Category: Anxiety

Advice for newbie flacks: 1) Don't be a jerk 2) Don't ignore @dcbigjohn

— Laura McDonald (@lamcdonald8) July 13, 2014

Buzzfeed’s D.C. bureau chief John R. Stanton had a word or two to express Saturday about the national government and transparency. Let’s tune in in, shall we?

http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488036176524111872 http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488073582598451200 http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488074893452673024

Wonder if Jay Carney misses being @PressSec right about now?

http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488091067770605568

But … transparency!

http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488091317189095425

 

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/07/12/buzzfeed-bureau-chief-remember-when-sen-obama-was-all-for-transparency/

http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/360838938069446657

This afternoon, the randy, handsy San Diego Mayor finally addressed the public regarding his penchant for perversion. He conceded that his “failure to respect women and the intimidating conduct [he] engaged in at times is inexcusable,” but he’s not ready to throw in the towel just yet:

http://twitter.com/#!/clairetrageser/status/360845971128729600

That’s right: Filner’s not going anywhere — at least as far as his mayorship is concerned. He announced that he’ll be entering a two-week “rehab” program to come to terms with his failings and “become a better person.”

http://twitter.com/#!/10NewsPhillips/status/360841902981017600

Now, few people are convinced that two weeks of vaca- er, rehab will rid Filner of his fondness for harassing women:

http://twitter.com/#!/asmith83/status/360841575917563906 http://twitter.com/#!/ravenb/status/360838739309764608

Maybe there’s a chance the therapists can do something about this:

http://twitter.com/#!/SonnyBunch/status/360838937301893121

The horror!

http://twitter.com/#!/valsocal/status/360846602421809154 http://twitter.com/#!/DickTracyOrlndo/status/360843086550679553 http://twitter.com/#!/Travesham/status/360842098041303040 http://twitter.com/#!/DrewMTips/status/360840779003998209

Ugh. Heaven help us if Filner starts hanging out with this guy.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/26/shudder-filthy-filner-will-cling-to-his-mayorship-remain-skeezy-while-doing-so-pics/

http://twitter.com/#!/AdamSchefter/status/363331593806422018

A video from June which shows Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper using the “N-word” while attending a concert recently made the rounds and raised eyebrows, not to mention tempers. Cooper has since apologized and been fined by the team.

Both Riley and the Eagles have released statements:

http://twitter.com/#!/Eagles/status/363330926442328064

Seemingly unaware that it’s technically none of his business, Philadelphia’s mayor is saying Riley shouldn’t get off too easy:

http://twitter.com/#!/ProFootballTalk/status/363390128086990848

We should add that to date in 2013 there have been 145 homicides in Philadelphia, so Riley Cooper’s language, while offensive and uncalled for, is far from the worst thing to happen to the City of Brotherly Love this year.

Given the nature of the kinds of things that happen in sports on a fairly regular basis, talk host Larry Elder was perplexed by the seeming extra scrutiny on Riley Cooper and asked several questions via his Twitter feed:

http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363346200524623873 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363352592908156929 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363353828537544704 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363355705836699651 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363374107435347969

We’ll close with some more perspective:

http://twitter.com/#!/NBA_GM/status/363041249579646976

Related:

Michael Vick’s brother places bounty on head of Eagles’ receiver over ‘N-word’ rant; Deletes tweets

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/02/eagles-receiver-riley-cooper-taking-leave-from-team-larry-elder-has-a-few-questions/