FCC POWELL SETS STAGE FOR EXIT ..another one...bye bye....

[bluedog]

FCC POWELL SETS STAGE FOR EXIT IN INTERVIEW: 'I HAVE A TIRED FAMILY, TIRED CHILDREN AND A TIRED SPOUSE'
Sun Sep 21 2003 17:25:30 ET

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Michael K. Powell, the embattled chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appears to be setting the stage for an exit with a candid interview pipelined for Monday runs of the NEW YORK TIMES.

Newsroom sources tell DRUDGE that Powell has gone on-the-record with NYT's Steve Labaton for a wide-ranging explanation of current affairs.

"I have a tired family, tired children and a tired spouse. Candidly, I once said I would be in this job for three years and then leave," Powell explains. "That was three years ago."

"I've been called every name in the book by every opponent in the book," he adds. "That's classic Washington. If you can't get past jingoism, you attack the person. I wish the press would focus on more than who's rebuked and who's rebuking and look at what the best alternatives are for the public in terms of policy."

Labaton was said to be finalizing the text Sunday evening, for a Business section lead, sources tell DRUDGE.

Developing...

[aquart]

1. And a disgusted nation.

Bye, bye, weasel.

[dArKeR]

13. Typical CHRISTIAN COWARD GOP blames his family for his lot. From Bush

to Hughes to a cast of thousands they always blame/use an excuse their family and NEVER TELL THE TRUTH!

Immoral party of liars.

[liberalnurse]

2. Good riddens!

Then that just makes one wonder just where he plans to wreck havic next?

[wtmusic]

10. wreck? havic? riddens?

spellcheck?

[ahimsa]

31. encryption for the rest of us

hvaen't you gttoen taht eamil aoubt how you can slitl raed wrods eevn if tehy are grsosly mipsleld as lnog as the frist and lsat ltteers are crorcet? it's a good way to keep acrshfot on his teos.

:tinfoilhat:

[newyawker99]

32. Hi ahimsa!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Unknown Known]

3. Good riddance to bad rubbage

Hell, even the NRA was against media monopoly.

[bluedog]

4. must be getting

hot in this Wh...this time of year......think daddy powell may be next.....I do I do!!

[MaineDem]

5. So long, farewell

auf wiedersehn, good bye!

I don't think he'll be missed by too many.

[shirlden]

6. You did your best

Now go pick up your bonus from Murdoch and always remember, the best thing for "public policy" would be for you to stay the hell away from public policy.

I hope your kids bite you on the ankle when you get home.

:argh:

[Cha]

LOL! That's a real original way to say "don't let the door hit

you on the way OUT!" :D

[brook]

7. Please...

let it be true! One less self-serving, smirk-faced sychophant soiling my TV screen. S'wonderful.

[Rebellious Republican]

8. No, thats how the republicans have written the rules in ....

Washington. The Dems are just now learning how to play by them. Its a damn shame to see your tired old sorry ass leave, by the way don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!

:kick:

ANYONE BUT BUSH IN "04"

[wtmusic]

9. He almost got away with it

He and Dad can go live in the Home for Retired Whores.

[catzies]

11. He's got a lot of nerve in wishing what the press would focus on.

That irony is so rich I could pour it in my coffee.

[rocktivity]

12. And we have no one to blame but ourselves, LOL

WE THE PEOPLE stopped those FCC changes. He was supposed to rubber stamp them. He couldn't. Failure is not an option in Pretzel-Dunce land. So he has to go.


rocknation

[Jacobin]

14. One whore down, 6,875 to go.

[Thaddeus]

15. What? Is he backtracking?

From the article: "I wish the press would focus on more than who's rebuked and who's rebuking and look at what the best alternatives are for the public in terms of policy"

Two years ago he famously said that there was no such thing as the "Public Interest"!!!

[gratuitous]

16. The best alternatives for the public???

Like, when four media moguls tell you to change ownership rules completely, and 10 million members of the public say, "Don't do it," you follow the four moguls? Don't forget to pick up the twenty on the dresser on your way out, Michael. And don't forget to leave the $19.75 change, you cheap, two-bit corporate whore.

[calimary]

17. Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, Hey-hey-hey, GOOD BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been singing that to myself for about a week now.

Well, dear Mikey, you also have a TIRED NATION. TIRED OF YOU!!!

Sayonara, sucker! Mr. No-such-thing-as-public-service! Asshole! Or is this another example of a right-wing thug who bailed because he found out he couldn't have it his way? Either way, good riddance!Your dad's reputation is trashed, and you didn't do much to refurbish the family name.

Everything bush touches turns to shit. And you're just another in a continuing series of people, principles, companies, and institutions tarnished by the touch of duh-bya.

[jburton]

18. I give him one month....

Betcha he gets a lobbying gig in less than a month.

Doesn't matter what industry he whores for. The corporation would pay for his name, not expertise.

Of course, the perfect fit would be "Legislative Affairs Director" for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

[MODemocrat]

19. Don't let the door hit your behind on the way out Powell

You also have a very tired public, so hopefully you'll exit by the way of the side door.:cry:

[UTUSN]

20. Buh-BYE----------Bozo-Colin-

Din your parents teach you not to feed off the public trough??????????/

[Zech Marquis]

21. same old excuses, same old shit

"I have atired family, wah!" and they must sick and tired of you making an absolute ass of yourself whoring for the likes of FauxNews :eyes:

Methinks we'll be seeing quite a few more of the BFEE gang having "tired families"...

[goforit]

22. Failure,failure failure!!!!.......A contract with Satan is quite costly!

Adios Senior Powell,Jr.!!!!

[BiggJawn]

23. Good Riddance! Asshole! "Cheerlead New Technology"...

Even when that "technology" is bogus, like this BPL (Broadband over Power Line) that you've been "cheerleading"...
Shit, Mikey, most the Playahs in this BPL game can't even get 60 Hz delivered without fucking up and blacking out 1/4 the country. How the hell they gonna do this Broad-band thing with out interferring with every Shortwave Listener in the country?

One of the playahs, BTW, is that Ohio company who's pasty tinsel-shit grid took out the whole northeast when it fell the other month...

So, the ARRL, a bunch of old farts (most of who voted for Chimp)with there Ham Radios wore-out Mikey Powell...

Too Bad...

[Melsky]

24. A man who claims he never took anything from the big media corporations

um, what about all those trips to vegas, london, etc, paid for by big media lobbying groups?

Snip
Over the past eight years, according to the Center for Public Integrity, FCC commissioners and staffers have taken almost $2.8 million in trips that were paid for by the interests they are supposed to police. Companies with big business before the FCC this spring, such as Viacom and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., have paid for trips. So too have lobbying groups such as the National Association of Broadcasters ($191,472 for junkets by 206 FCC officials) and the The National Cable and Telecommunications Association ($172,635 for junkets by 125 FCC officials).
Snip
from
http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?pid=688

[Kool Kitty]

25. All I have to say is

Buh-bye, honey-don't let the door hit you in the ass.

[BattyDem]

26. I love this quote from "Semi-Colin"

"I've been called every name in the book by every opponent in the book," he adds. "That's classic Washington. If you can't get past jingoism, you attack the person. I wish the press would focus on more than who's rebuked and who's rebuking and look at what the best alternatives are for the public in terms of policy."

Every Repug is exactly the same. They will lie, cheat, distort the facts and attack anyone and everyone who disagrees with them. But as soon as they're on the receiving end of the ass-kicking, they pout, whine, take their ball and go home.
It's pathetic ... but it's kind of amusing to watch!

[Dr Fate]

27. Bye-bye Fat-stuff!

Enjoy your free parting gift- a bottle of "Fat White Racist" brand BBQ Sauce!!! Pour conservativley over pork-chops and enjoy!

[otohara]

28. "three years" - that's a big fat lie

he's saying that he accepted a job that would last 4, maybe 8 years - but would quit after the 3 years???? How absurd is that? Just another liar in an administration full of chronic liars.

[Selwynn]

29. This truly breaks my heart.....

...I didn't have a chance to execute my plan to take a LOA from work for a year and camp out in his town waiting for the chance to run into him and with all my might punch him squarely in the nut sack. /sigh

Oh well, I guess getting his fat ass out is gonna have to be consolation enough. :D

[Democat]

30. He's complainging about the press? He is the press!

The U.S. media hasn't released a story that wasn't approved by the White House in three years, stop crying you idiot.