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I haven’t commented on the whole Flynn/McBride/Bucher affair (no pun intended) for a variety of reasons.  First, it’s a tawdry circumstance and I feel bad for the children involved to have it play out in public.  Second, the Buchers and I have a rather unfortunate history and any commentary from me is colored by that history.  I could not resist, however, making an observation regarding Jessica McBride’s latest column in her own defense.  It’s embarrassing both for her and everyone else involved.  She should have restrained herself from submitting it.

Posted by Owen at 2254 hrs
Culture + Law + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

1. As if.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 23, 2009 at 2327 hrs
   
   
   

2. Didn’t McBride walk away from another relationship to get married to Bucher?

   She obviously likes older men and seems to prefer that they are married to someone else. I agree with Owen that the poor kid (who is only 4 I believe) gets to read all about this when they are a teenager.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 0000 hrs
   
   
   

3. Actually, this is one of the first column’s of Jessica’s I agree with.  I never found her to be a great read.  But on this stuff, I really don’t think it is a story, and I think it reflects poorly on the journal that they pursue it as such.  Although, I shouldn’t be surprised, as the Journal hardly qualifies as a newspaper anymore.

   I could care less about their affair, and I don’t think we need to pursue things like this in the paper.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 0047 hrs
   
   
   

4. I’m not sure what’s worse - the fact that she uses her column for a purely personal screed, or the fact that an editor signed off on allowing this crap to run.  What Jessica McBride thinks of the MJS or coverage of her affair and divorce is general isn’t newsworthy, any more than what Paul Bucher or Chief Flynn thinks about it.

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7. Meh….Just a pretty face.

   Posted by Steve on November 24, 2009 at 0529 hrs
   
   
   

8. “She should have restrained herself ...”

   Isn’t that the story of poor Jessica’s life?  The need for restraint didn’t first arise when she mounted the keyboard last week, Owen.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 0718 hrs
   
   
   

9. I find Jessica McBride to be unbelievably sanctimonious, and Ed Flynn is an absolute scumbag of a human being.

   Flynn should keep his job, unless there is evidence he was messing around with McBride on the job. Adultery is apparently still on the books in Wisconsin as a crime, although I don’t think Flynn or anyone else really should be hunted down and charged for it.

   McBride should be happy she is a professor, and move on with her small little life.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 0851 hrs
   
   
   

10. With all the perverse things going on in society and with our Federal government going to communism, excuse me health care, we have to continue to raise issues like this?

    The American Music award show was worse then this.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 0901 hrs
    
    
    

11. I feel bad for Paul Bucher, but I guess he had fair warning from the beginning.  The worst part of the whole thing is that this sentence was written by a person who makes her living writing and makes it past an editor and a copy editor: 

    “The media outright lied about the number of ‘public record e-mails’ exchanged between myself and Chief Flynn.”

    “myself and Chief Flynn” do they teach grammar any more?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 1040 hrs
    
    
    

12. Owen, I have family pictures on CD of your Dad, Mother and Don some dating back to the ‘50’s that I want to send to you. I have an address but I need to verify.

    Bruce

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 1201 hrs
    
    
    

13. I do wish they would handle this privately, if for no other reason than to protect their daughter.

    Posted by hsgbdmama on November 24, 2009 at 1416 hrs
    
    
    

14. LA has Britney Spears.

    Milwaukee has Jessica McBride.

    Both lead lives that tend to attract the media attention they claim to loath.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 1431 hrs
    
    
    

15. People who live and profit, in whole, or part from being part of the public eye can’t have it both ways. 

    If you are enough of a public figure to be noteworthy to anyone besides your neighbors, enough people will be interested in your private life as well to make it newsworthy. Sorry Jessica “that’s life”

    Don’t make money off of being a public figure hosting a radio talk show or participating on sunday morning talk TV and then claim that its so wrong for people to be curious about your aldulterous sexual exploits with other public figures. 

    I’m a little sick of seeing my face on the TV news

    Whatever… You are only sick of seeing your face on NEGATIVE tv news.  I’m sure you had no problem with publicity when it was furthering your career.

    Having said that, I suggest you not ask others to take action to mitigate circumstances you could have mitigated yourself.

    Suggestion one to keep yourself of local news:

    Suggestion 1:  Don’t pursue a public career in mass media

    Suggestion 2: Don’t cheat on your husband.

    Suggestion 3: If you ignore Suggestion 2, surely don’t cheat on your husband with ANOTHER public figure.

    Failure to do even 1 of the above gives you absolutely no moral authority to criticize anyone for reporting on your behaviors.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 24, 2009 at 1626 hrs
    
    
    

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