Originally Posted by
init4fun
Ok so I put up mine , I do believe Rich Hanson will be the AMA's next President . You called the bet , let's see your side , who do you think is gonna win ?
No "wow" needed at all here , we all make our judgements on folks based on criteria set by ourselves . Your judgement of Frank is well documented throughout these threads and your most certainly entitled to your opinion , for real . Now , since the criteria by which you , me , and several other thousands of voters will tend to vary from person to person , here's my reasoning , for all that's worth ;
"In a world where Political Correctness run amok has caused any other than a smiley faced response to be considered modern blasphemy , I do not subscribe to the notion of judging Humans on being , Human ! Sure the guy told an off color joke and maybe he did growl at someone who pissed him off , who hasn't ? Really , I ask that in seriousness , WHO among us has never once let our temper get the better of us ? Now , what I judge is things like this ; I see a guy who you've called unfit over and over , a guy you've brought out every negative thing you could throw at him , and yet still he hasn't attacked YOU in the way you've attacked him . Look even at your response to me where you insinuate that I'm unreasonable because I think the gent's Moxie makes him a good candidate , I have not and will not cast any such negativity to you for whoever you choose so why would you feel the need to do so to me ? Especially when I have not yet declared Frank my choice over Rich ? The fact that Frank hasn't lashed out against your attacks on him in any of these threads is all the proof I need that he is capable of representing the AMA just fine , and just as I also said earlier I truly believe any one of the four gents would be a fine fit , each in their own way."
Edited for typos?
Typos? It's a whole new post, completely changed and edited after the fact. Did you say you do not subscribe to the notion of judging humans on being humans? You deleted many many posts over the past two months.......c'mon now, let's be honest. I seem to recall a few thrown my way, and Chris's as well that were certainly judgemental. But neither you nor I nor Chris are running for the president. Obviously we've all done things in the past we wish we could change, or not to have done at all. For me, the issue isn't so much that those things happened in the past, it's the response to being asked about them that brings out the real character issues. You can say I attacked him all you want, I did no such thing. I asked him questions, and he had a chance to clear the air. The only thing he denied were the e-mails I posted. He didn't deny sending them, just said they were not all his words. Now, he said he found those e-mails some 7 years later...amazing....but wouldn't post them or clarify what was written. I doubt it's the truth based on the way he responded to the last questions, but took him at his word. It's amazing how you and others find a tough question as "attacking" him. I see it as trying to justify his abhorrent behavior, or as you call it, Moxie. As for not lashing out at me...suffice it to say I didn't post his e-mails (or his friends e-mails)to me. It would just cloud the issues all the more.