Dems Battle Over – Passing of A Legend – And E-Mail Warnings
First, the Dems. Game over. Hillary Clinton has no choice but to seek party harmony. Will she be the VEEP? Don’t know that, but I DO KNOW that she will have to have a major role in the Obama effort. That has to happen. In the meantime, national DEMS, while offering respect, may want to ask President Clinton to take a “bye” on this one. He has been quite morose and hardly uplifting in this campaign. Will the real Bill Clinton please stand up?
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As a legend in her field, few were as productive and history-making as Anne d’Harnoncourt, the CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, who died suddenly on Monday. In addition to her amazing feats of change and transformation at the museum, Anne offered a style and personality that endeared her to movers and shakers, and the thousands upon thousands who visit the museum. She will be missed.
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No. I will not comment on the FBI-Larry Mendte story. I did not and will not comment on the Alycia Lane saga. Both stories are far from resolution.
I will say something about Larry, briefly, and a special warning on e-communication.
Larry is very active in the community, more than any other of the current lead anchors. What happened in this situation is really unknown. But there is no question that, whatever happens, these kinds of stories can make us think about how we view electronic communication. First of all, emails are as private as snail mail. We should always presume other’s emails as sacred and private territory. Emails are also as senstitive as regular mail, even more. Always remember that what you write in an email can be potentially embarrassing. Do not presume that the web is always secure. Before you write in anger and with aggression, keep in mind that someone could send your angry email to the world with just a click of the button. The “forward” command can send your controversial email to the wrong person at the wrong time.
Be careful with emails, at home or on-the-job
Comments(36)
The real Bill Clinton did stand up unfortunately. He’s so use to getting what he wants that he gets cheeky and pouts when things don’t go his way. We can only hope he fades away into obscurity and does not linger and meddle like Jimmy Carter…
JR-If Larry says Hillary has to give up then she has to give up.Here’s the good news.We both know Obama will get smoked in November.Hillary will be positioned perfectly for a run in 2012.She’ll only be 64 (probably won’t look a day over 63 )& you’ll think she’s still hot.Well,do you give up ?
hillary for president,If I were she I’d run as independent,and say, take that you back stabbing judas. Im voting for mccain,NEVER AGAIN WILL I VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT
L 1-1, were it only that simple. HRC is going to blow her wad now knowing she may never be this close to the Presidency again. That’s why she won’t quit. She’s going to push this until there is no other recourse. She will burn all her bridges and ruin her already tarnished image. She’s like Sherman marching to the sea… scorched earth… Her only viable option at this point is to negotiate for VP position “for the good of the party”.
Larry, Larry and Alycia are howling for your insider perspective. This is the sexiest newsroom story since Will Ferrell and Veronica Corningstone went at it. Is your reticence a result of your desire not to alienate the bosses at CBS3? Are they going to drag you kicking and screaming out of retirement to save their newscast from utter anonymity? Maybe Katie Couric would join you. Fire up the TelePromTer! Stay classy, Philadelphia!
And by “Will Ferrell,” I mean “Ron Burgundy.”
Hillary’s gasbag of a campaign manager said on the Today Show that she’ll concede the race if Obama gets to 2,118. That’s a virtual guarantee within the next couple of days. Good thing she threw good money after bad in pursuing the nomination and dividing the party.
C, it’s all over the online news. She’s conceding the nomination. Crown Royale for everyone! A double pour for JR. It’s too bad she ran up so much debt when she could have been working to unify the party and raise money for the DNC.
I’ll be interested to hear her concession speech.
Larry you’re right it is over for Larry Mendte,he was never a top anchor newsman,he came across as a powtey and trying to sell gossip as news,as he did on access hollywood.
If CBS-3 has any sense they will try to steal Rick Williams from ABC-6 and make him the lone anchorman,he is excellent and can deal with live news with a sharp mind and wit.
Larry,Larry Mendte makes Hillary Clinton look like Mother Teresa.
I’ve chosen Larry Kane’s blog to officially announce that I’m conceding the race for the Presidency. Not because Jack Russell is my loyalest lapdog. Not because Pennsylvania gave me a much need win. Not because Tastycakes have helped shape my smokin’ body. Not because Ed Rendell is my close confidant. Not because of my fond hunting memories in Scranton. I did it to help save your sagging ratings and tired blog, Larry.
Larry, I implore you to chastise your sleazy media compatriots for these latest accusations against me. It is nobody’s business what I’m doing on the campaign trail. Todd Pardum is so sleazy. He contrived all the Whitewater stuff. Hill and I have this arrangement. I do whatever I want; she looks the other way and smiles. It works for us. How dare these reporters delve into my personal life.
Larry, I cannot understand you not wanting to comment on Larry Mendte. Is it a case of wanting to protect one of your own? Some type of industry code of silence? If it’s true he snooped in over 100 emails as was just reported on national news on the Today program, then its clear he should be fired and criminal and civil charges pursued to the fullest. What’s this about him being “active” in the community, you sound like a charater witness that shows up to help get a reduced sentence. This is a huge story, its now national, but you don’t want to comment? oh, and you happen to be a former anchor to boot! Why don’t you summon the moral courage and tell us your opinion, otherwise this blog has no purpose, but for a bunch of yin yangs like us to amuse ourselves ( for that we are very greatful!) Is it that your afraid to speak up to the power that runs the local network?
Larry,after 16 months of campaigning,it comes down to obama having Hillary Clinton’s support for a chance of winning,after 16 months of the Hillary Haters along with the bias media and the Clinton backstabbers bashing Hillary and her family,now they need Hillary to win,Let the pandering begin.
The serious pandering began in December by both HRC and Obama. They’ve been telling the public whatever they want to hear. From stupid gas tax rebates to $1B heathcare plan for all to jobs for autoworkers to ending the war in 90 days. The Dems have been pandered to for so long they have grown to expect it.
When McCain tries to level with people, he gets killed. Go figure.
JR, will you support Obama if Hillary is on the ticket? Also, didn’t she look absoletely effervessant in that blue pant suit last night?
Dudes, I’m really beginning to get concerned about some of you. Put Jack Russell in a teddy with some stiletto heels and you’d find him attractive.
George i do not know, i am glad it is over,John Mccain has a chance but his speeches are a good replacement for ambien.
Hillary is by the far the best candidate however she was outspent 3 to 1,but that’s life.
Hillary did not look too good this morning either,she looked tired and puffy I might have to focus on Chelsea more.
Larry Mendte was nothing more than a sweeps selling gossip salesman maybe Katie Curic can have an exclusive with him from prison,he does not belong in the same league as Jim Gardner.
Larry, why are you willing to take President Carter to task and call him an anti-Semite on less than all the facts merely because he also tries to keep active in the international community when you won’t extend that accusatory criticism to Mendte and Lane or level it against them? They are a crime against journalism. George is right. As their immediate predecessor and a member of the old school, you’re uniquely qualified to discuss the debacle at CBS3. Let’s have some of that “insider info” you claim your blog is all about.
Stay classy, Phildelphia!
I wrote Phildelphia, Larry. But I’m correcting it. Philadelphia.
Jimmy Carter just said that Hillary would be a disaster for Obama. This guy doesnt want anyone at his funeral to say anything nice. I think he may be losing it mentally, because why does he need to critize the only democrat since JFK and his wife who had a somewhat successful presidency. Larry, you are right about Carter, he has lost his marbles, and also offended Jack Russell I’m sure with his disparaging remarks about Hill! JR, by the way, two words for you: Megan McCain!, look into it my friend, you’ll become her dad’s biggest supporer once you learn about her- smart and fun party girl, just what doctor ordered after your devasting political loss last night.
JR, get your facts straight. Hillary spent about as much as Obama. She certainly raised nearly as much money. And she’s more than $20 million in the hole. She made terrible decisions in putting together her campaign staff. Like Dubya, she surrounded herself with “loyal” yes men. She and they mismanaged away her incredible advantages heading into the primaries. That was a feat of tremendous incompetence. Obama, on the other hand, assembled a great team and energized volunteers like no one else. That’s leadership.
George, Hillary would be a disaster for Obama. I said it, and I’m not even a Larry Kane designated presidential anti-Semite.
Leo, could not agree more that Hillary would be a disaster ,and beleive I’ve said that too in the past, Obama would be in 3rd postion to Bill and Hill, and impossible situation,and after Bill’s perfermance in primary God know what’s he’d do as 2nd man.
The Carter thing puzzles me, he must just hate the Clintons to meddle at this point, or he’s lost a few marbles, or has become so sanctimoneous that he feels he can say anything that he beleives to be the truth and politics no longer matters. I could not imagine any former president doing that to his own party, and didn’t think Carter would go that far. I think he”s a little senile I mean for real, lost some brain matter and Roslyn doesnt have the heart to reain him in yet. He needs to be controlled before the convention I noticed Obama referred to FDR, Truman, and JFK as Democrat leaders, not a whisper about Carter- it’s just sad.
Maybe Obama will make Jimmy Carter Secretary of State.
My fellow Americans,
As your future president I want to thank voters of all political stripes for their mindless support, despite my complete lack of any legislative achievement, my pastor’s ties with Louis Farrakhan and Libyan dictator Moamar Quadafi, and my blatantly liberal voting record while I present myself as some sort of bipartisan agent of change.
I also like how my supporters claim my youthful drug use and criminal behavior somehow qualifies me for the presidency after 8 years of claiming Bush’s youthful drinking disqualified him. Your hypocrisy and ignorance are beacons of hope shining over a sea of political chicanery.
I would also like to thank the Kennedys for coming out in support of me. There’s a lot of glamour behind the Kennedy name, even though JFK started the Vietnam War, his brother Robert illegally wiretapped Martin Luther King Jr., they both slept with Marilyn, and Teddy’s negligence caused the drowning death of a young woman. Of course, I will have nothing to do with the Kennedy cousins, especially
Michael Skakel.
And, I’d like to thank Oprah Winfrey for her support. Her love of meaningless, empty platitudes has been an important media force that propels me to the White House.
Americans should vote for me, not because of my lack of experience or achievement, but because I make people feel good. White people who vote for me will get much needed relief from their burden of racist guilt.
I say things that sound meaningful but don’t really mean anything because Americans are tired of things having meaning. If things have meaning, then that means you actually have to think about them, which takes far too much effort.
Americans are tired of thinking. It’s time to shut down the brain and open up the emotion!
So when you go to vote in November, remember, don’t think. As they say in the Nike ad, ˜Just do it! (TM)
And do it for me.
Thanking you in advance,
Barack
Uh oh. Looks like someone moved the rock that Jersey Joe was nesting under.
Jersey Joe-I think your speechwriter deserves a raise.
Mr Obama, can I be Ambassador to Vatican?
Gumjaw wrote: “Uh oh. Looks like someone moved the rock that Jersey Joe was nesting under.”
Now, now, that’s not fair…I am actually an Obama supporter…I think its high time the full US Federal Government should be run, efficiently, just like Philadelphia!
And its high time that we, the pepole in the USA, become third world..and get used to it…why not, that’s what the rest of the world is…Third World!
I also think we need more liberal activist judges…yep so they can make up new case laws as they go along…seems right to me.
Hey! Who needs the Constitution anyway? That’s Old School thinking.
Can you believe Bill Clinton is calling someone else a scumbag?
JJ, have you been on hiatus working on your Obama speech. I’m surprised you missed the opportunity to take a shot at the Clintons.
On Slate’s website there was a grid charting the polling between Clinton and Obama over the last eight months. Clinton starts at about 41% and finishes with 42%. Obama starts at about 23% and finishes about 51%. All those millions she spent, the speeches, the race baiting, the pandering, the ads got her nothing. If she couldn’t attract Democrats to herself how could anybody expect her to attract independents? She wasn’t going to be running against a black man in the fall. She could very well have gotten only the exact same 18 million votes in November that she got this winter and spring.
JJ, nice try, but reciting a bunch of warmed over slander and tired lies doesn’t constitute effective irony. Your claim that the world aside from the U.S. is “third world” is absurd. Canada, Japan, the EU countries, none of them is “thrid world,” and all of them have much higher taxation and socialist forms of government than anything Obama would try here.
“Activist judge” is a right wing fabrication and a bad dodge. Most of the “activist” decisions of recent years have been made by conservative jurists, not by liberals (e.g., failing to adhere to a “states rights” approach in the areas of medical marijuana or physician assisted suicide). People should learn more about how the American legal system actually works before they start throwing around silly phrases like “activist judge,” which are based on the premise you’re so fond of: that people like simple labels so they don’t have to think. Your whole “ironic” speech is based on similar demogoguery and right wing legerdemain. Laughable.
Jersey Joe it comes down to this:
O’Blinton vs Sames as McBush.
Speaking of States’ rights, how about the Peoples Republic of New Jersey?
A classic example of an “activist” Judge is no less than the super liberal Deborah Portiz, who, as NJ Chief Justice actually said, to the effect that it is illegal and unconstituitonal (NJ Constitution) for New Jersey politicians to borrow money without authorization from the people, then, in the same breath, Justice Poritz said that although it is illegal, its OK do so “for one more year”. Of course that was done in order to save the skins of all her Demo pals in NJ governement, who have been raping and plundering the people fo New Jersey for years… otherwise they would be all in jail at this time.
Oh, ya wanna bet Poritz is on the short list for the US Supreme Court if a Demo wins in November?
…uh…Leo, I was actually referring to Obama’s home country, Rwanda, or is it Kenya…well, anyway, you know its the place where ya get elected…then ya get macheted!
Hey Leo, ya know what…you are right…Canada and Japan have made it to First World Status while the US slowly slips below the surface of a decent standard of living and a clear moral compass…won’t be long till the rape of the US Constitution, itself, is completed and that founding Document will be thrown on the dustheap of failed Republics, while we welcome in a new order of demo goguery.