Comments on: Van Taylor Gets “Hacked” (video)

By: Plunderbund » Hack Back To Iraq?

Plunderbund » Hack Back To Iraq? — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:37:10 +0000

[…] I believe there is probably plenty of pressure from wingnuts wanting to silence their worst media nightmare related to Iraq. I can assure you that Van Taylor is lobbying hard for it. Praying even. […]

By: Have Coffee Will Write » MY COMMENTS…

Have Coffee Will Write » MY COMMENTS… — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:35:46 +0000

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By: Jeff Hess

Jeff Hess — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:30:07 +0000

Shalom Eric,

What Jill said.

I thought was going to pee myself I was laughing so hard. Talk about bringing pocket knife to gun fight. If it had gone on another 30 seconds I’d swear tears would have flowed from that sorry waste of human genome’s eyes.

And damn it, didn’t Hackett come out on a high note for his endorsement of Brown. He almost convinced me to vote for him.

B’shalom,

Jeff

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:54:10 +0000

Jill,

That is a VERY good point and you are right on. Hackett is most helpful when he’s in his element like this. I’m just really (REALLY) glad he didn’t say “business end of an M16 again”. His only fault is that he sometimes relies on the same lines over and over.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:01:45 +0000

Eric, the most stunning part of this clip is how it confirms Paul Hackett’s ability to take something that he knows, that he feels, that he’s lived, and use that knowledge, that experience and that emotion to complete annihilate whomever tries to spin reality for the sake of a sound bite or other politically expedient line of blather. It’s just like writing good essays: when you can take what you know, what’s happened to you and apply it universally, you are going to connect every time. Candidates like Van Taylor will come off looking like the empty, vapid ambitious political wannabees they are because even they don’t connect with what they’re saying - it’s only words to them. To Paul Hackett, it’s real and it’s life - ours as well as the Iraqis. Is there any question, especially after a watching a clip like this, that Hackett is a far more formidable force on a national scale with this specific set of issues (war in Iraq, military approaches, fighting terror etc.) than he might have been in representing all of Ohio’s issues? I just think that having to know and fight for all that Ohio needs dilutes that power that Hackett shows when you see him speak like he does in that clip. Excellent job.

By: Muffet

Muffet — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:52:13 +0000

Yep. Poor guy looked like he might cry.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:19:32 +0000

I didn’t expect Matthews to show any will against Taylor, but wow. And then there’s Mr. Hackett. Breathtaking, as always.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:42:13 +0000

I agree Joe.
I’d expect Hackett to kick Ass, however to see Matthews driving home points was a pleasant surprise.

By: JoeR

JoeR — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:44:00 +0000

Hackett was awsome last night wasnt he. Actually so was Chris Matthews he ate Van Taylor for lunch.