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StumbleSharron Angle made her Washington debut Tuesday, a largely muted -- literally -- appearance that offered few clues about the woman who will challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid this fall. In Angle's only interaction with the press -- a minute-long chase throughout the halls of the Capitol -- Angle uttered a single word: "Yes." Angle made her first stop at the Senate Republicans' weekly luncheon as the guest of scandal-tarred Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) -- a fact that had to have GOP strategists grimacing in displeasure See the full Washington Post report.
Sharron Angle avoids reporters in D.C., Ensign speaks for her
(via The Washington Post) · June 15, 2010 · 1:17 PM
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The GOP is going to keep this nut as QUIET as possible. Look what they did to her website the day after she won. They'll make it a all a hit job on Reid, for sure, the question is will "fighting" ex-"boxer" Harry really go for the jugular on this head case? Better temper the commercials w/ the solar panels with some real INSIGHT into what NV would be getting with this gem in the Senate.
Haha, give em hell Ms. Angle! I didn't vote for her in the Primary but I'm switching to her now. Anybody but the crooked Reid.
They are keeping Angle quiet until they tell her what to say and memorize. If you vote for Angle you are crazy like her.
At some point she will have to talk, and when she does, the voters will soon realize that she is vacant, and even scary. You can't be handled all the way through an election. The people will demand some answers from her or her polls will drop like a rock. Her softball interviews on FOX, Limbaugh, etc. only appeal to the Republican fringe, and they won't decide this election.
She will lose the middle and the election.
By the way, there is good reason to doubt her patriotism also. See the following from the Washington Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-li...
Sleaze Harry Has given us the highest unemployment in the country, voted for Obama health plan ,worst schools in the country, wasn't committed to the war or troops , worst housing foreclosures in the country! He's calling Angle a wacko. Hello! Vote him out!!!!
"Yes"!!!
Wow.
I am BLOWN AWAY by such repartee by the Angler!
It isn't bad enough she has her OWN RECORD to live down? Now, she's ALIGNING WITH A CRIMINAL???
Harry, that horseshoe; I guess it must be trouble going through airports, but do not let it FALL OUT.
ANgle is a joke! With the casinos AND the unions behind him, Reid can't lose!
Did somebody say CRIMINAL?
Like in Clinton coming in to do rallies for Reid?
Yes, that is tough having a person who committted perjury in a Federal Court of Law to support you.
I guess Democrats have low standards.
Yes, of course, they support Reid.
It all now makes sense.
Criminal republicans ruined our economy.
We will never forget.
This republican teabagger doesn't have a
snowballs chance in Hell to win.
Please don't try to compare Clinton's stature to Ensign's. The Clinton years were a Godsend compared to the Bush years! If the Republicans didn't play their obstructionist games during the Clinton years we would be far, far better off now..
DessertSun writes:
Haha, give em hell Ms. Angle! I didn't vote for her in the Primary but I'm switching to her now. Anybody but the crooked Reid.
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Huh? How is uttering one word, "yes," giving them "hell?" Oh, my god. Steve Doocey, on Fox & Friends, 'interviewed' her this morning and mentiond to Angle that she got a very important endorsement -- Sarah Palin's. Angle got nothing of the sort,(Palin endorsed Lowden), but didn't bother to correct Doocey. Angle is an extremist, a hypocrite, (makes money off of government, runs for everything, but professes to hate government), and either lies (stand on SS) or is perfectly willing to let lies stand. What a gem.
I live in Nevada on Social Security. There is no way we will vote for Angle. And no, I did not vote for obama.
I missed the sentence that Clinton received when he was convicted of perjury. Could Rock let us know what the sentence was and what court was the conviction in?
Hahaha. The Angle-angle keeps getting better by the day! What great fodder for comedians around the country: Senator "Can-I-Sleep-with-your-Wife?" Ensign and Angle together in DC. Senator Reid's campaign couldn't have scripted this better if they tried.
Nearly everyone I know hates Reid. He's toast!!!
Comments from the northern residents of our state indicate Ms. Angle is not available to her constituents but is very good at walking her district and voting no. Don't we want more than that? Her questionable associations and desire to privatize everything from Social Security to the VA have convinced me she has and will work her agenda only.
Castle.... I can see where you are coming from.
I guess you are slamming gmag for doing the same thing to Ensign. He called him a criminal and there is no conviction.
As for Clinton, he did a plea bargain with the State of Ark where he gave up the license to ever practice law in exchange for them dropping the charges.
I guess he is not a convict.
High standards...those Democrats have.....high standards indeed.
Thanks again for confirming that is why Democrats can hold their nose and vote for Reid.
I must admit I don't care for Sharron Angle at all because of her views on the Yucca Mountain Project and the future of Social Security, just to name a few topics that are of importance to Nevada voters.
But judging from the behavior she exhibits of picking and choosing her interviews, now that trend fortified by this instance of just shutting up, dodging, ducking, hurdling, ignoring, and avoiding other reporters tells alot.
It clearly says she can't handle the job if she got it.
She's a waste.
If she can't handle being out in front of cameras and microphones, thinking everyone is out to get her, what good is she to anyone in Nevada?
Nevada will take a back seat in the eyes of the nation again because this woman is chasing her own demons, afraid to say anything because she don't want to be judged, clearly not willing to take the ball and run with it.
Useless.
I have to point out we already have PLENTY of useless Republican Senators that do nothing at all except complain and obstruct.
Why should Nevada add another one to the mix?
Well, my vote won't contribute to making a catastrophic mistake like that for the Sovereign State of Nevada.
My vote clearly goes to Harry Reid. He has demonstrated he represents Nevada and gets things done.
Cleary Nevada has not benefited from a Republican Senator Ensign and a Republican Governor Gibbons and now a nutcase like Angle wants to get into the mix. Senator Reid kindly show the nutcase the way out. Ensign you need to help yourself and not someone else, together with Gibbons both of you are an embarrasment for the people of Nevada.
Between Sharon Angle and John Ensign people in the rest of the United States think that Nevada has blown its mind.
I still have faith in the fact that people "get it" .We will prove that someone like Angle is not the person to represent our state.
Last weekend I visited the new outdoor range in Las Vegas. Its absolutely beautiful and our family spent a pleasant day
Voters here in Nevada can thank Harry Reid as this is the finest outdoor range in the country.
This man has done a lot of very positive things for our state. People have to be fair. That includes giving credit where credit is due and criticizing when its appropriate.
When you're so embarrassed of your own candidate that you have to desperately try to change the subject to Clinton, you've already lost.
Today we found out that Sharron flip-flopped from being a republican to a Democrat in the '80's.
I have to ask my republican friends: aren't you concerned that Sharron can't handle questions from the press? Aren't you ashamed that your candidate can't handle even a few questions from someone other than the hard-hitting journalists at "Fox & Friends?"
Sharron's an embarrassment.
sharron angle scares me...yes even more than harry reid. al least we know what harry's thinking. ms. angle resurfaces every few days to grace us with her political views, of course after she's been coached & versed. she doesnt even believe what she's saying, she just doesnt look like she has her heart in what she's saying 95% of the time.it will be interesting to see how this all pans out....
The meeting of Angle and Ensign is of the same level as the meetings of Churchill and Roosevelt. These two Nevada statesmen/women are the greatest our fair state has produced since Senator Chic Hecht and Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Angle honed her political skills with the Hansen family Independent American Party which advocates "liberty" through gunfire, anti-choice and a slew of christo-fascist policies. Angle is also in favor of mega doses of radiation via the Yucca Mtn. waste dump and toxic air via the three proposed coal-fired power plants in White Pine County. Once all the White Pine County water has been used to make coal slurry, for the power plants, it can be piped to Las Vegas for consumption.
I've seen her on TV for the past two nights on national TV, not sure why liberals think she's hiding...
The end of the Clinton era was the dot com bust, be careful what you wish for. Clinton left office in January of 2001, right when the end of the bull market was happening. I liked Clinton, but his success was attributed to Microsoft and Silicon Valley not great policies. Bush had 5 great years with the last two years being awful.
Rock, About sums it up. Most voters have a candidate they despise and one that can do no wrong no matter what they do. Whether it is Reid, Ensign, Angle, Sandoval all that seems to matter if the Voter is D or R or I. I don't get to vote in Nevada as I do not live there but it looks like your political bunch is a lot like this states. Our primary candidates for Governor praised eachother and how good a job they were doing; UNTIL they were running against eachother and then they claimed the other was worse than dog poo.
dhvincent1........
Quit crying, you republicans have NO STANDARDS.
DEMOCRAT STANDARDS GOT FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET.....
dhvincent1,
Your post is indicative of someone with a deep-seated mental disorder. Seek help or run for republican office already.
John Ensign is a sexual predator and he is speaking for facist Angle?
Angle is toast. A wacko with a pervert as a supporter!
If you read the national media and watch it on tv (other than FOX), you'll see that Angle cannot hide from her past remarks or make herself over, as she is now trying to do. Even many Republican Senators have said they will not support her. It is impossible to make this campaign about Reid when Angle has so much baggage that the campaign will end up being all about her, and it won't be complimentary. Harry Reid is a well-respected national figure, regardless of what many ill-informed Nevadans feel about him. Angle has stepped onto the wrong stage and the national spotlight is revealing her flaws for all to see.
Poor Republicans!
What's a Nevada Republican to do?
* Vote for massages for convicts, or Harry Reid?
* Support dismantling Social Security as we know it, or Harry Reid?
* Eliminate the Departments of Education & Energy, even though we actually need them, or Vote for Harry Reid?
Poor Republicans in Nevada.
So people slam Ensign yet condone and endorse Clinton, a person who pretty much did what Ensign did but it was while he was PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. And he lied repeatedly about it. So what did Ensign do that's worse than your "other" Chosen One, i.e. Clinton.
Not a big fan of Angles, and she'll probably lose, but you left wingers are the ones that are wacko - especially considering you don't even recognize the hypocrisy of your own statements.
Party at the "C" house, Angle in the dungeon.
A fool among kings Angle Bush Chaney and now the republicans in washington. Let them go with BP and clean up their mess. People in Navada must not let a wack job like Angle loose in Washington there is enough of them there already.
I've already made my decision. Senator Reid gets my vote.
Sara Palin picks and chooses which avenues she wishes to spread her blather. Either she shows up on some conservative news network she considers home ground. Or they pay her money to show up and talk, but she won't allow questions afterwards. And if the above don't work to sell her brand, then she uses the computer in a one sided conversation. And she stirs people up so that her brand remains out there.
Now, from every indication, Sharron Angle is going the same route.
And she has went out of her way to avoid the press she considers hostile towards her.
This makes her totally useless to the voters in Nevada.
Why did she even run for the candidacy? I'm not a Republican, but she has basically slapped silly everyone that voted her in by remaining incommunicado.
It's like she's saying thanks for voting me in, now I don't have to pay attention to you at all, this is a playground I'm taking over and keep your hands off of my swing set and monkey bars, I get to play in it all by myself and make money off of it, no one else, and if you don't like it, well, too bad.
And people still stand up for this whackadoodle.
She shows no respect at all, how is she going to get it?