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Published Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 | 12:51 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 | 8:06 a.m.
In recent days, the Nevada Democratic Party has set up a website tracking Republican senate candidate Sharron Angle’s expected appearances. Angle has refused press interviews and hasn’t held any public events since the debate. (See update below.)
The Democrats are aggressively goading reporters to follow Angle, even asking if the press has “given up” trying to find her.
The goading apparently worked.
Angle had a closed-press appearance at the Microsoft Licensing office in Reno today. A phalanx of local TV crews and reporters showed up to try and get a comment from her.
According to one reporter on the scene, Angle arrived about 40 minutes late. She spoke for about five minutes inside.
As the event was coming to a close, a campaign staffer in a car near the assembled press reportedly spoke loudly into his cell phone, saying: “She’s Ready? She’s coming out now?”
Two women then got into his car, while Angle apparently went out a side door, avoiding TV cameras altogether.
The press, thinking Angle was still inside the building, stayed outside for another half hour until one intrepid reporter begged Microsoft staff to let her in to use the restroom. (No, folks, it wasn’t me.) The reporter then confirmed that Angle had already left the building.
UPDATE: I was wrong to say Angle hasn't had any public appearances since the debate. She had a public rally with Newt Gingrich last week and she also gave a speech in Fernley.
What could anyone possibly be thinking that would consider voting for someone who refuses to talk with the press?
She is another Palin. Lock her up and through away the key.
The media, local and national, should not have needed a challege from the Democrats to call out this type of ridiculous behavior.
How can you say you are for the people when you do not speak to the people.
Yet, Harry is so available. I am sorry, how long is Harrys resume for being in Congress for over 20 years? Win or Lose both canidates are votes against the other not for their own merits.
Sharron Angle should avoid these "gotcha sessions." Nothing good will come out of them except for a slamming by the Reid campaign.
Keep a low profile Sharron and let the voters do the work for you...
Darkhorse, Reid doesn't play the children's game of "hide and seek" from the press. OMG! Did you ever hear of FREEDOM OF THE PRESS???
Who wants to hear anything from Harry Reid???
Harry Reid has had 24 years to do something...
You're right Larry - they might ask her a question about what type of news publications she reads - GOTCHA!!! :)
Hey Morons, How many times has Scummy Harry been on Fox news. NONE. I wouldn't talk to you morons either. Everybody picks who they talk to. Do you think they're going to ask her how to repeal Obamacare? Nothing more than a desperate witch hunt.
OUCH!!!
I am sure her ducking the press is at the request of the GOP. Every time she opens her mouth they have to pump another TWO MILLION DOLLARS into advertising to over come what she says.
This lady has been expensive. Even the GOP does not really want her, they just want to oust Mr. Reid.
With Harry Reid having trouble with voters and poor polling, Senate Democrats are considering a possible replacement for Harry Reid.
Top contenders are Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Dick Durbin and Senator Charles Schumer.
Harry Reid will not be missed...
BobbyG - Good one.
Hey Morons, How many times has Scummy Harry been on Fox news. NONE. I wouldn't talk to you morons either. Everybody picks who they talk to. Do you think they're going to ask her how to repeal Obamacare? Nothing more than a desperate witch hunt.
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Because FOX News is republican biased. Besides, this is a Nevada state election. Why would anyone else in the country care? Pick up a book before calling everyone else a moron.
My wife and I are dems and business owners...we cannot support Reid Pelosi and Obama business killing agenda...we just voted for Angle, count 2 dems for Angle. She may not be the best for Nevada but certainly will not do as much damage as Reid will do with Obama at the helm these next few years.
Novasline tells me what type of business you own. That's ok, I'm sure it's legal there.
Comment removed by moderator. All caps.
Meanwhile in the real world the news is still jobs, taxes, bad legislation and the economy as a whole. The Sun is determined to follow Angle around and try to find out why she doesn't like them. Good "honest", "balanced" "reporting" Sun, if it's not a Reid lap dog article its a desperate Angle smear one.
We really need to know how he paid for his $2 -$3 million condo in DC, or did someone else pay for it? Spooky Dud?
>>>> My wife and I are dems and business owners <<<
I just don't understand how anyone can be a business owner, work for a living and also be a Dem?
ALL good Dems are on some sort of Gov hand-out program, or have a Gov or union job being paid twice what they are worth in the free market so they will continue to vote as directed by the Gov & Unions.
I would urge all Nevadans to write to Harry Reids campaign. I believe that this country has a right to a free press. They have an obligation to ask Candidates for any public office questions regarding their views.
To do any less fosters the acceptance of dictatorship.
A senator in the United States has tremendous responsibilities . We as voters should really know what they think and why. If a candidate like Sharron Angle runs from the press she should be asked to either accept the responsibility of responding to the press or drop out
period
Sharon Angle is standing up for the people? Doesn't seem so when she has a closed door press meeting, seems as a contradiction of terms-the words press and closed door, with her supporters such as Microsoft; I thought Bill Gates was a good guy. Hey people of Nevada wake up, I believe that Sharon Angle is in the pocket of the rich and powerful; so how will she make life better for the common Nevadan? She does make her stand clear, she has already told us how she is going to screw up our country. So listen up and if you don't want the Department of Education and Social Security Administration eliminated; unemployment benefits to finish before the economy recovers and you get a job; the Veterans Administration privatized so that our poor wounded soldiers will not get their due rights; abortion outlawed even for incest and rape; and religion and government in bed together, then please, please don't vote for Sharon Angle, but do vote for Harry Reid. If you don't like some of the policies of Harry Reid then at least call his office to voice your opposition and position but don't elect this Sharon, Wrong, Angle to be our Senator from Nevada. I do know one thing that when I needed to refinance my house and my mortgage company wasn't listening to me then I sent an email to my mortgage company with a copy to Senator Harry Reid's office. You know what? I got a call from the President's office of Wachovia/Wells Fargo and my house did get refinanced.
She does not want to face the electorate. She wants corporate and foeign money to grease the wheels to her election..
Do the right thing Nevada.
I realize Reid is unpopular, but Angle is clearly insane.
Please vote Reid. Most of the US doesn't want angle in any sort of power whatsoever.
Excuse me senator Reid, your number 1 job is not to "create" jobs. It's to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from people like yourself....
Decoy? She needs to get over herself. I love it when politicians act like roaches skittering when someone turns the lights on.
"I believe that Sharon Angle is in the pocket of the rich and powerful."
Best laugh I have had all day.
And you don't think that Harry Reid is in ALL of our pockets...
"She does not want to face the electorate."
The bias press is not the electorate. Sharron Angle is wiser to make personal contact with the voters.
With Harry Reid having trouble with voters and poor polling, Senate Democrats are considering a possible replacement for Harry Reid.
Top contenders are Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Dick Durbin and Senator Charles Schumer.
Harry Reid will be replaced regardless if he wins...
What lies people tell about Harry Reid. He paid $750,000 for a condo in DC, not "$2-$3 million."
Looks like the paid liberal, Democratic, progressive hackers are at it again.
No one in his or her right mind would vote for the clown Reid.
No one.
And this is the behavior we want from a senator?
How can we expect transparency from her -- if she were to win the election -- when she can't answer questions from the press?
What does she have to hide?
Reading the comments from the Tea Party brigade shows the divide the separates America: reason and reasonableness on one side, fanaticism and ideology on another.
It's only reasonable to expect a candidate for Senate to answer questions from the people and the press.
It seem to be the common expression of the elite Republicans who are bankrolling the Tea Party candidates: no disclosure, hide the truth from the people.
"Who wants to hear anything from Harry Reid???
Harry Reid has had 24 years to do something..."
And darlings Bush/Cheney had eight years and what did they do with it? 24% approval rating when Bush left office. People sure dodge the whole truth, don't they?
Run, Sharron, run!!!
NO! Not for the Senate race....
It's the press. They want to interview you and ask you questions about what you stand for and what they would get if they voted for.
RUN, SHARRON, RUN!!!
The press are getting closer! Don't let them near you!
Hot Air.
Could that be all the "Tea Party" is?
Follow the link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
The Washington Post has an incisive article on the potential non-impact of the Tea Party.
The professionals in Washington are telling Angle to keep her mouth shut. Every time she opens it we get another look at who she really is - like the remark about Latinos looking Asian. Sharron's only hope is the propaganda campaign financed by Karl Rove and his billionaire Texas buddies.
Disclosure was a big issue in 2008 everyman; with Obama and the dems, did you forget about that? Now that the R's have a few donors because the D's are doing a worse job than the bush/reid/pelosi group D's are all up in arms. You see how it feels now to be on the other side of hope and change, nice isn't it? Maverick, you are making the same naive mistake that most D's do, Bush won in 2004 by fear and a weak candidate in Kerry, most conservatives didn't like him; he also won because we had 5% unemployment, that is a pretty imporant factor. The Obama/Reid/Pelosi team is MUCH worse than the Bush/Reid/Pelosi team. The only one who isn't in office still is Bush, why is he still the focal point of D's almost 2 years later?
angle and ensign...
both run from the media...
both cowards...
both republicans...
hee hee hee...
hoo hoo hoo...
haa haa haa...
Would Harry go on Faux News? Would Faux News let him say "send me a check"?
The story could simply be captioned "Sharron Angle dodges press," which would apply to virtually her entire campaign.
middletoright:
Understand federal election law: contributions under $200 do not need to be disclosed.
Now, given the Citizens United decision no amount of cash contributions need to be disclosed.
You may ask: What's the big deal? How does this differ from small contributions from many donors?
The answer can be found on TV. Look at all the ads. Ask yourself who is paying for them and you will have your answer: all the large donors giving money without disclosure.
Now for the problem: how does this corrupt democracy? As you can see from all the advertisements, few, if any, are truthful. The wildly distort the votes taken by Reid and Titus. "Speech" without obligation for truth can result in a person being elected for the wrong reasons.
As you may be an Angle supporter, I am sure you'd want her to win on whatever merits she possess, not lies and distortions.
How come the SUN which is owned by the GREENSPUN family and is highly aligned with the Reid campaign didn't make a big deal when REID avoided Town Hall meetings 6-12 months ago?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/...
Did she have her "stunt double" yell "MAN UP, Harry Reid!"???
Psycho for Senate, Sharron Angle....
You just could NOT have made this stuff up, folks.
She CAN'T TALK, or we'll hear what she says.
That's the whole nut in a nutshell, right there.
Doesn't that CONCERN you Angle-philes???
TonyCrazo is now saying that Sharron Angle might "steal the election" from Harry Reid who must be more deserving of the Senate seat.
"We can't - I repeat we simply can't let this idiot represent our state. We'll be the laughing stock of America."
NEWS TO TONYCRAZO...
We already have an "idiot" (Crazo's word) representing our state and we have been the laughing stock of America.
By the way, there Crazo...
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Reid Aide Lied to Feds Over Sham Marriage
An aide to the Senate majority leader repeatedly lied to federal agents and submitted false documents to Homeland Security to cover up her illegal seven-year marriage to Lebanese national, left, who was the subject of an Oklahoma terror investigation, FoxNews.com learns.
Harry Reid and his staff think they are above the law...
First Palin loses election for Mccain now Angle is going to lose, the Tea Party is over. These idiots are ridiculous.
Reminds me of Reagan. He'd have Marine One continue to rev it's engines until he was safely inside the White House, feigning that he couldn't hear the questions shouted from the press. Politicians of the Nutjob persuasion can't be allowed to speak to the press.
HARRY REID SHOULD HAVE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THIS...
Harry Reid's Aide Submitted False Documents to Feds in Attempt to Hide Sham Marriage to Terror Suspect
by Stephan Tawney on October 25, 2010
A former aide to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) submitted false documents and knowingly lied to federal agents in an attempt to cover up for her seven-year sham marriage to a terrorism suspect.
Diana Tejada, Reid's Hispanic Press Secretary, admitted to receiving payment for "some of her expenses" in exchange for fraudulently marrying Bassam Mahmoud Tarhini in 2003, strictly so he could obtain permanent U.S. residency, according to court documents.
Tarhini, now 37, was held in jail and at an immigration detention center in connection with his 2009 indictment on felony charges, documents show. He pleaded guilty to entering a fraudulent marriage to evade immigration laws -- a Class D felony -- in November 2009, and he was deported in March 2010.
Just a few weeks ago Tejada was appearing on Spanish-language news programs to advocate for Reid's re-election campaign. Now we learn her employment was recently and suddenly terminated. Gee, I wonder why.
For its part, the Reid campaign deflects questions about the case and, in a statement, went after Republicans for allegedly using the revelation against Reid.
continued from above...
More fun:
In court documents, Tejada, who was also the Press Secretary of Hispanic Media for the Senate Majority Conference Committee, is referred to as "an uncharged coconspirator in the crime of perjury, filing false immigration documents, the crime of sham marriage."
Quite a resume!
According to interviews and court records obtained by FoxNews.com, Tejada knowingly filed false documents with the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services; lied in in-person interviews with ICE and FBI agents; and submitted fraudulent visa application affidavits and marriage license documents -- all in attempt to use her status as an American citizen to get Tarhini permanent residency"
In 2008, sources with knowledge of the case told FoxNews.com, the FBI -- working with the Oklahoma City Joint Terrorism Task Force -- sent what's called a collateral request to ICE, asking them to track down Tejada to interview her about Tarhini.
At this point, Tarhini was a subject of interest in an Oklahoma JTTF investigation, sources said.
In May or June 2008, a source told FoxNews.com, Tejada was interviewed by ICE and FBI agents in Washington, and she maintained that her marriage was legitimate.
In October 2008, Tejada began working for Reid.
On Nov 3, 2008, ICE and FBI agents re-interviewed Tejada in Washington, according to documents and interviews. This time, sources said, agents presented a slew of evidence against her and Tarhini, and Tejada broke down and confessed that her marriage was a lie, carried out to get Tarhini U.S. residency.
So Reid hired her after the allegations arose and kept her employed after she admitted to having lied to federal agents in order to assist a terrorism suspect. Oh, and did I mention Tejada is a former employee of La Raza, the radical open-borders group? Yeah.
http://amerpundit.com/2010/10/25/harry-r......
Wacko Sharron has been to the Unicorn ranch with Palin one time to many. How many more times does this woman have to stick her nose up to the people of Nevada. If she is sent to Washington DC she will be eaten alive by the national press. Nevada will have no representation in the Senate. The Republican Hacks are running the show in Nevada and they do not care if Nevada is damaged as long as they get another mouth piece in the senate to vote for their agenda. Vote for Harry if you want Nevada to survive it can be much more worse and Angle will show you how it is done.
IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER...
As recently as five weeks ago, on Sept. 21, 2010, Tejada appeared as a guest on a Spanish-language radio program in her official capacity as a spokeswoman for Harry Reid.
Sharron left the building a loooooooooong time ago.
WHERE IS HARRY???
As recently as five weeks ago, on Sept. 21, 2010, Tejada appeared as a guest on a Spanish-language radio program in her official capacity as a spokeswoman for Harry Reid.
Classic conservative tactics. Avoiding reality is their game. Spend billions without accountability, torture people against international laws, have homosexual sex in bathroom stalls while passing laws against gay marriage. It never ends, and it never will. These are some sick, twisted critters.
This election is about jobs, health care and
Social Security.
Harry Reid works for and supports these things.
CRAZY ANGLE DOES NOT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT OF YOUR MIND TO VOTE
FOR THIS CRAZY WOMAN.
WHY DO YOU THINK SHE IS RUNNING AWAY FROM
REPORTERS?
Harry Reid's spokesman Jim Manley Manley said:
"...this story is a pathetic and desperate measure by partisan republicans, who have stooped to slinging mud about junior staffers to score points in the waning days of the campaign."
What a tangled web you weave when first you practice to deceive?
Larry, you're backing a crazy loser.
It's time to MAN UP AND
BACK HARRY REID.
If the dirty republican tricksters want to hold Harry responsible for the actions of a junior staffer who was never charged with wrongdoing, then they'd be absolute hypocrites to ignore Angle's deputy campaign manager, who is accused of betraying and sabotaging his former employer:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/nevada-...
What a tangled web you weave when first you practice to deceive?
Amen.
What MS Damon fails to mention is that the press was not invited to her appearance at Microsoft today. Not every stop is a "press conference". AnJeanette is probably sore about being outsmarted. LOL
The voters won't be outsmarted.
They know Sharron Angle is WORSE THAN BUSH.
NEVER TRUST A GREEDY REPUBLICAN.
Larry, fox "news" lies. they are the national enquirer of "news". if they say anything, question it. In fact, change the channel. I know, READ!
Hey you non-believers...
Harry Reid's aide has already admitted to the wrongdoing.
You guys are just making fools out of yourselves...
Oh, by the way, you non-believers, every major news outlet, including newspapers, radio, tv and cable news will be covering this breaking story tomorrow morning.
Stay tuned...
Sharron Angle is still a nut case.
HARRY REID IS ON HIS WAY TO A SOLID WIN.
Nice try, larry, it won't work.
Larry V. the Reid staff member "scandal" is being covered in the Sun's Nevada Wonk blog. This article is about Crazy Angle dodging the free press yet again.
Perhaps Staff could help this blog stay on point by redirecting LarryV?
Larry V. you're doing exactly what the Republicant playbook calls for when a Republicant looks bad, start talking about something else.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, just stick with the talking points, and smear Reid as much as possible. I'm suprised you still aren't screaming about the fat intern.
Crazy Angle can't dodge the press forever. If she wins, at some time during her six-years in Washington D.C., she'll appear on one of the Sunday morning political talk shows, or get interviewed in a face-to-face with a real journalist like Katie Couric.
It will not be pretty.
I'll bite Larry V. I don't know if this issue has legs or not. It seems more like a "that dog won't hunt" thing, than something that costs Harry Reid the election.
If I'm a Republican candidate for office I would stay away from the liberal lying press also. Especially a liberal lying lapdog like Anjeanutte Demon
Stay away from any lying republican.
Republicans can never, ever be trusted again.
They already destroyed our economy and lied us
into IRAQ.
How much more proof do you need?
"What MS Damon fails to mention is that the press was not invited to her appearance at Microsoft today. Not every stop is a "press conference"."
What MS Damon fails to mention too, how "free" this press really is.
The free press. LOL. Most of the reporters are no less than Reid cheerleaders. Just look at this newspaper Las Vegas Sun. Every headline is slanted toward Harry Greed and the left wing fringe. Sharron Angle should thank these liberal hounds. They represent what 24 years of Harry Reid is all about. POWER HUNGRY
Damon: your credibility is in question. Really the public is turned off by just about everything you say, you are actually helping Sharron Angle's win. I'll thank you for her, she don't want to talk to you. Thanks
November-red, this isn't a newspaper, it's a paid insert into the Review Journal, thus they don't actually have to print news.
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Instead, they simply churn out the same anti-angle, anti-republican fodder day in and day out. Now while the RJ does indeed lean to the right, you can find articles and letters to the editor from both sides.
.
I really wish the Sun would stop inserting itself into the RJ and exist on it's own merits.
Angle should Woman Up! She needs to talk to the press and tell where she really stands on the issues.
I guess averone missed the update at the bottom of the article. How convenient for the reporter to not mention that in the main article.
Seems Angle did in fact make two appearences.
But why bother with the facts. When you have a biased opnion.
Latest poll Angle ahead by 3%.
Looks like Reid can look forward to his retirement.
Now he can enjoy the millions he secured during his time in office.
Not to mention the millions in retirement benefits he will get.
Don't you just feel sorry for the poor guy.
@NoVaseline
"My wife and I are dems and business owners..."
--
Why lie about being a Democrat? Do you think people cannot read your previous posts to other articles? Nice try. I have no doubt that you're not even a business owner, but good job trying to poison that demographic too.
How many press conferences has Harry Reid had since he lost his debate?
Has Harry Reid had any open meetings? This year? Last year?
I don't see Harry Reid having any more press conferences after the news broke about his office scandal.
Maybe TonyCrazo can explain why Sharron Angle now leads Harry Reid by four percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, 49% to 45%.
"She is another Palin. Lock her up and through away the key."
What a way to deal with the opposition! I knew libs felt this way about people that don't think like them.
sevenhills, neither of these women have done anything to warrant being imprisoned.
In fact, Angle has served the term she was elected to.
Palin cut and ran in tough times, she has no credibility with real conservatives, but she sure didn't do anything to deserve to be "locked up".
People need to wake up and realize the glaring truth about Sharron Angle.
She only shows up on radio/television that she deems trustworthy. In other words, they have to be ultra conservative and only ask her questions she wants asked and agree with her horse's butt outlook on life.
As far as appearing before ANY press, that is not going to happen. She has already taken steps to place decoys and even fake out reporters, telling them she will talk, but she goes out the other door and leaves. Whatever she can do, she will only do it behind a podium where she can speak. And she will not, under any circumstances, accept questions. Especially when she don't know what they are.
So, based upon this certified behavior that has been a proven fact, one can only surmise that she is a coward.
That she runs away from the press. And if she runs away from the press, people who are paid professionals who are only doing their job and trying to find out about her to inform voters, and people who's job it is to ask questions for the people, then that's tells us she has something to hide.
Because if she runs from the press, she is running away from her voters.
People need to wake up and realize she don't want you to know about her positions about anything. She just wants your vote. But she don't want to justify anything of why you should vote for her. She is selectively just riding on a wave of hate. With absolutely no idea what she is about.
Don't let her snow you.
Since she appears to love Fox PARIAH (Pushing All Republican Idiotic Agendas Hard) News, I say make sure for her next job she applies to become a paid political commentator for them. Just like the other knuckleheads like Palin, Beck, Gingrich, Hannity, Coulter and the list goes on. She'll be in good company with all them idiots that profess to further hate, fear mongering, racial bias, race baiting and the complete division of America.
I intend to send her packing with my vote on November 2nd. Senator Reid shows he represents Nevada. And he does it well, doing the best he can.
Sharron Angle don't. She represents a one side agenda of utter crap that will sink Nevada into the stone age. She represents herself. She wants power. She don't want to earn it. She wants you to just hand it to her...no questions asked.
I say no.
Let her go work for Fox News starting November 3rd. She'll easily fit in with them knuckleheads.
Geezus wtf has the country that I founded become?!!!!!!!!!
Colin opines:
"Senator Reid shows he represents Nevada. And he does it well, doing the best he can."
With 15% unemployment, Nevada needs a little more than "doing the best he can."
I was talking to my boss yesterday about Sharon and Harry both and I agree it is time for change. It is time that we got somebody in office who is really going to help make a difference in Nevada. But Sharon is not that person. From reading her voting record when she was a Assembly Women and for all of the crazy, yes i mean crazy, stuff she has said and done since she has hit the campaign trail the women scares me.
Her views on abortion, rape and incest victims. saving and creating jobs, health care and many many other things are just nuts. Yes the health care system needs to be reformed and yes people need access to better health care than what we have now. Yes we need jobs. But come on if your job is not to help create jobs Sharon than what is your Job.
I am pretty lucky in that i was not really out of work that long, unlike some that i know but it is really bad out there and we need help Sharon. At least with Harry I know where he stands and what he stands for.
And yes the GOP may want her to hide and keep her mouth shut but hiding from the press come on Sharon r u that unpredictable that you are afraid of the press.
Who cares what the Holy Press thinks?
The Press didn't examine Obama's credentials to become President AT ALL. So we are stuck with a jerk in the Presidency who may or may not be a Citizen and who refuses to supply documents which would put to rest any controversy. Why not do it? I've got to produce ID for many things I want, but, I don't to be President?
He won't even release his college transcript. Why not? We're TOLD he's brilliant. Yet, he can't speak without stuttering without a teleprompter. He can't pronounce the word 'corps'. Bush was ridiculed for 'nuclear'. Nothing like that comes from the Press regarding Obama.
The reason Obama won't release college papers is probably because he claimed Foreign Student status in order to get a TUITION LOAN. He may even have claimed that he was an IMMIGRANT in order to get a loan to a VERY EXPENSIVE Ivy League school.
The Holy Press doesn't care.
So, when the Press scream that Sharron Angle won't descend to answer their 'gotcha' questions,
WHO COULD BLAME HER?
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Sharron Angle has elevated us to a new level of politics. It's called the laughing stock. The idea is to throw out a whole bunch of crazy ideas, mix them up, deny you ever threw them out, and then run away from anyone who wants to ask you about it.