Rouse was Chief of Staff to Republican Lt Governor Miller of Alaska in early 80's

[Winterblues]

Just another interesting tidbit from Alaska...

[golddigger]

1. Change That Matters!

[Billy Burnett]

3. An oil change that matters! eom

[sharp_stick]

11. So you know all about this guy then huh?

My guess is not but that's not too surprising.

[golddigger]

18. Anyone who works for a republican is a scum bag in my book..

So yeah, that is all I need to know about him.

[DevonRex]

44. Hillary was a Republican once. Is she a scum bag? nt

[Stinky The Clown]

47. Pardon me,

what does Hillary have to do with this?

You're manufacturing controversy.

[DevonRex]

51. I don't pardon you. She said anybody who worked for Pukes was scum. I pointed out that

a current wonderful Democrat had once been a Republican. Where is that manufacturing controversy?

Of course, we all know it's YOU who's trying to manufacture a controversy that wasn't there to begin with. Typical of you, Stinky.

[Stinky The Clown]

62. A total quote of the OP:

"Rouse was Chief of Staff to Republican Lt Governor Miller of Alaska in early 80's

Just another interesting tidbit from Alaska..."

I must not be able to read the part where someone calls someone scum.

What I'm doing is asking everybody who made more of the OP than was stated IN the OP to explain their perspective . . . or motive.

[DevonRex]

63. Learn to read threads. I didn't respond to the OP.

[yurbud]

99. on foreign policy in Central America and toward Iran, she aint putting much daylight between her

and the Republicans.

[sharp_stick]

97. That's what I thought

Critical thinking skills can be difficult so this kind of mindset is the easy way out. Way to go.

[young but wise]

41. You are so funny.

:sarcasm:

[Aramchek]

2. and so his character assassination begins before he even takes the position

Thanks for providing no real information about the man.

It helps to keep informative posts separate from attacks.

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[still_one]

8. Most of Rouse's service was with Democrats, specifically Tom Daschle. 30+ years ago he worked with

republicans. 30+ years ago the republicans are NOT what they are today

So do we judge him from 30+ years ago, or from since he became a Democrat

[Tesha]

20. And they just couldn't find anybody of whom *ALL* of their service was for Demorats, ehh?

I wonder where they looked? And how hard they looked?

Tesha

[Aramchek]

30. what's a "Demorat"?

is that like a Repiglican?

[Tesha]

78. No, it's a typo and I'll bet you knew that. (NT)

[Aramchek]

100. sure. just thought it was funny.

[Stinky The Clown]

80. I *really* hope you didn't point out an obvious typo and try to make a point with it.

Really. Talk about flailing and straw grasping . . . .

[Ignis]

90. Why don't you capitalize the first letter of the first word of your sentences?

:eyes:

[Ineeda]

36. I remember reading that Elizabeith Warren was once a Republican.

It was way back when, as a native Oklahoman, and probably in that same time frame. Although I can't find much to back that up, I know I read it. (Scrubbed from Wiki?) So, you're right, how far back do we go for the purity test? Hillary was also a Republican in her youth, BTW. So, why the double standard for Rouse?

[KamaAina]

39. So was Hillary Clinton.

She was a "Goldwater Girl" back in '64.

[Ineeda]

42. Yup - (that's in my post, too)

[girl gone mad]

37. Daschle's not exactly a model Democrat.

He was spineless and had significant baggage.

[Individualist]

46. Hear, hear!

[mod mom]

68. Daschle, Inc. is a lobbyist, isn't he?

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[Pirate Smile]

16. Some here do the same as Republicans - attack anything Obama does or the people around him.

[Stinky The Clown]

52. Please demonstrate how the OP is an "attack" on Obama.

Unless so framing it is for the secondary purpose of manufacturing controversy.

[Ignis]

92. Oh, you know the "logic" by now:

IF name_on_Bad_List=true,
THEN attack poster personally.

[ecstatic]

21. I know. It's disgusting nt

[Stinky The Clown]

49. Is there an untruth in the OP?

I actually don't care who this guy is. He works for Obama and will do what he's told. Just like the last guy. But why are you saying anything against the OP, which was a simple statement of a singular fact, unless it is to manufacture controversy.

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[sonomak]

5. The GOP was very different back then

Hammond and Miller were mild compared to the crazies and perverts they now have in the GOP.

[Winterblues]

7. Yes that is in fact the truth

Hammond might have been our very best Governor.....If Rouse has a mindset like Hammond we will be well served...

[muffin1]

13. That's true.

Still, wouldn't it have been nice to have had a real Progressive voice instead of a 'mild' Republican one?

[PopSixSquish]

9. Can We at Least Let the Guy Move Down the Hall to the COS Office

before we declare him the devil's handmaiden #2?

[Stinky The Clown]

53. How does the OP paint his as the "devil's handmaiden #2?"

Please demonstrate that, unless you said it to help in manufacturing controversy.

[depakid]

10. Then by some accounts he's an Arianna Huffington and should be tarred, feathered & run out of town

on a rail!

[ProSense]

17. He's nothing like Arianna or Cenk

He was never a Republican.

That's like claiming Robert Gates is a Democrat because he works for President Obama.

[depakid]

23. +1 for missing the point entirely!

[dsc]

27. and Jeanne Kirkpatric never changed her party registration

I will say that since his Democratic party work succeeds his GOP party work this is probably not a very fair charge. But simply not changing registration isn't why.

[jaxx]

14. LoL that didn't take long.

It wouldn't matter who was going to get the office, they're already dirt.

:patriot:

[ProSense]

19. Seriously

why even waste time on Rouse? It would be far more effective to dig into President Obama's writings as a child to see if he harbored thoughts of being a DLC Republican sellout. It would confirm the worst and put to rest the notion that anyone he hires will ever be competent let alone supportive of the Democratic agenda.

[msanthrope]

67. Read the 'education threads.' The mere fact he was sent to a private school means he knows nothing

about public school education, and therefore, is in league with the corporatists that are privatizing.....

You get the drift...

[Stinky The Clown]

54. How does the statement of a fact make you see this as making him dirt?

Please explain that to me. Or do you have an agenda in replying this OP as you did?

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[BurtWorm]

22. Obama's Dick

Morris?

[jaxx]

24. Ah a Dick Morris fan.

:puke:

[BurtWorm]

28. Who's a fan?

:wtf:

[jaxx]

29. You brought him up, I thought you liked him.

[BurtWorm]

31. What on earth would make you assume the mention of that asshole's name is a sign of "liking" him?

:wtf:

What the fuck?

PS: Let alone approval of Obama having an asshole like him in the administration?

[jaxx]

32. Why would you ask if Rouse would be Obama's Morris?

That doesn't make any sense.

[BurtWorm]

33. He worked for a Republican?

:think:

[jaxx]

34. So did Abe Lincoln.

[BurtWorm]

35. Oh. Ok.

:wtf:

PS: You're not really putting today's Republicans in the same league as Abe Lincoln, are you? Really?

[jaxx]

38. Good gawd no.

But it made for a good argument. ;-)

[BurtWorm]

40. .

:spray:

;-)

[JNelson6563]

25. Oh thank gawd!

I was worried it might take a while before we had a reason to hate this guy.

Julie

[DevonRex]

48. You know, folks have to have a "trash Obama by proxy" person.

They can get away with saying stuff about his COS that would be deleted if they said it about Obama. And they they can say, "But Obama appointed him..." wink wink nudge nudge

[dionysus]

26. FIRE UP THE OUTRAGE CANNON!!11!!

[Stinky The Clown]

45. The OP stated a fact and offered a neutral comment. If anyone is firing anything, it is YOU

What with the all caps and the gratuitous knock on the OP.

Manufactured controversy, yessirree. You have quick the production line.

[DevonRex]

56. Bullshit. You even tried to stir up a fake controversy above with me.

So take a look in the mirror if you dare.

[DevonRex]

59. LOL!!! Well, we knew it wouldn't take long, didn't we? Fire ONE!!!!

[FrenchieCat]

43. 32 Days before the election.....

and this is what folks are busy doing?
and not even doing any real research,
just a one sentence op?

My, how low we have fallen on the facts and evidence department.


Here's some information about Rouse: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=462038&mesg_id=462066

After you read it, can we get a one sentence reaction?
Thanks! :hi:

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[bigwillq]

60. And you know for a fact

that this OP isn't doing any real work in real life--ya know, where it matters? :shrug:
You take message boards way too seriously.

on edit: yes, this is a silly OP. But don't assume people are not fighting the good fight in real life just because they post something silly on a message board.

[ProfessorGAC]

50. Is There A Point?

If you meant to have one, you forgot to include it in your post.

Besides, you don't think that sometimes people change their opinions about thing over, oh i don't know, nearly 300 years!

This is just silly.
GAC

[Stinky The Clown]

55. I actually agree with you.

The OP was pointless. But that didn't stop all the comments in the thread.

[WilliamPitt]

58. (facepalm)

[DevonRex]

66. Will, that's the cutest facepalm evah!!! nt

[PopSixSquish]

73. "Right Click, Save"

Thanks for this...

:hi:

[DevonRex]

89. Isn't that just the sweetest thing?

:hi:

[Freddie Stubbs]

64. Miller was not AK LG in the early 80's

He served at LG from 1966-1969:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Harvey_Miller

[CreekDog]

98. Wrong...Lt. Governor "Terry Miller" in office 1979-1983 (the one Rouse worked for)

Extra helping of criticism to the OP who posted what seems like an intentionally cryptic OP.

[dogday]

69. Where is the Democratic and Progressive spirit of giving a person a chance.

This man deserves a chance. Let him at least do the job and then critique his work..

[DevonRex]

70. That says it all right there. Thank you. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

71. Where did the OP "critique his work?"

"shrug"

Your post appears to fall in the "making it up" category.

[dogday]

72. I should of been more precise, I am posting about the thread as a whole and those

already lamenting over the fact this guy used to be a republican and he has not stepped foot into office.

Seems you have posted many times and corrected quite a few posters on this thread. Ever thought of being a mod since you like to police everyone's posts? You should try it....

[Stinky The Clown]

74. No one would trust me as a mod. I am too opinionated.

I'll stop there.

[dogday]

75. You know what the say about opinions...

and I will stop there....

[Stinky The Clown]

77. No. I don't. What do they say?

[dogday]

81. Alas decorum prohibits me from posting here... nt

[Stinky The Clown]

83. Well, if it is undecorous, perhaps I need to alert on your innuendo?

Help me out here.

edit to change the first "it" to "if"

[dogday]

86. Saying you wish to alert on a post is against DU rules

Do not say that you are hitting the alert link to report another member. You are permitted to tell someone that you are adding them to your ignore list, provided that you actually do so.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html



As for my post, please do what you think is best, I will let the mods make those decisions.

[Stinky The Clown]

94. I never said I wished to alert on a post

Reread please.

Also, obvious sarcasm seems lost on you.

[dogday]

95. So an Innuendo to say my post might be alertable is somehow

different. And by the way this entire ST will be deleted shortly, so respond quick.

[DevonRex]

91. *snort* Another good post. nt

[jgraz]

76. I think you're a bit unclear on the "progressive spirit"

Poor people deserve a chance. Workers deserve a chance. Single mothers deserve a chance. Drug offenders deserve a chance.

Politicians deserve nothing from us by default. If they do their jobs, we should praise them. If they don't we should criticize them. But nobody gets free pass.

At this point, Obama's record of appointing conventional, establishment politicos is undeniable. People are right to look at Rouse's record and express their concerns.

[dogday]

79. I think progressives give everyone a chance. You are trying to

make him responsible for Obama's record. I will be the first to call foul if this guy is not doing the job, but at least let him start to do the job.

Over the years many people have crossed party lines and this was in 1983 over 20 years ago and I think he deserves a chance like any other party member. It is a shame you don't.

[jgraz]

82. What do you consider "a chance"?

Should we all observe a period of silence when a new appointment is announced? How long do you think it should last?

If you're like me, you never heard of this guy until yesterday. Any information -- positive or negative -- is most welcome.

[dogday]

84. I will withhold my judgment until I see if he can make any

difference and do a better job than the last guy. I can only hope, and I want to see some good in something, so I try to stay positive and hope this guy will be what we need right now.

[VMI Dem]

85. He didn't agree with anything his boss did. He was just in it for the money.

:rofl:

[DevonRex]

93. You might want to read up on him before implying things about him. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

87. Just for the sake of context...

Rouse has family roots in Alaska, and that was basically his first leg up position. Every position he has taken in the interval have been for Democrats. I offer that he is a good choice because at this juncture, the Senate is the glitch in the giddy up, and Rouse is an expert on the Senate. I think his skills will serve the President well.
Other than that, I really don't know much about him. He sure seems like a hard core Democrat to me.

[DevonRex]

88. Very, very good post. This context should have been provided in the OP. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

96. Well there ya go

And in the absence of that context, so many in this thread made up their own context and ascribed motives to the OP that now seem to have been unfounded.

Which is what my point was in most of my initial responses to many people in this thread. My follow-up responses, not so much.

:)