Talking Points Memo is trying and trying to find a single Republican member of Congress who will say anything about Rep. Virgil Goode’s attack on a fellow member of Congress, Rep. Keith Ellison. But not a one. The best, so far, is Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s spokesman saying that he’ll look into it. Perhaps the entire …
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Goode: American enough?
Bob Gibson asks whether someone who talks like Rep. Virgil Goode can “uphold all the traditional American values that we all cherish.”
Goode press coverage round-up.
What a difference 24 hours makes. The story was covered on NBC Nightly News last night, and made editorial pages nationwide today. Here’s some of the coverage. All Things Considered Melissa Block talks with NPR political analyst Ken Rudin about what Goode is complaining about, and finds his concern lacking. I had to cringe when …
Some truth slipped out on Cavuto’s show.
Think Progress catches something I’d overlooked from Rep. Goode’s interview. The host asked Goode if he believes “there are too many Middle Easterners here now.” Goode paused for an uncomfortably long time before responding “Uh, I’m not gonna say yes or no on that.”
A guide to Goode’s anti-Muslim letter, for reporters.
Rep. Virgil Goode’s appearance on Neil Cavuto’s show this afternoon was useless. I’ve received a good number of phone calls and e-mails from reporters, so it occurs to me that there would be value in spelling things out a little more specifically here, so that future interview opportunities are not squandered, like Cavuto’s was. Here …
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Roanoke Times vs. O’Reilly.
The Roanoke Times Dan Radmacher pointed out last Sunday that Bill O’Reilly’s War on Christmas™ is bullshit designed to bump up his ratings. Duh. In response, O’Reilly went apeshit on Radmacher on Tuesday night.
Rep. Goode scheduled for Cavuto’s show.
Rep. Virgil Goode just never ceases to surprise me. TPMmuckraker reports that Goode will be appearing on Neil Cavuto’s show on Fox News at 4pm today to discuss his anti-Muslim attack on Rep. Keith Ellison. You’ll recall that I’ve confidently asserted that Goode wouldn’t do any interviews about this. I have no recollection of him …
A roundup of Goode’s media attention.
Many, many newspapers around the nation ran a version of the AP, Gannett or McClatchy stories about Rep. Virgil Goode today, so every news consumer in the nation should be aware of this story by bedtime. Closer to home, feature articles were written by Mason Adams for the Roanoke Times, Rex Bowman for the Richmond …
Goode’s blogosphere roasting.
Daily mentions of Rep. Virgil Goode on blogs in the past 90 days: Don’t miss that line all the way on the right that looks like it’s part of the right border. That’s yesterday.
Press continues to build around Goode/Islam story.
More stories about Rep. Goode’s comments about Rep. Keith Ellison have appeared in the media since the first one, the story the AP moved at 3pm. First was Rob Hotakinen’s piece for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, widely reproduced by McClatchy, followed by Rachel Swarns’ article in the New York Times. (It’s the latter story …
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