Comments on: Some Guy Named @TommyXtopher Gets Fired, Twitter Reacts

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:31:08 +0000

Thank you for standing up for what you believe in. I don’t often read your content and frequently disagree with you when I do, but I do not disagree with taking a stand against what clearly was wrong, and you just won a lot of respect from me.

True courage is doing what is right in spite of negative consequences. You, sir, have true courage.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:53:49 +0000

To Denise,

Have I been asleep at the wheel.? I knew about Caleb, Mark, the Ris brothers and now Tommy being outsted. I just posted on Melinda’s latest article that you and David needed to watch your backs. Did PD get rid of you, too? With all the new writers of fluff and no substance over there, it’s hard to page through to find favorite bloggers. Guess I didn’t catch that I haven’t seen any articles by you lately. You guys need to start your own site. Wouldn’t take long for it to catch on and make some real money for all of you. You kow you have a lot of dedicated followers from down the middle and both sides of the aisle.

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Playboy, Rape and Grim Fairy Tales « media lizzy & friends — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:44:42 +0000

[...] he was fired. Fired by AOL’s Politics Daily because (in my estimation) he is simply more highly evolved [...]

By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:01:39 +0000

Melinda is beginning to catch hell from commenters on her latest article:

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/04/uh-oh-i-blinked-and-missed-obamas-mention-of-women-in-the-musl/

By: marvLS

marvLS — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:42:50 +0000

Perhaps you should re-consider your political philosophy. The Liberals who fired you have shown their true totalitarian colors.

I’m not saying become a Republican, because most of them are RINOs who, like their socialist counterparts, are only in it for themselves.

But you, and any who think that being a “Liberal” is the same a s being liberal, should examine the mis-named conservative viewpoint, which is really a combination of common-sense American values based in the belief that humans are inherently free.

“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down.
Up to man’s age-old dream –the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order — or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.
Plutarch warned, ‘The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.’” – Ronald Reagan

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:13:28 +0000

hang in there man… we’re all pulling for ya…

By: Denise Williams

Denise Williams — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:21:30 +0000

We made Political Machine. And the new people didn’t want that. We covered the entire election process for 2008. We rocked it. This shit happens in this world. No harm, no foul, but it still hurts.

We weren’t done – not me, Tommy, Caleb, Liza, Mark and so on….

So be it. You’ll hear from us again.

By: ManBearPig

ManBearPig — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:19:36 +0000

We probably don’t agree on much politically, but on this there is no room for nebulous opinion, you did the right thing as a human being, and AOL is so far off in lala-land on this that I cannot imagine what they are smoking over there…

Whatever happens (which *should* be offering you not only a job back, but a raise and creative control… ) you get one thing that Playboy and AOL don’t have… The ability to look at yourself in the mirror and know that you did the right thing for the right reasons…

Whoever picks you up for your next position is lucky…

By: Alex Villanueva

Alex Villanueva — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:10:06 +0000

Please tell me you will only harness the power of Twitter for good.