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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2133572" data-attributes="member: 151">No, I'm suggesting that you're on a slippery-slope when you take the District Attorney at his word, simply becuase of who he is.&nbsp; McCarthy often would say something patently false, but everyone took him at his word, and it took four years for such behavior to catch up with him.&nbsp; I don't believe that the DA (who may or may not eventually be the prosecutor) has an agenda against D&amp;D...I think he has an agenda to keep in the public eye, because as an elected official he needs to, and this has the potential for good publicity for his office.&nbsp; So yes, he IS using it for political ends, IMHO.&nbsp; McCarthy was an extreme example to illustrate a point of where such things can eventually lead.Citing his comments after the fact is irrelevant.&nbsp; If he had offered them at the time, we wouldn't be having this discussion.&nbsp; KYW didn't put those clarifications in a report and broadcast them.&nbsp; As theescapist.com says, the sound bite is what will be remembered.&nbsp; No paper in the area has seen them, just some folks on a little messageboard on the 'net.&nbsp; an 8.2 share of the Phila area listening audience has heard that quote, though.&nbsp; And most importantly, the reported didn't think to ask them, as far as we know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 2133572, member: 151"] No, I'm suggesting that you're on a slippery-slope when you take the District Attorney at his word, simply becuase of who he is. McCarthy often would say something patently false, but everyone took him at his word, and it took four years for such behavior to catch up with him. I don't believe that the DA (who may or may not eventually be the prosecutor) has an agenda against D&D...I think he has an agenda to keep in the public eye, because as an elected official he needs to, and this has the potential for good publicity for his office. So yes, he IS using it for political ends, IMHO. McCarthy was an extreme example to illustrate a point of where such things can eventually lead. Citing his comments after the fact is irrelevant. If he had offered them at the time, we wouldn't be having this discussion. KYW didn't put those clarifications in a report and broadcast them. As theescapist.com says, the sound bite is what will be remembered. No paper in the area has seen them, just some folks on a little messageboard on the 'net. an 8.2 share of the Phila area listening audience has heard that quote, though. And most importantly, the reported didn't think to ask them, as far as we know. [/QUOTE]

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