Comments on: Tom Geoghegan for Congress http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maria http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262675 Maria Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:12:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262675 Update: Geoghegan is on Kos now answering questions. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/6/13040/14380/760/680640 Update: Geoghegan is on Kos now answering questions.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/6/13040/14380/760/680640

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262609 bad Jim Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:23:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262609 So, he's not Ashanti Irish? So, he’s not Ashanti Irish?

]]> By: Cannoneo http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262600 Cannoneo Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:32:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262600 n.b., it's "Garabedian" or "Garofalo," depending on what part of Ireland. n.b., it’s “Garabedian” or “Garofalo,” depending on what part of Ireland.

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262596 engels Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:16:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262596 (NB. That was a joke. Sounds like a great thing.) (NB. That was a joke. Sounds like a great thing.)

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262595 engels Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:09:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262595 <i>arguing with itself the whole way through</i> I do hope he knocks it off before he takes office. Politics seems complicated enough when people can't agree with other, let alone themselves. arguing with itself the whole way through

I do hope he knocks it off before he takes office. Politics seems complicated enough when people can’t agree with other, let alone themselves.

]]> By: Cannoneo http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262593 Cannoneo Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:44:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262593 Only if he pronounces his last name correctly. Only if he pronounces his last name correctly.

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262546 Barry Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:18:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262546 Katherine, I'd say “a serious, Jesuit-trained Catholic” + 'Labor Lawyer' (and by that I don't mean anti-labor lawyer) is a definite good combination. Katherine, I’d say “a serious, Jesuit-trained Catholic” + ‘Labor Lawyer’ (and by that I don’t mean anti-labor lawyer) is a definite good combination.

]]> By: Maria http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262545 Maria Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262545 Well if it's any consolation to you, Katherine, Pope Ratzinger is Dead Set Against the J's and their proteges as well. Well if it’s any consolation to you, Katherine, Pope Ratzinger is Dead Set Against the J’s and their proteges as well.

]]> By: Katherine http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262540 Katherine Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:26:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262540 I don't know this man and I'm not an American so can't vote for Congress, but the fact that it is an important of someone's makeup that they are "a serious, Jesuit-trained Catholic" don't particularly seem like a plus point to me. I don’t know this man and I’m not an American so can’t vote for Congress, but the fact that it is an important of someone’s makeup that they are “a serious, Jesuit-trained Catholic” don’t particularly seem like a plus point to me.

]]> By: lemuel pitkin http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262525 lemuel pitkin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262525 Also, I can't help mentioning -- chapter 12 of Geoghegan's <i>Secret Lives of Citizens</i> begins with a little anecdote about "a man looking at old census records of Chicago." That man was me. Also, I can’t help mentioning—chapter 12 of Geoghegan’s Secret Lives of Citizens begins with a little anecdote about “a man looking at old census records of Chicago.” That man was me.

]]> By: lemuel pitkin http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262523 lemuel pitkin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:41:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262523 This is wonderful news -- Geoghegan is exactly the sort of person we need running for office. This is wonderful news—Geoghegan is exactly the sort of person we need running for office.

]]> By: LizardBreath http://crookedtimber.org/2009/01/05/tom-geoghegan-for-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-262520 LizardBreath Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:20:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9065#comment-262520 Woohoo! This is great -- Geoghegan's an amazing writer and thinker. Woohoo! This is great—Geoghegan’s an amazing writer and thinker.

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