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[Update] An apparent lookalike of Fformer Missouri Senator John Danforth (r) is occupying blogger space at the DNC in Denver. It’s irritating a few bloggers:
Why is DNC Turning Bloggers Away from Blogger Area When Former GOP Sen. Jack Danforth is sitting there?
Submitted by Nick D on Tue, 08/26/2008 – 9:41pm.Okay, so DNC personnel is now turning bloggers away from the designated blogger seating area in Section 244 of the Pepsi Center. However, my sharp camera has caught two seats in the blogger area being filled by former GOP. Sen. Jack Danforth of Missouri. Why doesn’t the DNC escort the Senator to better seating then we have, and allow two more bloggers to sit in seats with dedicated Cat 5 drops, which were designated Blogger seats?
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Update [2008-8-26 21:56:32 by Todd Beeton]:NickD has a picture of Danforth over at Buckeye State Blog. You gotta see the picture, he’s looking right at the camera. Come on, Danforth, what do you expect, you’re sitting with bloggers, man.
Uh, doesn’t John Danforth bear some responsibility for the current mess we’re in? You, know, by enabling right wingnuts and their apologists all those years? Just asking. Is he going to repent? Just asking.
Columbia Journalism Review
January/February 1992The Clarence Thomas Hearings
Why everyone — left, right, and center — found the press guilty as chargedby William Boot
…why wasn’t more done to explore allegations that Thomas had breached conflict of interest standards? In one case, he ruled in favor of Ralston Purina, rather than recusing himself, even though his mentor and patron, Senator John Danforth, had a big interest in the company. In another case, Thomas was accused of delaying release of one of his controversial appeals court decisions, possibly to bolster his confirmation prospects. (Thomas denies any delay.) I was able to find fewer than ten stories devoted to the Ralston Purina issue and only a few focusing on the delayed ruling controversy…
Uh yeah, remember Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia’s ideological pal? Thanks for that, Jack.
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I can’t tell from the pictures; they look pretty similar to me.
It would have been easy enough to walk over there after taking the picture and asking, “Are you Senator John Danforth from Missouri?”
Heh. But of course, we didn’t get a credential, so we’re not in any position to, you know, do that.