tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post2919618480801319666..comments2019-11-05T09:43:12.491-07:00Comments on Nacilbupera: How Lee lost a 15-Point Lead with Delegates in the Last Week…and how he could Rally to Win June 22Nacilbuperahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046889345683119037noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-4267786643603136332010-06-19T18:22:19.729-06:002010-06-19T18:22:19.729-06:00American Patriot:
You asserted in your June 19, 2...<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12177270853637432056" rel="nofollow">American Patriot</a>:<br /><br />You asserted in your June 19, 2010 12:44 AM comment that another blogger was "a paid Tim Bridgewater supporter" and had "failed to properly disclose this fact to [their] blog readers." <br /><br />So I asked this blogger today on their blog if this were the case:<br /><br />'Someone claimed you were a paid supporter of Bridgewater. Could you please disclose or refute whether or not you are receiving any form of compensation or renumeration from the Bridgewater campaign? You have described your efforts as “volunteer” so I wanted to clarify.'<br /><br />The blogger you accused responded:<br /><br />'Sure. I have not received a dime from Tim. I approached him and offered my endorsement AND my volunteer help. He accepted. He did not ask me for my endorsement or even my volunteerism, but only my vote. There HAVE been some nasty claims about me, but they are false.<br />However, I also do not believe it is bad or wrong for candidates to hire staff.'<br /><br />I have never known this blogger to lie. Furthermore, what you assert would be verifiable in FEC reports Bridgewater and all candidates must submit. However, such reports would not be released until long after the primary election on Tuesday. As is, you are an unnamed person lacking a verifiable source. Therefore, I am concluding you either unintentionally or maliciously spreading gossip about this blogger. <br /><br />Either way, I must censure you to make sure you back up your facts before spreading falsehoods about a non-elected official in accordance with the Nacilbupera blog policy of no "unfounded ridicule."<br /><br />I have not banned you from further comments, but I felt I had to delete your comment. If you feel my actions unjust, you may present evidence to me publicly or privately via email.<br /><br />I want my readers to have a voice and encourage comments, yet I will not have Nacilbupera be the form for spreading gossip about non-elected officials. <br /><br />This is the second time this year I have deleted a reader comment.Nacilbuperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046889345683119037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-65075378986836006742010-06-19T00:44:42.914-06:002010-06-19T00:44:42.914-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.American Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177270853637432056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-16541300782654784732010-05-10T22:58:24.255-06:002010-05-10T22:58:24.255-06:00Okay so since this is a logistics kind of blog.
I...Okay so since this is a logistics kind of blog.<br /><br />I would like to lay this one out.<br /><br />Which is more important on this issue of being in-line with the Constitution both Federal and State?<br /><br />Would it be:<br /><br />A: Following word for word literal meaning and original intent.<br /><br />B: An emotional alphabet soup justifying violation of the "rule of law" and "oath of office."<br /><br />(Which you might remember was referenced on more than one occasion by more than one elected official who took an oath off office to defend such)John Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354835323747454752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-20450448979631136872010-05-10T21:05:34.990-06:002010-05-10T21:05:34.990-06:00JHP: Interesting observations. We think Lee coul...JHP: Interesting observations. We think Lee could do much good in the Senate but first he has to connect with voters. Part of Bennett's failure and soon to be Hatch's is the failure to connect to We the People.<br /><br />Mike Ridgway: Thanks for your insights. Btw, you get a Nacilbupera blog first if we are not mistaken: for the first candidate (but hopefully not the last) for a Utah statewide office to openly opine on this blog! We are flattered!Nacilbuperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046889345683119037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-34866617002399843522010-05-10T16:50:28.148-06:002010-05-10T16:50:28.148-06:00Well, if you want to be turned off by the company ...Well, if you want to be turned off by the company Mike Lee keeps, I suggest you look up, not down. Curt Bramble? Mark Shurtleff? Norm Bangerter? Carl Wimmer? Not extreme. More like bullies and charlatans.<br /><br />But then, Tim has his own problems in that regard. Do a little Googling on one of his key campaign staffers, Jeff Hartley. Or call me so I can go into detail about the hours I watched him perjuring himself on the witness stand in Salt Lake City Justice Court at the behest of Enid Greene and James Evans to take out a Republican whistleblower with lies.<br /><br />Luckily that day, Jeff and James didn't do a good enough job of synchronizing their stories and the judge threw the book at them, figuratively speaking, instead of me. So I ended up acquitted of all three charges the liars at party headquarters dropped on me.<br /><br />So I don't know. Judging the two remaining candidates by the company they keep is kind of a wash.<br /><br />Mike Ridgway,<br />Ron Paul volunteer in three states, 1988<br />Not yet sold on Mike Lee or Tim BridgewaterMike Ridgwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179728543896892977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-20658463583361923562010-05-10T16:48:29.708-06:002010-05-10T16:48:29.708-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Ridgwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179728543896892977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-84903148597108235132010-05-10T16:11:44.509-06:002010-05-10T16:11:44.509-06:00I was leaning toward Lee, but when I spoke with hi...I was leaning toward Lee, but when I spoke with him one-on-one and heard his speech at the convention I was very turned off. He seems to have little personality and little diplomacy (and too much screaming in his speech). I think he'd be a pretty good professor or lawyer, but I just don't see him getting much done in the senate.<br /><br />It also turned me off that many of his supporters on like Ron Paul supporters -- far too extreme in their exuberance for a candidate. To me, that's a sign of trouble, much like it was with Pres. Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-48052108930393497512010-05-10T01:29:19.139-06:002010-05-10T01:29:19.139-06:00John: Great question!
In the phrase you cite, we...John: Great question!<br /><br />In the phrase you cite, we were referring to the tug-of-war between Constitutional principle vs. listening to the will of the people when there is conflict between the two: it’s an endless debate as we feel both require satisfaction. <br /><br />We were trying to offer Lee some ideas to provide a solution that is both Constitutional yet derived from the consent of the governed with the understanding that underlying this is the entire debate of whether or not the war is Constitutional: Libertarians say no, Conservatives say yes. <br /> <br />Perhaps we could have better stated the phrase this way: "Sometimes as an elected official you have to bend from a more immediate remedy towards Constitutional Principle and accept the will of the people in finding a reasonable or measured course towards reaching the goal of full Constitutional compliance."<br /><br />Does this make more sense?Nacilbuperahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046889345683119037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7241344599367523903.post-87130953642347213702010-05-09T23:54:19.381-06:002010-05-09T23:54:19.381-06:00(Reason #2):
"......Sometimes as an elected o...(Reason #2):<br />"......Sometimes as an elected official you have to bend and accept the will of the people....."<br />Pretty scary thought. I wonder the precise notion the writer is speaking about.<br /><br />What do you mean by that portion of that paragraph?John Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354835323747454752noreply@blogger.com