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Scott Prouty Appreciation Thread - Please check in if you appreciate Scott Prouty. (Original Post) Scuba Mar 2013 OP
k&r rhett o rick Mar 2013 #1
Done TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #2
K&R wilt the stilt Mar 2013 #3
K & R n/t malaise Mar 2013 #4
It took a lot of courage to release the video AndyA Mar 2013 #5
A big K&R! Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #6
! DinahMoeHum Mar 2013 #7
check in if you appreciate Scott Prouty Flashmann Mar 2013 #8
Checkin' in! Fawke Em Mar 2013 #9
Thank YOU Scott The Bartender! Rockyj Mar 2013 #10
Definitely. Integrity, humility, courage. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2013 #11
KnR sarchasm Mar 2013 #12
I hope he finds a good place to work that deserves him.. fadedrose Mar 2013 #13
Nah. kag Mar 2013 #17
I'm going by "nobody's perfect" - but I think you're right.... fadedrose Mar 2013 #21
He's kind of like a mondern day Atticus Finch.. Whisp Mar 2013 #14
Yep! murray hill farm Mar 2013 #27
MUCH appreciation for this working-class hero! n/t ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #15
R#37 for, when a bartender is good, is very very good!1 n/t UTUSN Mar 2013 #16
A great fucking American and true patriot! lonestarnot Mar 2013 #18
Checking.... ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2013 #19
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #20
Beer Augiedog Mar 2013 #22
A True American Hero!! 2naSalit Mar 2013 #23
K&R with great appreciation for Scott. To me he is a hero. nt snappyturtle Mar 2013 #24
He is to me, as well. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #69
Courageous is an understatement!!!! turquoise n pearls Mar 2013 #25
Scott single handedly saved us from Romney and the republiCONs. Yea Scott! xtraxritical Mar 2013 #26
Does he have a place/ point of contact where these words can be passed to him? THANK YOU!! lunasun Mar 2013 #28
FOUND IT Help Scott P lunasun Mar 2013 #94
Great name, Prouty. Octafish Mar 2013 #29
We need more folks like Scott to speak up - TBF Mar 2013 #30
DONE! Thanks for saving the country, Scott! kjackson227 Mar 2013 #31
I'm in... K&R hwmnbn Mar 2013 #32
Truly impressive mainstreetonce Mar 2013 #33
Thank You, Mr. Prouty! GraniteDem Mar 2013 #34
He's the REAL deal. joanbarnes Mar 2013 #35
K&R stevenleser Mar 2013 #36
Better appreciate him now... Figaro78 Mar 2013 #37
Here! AllyCat Mar 2013 #38
Way to go Scott kairos12 Mar 2013 #39
Thank you Scott.... Tippy Mar 2013 #40
I was so impressed by his maturity and his reasoning for remaining in the shadows. CarmanK Mar 2013 #41
Yep, it was the Chinese factory, not the 47% remark, that really got to me. Scuba Mar 2013 #47
This Mitt leak has Romney up Shit Creek Blue Owl Mar 2013 #42
kick and rec! lunatica Mar 2013 #43
Bravo! hedgehog Mar 2013 #44
Thank you, Scott Prouty! rhiannon55 Mar 2013 #45
Check Vincardog Mar 2013 #46
KnR LeftInTX Mar 2013 #48
Thank you, Scott Prouty! raging moderate Mar 2013 #49
American Hero for me! nt LittleGirl Mar 2013 #50
I posted a message to him on twitter AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #51
He was shocked by the same thing I was so yes I surely do appreciate Mr. Prouty... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #52
Thanks Scott ruffburr Mar 2013 #53
Scott 2020 K&R demosocialist Mar 2013 #54
Thank you, Mr. Prouty! Rider3 Mar 2013 #55
Who wouldn't? n/t Mira Mar 2013 #56
Roses for Scott, you rock marions ghost Mar 2013 #57
Thanks dembat Mar 2013 #58
K&R jwirr Mar 2013 #59
That video made a difference in the election! Quantess Mar 2013 #60
Thanks Scott for making the public get to know the REAL Romney! Auntie Bush Mar 2013 #61
k&r yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2013 #62
K&R! yellerpup Mar 2013 #63
K&R northoftheborder Mar 2013 #64
K & R nt abelenkpe Mar 2013 #65
Kick! skamaria Mar 2013 #66
Kick again! skamaria Mar 2013 #67
It gives us a little hope Worried senior Mar 2013 #68
You deserve a badge dinger130 Mar 2013 #70
Thank you Mr. Prouty. subject Mar 2013 #71
Thank You Scott Prouty. Congrats on your new employment. Milliesmom Mar 2013 #72
k and r n/t Misskittycat Mar 2013 #73
More than words can say kalli007 Mar 2013 #74
They have "I am John Galt." We have "I am Scott Prouty." nolabear Mar 2013 #75
K&R ReRe Mar 2013 #76
k & r Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #77
KICK! Joe Bacon Mar 2013 #78
Thanks to Scott TxDemChem Mar 2013 #79
KICK ailsagirl Mar 2013 #80
Thank you for your courage, brother. myrna minx Mar 2013 #81
With much appreciation DeeDeeNY Mar 2013 #82
REC> How about a link to the video in the OP? Coyotl Mar 2013 #83
I'm so impressed by him snacker Mar 2013 #84
Check Th1onein Mar 2013 #85
k&r Little Star Mar 2013 #86
k&r The Wizard Mar 2013 #87
Absolutely! arthritisR_US Mar 2013 #88
Check. RiffRandell Mar 2013 #89
So PROUD Of PROUTY! ChiciB1 Mar 2013 #90
+47000000000 Scruffy Rumbler Mar 2013 #91
K&R MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #92
His is the template for citizen journalists LibertyBell7 Mar 2013 #93
Yes! pacalo Mar 2013 #95
K&R!! tosh Mar 2013 #96
More than happy to K&R! mrsadm Mar 2013 #97
He's one of my heroes now. A thoughtful courageous man is Scott Prouty. Zen Democrat Mar 2013 #98
A very brave man, he is tilsammans Mar 2013 #99
K&R drm604 Mar 2013 #100
K&R NYFlip Mar 2013 #101
K&R!! Webster Green Mar 2013 #102
Remarkable guy. Bravo! Shanti Mama Mar 2013 #103
Here, here! nt cry baby Mar 2013 #104
Okay, I admit it. madamesilverspurs Mar 2013 #105
my whole family appreciates Scott Prouty Danmel Mar 2013 #106
A grateful nation thanks you, Scott. moondust Mar 2013 #107
k & R n/t glinda Mar 2013 #108
Wish I could do something sufficient to show my respect and gratitude Bombtrack Mar 2013 #109
So grateful!! healthnut7 Mar 2013 #110
Decency is not dead. JeaneRaye Mar 2013 #111
A True American. MadamYes Mar 2013 #112
Checkin' in! KRansome83 Mar 2013 #113
K & R again! lonestarnot Mar 2013 #114
Scott saved the country from falling into a Bain Capital sinkhole Left Coast2020 Mar 2013 #115
I appreciated him before I knew who he was. subterranean Mar 2013 #116
I love Scott Prouty for what he did, but ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2013 #117
K&R elzenmahn Mar 2013 #118
200th Rec from me Hekate Mar 2013 #119
Thank You Scott! Denis 11 Mar 2013 #120
A true Patriot, & more of an Investigative Reporter than ANY in today's MSM 66 dmhlt Mar 2013 #121

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
5. It took a lot of courage to release the video
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 08:53 AM
Mar 2013

He had to consider his personal safety, as well as the safety of friends and family, also possible job loss, loss of anonymity, and a huge backlash from the right. He is a true patriot.

Rockyj

(538 posts)
10. Thank YOU Scott The Bartender!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 09:51 AM
Mar 2013

The Tea Party can have their Joe (Not Really A) Plumber; we have a real class act!

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
13. I hope he finds a good place to work that deserves him..
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:17 AM
Mar 2013

But his moral compass works so well that an even an honest employer might have problems for fear of being exposed for the smallest wrong...

kag

(4,079 posts)
17. Nah.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:20 AM
Mar 2013

An honest employer would understand that Prouty isn't "out to get" anyone. This was an extreme situation that he thought hard about before exposing. I think many employers would LOVE to have someone as conscientious as Scott Prouty.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
14. He's kind of like a mondern day Atticus Finch..
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:17 AM
Mar 2013


I believe he mentioned he would like to get into Law, that would be sweet. I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to help him with that.

Augiedog

(2,548 posts)
22. Beer
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:26 AM
Mar 2013

He will always have a smile and a beer awaiting him at my house if he ever needs it. Many thanks to him. He is a latter day Thomas Paine and his common sense and courage may have saved America from psycho who would ultimately have out sourced American democracy, probably to North Korea. sorry I am giving psycho's a bad name but I needed a telling analogy.

25. Courageous is an understatement!!!!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:39 AM
Mar 2013

Scott Prouty's intelligence, and courage, to not only recognize how important it is (was) to listen intently to what the other party candidate running for the highest office in this country had to say and what his thought process is/still is, and then to capture it & later recognize the importance of what he had just heard, and had on video.......nothing short of miraculous.

Obama's campaign was in trouble, the polling was almost neck to neck before this video, from the other candidate's own mouth.....his own verbalizing his disgust w/regards to 47% of us Americans..........well, if one looks back at the polling numbers, this was the game-changer without question. Scott, you sir, are a real honest-to-real, good and decent human being and American who cares. Peace and blessings to you, Mr Prouty, and may the wind be at your back.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
28. Does he have a place/ point of contact where these words can be passed to him? THANK YOU!!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:50 AM
Mar 2013

You were very brave and helped America from a dark future.
A certain percentage will not believe it unless you show it to them.
They got their wish and may have changed their vote

Is there a group anyone knows sending him a group signature THANK YOUs petition style?
I would sign it but I hope he already knows how many people are thankful for his courage!

TBF

(32,062 posts)
30. We need more folks like Scott to speak up -
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:51 AM
Mar 2013

many of us who have worked for very wealthy folks have heard them utter things worse than what Romney said. I really give him credit for releasing it - that was a tough thing to do.

CarmanK

(662 posts)
41. I was so impressed by his maturity and his reasoning for remaining in the shadows.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 11:23 AM
Mar 2013

He came out because he sees that Romney is trying to resurface once again as a man of the people, when we all know that he is not.
And I have to agree, what made me so appalled by Romney's remarks was the view he had of the Chinese factory he visited. He was impressed that the young women were so willing to work for pittance, that the squalor they lived in was acceptable and he accepted the garbage that the barbed wired fences and armed guards were there to keep the trespassers out.
Prouty said it, he could be investing in AM, bringing jobs back to the towns that BAIN CAPITAL raided and instead promotes himself as an AMERICAN with no loyalty to America.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
47. Yep, it was the Chinese factory, not the 47% remark, that really got to me.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 02:45 PM
Mar 2013

"They want to get it. Isn't that great?"

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)
49. Thank you, Scott Prouty!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 03:15 PM
Mar 2013

And may I say, I would like to see you in a position of political authority, befitting the courage, ingenuity, and public spirit which you have shown. Have you thought of getting involved in politics?

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
52. He was shocked by the same thing I was so yes I surely do appreciate Mr. Prouty...
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 03:33 PM
Mar 2013

He really thought the China thing would get people to take notice. So, did I. I actually thought the 47% bit was mild in comparison to Romney's story about his visit to a Chinese factory. Romney really does approve of slave labor and he really would like to bring that here.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
60. That video made a difference in the election!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 04:04 PM
Mar 2013

That was a service to us all. We dodged a bullet by not electing Romney.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
61. Thanks Scott for making the public get to know the REAL Romney!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 04:05 PM
Mar 2013

Hope you go to Law School...you'd make a good lawyer!

dinger130

(199 posts)
70. You deserve a badge
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 05:52 PM
Mar 2013

for your bravery. You went up against the crazies and unveiled the "real romney". Good move Scott. Can you please clone yourself? We need a lot more people like you.

subject

(118 posts)
71. Thank you Mr. Prouty.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 06:22 PM
Mar 2013

You have done the entire world a giant favor. Thank you for having the guts to expose that man.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
75. They have "I am John Galt." We have "I am Scott Prouty."
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 07:41 PM
Mar 2013

Not in jest. The intelligent, compassionate, activist for the people as opposed to the smug, unprincipled jerk with an air of superiority and the firm conviction that he got where he was by his efforts alone.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
90. So PROUD Of PROUTY!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:04 PM
Mar 2013

A man who decided not to be a coward! How rare!! Congress, and I say with a sad heart many Democrats, have so much to learn from this one man.

May the path he's chosen to walk clear the way for many to follow.

Webster Green

(13,905 posts)
102. K&R!!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 11:18 PM
Mar 2013

Scott is an American hero.

We really dodged a bullet. We could have wound up with that utter piece of shit Romney as president.

Bombtrack

(9,523 posts)
109. Wish I could do something sufficient to show my respect and gratitude
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 12:14 AM
Mar 2013

I hope he persues endeavors in the future that would allow me to give back.

JeaneRaye

(402 posts)
111. Decency is not dead.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 12:51 AM
Mar 2013

That's what struck me the most about this man. Decent... Unselfish. Moral. I watched his interview with Ed Schultz last night and those were things that came to my mind then and today while watching the continuing coverage. This man did not think about himself at all. He only looked at Mitt Romney and determined that this information needed to be made public. He didn't editorialize it ....he just made it available. Too bad that there aren't more people like him.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
116. I appreciated him before I knew who he was.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 02:03 AM
Mar 2013

Now I appreciate him even more! I thought he handled himself very well on The Ed Show.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
117. I love Scott Prouty for what he did, but ...
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 02:22 AM
Mar 2013

where has he in 2000 when we really needed him ?

(Other people may have known things they could have revealed -- perhaps they saw what happened to Dan Rather?)

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