baby jesus is first

Hey Shays, you're old, out of touch and your party is circling the drain...oh and the Rogaine isn't working.

oh be afraid, be very afraid of BLOGGER RAGE!!!!! (dripping blood horror font)

Oh no...real people on the google and the internets are saying stuff. They shouldn't be able to voice their opinions so openly.

Someone needs to teach that man some manners. Sheesh.

He also seems to have forgotten for whom exactly he works. And it's not the GOP.

Shays, you already slipped, by insulting the blogs; blogs that have done far more reporting than the beltway cocktail klatch you are used to dealing with. As far as I am concerned, please stick your head back up your pompous behind.

Man! I watched the clip.
This guy is some piece of work!

I wonder if that blogger will give him a favorable review in his web site?
Duh.

You'd almost think that a politician would sorta consider that some day he might need this guys support.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't follow him around with a camera now. He sure knows how to put his foot in his mouth.
OH, I forgot. He's a Repuglican. It comes naturally to them.

No we're not the msm press, the msm press are corporate whores, just like Shays.

Jo-Ann @ 2:

I hope this clip plays forever. It shows the atrophy of Repugs and their denial of the fact that bloggers are the progressive movement that will right this ship of state. The poor man is just batty... time to retire.

It also shows the arrogance and ignorance of the Repugs.

Doesn't everyone love his comment on the "far left" - a political stance which 75% of Americans side with?

Is this guy a log cabin repug?
just asking.

These people are such a hoot when they realize how powerless they really are.
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"you are not the Press. you are ten times more powerful than the Press because i cannot trust you to follow our insider rules and cover for me. you are ten times more powerful and i will prove it by addressing you with ten times more emotion."

Isn't Maher on HBO at 11pm Friday nights? Has his show started up again?

He's been to the O'Reilly school of STFU.

I believe the time has come that the people of the blogosphere rise up and start shadowing this guy like he is our new best friend...

Politicians decide who the "press" is and the press decides who the candidates are. That's how our confounded fathers meant for it to be, and that's why they put it in the Constitution.

Bloody Bill Kristol = press

Glenn Greenwald = unserious blogger

Hillary Clinton = candidate

Falafel Bill = press

kos = hate-filled lunatic

Dennis Kucinich = non-candidate

Gee I wonder if Chis Shays would have treated me as the ugly partisan enemy and not "go there" as he did with that man. No matter if I spent 12 years defending this Nation in the military. As a U.s> citizen the man could be allowed his questions. Shays is only going to answer what he wants and how he wants no matter how his conception of the truth might be so arrogantly biased and partisan-ed in nature.

This is a elected official that happens to be Republican that only represents those Americans that he and only he deems a worthy American......

Chris Shays, I say to you that in my years of service defending this nation. It was not only for certain Americans I completely agree with.

You disturb me SIR. You are not what Americans are about or should ever be about. You are truly divisive with the authority vested in you by the electorate. If someone is rude with you then I understand you addressing that person individually. So exactly what kind of American fits your decorum.

I'm sick of the cable newsies giving Shays moderate cover

Accountability; that far left scourge!

I am soooo much in favor of holding these jerks accountable for what they say.

If I had my way (fat chance) they would be forced to conduct all public business in a fishbowl and it would be illegal to meet with lobbyists, bundlers, PACs and the like without cameras present.

The "legitimate press" takes it way too easy on these jerks.

I one time saw a Mayoral Debate here in Houston. It was well attended by the press. One of the candidates was falling-down drunk and completely incoherent. The only understandable thing he said was when he made fun of the mayor's name, ("Welchie, belchie, smelchie" - I kid you not!). No mention of any of this in the press. Period. The nut was still treated as if he was serious.

I went to a Wallace For President rally in 1968 (don't ask - barely escaped with my life!)
This psycho always cried that he was treated unfairly by the press. This was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. I had longish hair and happened to be wearing a Nehru jacket when we decided to go. If you have never been in the middle of a screaming, fist shaking mob who want your blood and are being whipped to a frenzy by a NAZI demagogue, the experience is impossible to describe. Press accounts made no mention of his truly horrifying rhetoric and only said that the event "was only marred by a few minor incidents." Like me getting beaten by the cops, for example.

The MSM is a collection of aging dinosaurs. F em - they are useless. The nearest thing to a free press I have seen in my lifetime is the net. LONG LIVE THE BLOGOSPHERE!!!

The guy is a pathological liar. Listen to the YouTube video where he talks about Abu Ghraib. It is eerie how easily he denies the photographic evidence.

1. As if Fox isn't totally partisan. But Shays would surely call them "the press".
2. He just takes the woman's word for it that her blog isn't partisan. How does he know?
3. The camera here is NOT being operated by the 'looney left" guy, so what the F is he talking about?! If he "slips up" it will be because there was a Lefty in the room? That's some childish argument there, Shays.
4. In the Macca incident, the camera man didn't even ask a question, so why is Shays so frighten at the prospect of *gasp* getting a tough question? Methinks he doth protest too much, don't you?
5. Labeling someone (twice!) with a racial slur and implying that he's not a citizen ("welcome to America..") because of the color of his skin is NOT a "slip up", and had NOTHING to do with the fact that the guy had a camera. It's because he did have the camera that we all were able to see it. Sounds like it's himself that Shays doesn't trust, not the Lefty sitting in the room.
6.Right on with the Nuremberg idea there, Dash! We could add in Pat "memory pills" Roberts, William the bloody, Clueless Krauthammer. They sure as hell don't have to own up to anything in there day jobs. In fact they keep right on getting re-elected or shelling out the sh*t. Justice for all, my ass!

Irony. The blogger didn't even have to say anything. Shays did it all.

Mr. Shays is mistaken. There won't be one video moment in a year, there will be a whole lot going up on YouTube of Mr. Shays and his rage.

Bob Roberts @ 40:

He didn't sound particularly enraged to me ... and he made several points I agree with. Sheehan is running against Pelosi, after all, which I consider ridiculous (at best) and playing directly into GOP hands (at worst). Also, aren't partisan blogs (either side) often looking for misstatements or moments of temper or idiocy in order to condemn the particular politician or party the blog is gunning for?

Yes and Shays didn't take long to show his moment of temper and idiocy did he?

Radically Moderate @ 21:

Is this guy a log cabin repug?
just asking.

nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez @ 25:

"you are not the Press. you are ten times more powerful than the Press because i cannot trust you to follow our insider rules and cover for me. you are ten times more powerful and i will prove it by addressing you with ten times more emotion."

Perfectly stated!

They are bloggers, but they and their readers are also VOTER'S!!!
I don't think politicians will ever realize that we don't work for them, they work for us. They aren't there to question us, we question them.
The blogger should have ripped the Senator a new one right then and there.
Besides, there is no Press. There is bias opinion, ranting, dogma, smearing, lie's, partisan, apologist's, enabler's, coward's, chicken hawks, and fools.
The internet and all that is found on it is the worst nightmare of any government. Government is all about control, and in this country the political elite's have managed over the years to control the news on TV, radio, and print, by deregulation which allows their crooked and unethical buddies to own and operate almost every means of information the public gets. But the internet so far has been a tougher nut for them to crack. Anyone and everyone can use it.

Space Coyote @ 56:

bock bock bock bock bock

Chicken, indeed.

First of all, Shays is a complete asshole; all of the time. But this is also a prime example of the republican viewpoint that they can say anything and everything they want on their radio shows or Fox, but if one liberal blogger says any small thing against repubs, then all bloggers are bad, regardless of what they print.

What a gutless coward. Easy to tell he's a republican. Wasn't he on Bob Barr's penis posse back in the '90s?

I have no idea of what he is talking about. He must be crazy or something

what we're seeing is the republican establishment, going for the two-fer.
Opportunities not only to garbage mouth 'liberals!' or 'progressives!'
but.......
To turn thier own peeps against the idea of a potent blog component within thier own party.
The longer the HOP (haggerd ol' party) makes the crucial calculation to keep thier OWN PEOPLE out of thier OWN party. The longer this current incarnation of (ok the...) GOP will remain in the dust bin.
(you know, when one has a realization like this.....you just cant help thinking the next ten years are gonna be
a 'lil sweeter.....)
Alas..
....Once in power....
Will the progressive blogs have all the wind we have now?
Not that we should'nt be here...but what will we be when we get there?

Actually I'm not so sure that it was the last 7 years that they became nutcases. But the last 7 years the nutcases have been in control of the asylum.

Now that I think about Chris Shays' momment of power over who can speak. Makes me consider that they are definatelyfeeling the pressure. And the neo right wing montra media is not hthere to carry the water or toss gas on the fires. They will continue to hide behind Rush and hannity and such. But they aren't going to be able to sway anyone and hide the republican Mark Foleys and Duke cunninghams. Not any more.

Strawberry @ 3:

Hey Shays, you're old, out of touch and your party is circling the drain...oh and the Rogaine isn't working.

Fantastic comment. That pretty much sums it up!

Having seen his "concession speech" the night of the last November election, in which he rambled on about Iraq, while crying, and then finding out that he won, convinces me that this man has mental health issues, and is slowly losing his grip on reality...not unlike many of the people in power today

This guy presents all the indications of one who is in the final stages of ceding to others the title to his soul. On the day that he finally realizes the extreme price he has paid for whatever baubles he got, I wonder if he'll think it was worth it? Some people just gotta learn the hard way.

"By “far left”, I thought he meant Sheehan." - Bob Roberts

Bob,

To a Republican like you she may seem far left. I would consider her to be pretty much representative of the majority view.

Chris Shays needs to understand that the blogger that dared question him represents the taxpaying American citizens that he fuc*ing works for! These assholes have been inside their privilege bubbles for so long they've become downright surly when faced with patriotic Americans filling the vacuum left after the purchase of the MSM.

I think there will soon be an attempt to break the rising blogosphere beyond the obvious attacks from the likes of O'Reilly and his ilk.

I hope bloggers make him sorry for being so dismissive of them. What an arrogant asshole. I'll definately be donating to his opponent.

Edwin @ 6:

"If he has nothing to hide"... why is he afraid of the cameras??? That's their own talking point. Is he admitting things get taken out of context, and blown out of proprotion, and the GOP does it all the time, so he knows well. Looks like.

Wow. What a retard. Why talk to a constituent with no corporate agenda, as opposed to 'real' reporters? I figured politicians would love talking to actual people. Isn't that why you're a politician?

Goddamn, we live in such weird times. All this technology & we can't even TALK anymore.

Shays is a moron but as a Ct resident who has to put up
with Gov. Rell & of course Lieberman I must conclude the
voters of my state top these dopes in stupidity by a long shot.

Why does Chris Shays hate democracy?

Hmm, I don't think he said anything outrageous or even wrong. He's basically correct. Most bloggers are not qualified to be journalists, true journalists, not the kind that populate the popular media outlets. I'm guessing most haven't taken upper division English or Journalism courses, and yes, they are just lying in wait for one slip up. As a group it seems they do have a bit of a smug, Drudge-like case of self-importance. Not all, but many. If you dare post a contrary comment, you are either deleted or flamed til kingdom comes, or worse, branded an inflitrating GOP troll shill.

Hey, I don't like Shays at all, but while he may have sounded a tad paranoid, he didn't say anything that was not accurate.

We see railing about the blogs not only from Shays, but from most establishment politicians, probably because they are corporate owned. They would prefer that the corporate media exclusively shape the debate.

We could come up with a laundry list of things the corporate media and corporate politicians would like to keep out of the debate, but the number 1 issue that they want to keep off the agenda is the failure of "fair" trade, as evidenced by $700 billion trade deficits.

When labels are used, like "far" left or "far" right, it is an attempt to marginalize these constituencies without dealing with the issues raised.

To these people the "far left" is anything "left" of Bush

OMG! I wish I had been there....I'd have told that idiot I am an American CITIZEN and FURTHERMORE as a citizen I was one of his bosses!!! Vote his ass OUT!!!

snead @ 82:

Heh heh. He'd have done better just to answer leftnutmeg's questions.

Since it followed on a discussion of subpoenas, it was going to be a question about whether he'd support inherent contempt if the Oversight & Govt Reform subpoenas were ignored. He'd have answered "No" or "I'll look into it," and nobody would care.

And as Guido @ 47 said, I wasn't even taping. Fun times :)

If you think right wing drool idiot talk radio is something, you have no idea of the juggernaut you're playing with here with the internet. I would advise the idiot to play nice. The internet isn't just chaos and freedom of speech, it is an organizing platform. For now the intelligent have the advantage before the churches catch up. The time to strike is NOW.

"To find one thing they can run in the course of a year and a half" and you, my fine feathered raging representative, just handed him the one thing. I've got a drawer full of spoons sharper than you, Mr. Shays.

Most bloggers are not qualified to be journalists...

Yet we are being led down the path to destruction by the so-called professional journalists. The corporate media is in league with those who are destroying our nation. The corporate media will never do the job they are supposed to do as the free press.

Blogging came about due to the failure of the corporate media to do their job. If we had news outlets actually doing a good job, the bloggers would have far less impact than they currently do.

I woudnt call that "rage"

C’mon C & L, you are really dropping the ball here.

Aside from that, what is wrong, this guy feels he just cant act himself otherwise he wont be reelected?
I suspect he has some skeletons in the closet.