There is a very sizeable group of people over there that want to believe the military is evil. It’s sad.

I’m sorry that you have a problem with this, but there’s no need to use that to attack our ethics or professionalism over it. And honestly, I’m more than fed up with the right’s wimpiness when it comes to dealing with people like Foer. He published smears and has accused the Army of lying after the fact, and has accused us here and other conservatives on other blogs of all sorts of misconduct — when nearly all the misconduct in the Beauchamp affair is Foer’s own. Since returning from vacation, he’s been trying to make this whole thing just go away. We’re not going to let him.

Normally I don’t respond to the “Vent” segments on HotAir. But lately I’ve seen what I consider some frayed edges on the professionalism of the HotAir team and thought I’d make a point about it….

The more we show signs of being the anti-liberals, as opposed to what we really are–conservatives–the more we will lose the respect of those on the fence. I’ve noticed the professionalism of this site go down this year. It’s become more sensational, more knee-jerk, less matter-of-fact. It’s disappointing.

If I have to explain why it’s poor judgment to put what is obviously an already public email address of the editor of a private publication into the site-produced video of a site with good traffic…..then my original post wasn’t meant for you.

Let me put it another way: how many of you would have emailed Foer after watching that video had HA not included the segment where the receptionist gives his email? Additionally, what are your emails going to accomplish? Is deluging the inboxes of people we are disgusted with an acceptable practice? If so, how does that jive with our contention that conservatism is better than liberalism? If it is better, then we act better. Not just when we agree with people, but when we vehemently disagree with people.

Either we will stand for something or we will fall for anything.

I have heard that Scott’s last name is actually pronounced “Beecham”

It might be a Missouri thing. I lived there for a few years a while back and had a horrible time with the place names. Things like Bolivar pronounced “BALL-iver”, El Dorado Springs (”El Dor-AYE-do”), and Miami (Miam-a).

I have heard that Scott’s last name is actually pronounced “Beecham”

Perhaps he should give Michelle a call and clear that up.

It’s a terrible thing to mispronounce someone’s name, even if it’s spelled funny. He might get the impression that we don’t like him.

just do an honest ambush interview.

For some reason, reading that made me laugh.

We’re better than that.
unamused on September 10, 2007 at 1:49 AM

No were not, speak for yourself.

slp on September 10, 2007 at 6:43 AM

Good question, is there an embed that can do that?

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Foer and the rest of TNR/supporters know that they have been caught with their metaphorical pants down and so badly want this thing to just go away so that they can pretend it never happened. They must be cringing every time they are reminded of it, and should be made to do so as much as possible.

These are the wages of slandering the troops to push a political agenda. Deal with it, TNR cowards.

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