Just To Be Clear - DU Is No Longer On Board...

[lame54]

The Joe "Dead Intern" Train?

I remember it being very popular here not too long ago

[elleng]

1. right

[msongs]

2. yes now its the turn of everyone named karen these days nt

[hlthe2b]

4. After seeing the way the Chandra Levy tragedy was handled, it is not surprising DU reacted

in a far more credulous way back then. Not to mention the Seth Rich murder and RW exploitation or even Vince Foster. But, CT cuts both ways. We need to rise above this and call out the RW for their abuse as well. It was wrong then and wrong now.

[SixString]

5. Yep

https://www.google.com/search?q=dead+intern+Joe&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

[demmiblue]

8. The first post in the first entry: Bravenak...

shocking!

[Tipperary]

14. Funny, that.

Was the suspicious letter ever found?

[nolabear]

6. Why do you want to start a fight over this?

How does it help us?

[Catherine Vincent]

7. True. I remember.

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. What should not be swept under the rug

is the coverage of Scarborough's intern and Condit's intern.

I've never accused him of murder, I really don't know. I just remember reading the accounts and that Scar's situation seemed more suspicious than Condit's, yet the media were all over Condit like sharks going after a bucket of chum.

The real scandal is that an innocent Democrat was smeared by the same media that looked the other way for a Republicon.

[Buzz cook]

23. Republican priveledge

Or its OK if you a repub.

The worse part of the Chandra Lrvy tragedy was the rise of Nancy Grace to prominence.

[OhZone]

10. Yeah -

the reason I was always interested in Scarborough's dead intern story was that Democrat Gary Condit got hounded seemingly non-stop on her disappearance, but Joe S. got virtually no coverage for the intern that died IN one of his offices.

Back in the day, this was an example of how the media treated Dems vs Cons.

Oh well.

[kskiska]

27. Then there was Chandra Levy's parents

who were adamant that Rep. Condit killed their daughter. The only thing that ended their media coverage was 9/11.

[Raine]

11. I remember nt

[lapfog_1]

12. "not too long ago"... well

seems longer to me.

There was speculation... and some name calling... but after people looked at the deeper coverage it sort of faded out (he was in Washington at the time, he had already announced he wasn't running again (which removes the motive even if they were having an affair), and there was her pre-existing heart condition).

In any event the story sort of ran for a while and then disappeared.

I'm no fan of Joe. In some ways He and Mika brought us Trump. Now that they hate him... well good for them. Doesn't make me into a fan of Joe or Mika.

[greenjar_01]

16. The Grand Debunker Squad never forgets

[Tipperary]

13. Oh I remember well who liked to push that theory.

They are strangely quiet now that they have learned they are of the same opinion as rump. They know who they are.

[greenjar_01]

15. Do you agree that Trump's behavior on this matter is obscene, and that Twitter should act?

Just curious.

[lame54]

17. Of course...

Twitter apologized but didn't remove

Now Trump KNOWS he can literally tweet ANYTHING

[JI7]

18. both sides do it ? becsuse anonymous posters on a message board

reacting to right wing hypocrisy is the same as someone who is supposed to be president ?

Did Nancy Pelosi ever bring it up ? did Biden , Obama, or even some low ranking new Congress member ?

[lame54]

20. Why bring them into it?...

Just an anonymous poster on a message board here asking the question on same board

Just trying to keep it in house

[JI7]

21. becsuse it ignores many things like how it was in reaction to Condit

and media focusing on him when they had no evidence.

[lame54]

22. Now who is both sidering it?...

Sidering? - that's not a word

[LanternWaste]

24. You. Still.

[lame54]

28. So, you're mad that...

Since the MSM got the condit thing wrong

It would only be fair if they got the Scarborough thing wrong as well

Wasn't their ignoring the Scarborough rumors right even if they got the Condit story wrong

And what is wrong with DU owning up to what we got wrong

I so don't understand your outrage

[ms liberty]

19. And shame on us for it. We were wrong then, and need to be better people now

I for one am working to do just that.

[we can do it]

25. When was it?

[coti]

26. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. nt

[Demsrule86]

29. I am not on the train after hearing the details...am embarrassed I ever was on the train.

[blogslut]

30. As far as I know...

no member of DU was or is the president of the United States.

Careful you don't fall because that horse you're on sits pretty high.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

31. Speaking only for myself, I was never on board that train.

I'm very careful not to accuse people of either murder or sexual assault unless I think there's a reasonable basis to make those accusations.

That's not something you should ever do lightly.

[lame54]

32. Thinking back on it...

I probably provided some snarky replies to JS posts

[HotTeaBag]

33. Holy Moly.

You have balls (literally or figuratively).

Bravo/a !!

[LanternWaste]

34. Can be frustrating to witness sentiments changing over time...

as relevant information becomes available. But, as that's part of healthy growth in rational thought, we should readily embrace it rather than implicitly engaging in some fictional Collective Absolutism.