10/1/09

4:00 [tapper] yeah, i didnt have the Grayson quote in front of me. Paraphrased it wrong. Apologies. But Gibbs knew what i was talking about. actual Grayson quote is that GOP health plan is "dont get sick...If you get sick America:...Die quickly." bad paraphrase by me

3:50 [fertik] why did @jaketapper recklessly misquote Grayson? "the Republican solution to healthcare is they want everybody to die?" http://bit.ly/21p66D

3:00 [tapper] Today's Qs for O's WH - Predator attacks, Grayson's charge, Senate Finance Cmte amendments > http://bit.ly/GyzuG 

9/18/09

[he blocked me!]

1:16 @bobfertik no, Bob. im not asserting that the intell is wrong. i think given WMD it's a good lesson: how do we know theyre right?

1:05 @bobfertik i think given recent intell agencies' track records, it was an interesting question. no more, no less.

1:04 @bobfertik youre going to hurt yourself jumping to so many conclusions + twisting what ppl say.

12:52 @bobfertik thats the 1st time u asked, not 3rd. intell about Iran's missile capabilities, as referred to in the stories.

12:49 @bobfertik i never said i cited wrong intel. i cited a senator saying intell has been bad, how do we know that this intell is right?

9/16/09

9:20 .@jaketapper do you have any idea about the priorities of voters who elected Obama? do you care? or is your "beat" just 2 please ur boss?

8:49 D bobfertik i dont think of twitter as a place for rudeness or insults. if u want to have a civil conversation, let me know. 

8:48 D bobfertik bob, the piece challenges the conventional DC wisdom, but u dont know that bc u didnt see it or read the blog

8:42 why must u bring STUPID to twitter? RT @jaketapper: does POTUS risk overexposure or is this concept an anachronism? http://bit.ly/1DLs

8:40 Our @GMA spot -- does the POTUS risk overexposure or is this concept an anachronism? > http://bit.ly/1DLs

9/11/09

16:11 @jaketapper isn't this more impt than drill? RT @charyl: Gens. Krulak & Hoar on 9/11 Go After Cheney on Torture http://bit.ly/68QeL

15:32 @bobfertik There are some who think, regardless of #mediafail, it was also wrong of Coast Guard to sked a drill so close to Pentagon today.. 15:44 no one said otherwise

• 15:42 @jaketapper You are breaking Media Law against doubting Sacred Military Commanders (Moveon v. Petraeus). USCG Cmdr ordered drill, not Obama

13:56 (@stevekrak) @bobfertik "Bloodthirsty rightwing attack"? Are you serious? CNN was wrong and retracted - the WH said nothing about the CG decision.

• 14:28 where is retraction? apology? firing?

13:49 (@bobfertik) Media scorns blogs for lacking editors. But when CNN races to spread LIE without editor demanding verification, Media blames Obama!

13:32 @bobfertik not so. [Gibbs] blamed the media for a panic based on false reports - and i asserted that the reports were in fact false

• 13:47 @jaketapper why did you give 2 long graphs (and final word) to Obamahaters to attack Coast Guard? Real story is who @ CNN didn't verify 1st?

13:22 @bobfertik As for "validating" -- i didnt cover him until he issued his apology

13:21 @bobfertik u and i have talked about "controversial" before. he prides himself on ruffling feathers. it's not pejorative.

• 13:28 @jaketapper it's outrageous 4 ABC to label someone "controversial" unless ABC has clear policy on who IS and who IS NOT. Is Bush? Cheney?

13:20 @bobfertik "demanding" response from Gibbs? at a press gaggle, long after i asked about the economy, i asked a q, as did several others.

13:10 @bobfertik Do me a favor, tho -- find me evidence that i ever called for anyone to be fired, or that I disagree

• 13:19 @jaketapper re: Van Jones, you validated Glenn Beck's smear by demanding response from Gibbs and calling VJ "controversial"
• 13:23 @jaketapper re: CoastGuard, your story is "Gibbs Plays Blame Game" and validated rightwing Obamahating MFU calling exercise "Irresponsible"

13:05 @bobfertik - and fyi, am deleting those tweets since they were incorrect

13:04 @bobfertik in my haste, i sent something incorrect to u and i want to get u that stuff

13:04 @bobfertik ??? thats just a bizarre thing to say -- where did i "pick a fight with Obama"...

12:30 @bobfertik ??? thats just a bizarre thing to say -- where did i "pick a fight with Obama"...

11:55 @bobfertik i'll say to u what i said to a conservative tweep this morning: dont put words in my mouth and then ask me to defend them

11:52 @bobfertik i will say it again: there is a HUGE diff btwn asking q's about 9/11 and suggesting Bush let it happen to justify a war for oil

9/6/09 Sunday

11:24 (@emptywheel) @jaketapper In any case, reporters recognizing the loss owe citizens a big exposure of Beck's attack on ColorOfChange.

9:48 I think the biggest problem for Jones was that he signed the 9/11 Truther petition. WH didnt know what to say about that.

00:01 Van Jones resigns

9/4/09 Friday

15:28 @bobfertik thats a fair point, i will update

15:18 @bobfertik Bob, Jones was "controversial" back in Oakland. With Dems, like Willie Brown + Gavin Newsom. he embraced it. not judging it.

15:01 the way the WH seems unprepared for q's about Van Jones reminds me of the way McCain camp was unprepared for q's about Palin.

14:25 (@crooksandliars) New at Video Cafe: Hannity Accuses Obama's Green Jobs CZAR Of Being A 9/11 Truther http://bit.ly/ODVgH

12:56 @bobfertik If you click on some of the links ive provided, youll see he's proudly caused controversy with SF Dems like Brown, Newsom

12:53 @bobfertik No, I call him "controversial" because he has connections to 9/11 Truther movement and he's been controversial in Calif. politics

9/3/09 Thursday

15:13 (@stopbeck) Un-fucking-believable: Fox News (not jst GBeck) suggests Van Jones should leave job. They're kidding, right?