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FLASHPOINT:

Ruffling everyone’s feathers

By Jon Ralston (contact)

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 | 2:01 a.m.

Friday was a day a pundit dreams of — pounded by the left and the right. Conservatives pummeled me for my Sun column lampooning right-wing talk radio. “I can’t believe you get a salary for the crap you write,” one admirer barked before hanging up. Another sweet caller, after telling me I could be sued for a fictional conversation because “they never said that,” offered: “Your voice matches your face.” I don’t know what that means. Leftists were upset that I suggested in a Politico piece that liberals are not a force in Nevada and had no effect on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to include a public option in the health care reform bill. One Facebook poster called that claim “bull.” I am so popular.

Discussion: 3 comments so far…

  1. By ucsb1990
    10/31/09 at 4:31 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    Look on the bright side: at least Mayor Goodman still loves you.

  2. By JohnF
    10/31/09 at 10:01 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    UCSB,

    LOL.

    Don't forget the Governor. He loves Jon, too!

  3. By ghostcommander
    10/31/09 at 10:55 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    I, for one, am very happy that Jon Ralston ruffles feathers in Nevada. He needs to push the limits to wake up Nevada to the point the citizens are to the point of wringing the right wing chickens neck. Go get em!

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