Comments on: Praise for Griffith, raps for Casey

By: VVArlock

VVArlock — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:01:11 +0000

In a “fair and balanced” world of course they don’t notice the horrible, slanted idiocy of the questionnaire.

By: Applewood

Applewood — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:31:57 +0000

I think that the mailer was appropiate. It is much better than what alot of politicians seem to be doing today which is to further their cause, and the citizenship be damned. I guess its no different than Congressman Griffith having a town hall meeting to gain insight as to his constituents thoughts. I can`t understand why it is thought of as `silly`. Would it be `silly` if the same type mailer were sent by a Democrat to their base ? Of course not.

By: Mike m

Mike m — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:57:32 +0000

@ #3
Dan, lay off the bottle.

By: Perch

Perch — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:39:31 +0000

Insert “like I do Griffith’s” between represents, and now that he actually lives there. in message above, sorry.

By: Perch

Perch — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:35:38 +0000

Crooked speaks the truth, Boucher regularly informed and solicited his constituency. Boucher also made a true attempt to represent as many of his constituents as he could, striking a moderate pose that ticked off the extremes in both parties, but was effective in doing his job in representing Southwest Va. Griffith is a minor league idealogue who will never do the job as well as Boucher. His questionaire is as bogus as his qualifications and comittment to represent ALL of his constituents. While I have recently moved on, and while I disagreed with Rick upon occasion, I never questioned his ability to serve the diverse make-up of the region he represents, now that he actually lives there.

By: Non- Partisan Critic

Non- Partisan Critic — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:47:20 +0000

A GOP congressman of limited intellectual reach whose political career has been based almost entirely on being an obstructionist and an objectionist sends his constiuents a RNC/RCC C canned survey that reads like a cheap push poll.Sole purpose to expand the mailing list for future solicitations. Not very unusual or newsworthy.

By: Dave Gresham

Dave Gresham — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:40:38 +0000

It should be decriminalized Dan, but I’ve never seen anyone who’s intelligence and performance wasn’t diminished while under its influence, similar to how drinking impairs finer abilities. I prefer sobriety.

By: crooked road

crooked road — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:33:11 +0000

It’s interesting Nancy has never received any mailers previously. For years, I received quarterly flyers from Rick Boucher, many of which requested feedback, some asking direct questions. Of course, that only occurred over the span of nearly the entire last decade of Boucher’s term in Congress.

As for Griffith requesting feedback, sure, he sought feedback to his overly stilted and biased questions. He asked for yes/no answers, disallowing any context to the very complex topics. The supposed ‘space’ he allowed at the end of the survey was so minimal as to not adequately any discussion about even a single question of his.

But, hey – the point isn’t reality. With Griffith, the point is always about perception. Distorted perception. Thus, Nancy’s comments show just how strongly she supports Griffith in a very effective manner.

By: J.M. White

J.M. White — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:13:55 +0000

Comment by Dan Casey — January 17, 2013 @ 2:18 pm

Hey, hey, hey! You leave Mary Jane out of this. She’s over there minding her own business and not bothering anyone.

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:01:56 +0000

Nancy, is Morgan Griffith a great congressman, or the greatest? Please put any additional remarks in the space between these lines. We value your opinion.