I saw TV news reports on vandalized Romney signs in Irving Park, but honestly I didn’t think it was that big a deal.
Apparently neither does N&R Jeff Gauger, who was tipped off by a G’boro resident:
But politics is passion, and in silly season political passion can sweep over normally sober folks. So I dismissed my caller’s suggestion and let my wince pass.
“I am a conservative,” she said, continuing, “and we are said to be mean-spirited and selfish.”
“Hmmm,” I muttered, wanting only to signal that I was listening.
And I was, because I’d been at exactly this spot in many conversations, and never more so than in silly season.
I’ll give Gauger the benefit of the doubt and believe he’d show similar disinterest in a tip about defaced Obama signs defaced in east Greensboro. Still I can’t help but wonder.
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08
2012 At 7:02 am, Roch Smith Said:
That’s a weird post from Gauger, admitting his disdain for election season and generally moaning about having to put up with people who read his paper. Not exactly inspiring.
It was especially weird to see Gauger casting himself as an adversary to the caller when all he really had to say, to her and to us, was that his newspaper was, in fact, covering the story. Why the editor found it better to gloss over that to foment discord and manufacture conflict instead of just pointing to the facts, who knows? But it does come across as weird.
08
2012 At 7:55 am, Sam Hieb Said:
And look how many comments the story generated……