Posted on 05/02/2014 6:43:52 PM PDT by servo1969
Republican senate candidate Mark Callahan, an IT-consultant-turned-political-candidate called out liberal reporter Nigel Jaquiss from the Willamette Week scribbling down “blah, blah, blah” while fellow Republican Jo Rae Perkins was giving an answer during a candidate forum.
The reporters proceeded to kick Callahan out of the room.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8OSi8M5YD0
Mediaite reported:
Staffers of the alt-weekly newspaper Willamette Week recently met with Oregon Republican U.S. Senate candidates seeking an endorsement and things got quite dramatic after one reporter was caught scribbling “blah blah blah” on his notepad while a candidate spoke.Jim Romenesko flagged down the dramatic clip, which shows candidate Mark Callahan chastising reporter Nigel Jaquiss for mocking Jo Rae Perkins’ rambling answer to a question (she was on the telephone and could not see the offending notepad).
“I see what you’re writing down there,” Callahan scolded the reporter. “You just wrote down ‘blah blah blah blah’ for everything that Jo Rae said. Jo Rae is a respectful woman. Why are you not respecting her by writing ‘blah blah blah blah’ in your notepad?”
The moderator tried to calm Callahan by declaring that they will now move on, asking the candidate for his views on climate change.
“It’s a myth,” Callahan replied.
“Where are you on the Easter bunny?” Jaquiss interjected.
Of course, the IT-consultant-turned-political-candidate did not find that amusing:
Are these really the questions that I was called here to answer? I called you out for putting “blah blah blah” on your notepad on now you’re asking me questions like this? Really? Really? Are we talking about this now? How about you ask a very serious and respectful question instead of asking a little childish question?
The gaydar gauge just blew up.
I bet that’s not the only thing that impacts his tongue.
Jaquiss? Is that french for jackass?
From the looks of it, it is no stranger to pole smoking.
I think they misspelled his name. I’m pretty sure it’s spelled “JACKASS”
Thanks for the link. You are correct, the newspaper brats are certainly proud of themselves - but I'm glad to see that almost all of the comments are calling them for jerks that they are.
They’re getting soaked with not so positive comments.
What jerks. Seems the commenters to the post explaining what happened think they’re jerks as well.
Are these alt-weekly twerps even old enough to drink?
How about being a homosexual? Why does everything fall under being political correct? Always hiding behind the liberal guise of free speech.
Loved this comment:
lsleveland T Oliver • 2 hours ago
Oh come on. He didn’t answer the Easter Bunny question because he didn’t want to send them all home crying.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
They have differentiated themselves, something that politicians try to do, and they succeeded.
I would not consider the other two for my vote.
They should have just stood and left. Didn’t need to say anything - their actions would have been enough.
“It’s a myth,” Callahan replied.
“Where are you on the Easter bunny?” Jaquiss interjected.
Of course, the IT-consultant-turned-political-candidate did not find that amusing:
Are these really the questions that I was called here to answer? I called you out for putting “blah blah blah” on your notepad on now you’re asking me questions like this? Really? Really? Are we talking about this now? How about you ask a very serious and respectful question instead of asking a little childish question?
And these are the “highly trained” intellectual elites who are training our minds for the future ... ?
Yeah. Right.
The other candidates should have walked out. Most Republicans are cowards.
None of those pansies had the integrity to walk out after that? The staged debate made it clear that only one candidate is worth supporting.
I would have to have summoned a great deal of restraint, from NOT turning over that table and grabbing that snot-nose, and testing the thickness of that glass window.
And a lesser man would have said something like “ I could have been a reporter but my mom and dad weren’t brother and sister” then punched this douche bag in the throat.
The formal name is “RICHARD CRANIUM” but you can just call him Dick Head.
He reminds me of the time GWB and Dick Cheney called Adam Clymer an a_ _ hole and Clymer heard them do it.
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