Comments on: The Hypocrisy of Iowa Democrats

By: Mike C

Mike C — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:18:18 +0000

The best response to Ed Failor is no response.

By: SharpHawkeye

SharpHawkeye — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:32:47 +0000

This is stupid. The whole thing is stupid. Petty mudslinging that gets nobody anywhere.

And you wonder why people are so fed up with our party, their party, all parties…bleeech.

By: Christian Ilene Onum

Christian Ilene Onum — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:19:19 +0000

Censor them both, then we can censor Murphy also, throw in Gronstal and Mc Carthy, possibly Culver…while we are at it may as well get all of the registered baby-killing, money stealing, perversion advocating folks in one shot!

By: soup

soup — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:47:56 +0000

Oops replace Murphy with Failor. Do you think Failor should be censored?

By: soup

soup — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:46:05 +0000

I don’t think this is as interesting or as shocking as you think it is. “Kiernan didn’t ask for Hatch to apologize”. Well you make clear in your own article 3/30/09 that Hatch was quick to apologize. Therefore, why would Kiernan ask for an apology for Hatch when one was already given? The issue for you 3/30/09 was “House and Senate leadership should censure Sen. Hatch to send a loud and clear message that such language should never be uttered in the hallowed halls of the State Capitol by an elected official”. Now if Kiernan was suggesting Murphy be censured that would be truly hypocritical. Craig, do you think Murphy should be censured?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:41:45 +0000

> This is my Twitter-worthy response: ‘Culver/Judge moving IA forward despite Bush-Rants recession. Busy wrkn 4 IA families. Happy 2 discuss w/Rants/Vander Plaats/whomever nxt yr.’”

Is Kiernan (not the good-looking one on WHO) really trying to tie Rants with Bush??? That *may* have worked in 2008, but even then it’s a stretch. It looks desperate to me, and is unlikely to convince anyone that Rants (who most Iowans don’t know) is anything like the *former* President. Our memories are pretty short once a new party takes control.

Regardless of Failor’s intent, “Nazi” is a loaded word and conjures of lots of different meanings. Undoubtedly he was implying bad intentions. I call a spade a spade, and Kiernan had a right to point out that this was poorly chosen language.

Of course, from the linked Ames Tribune article on this page, Kiernan goes on to add a little ‘crazy’ of his own to the pot:

“To compare the Iowa Democratic Party and the national Democratic Party to the Nazi Party, essentially you’re calling Barack Obama, Adolph Hitler,” said Kiernan. “I don’t know what else to do other than take offense to that.”

Wait, did I read that right? Did he just twist Failor’s words into saying he thinks Obama is Hitler? And then after throwing out that hypothetical (which Failor didn’t say), he goes on to be offended by this thing that was never said or implied. Wow, that’s a special kind of crazy.

Kiernan needs to be a leader (which he isn’t) instead of an attack dog.

By: Christian Ilene Onum

Christian Ilene Onum — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:45:56 +0000

Hatch is a jack-booted nazi. Michael Kiernan has the intellect level to be equated to the nourishment factor of a booger to a 3 year old child. It looks good, but is devoid of any nutritional value.

By: Altoona Guy

Altoona Guy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:02:29 +0000

This isn’t shocking. Kiernan always was something of a joke. He became a City Councilman by trading on his wife’s name and he was about average. He became IDP Chairman because Culver is so incapable of anything remotely resembling leadership that he feels the need to surround himself with yes-men. So, who better than the kept husband of a popular television personality?