media

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by: Connecticut Man1 @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 03:43:31 AM UTC

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Maybe but (0.00 / 0)

a lot of people listen to the show I bet so the
word will get out to a LOT of listeners!!  Watch
and see!

"Waiting....waiting on the world to change"  --John Mayer

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by: tigergrrl74 @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 05:37:37 AM UTC

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This is awesome! (3.88 / 8)

What fun!  Great job getting the video online.  I like that Russo spelled out Jim's name, just so there's no mistake.  You can't BUY this kind of advertising!

Connecticut Bob

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by: Bob Adams @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 04:07:04 AM UTC

AAAAaaaaannnnnnnd good afternoon, everybody! How are YOU today? (4.00 / 2)

This is fanatastic news. Way back in the days before the internets I can remember driving around to get good reception on WFAN in northern Connecticut just to hear sports talk.

From the NY Daily News 4/07: "For nearly 20 years, Francesa and Russo have either been No.1 or No.2 in the market in terms of ratings, among men 25-54, the key demographic."

From Wikipedia: "During the day, WFAN's groundwave signal can be heard faintly as far south as Washington, DC and as far north as the I-90 corridor (the New York State Thruway and Massachusetts Turnpike), about 150 miles north of New York City. WFAN can also allegedly be heard clearly on the northern beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks during the day. Signal strength varies depending on factors such as weather and elevation. Still, a good car radio can pick up WFAN cleanly in most of eastern Pennsylvania and throughout Connecticut"

This is going to kill Shays. White males 25-54 aren't a big demographic in a winning Republican coalition, right? OH WAIT...it's THE HEART OF HIS BASE!!!!

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by: joejoejoe @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 04:49:32 AM UTC

Hehehhehehee the clip was GREAT!!! (0.00 / 0)

It was so nice I had to play it twice! :D
Thank you for sharing!  Shall I bring my pompoms
so I can scream out H-I-M-E-S? ;)

"Waiting....waiting on the world to change"  --John Mayer

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by: tigergrrl74 @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 05:39:02 AM UTC

I like the cheer (4.00 / 1)

out out Out Out Out HIMES!

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by: Saraswati @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 05:59:51 AM UTC

Mike and Chris are right... (4.00 / 5)

Mike and the Mad Dog are absolutely right for slamming Shays. Here's why ...

Shays, as usual, saved his most ferocious attacks for a guy who doesn't deserve it. McNamee, steroid peddler or not, was required by law to testify for the Mitchell Report and at these hearings, and he did. Shays called him a drug dealer, humiliated him, etc., for doing what he was required by law to do: testify.

Shays pulled the same bullying act with the NASA scientist who testified on global warming, and to the widows of the Blackwater employees killed in Falluja. Shays bullied them and belittled them. But when it came to questioning Blackwater's CEO Erik Prince -- after Blackwater killed 17 Iraqi civilians -- or Don Rumsfeld, or Lurita Doan of the GSA, or Condi Rice, Shays wimped out.

Shays is completely useless at these oversight hearings.

The hearings themselves were a waste of time. Two obvious problems:  

1. The Mitchell Report accused a lot of players of steroid use, including Roger Clemens, based on hearsay, providing no concrete evidence whatsoever.

2. The hearings could not in any way prove or disprove Clemens' guilt or innocence.

The one guy who got the proceedings right was Congressman Chris Murphy, who questioned the Mitchell Report investigator for doing a sloppy job, and questioned Clemens on how baseball's players union could learn from all this.   Nice job, Chris Murphy.

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by: CaptCT @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 14:27:26 PM UTC

"Take me out to the ballgame", by Chris Shays (4.00 / 3)

Here's something from the Oversight Hearings last month I put together.

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by: Scarce @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 16:55:47 PM UTC

You have to wonder… (4.00 / 2)

If all these antics are solely for the benefit of Shays trying to show his bona-fides to his future K Street lobbying firm employers.

Or to put it another way, he's just trying to be a team player...

Unfortunately, he just doesn't play well with others.

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by: notcho @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 19:40:52 PM UTC

Mad Dog on the '06 race (4.00 / 1)

"It was close the last time...a woman...Feinstein I think."

You can't say Mad Dog is too partisan.

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by: joejoejoe @ Thu Feb 14, 2008 at 22:27:56 PM UTC