The Michael Grimm thing

Bill Simmons sees no problem.

 

Didn't someone point out that the golf putter reporter said the "conversation" would be about the science, not the scientist?

That is an enormous difference between saying the story would be about the science, not the scientist, and I think you sacrifice credibility in your objection to the story when you keep coming back to this. You're reaching.

 

Yep. Guy handled it properly at first by saying he was only there to talk about the topic at hand and would not answer questions off topic. He ends the interview and walks off. If he leaves it at that, there is no story.

Coming back after walking away shows he considered what had just happened and made a conscious decision to return and make a physical threat. He should be arrested.

 

I agree. Besides, if you were in that Congressman's position, wouldn't you just assume you're going to be asked about it and have a non-answer answer on the ready? I know I would.

 

Not his first instance of exhibiting this kind of behavior.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/04/congressman-michael-grimm-at-the-caribbean-tropics.html

 

All he had to do was smile and say, "Look, I'm only talking about the State of the Union address right now. I won't address questions on any other topic." Or something. He can always, off camera and in his office, curse the reporter. The only thing I can figure is that he hired Ryan Leaf as his media consultant.

 

So the defense is that he was angry because the guy said one thing in order to get what he wanted and then did something entirely different from what he had previously promised.

I can see why he would be upset. Politicians never do that.

 

Nobody knows what, if anything, the reporter agreed to beforehand.

 

Is anyone actually defending the guy?

All jokes aside, the guy is a bully and a thug.

 

He's African American?

 

You'll also be kind to note the reporter never actually asked him the "off-topic" question.

Grimm walked off before the question was asked, and the reporter started explaining what he was going to ask and how the congressman didn't want to talk about it. That's when Grimm came back.