I've been corresponding w. Joseph Wilson since July, but...

[Lori Price CLG]

I didn't want to name drop.

Cheers,
Lori Price

[Marnieworld]

1. so why start now?

:-)

[Lori Price CLG]

5. ...It was response to another thread in this forum. n/t

[countingbluecars]

18. You saw it as name dropping?

I saw it as keeping fellow DUers informed.

[Gman]

2. LOL!

Yup!

[asjr]

3. Drop that name anytime. It is a good one.

[kestrel91316]

4. When you write to him, I sure hope you spell his name right.

[Lori Price CLG]

7. Uh, he gave us an interview - it was by phone and email. n/t

[kestrel91316]

9. Well, I am sure he would appreciate you referring to him as "Joseph".

[Lori Price CLG]

11. No, he doesn't sign the emails, or I think Joe. n/t

[kestrel91316]

13. That would be as opposed to "Joesph".

:eyes:

[Lori Price CLG]

26. I reversed the letters, didn't realize it. So? n/t

[Poiuyt]

LOL!

:rofl:

[kestrel91316]

I couldn't resist. "Some" people on here are a bit

wacky at times, and over the top with the tin foil, and I just had to jerk the string.

Another OP might have got a pass.........

[tularetom]

6. So tell us, does he have any insight

into who will be indicted? I can't stand the suspense.....

[Lori Price CLG]

10. Snip from the latest email, regarding indictments:

(they would reach) "Pretty high..."

And, btw: since I really sick of the name-dropping:
Keith O. has sent me four emails while Countdown is on the air, etc. He corresponds periodically. (I worked w. him at ESPN before he went to Faux then MSNBC).

Lori Price

[NewJeffCT]

15. ESPN in Bristol?

Or, was that another office? I lived right next door to Bristol in Newington until last year.

I'm trying to remember the guy I met from ESPN that was pretty high up behind the scenes. Dave something... but, it's been years.

[Lori Price CLG]

17. In Bristol. Not sure which Dave... n/t

[NewJeffCT]

23. I'm drawing a blank

he was pretty high up there, if i recall. I used to have a friend that would help out the guys at ESPN when they'd pick games for next year's college hoops schedule.

[Lori Price CLG]

40. I can't recall. The one who brought SportsCentury to ESPN...

is way up there now in executive ranks - Mark Shapiro.

Lori

[grasswire]

19. does he know you're dropping his name...

...and the content of his messages on a public message board?

THAT is behavior that really burns me up. There's no quicker way to dry up sources for our citizen journalists than for some of them to be engaging in amateurish revelations.

Maybe he doesn't want the world to know the identity of his correspondents.

[Lori Price CLG]

36. Gee, did you post this identical message on Pitt's thread, or no? n/t

[grasswire]

39. nope

Do you know why?

Because Will specifically said that Wilson was sending a message TO DU-ers.

[Lori Price CLG]

42. And, the thread the other day - of Pitt's pic w. Wilson, from *LAST...

YEAR* -- was in relevance to... ?

Lori Price

[G_j]

8. your website rocks! BTW

check it out folks: http://www.legitgov.org /

You find excellent stories and are really on top of breaking news.

a big thanks

[Lori Price CLG]

12. Thanks, G_j !! :) -Lori

[leftchick]

16. I agree G j Excellent site

Great job Lori! :hi:

[Lori Price CLG]

37. Thank you, leftchick!! :) -Lori

[npincus]

14. well, do tell just a bit of what the good man had to say.

[Lori Price CLG]

24. I think he called the Bush Admin. a regime on the phone (July)...

and he went on record as calling them "A Real Threat to Our Republic."
http://www.legitgov.org/clg_interview_joseph_wilson_060705.html

There was more on recent info, but I said (in advance) I was off the record.

I don't think he regards Karl Rove in high esteem, just my opinion... <g>.

Lori

[npincus]

30. thanks

[robbedvoter]

20. I fail to get the point of this thread....

I loved the letter Will Pitt posted. Sorry it made you so sick. Feel better. :shrug:

[mikelewis]

22. I think the OP doesn't believe Will talks to Wilson...

If it were anyone else, I wouldn't have believed it either.

[Catherine Vincent]

21. How about the Fitz?

I doubt it though.:-)

[Maddy McCall]

25. Jealous much? You say that you don't want to name drop, yet...

when Will posts a thread about his correspondence with Joseph Wilson, you have to start your own thread, letting everyone know that you've been corresponding with Joe longer than Will has.

Immature and quite silly of you--and you still "name dropped." Only the way you did it seems petty and malicious, compared to the way Will did it.

:shrug:

[G_j]

29. I don't know

I took it as just a bit of fun. I'm sure Will can handle it.
:-)

[Maddy McCall]

31. A bit of fun? Have you read her responses in this thread?

Hardly "a bit of fun."

[G_j]

33. I don't see any further

references to Will's post :shrug:

hey, most of us are not above a little name dropping here and there

[Maddy McCall]

35. Look below at her response to me.

The problem with this thread's OP isn't "name dropping." The problem with the OP is that it's petty, competitive, and childish.

Quite frankly, it's reminiscent of Bev Harris's posts on DU.

[Lori Price CLG]

32. Maddy, I was just tired of the un-ending self-promotion...

It mays shock you, but media people, etc., receive the CLG newsletter and do write to me. I have NEVER said/posted that here, or posted the correspondence.

BTW, I like your avatar image and the frog pic.

Lori Price

[Maddy McCall]

34. Who's "self-promotion" are you talking about?

Will's? Then why not discuss it with Will instead of passive-aggressively posting about it?

I deal with politicians and pundits in my daily life. But I don't post about it, just so I can feel "important." Will was relaying a message to DU. How is that self-aggrandizing?

Thanks for the compliment on the frog. :D

[grasswire]

38. You may not understand.....

...that many Dems who have acted as citizen journalists or activists on the Internet have been in correspondence with journos, officials, and the top players in stories more times than could be counted.

Gee. Many DU-ers have archived messages from big names.

When you reveal that you're corresponding with one of them, you give away information they may not want disseminated. And that makes them less likely to correspond with netizens.

I think you should ask the moderator to remove your post where you reveal some things that Wilson said to you, unless he gave you permission to post them on a public message board.

[Laurab]

27. Did you mention DU?

Did he have anything you could or should pass on to us? Or is this some type of childish competitive thing? I read the post you're apparently referring to, and I don't consider it "name dropping", but, to each their own...

[Maddy McCall]

28. Of your two choices, I believe the latter.

Childish and competitive.

[mia]

41. Hey Lori

It's not your fault that 9 people have nominated this post for The Greatest page. We need a category called The Greatest Lounge threads.

Chalk it up to Saturday night.
By the way, I have JW's autograph and he smiled at me during a book signing.

[LeftCoast]

43. Locking

Sorry - no copycats in GD please