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Yeah right. I thought I told you to come back when you had something nice to say.

I would consider any snickering when another is talking an outburst.

It is not your words I judge Bfrank but your actions which says it all.

As a gay man, I would rather hire a honest gay basher than a liar like yourself who obviously went out of his way to attend an event just to disrupt it and lie about it. It is not a question of pro or anti gay but integrity which you Bfrank seem to have none of.

As a gay man, I would rather do business with a man like this Stewart guy who would call me a fag to my face than to someone like your man Brooks who lies about his intentions because at least I know what I am up against.

I locked the thread only because I hate scrolling. The fact that Rees might have said before he does not like debates is not proof that he lied to Malson. He could have in fact been out of town, sick or had another engagement. Your assumptions are biased Bfrank. None of what you say holds water. The well known David Gergen who worked for father Bush also worked for Clinton. I would rather have a gay basher than a gay who can get the job done eventhough I might seem out of place.

Is there a law or rule that says that a candidate cannot use people who may not agree with them? What lie did Rees tell Malson?

As far as I can see, Rees is the front runner in this ward 3 race at this time! The day I see campaign literature come through my mail slot is the day I will accept there are others out there as serious as Rees. Otherwise, all I see are names, faces and no real serious action to get known or elected. Say what you want but your behavior is becoming clear Bfrank. Whether Rees is a good or bad person is not relevant but what is, is the fact that to date, nobody else is making their campaign known in my area and other parts of the ward like Rees is doing and as a retired salesman for Shedd Foods, I can see an advantage of being first out, hitting hard and keeping up the pressure. As far as I am concerned, no political candidate has clean hands....none. Obviously you guys are arm chair quarterbacks.

As a very active member in the DC gay community, I take offense to being lied to by people like Erik Gaull and Sam Brooks. A friend of mine who works for the STEIN DEMOCRATS said that Sam Brooks last time he ran was always down at their offices pestering everybody to death to get their endorsement and when he realized he would not get it, he stopped going there. Sam Brooks did the same at other gay organizations and ditto, he did not get any endorsements. Now he is back but this time round he is smart enough this time round not to offend the gay community with his fork tongue. You want to talk about misrepresentations Bfrank, let us roll out all by Gaull, Brooks and Rees!

Maybe you are being lied to because you are asking too many questions that should not be asked or acceptable so what you are getting is dirt in your face as a reaction.

I am enjoying this discourse.

First off, I cannot answer for why one of the candidates is usuing someone you identify as a Gay Basher but only the candidate can answer that. Maybe you should pose that question to Rees by email, letter or fax. J. Egar Hoover was a well know Gay Basher but after his death, we learned that he was GAY! Recall? Maybe Rees people are all volunteers. I am not defending anyone but I can easily recognize when I see others going overboard like you are Bfrank and that sends up a red flare.

Yet some lawyers would take offense to an inactive lawyer holding themselves out as being lawyers. What I think is going on here and I will repeat it again: You guys are terrified of Rees, you cannot stand the thought that he has probably done a better job of reach across our ward with his silly paper as you call it, you know your prefer candidate cannot match it so your only way to stop him it this crap here. You are not going to stop any candidate Bfrank with what you are doing and you are living a dream if you think you can. I am almost 70 years old, I have seen my fair share of campaigns and unless your prefered candidate can match and do better, all your efforts will be in vain.

I was not told which two. I was told that Rees had told Malson to ask Kwame Brown and Harold Brazil about the heckling they got from people that came to those debates with Brooks. Guall lied about his past, lied that he had been endorsed by Mayor Williams and Cathy Wiss has not be factual about her work history or the fact that while she has a law degree, she never used it.

In other words, you are a hit and run coward! My view of this situation is, people are attacking Mr. Rees because they fear him because if Mr. Rees was no threat or had any chance of winning, nobody would say a word about him. All of you concede you fear of Mr. Rees by your actions and it can be read no other way and masking your cowardly ways and by saying you are seeking the truth is utter BS in my book because two of the other candidates have an ugly past and you are not attacking them.

I do not know what Mr Rees said. Mr. Malson said his organization has decided to let each of its member hospitals endorse who they want as this time round they will only offer an endorsement for mayor. Meet and Greet, Forums or Debates are not venues for credibility of candidacy nor avenues to win an election and I think modern day political scientists will tell you that. I liked the coffee and donut meeting I was invited to at Ron Bitandos house when we all got to meet Linda Cropp. That is far better a venue to win votes in my book. I would suspect it was you who started the laughing if you call it that based upon your demeanor here and your overt dislike for Mr. Rees. You wrote a bit back that you were face to face with Mr. Rees but did not introduce yourself. Why? Afraid he might attack you like a mad dog over your behavior here?

I am not backtracking. You said laughing. Mr. Malson said snickering. I think the voters have other ways of being seen than just these small gatherings just as the media does. Have you ever read the book (Winning A Campaign Without Ever Having To Debate Your Rival)? Go and do so sir as I would rather meet a candidate face to face and have a five minute chat than see one in a large gathering. Going also to a debate does not determine seriousness but only in your book does it. Everybody has their own game plan, style and way of reaching people and nobody can say it is right or wrong. IF DEBATES ARE SUCH WONDERFUL PLACES FOR A CANDIDATE TO BE SEEN WHY DOES 99% OF THE VOTERS IGNORE DEBATES AND WHY DO EXPERTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE NOW CONSIDER THEM WORTHLESS PLACES TO WIN VOTES?

Again, I was not there and anything I say is pure hearsay. Again, I have too agree with only 20 real voters of interest, it clearly was a turn out that was a waste of time for a candidate when there are around 39,000 voters in our ward. All of you might think debates are important but I too feel they will not make or break a candidate considering 99.9% of voters never attend them. I think it should be obvious that Mr. Rees strenght is in marketing/mass distribution and from where I can see out there, he is doing a bang up job.

I spoke to Robert Malson a few minutes ago and here is what he said: 1. Nobody laughed but a couple of guys did snicker which he did not know what they were snickering about; 2. That he asked is there something I do not know; 3. That after the candidates left and these jerks also left, his assistant saw these same people outside the church talking with candidate Sam Brooks; 4. That he concluded these rude people were planted there by Sam Brooks; and 5. Two of the candidates told Robert Branson that Sam Brooks pulled this stunt of putting plants in the audience in his last campaign to harass his opponents. Robert Branson who heads the ward 3 Democratic party said that in their next round, they would transmit a warning to Brooks that if it happens again, he will be asked to leave along with whoever disrupts the process. I was also told that a woman snapped a picture of the main culprit snickering with her phone camera and was told by one of the candidates to email it to Rees so Rees will finally know the faces of the people who have been posting lies about him. I suspect that it was Bfrank who did the snickering and Rees now has a photo of him. I guess Bfrank is no longer a faceless name. Maybe there is some truth behind Rees claims that all of you are allies of Brooks. I guess all of you are so afraid Rees is going to win that you will go to any extent to lie about him and disrupt the process. It is funny that there is so much fear of this Rees guy that a few devote so much time to this but it does make good reading. It is my opinion that Sam Brooks has no chance of winning this race no matter what he does or any of you do and all is a waste of time.

I just sent an email to Mr. Malson and to Professor Cheh who I know personally along with her husband and I called her home and caught her before leaving the house at 7:30 and she said nobody laughed over anything. My brother does not lie and he said the audience was very subdued, there was no laughter over Rees not attending and my brother said all the candidates sucked except professor Cheh whose statement was a bit more upbeat. I have read most everything you posted here and your hatred for Rees is clear but when you lie about a matter that makes you look worse than the person you are attempting to mock. With only 20 people showing this kind of supports Rees beliefs that debates or forums are not good venues!

Bfrank, I called my brother and asked him if the audience laughed over the statement from Mr. Malson as to why Rees did not show and my brother says this remark on your part is absolutely false. It is clear from my reading of matters here that you do not like Rees but to lie about something takes away from your credibility and taints anything you say. If you are going to oppose someone then do so with the truth not lies.

My brother went to this meet and greet the candidates at St Columba Church and said taking away those there to debate over the NCMC, there was maybe at best 20 people! This was not a good candidate forum! I believe when there are too many candidates running for an office, there is less interest in it than if just two people are going at it. My brother said the whole neighborhood surrounding the church was saturated with Rees flyers and inside the church despite the fact Rees did not show.

You have a valid point there Bfrank. Indeed, why would Rees not attend unless he knows something we do not.

I posted that thing about this cat club nobody else but I did not delete it. It appears to have been deleted by someone else. There are many small clubs/groups up this way who champion different things from pets, to over-development to flowers so I am not surprised that any candidate would seek support of such. Truthseeker is obviously a petty minded person who looks to make issue of every thing. In my book, cat clubs are as dumb as soccer clubs for moms.

I saw part of it so what does it have to do with this thing tomorrow night? Nothing that I can detect.