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Cornyn: Angle Won't Be Ready to Face The Press For 'A Few Weeks'
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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You may have to wait until it's really hot outside before Sharron Angle takes questions from the media about her controversial record. Tonight, several hours after she zigzagged her way through the Senate to avoid questions from the press, a handful of reporters asked NRSC Chairman John Cornyn to explain.
His response: We probably won't be hearing anything from her for weeks.
Cornyn echoed several of his previous statements suggesting Angle isn't quite prepared to face the media, and will be fairly sequestered, at least until she has a full staff of campaign veterans running the show for her.
"You're going to have complete 100 percent access to her, but I think it just makes sense, at some point that I think she needs to get staffed up and prepared," Cornyn said. "I don't think anybody would be prepared for a race like this where 20 or 30 million dollars is going to be spent in negative advertising."
I asked when he expected she'd be able to face a group of reporters without feeling the need to give 'em the slip. "I don't know, I mean I just think it's going to take a few weeks...but you know it's really up to her," Cornyn replied. "With all due respect to the Washington press corps the people she's gotta impress are the voters back in Nevada." (Angle has also been dodging the Nevada press corps.)
So there you have it. Angle will get to decide if and when she takes questions from the press, but it won't be until well into summer.
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ritetime
June 15, 2010 7:16 PM
It doesn't matter if it's hotter than July. Angle has already shown her true colors and it is crazy.
Such hypocrites. If they believe the bullshit the spouse, then stand up and say it again when it counts.
If she's not ready for the press, she sure as hell is not ready to govern!
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Hobbes83
June 15, 2010 7:42 PM in reply to ritetime
Seconded. I hate it when politicians have radical views that they've expressed in the past, but when it's time to stand behind them, they lose their spine.
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mJJ
June 16, 2010 12:04 AM in reply to Hobbes83
It will take some real undoing for her to walk back from her treatment advice using Scientology. Most Republians could tolerate an athiest easier than they can a Scientologist. Of course, she has other problems that will give voters fits. You know all those retirees in Nevada who depend on their Social Security that she is out to abolish. Of course, depending on her audience, she even buckles on that one. I guess it will take her some time to figure out the best "electable" baloney! And even that she will change if the wind blows the wrong way.
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DownriverDem
June 16, 2010 8:54 AM in reply to Hobbes83
If she's not ready to meet the press, she is not ready to be a senator!
Proud Michigander!
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SqueakyRat
June 16, 2010 8:29 AM in reply to ritetime
So there's a spouse Angle, too, eh?
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Jim H
June 15, 2010 7:25 PM
Is that how much the Republicans plan on spending attacking Reid?
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SilvestriWoman
June 15, 2010 7:26 PM
Hmm... Why are the GOP gals so not ready for prime time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-m3EoVQ4k
You know what they say: Can't stand the heat? Stay out of the kitchen!
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jeffgee
June 16, 2010 9:58 AM in reply to SilvestriWoman
Get back in the kitchen would be the expected right-wing response to anyone without a R after their name.
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Viva!America!
June 15, 2010 7:30 PM
Smoke her the f*ck out Harry Reid! Smoke her the f*ck out! What the hell is this? too much coddling of republicans running for office. This is complete nonsense.
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barrelhse
June 15, 2010 7:32 PM
If she can't handle a presser, how will she deal with a 3 AM phone call? or the IRS? or Social Security? or the Alcoholic Beverage lobby? or Brown people? or the Muslin threat?
Get the hook.
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afisher
June 15, 2010 7:41 PM
Consider Cornyn's answer, she is not ready to meet with the (press) media.
She was "interviewed" on Fox yesterday, so isn't he by extension confirming what many suspect, Fox has nothing to do with generic MEDIA?
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John M
June 15, 2010 7:49 PM in reply to afisher
What it should say is:
Cornyn: Angle Won't Be Ready to Face The Press For 'A Few Decades'
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bibimimi
June 15, 2010 9:08 PM in reply to afisher
Corn-dog is a master bullshite artiste and even HE blew that one.
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Overreach THIS!
June 16, 2010 1:27 AM in reply to bibimimi
Yep!
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It's Pat
June 15, 2010 9:52 PM in reply to afisher
I'va always wodered: Why isn't FOX considered mainstream, particularly since they are always talking about their ratings and being #1?
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Kestrel
June 15, 2010 7:51 PM
It just goes to show even they know that she is a nut job. They're afraid she'll say what Republicans are only suppose to think but not say out loud.
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navamske
June 15, 2010 7:53 PM
In another TPM article that apparently doesn't have a comment thread, Angle says, "What is a little bit disconcerting and concerning is the inability for sporting goods stores to keep ammunition in stock. That tells me the nation is arming. What are they arming for if it isn't that they are so distrustful of their government? They're afraid they'll have to fight for their liberty in more Second Amendment kinds of ways? . . . That's why I look at this as almost an imperative. If we don't win at the ballot box, what will be the next step?" (Emphasis added)
OK, media -- do your job and ask her this: "Do you mean that if more people vote for Harry Reid than vote for you, you and your supporters will take up arms?"
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merl
June 15, 2010 8:03 PM
what she means is right wingers hate democracy when they lose an election.
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Jon Lester
June 15, 2010 8:11 PM
However badly he handles his interviews, at least Alvin Greene is willing to talk to the press.
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FreemanW
June 15, 2010 8:17 PM
It takes that long to polish their bullshit?
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cwnidog
June 15, 2010 8:39 PM in reply to FreemanW
They can polish her until their arms drop off - she ain't gonna shine.
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bibimimi
June 15, 2010 9:05 PM in reply to cwnidog
What substance do you recommend gives a stellar spit-shine to a middle-aged woman...besides estrogen?
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Beetlejuice
June 15, 2010 9:09 PM in reply to FreemanW
Perhaps she's digging for republican gold ... if she wins and they regain control of the Senate what's in it for her to caucus with them...it's all in negotiation at this moment so everyone is being tight lipped.
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farnsworth
June 15, 2010 10:44 PM in reply to Beetlejuice
Doubt it. Who else is she going to caucus with? The Democrats? Not with her wacko background.
Or is she going to go it alone?
Nah, that's not it.
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jeffgee
June 15, 2010 11:50 PM in reply to FreemanW
Sounds like $arah. And Rand. After the crazy leaks out impromptu and from past crazy statements, sequester the candidate from any questions except softballs from Fox News and build up a Facebook and Twitter cult.
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KingCool
June 16, 2010 12:03 AM in reply to FreemanW
How long until Palin faces the mainstream media? It's been two years? Angle will definitely vie for the record.
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PartTimeRoadie
June 16, 2010 9:06 AM in reply to FreemanW
I know... It only took the Mythbusters a few hours to polish both Lion and Giraffe poop.
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thomas1
June 16, 2010 9:12 AM in reply to FreemanW
no matter how much shinola (sp?) you put on the sh*t it's still sh*t. The smell will tell.
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slb
June 15, 2010 8:28 PM
I think she needs to get staffed up and prepared
Is getting "staffed up" comparable to getting "lawyered up"?
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Walter Mitty
June 15, 2010 9:15 PM
So Republican candidates need weeks of coaching, to learn how to downplay and lie, before they are properly face the press? Really?
She just won the party primary - but now she's not ready for prime time?
Are folks electing a candidate or a party puppet with canned answers and a team of handlers.
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Walter Mitty
June 15, 2010 9:19 PM
Reid should make this into an ad "Where's Sharron?", and then quote Cornyn saying she's not ready or prepared yet. Then he can pull out a few of her more ridiculous quotes and say "You can't hide from these statements, no matter how much coaching the Republicans are giving you.".
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Overreach THIS!
June 16, 2010 1:31 AM in reply to Walter Mitty
The strategy rather writes itself, indeed.
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bill57
June 16, 2010 10:03 AM in reply to Walter Mitty
That, my friend, would be perfect...which is why we will never see it...
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neesy08
June 15, 2010 9:48 PM
she sounds just like palin. unqualified and for the position she is running for and does not have a full grasp of the issues. i see reid keeping his senate seat
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mobilenews12
June 15, 2010 9:50 PM
harry is the mouse that roars. think what he has managed to shepard thru the most pathetically divided senate in decades. okay so the legislation isn't ideal, but that's politics. better 50% of something than 100% of squat. plus every DEM victory forces the repulikkklan into a corner making them spout increasingly insane delusional extremist crap, in other words they write the DEMS 2010 midterm ads for them! and since this obviously racist, extremist bat shit crazy c**t is his opponent i like his chances in november. he will lay low-ish not stir up too much controversy (look for slo bill-movement in the senate anyway)and hope this hateful asswipe of an opponent crucifies herself. all he has to do is pound in the last nail.
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It's Pat
June 15, 2010 9:53 PM
Sharron's so tea time tough but can't even handle questions rom the "lamestreet" media.
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Snig
June 15, 2010 10:56 PM
Palin has had a couple years now, and she's still afraid to be interviewed. Maybe the same hack who writes Palin's tweets and Facebook could ghost her too.
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Overreach THIS!
June 16, 2010 1:25 AM in reply to Snig
I think you're on to something. This crazy woman *can't* be interviewed. Not now, not in August and not in November.
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Mary Alice
June 15, 2010 11:34 PM
Cornyn, if you ever lose your job in the senate, not to worry. You can be anybody's straight man. Making those remarks about Angle not being quite ready for prime time with a straight face makes you a pro. Vaudeville will rise again!
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johnnydoughey
June 15, 2010 11:39 PM
When the mob bosses speak, the mobsters jump...
Of course some folk actually believe those clowns in Washington are speaking for their constituents and themselves.
Not so, as this example shows.
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tiredofit10
June 16, 2010 7:55 AM
Another one, just like Palin. Hiding them until they feel they can polish them up, it would take a lot of shinola for that.
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nick
June 16, 2010 8:40 AM
let's see all those retired folks in NV will vote for this woman who wants to get rid of Social security and medicare. At least she will get the felon vote for giving them SPAs and massages in prison.
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jeffgee
June 16, 2010 10:07 AM in reply to nick
How many of them gamble their Social Security checks away at the casinos?
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DownriverDem
June 16, 2010 8:52 AM
WTF???? If she's not ready to meet the press, she's not ready to be a senator. Insane.
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Ugot2bkidnme
June 16, 2010 9:36 AM
No one gets elected by the right or left, at least so far. Every politician must come back to the center. This wacko has taken very extreme positions which appeal to the far right not to the center. Hell, some of her positions don't even appeal to the right. The longer she hides from the press (I don't consider Fox a member of the press) the easier it is for Reid to define her. All Reid has to do is put her interviews/statements out there for the Nevada electorate to digest. Letting your opponent define you is not a winning strategy. Republican leadership knows that. My guess is they have no other choice. Otherwise, she'll self destruct.
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Sniffit
June 16, 2010 11:01 AM
Copngratulations Senator Reid.
BTW, I can't wait to hear how reporting about the facts of her past and her stated positions is a "liberal media conspiracy" and/or constitutes "negative ads" or a "smear campaign."
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boycottfaux
June 16, 2010 11:06 AM
Her reasons for voting against putting flouride in Nevada's drinking water in 1999 should be enlightening, eh?
BTW, where did I hear she was 'new to politics'???
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Sniffit
June 16, 2010 11:09 AM
Translation: "don't ask stupid questions. She's crazy and we all know it. Just look what happened to the Randroid when we let him off on his own believing that his AI was programmed well enough."
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xochi
June 16, 2010 1:06 PM
But will she have a Facebook page?
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PushMe-PullYou
June 16, 2010 2:15 PM
It was the late Richard Nixon who introduced campaign events packed entirely with sympathetic attendees. Of course the GOP went on to perfect that technique, finally arriving at Bush Jrs. events where even the hand-drawn signs were fake. So it isn't much of a leap for them to put forward candidates about whom they want nothing known, and for whom they will go to great lengths to make sure that nothing is known.
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barryashe
June 16, 2010 3:11 PM
Maybe Rand and Sharon could just give Cornyn a permanent proxy. Then they could just stay hidden away indefinitely in some comfortable sanatorium somewhere far away from the nosy press.
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