# Why won't Bricker come out and play? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073 "2007-03-15T19:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/1 "2007-03-15T19:24:54Z")
Back in January, a [GD thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404704&highlight=attorneys) was started concerning the firing of several US Attorneys. Bricker saw fit to weigh in with a nitpicking post that concluded: > [@](#): > > “Back to the evil master plan to rid the world of US Attorneys, everyone.” Later, clarifying his position he stated: > [@](#): > > I must have missed the posts in which the facts you allege above were established. How many AUSAs, overall, have been removed and what percentage of them were “investigating Republican corruption?” How many AUSAs who have investigated Republican corruption remain in their jobs? > > Make a real case, rather than some vague suppositions based on even vaguer event sequences, and I might begin to smell fish. That thread ended shortly thereafter. But the pesky issue didn’t go away, and a [new GD thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=411175) was initiated when it began to pick up steam in the beginning of March. That thread now stretches over 3 pages, and contains at least some modicum of evidence greater than “vague suppositions” suggesting that there might have been more inaccurate terms than “evil master plan” to describe the administration’s efforts. I’m just wondering what you folks think of **Bricker’s** apparent choice to absent himself from this discussion? What a stand-up guy! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/2 "2007-03-15T19:26:15Z")
Maybe he’s busy living his life? Why not PM him and ask him to jump in? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/3 "2007-03-15T19:28:57Z")
Yeah, it’s quite possible he just hasn’t seen it. In defense, that there may be more evidence now doesn’t make his choice to poo-poo earlier claims a poor position. Like he himself said, his issue was with the evidence, not with the claim itself, and although I can’t speak for him it does seem to me like he would be willing to take these developments into consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/4 "2007-03-15T19:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe he’s busy living his life? > … > \*t’s quite possible he just hasn’t seen it. The first time it gets mentioned - when it is an obscure news story - he jumps in just over 3 hrs after the OP for his sarcastic, dismissive nitpick. Now that it has become a hot news item - uh - he just hasn’t gotten around to checking out the boards the last week or so? Oh wait a minute - he posted in other GD threads days after the second thread was begun. Well maybe he didn’t see it. Well, it has consistently been on the top of page 1, with all those caps in the title. But you’re right. There has to be some perfectly understandable explanation. Maybe he is “out of the loop.” I believe that line worked for the incumbent’s daddy. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/5 "2007-03-15T19:47:55Z")
So are you going to PM him and ask him to contribute, or continue your Bush-bashing? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/6 "2007-03-15T19:54:34Z")
Are you pitting someone for NOT participating in a thread, just because you feel they should be participating in it? Seriously, what am I missing? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/7 "2007-03-15T19:56:03Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar] So are you going to PM him and ask him to contribute, or continue your Bush-bashing? [/QUOTE] Nothing wrong with Bush-Bashing 😉 However, the PM or Email does sounds like a better idea than calling \*\*Bricker \*\* out. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/8 "2007-03-15T19:57:08Z")
Why is it a “pesky issue” exactly? Didn’t Janet Waco fire all the US attorneys right after she took office? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/9 "2007-03-15T19:57:34Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar] Maybe he’s busy living his life? Why not PM him and ask him to jump in? [/QUOTE] His life in the last week appears to include posting 33 times, primarily in GD and the Pit. One might suspect that he’s noticed the threads, particularly since he was indeed on fire to jump into the first one. I think he’s like most conservatives around here. Full of bluster until the shit hits the fan. Then they scramble. Some of them even make tearful goodbye posts and bemoan the hardening of partisan positions before they go. He just doesn’t have the stones to take a bite of the big shit sandwich that he ordered. In my humble opinion, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/10 "2007-03-15T20:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] Are you pitting someone for NOT participating in a thread, just because you feel they should be participating in it? Seriously, what am I missing? 😕 [/QUOTE] Well, I’ve seen **Bricker** pull a disappearing act instead of acknowldge being wrong. I’ve done that myself a couple of times. Seems to me **Dinsdale** is trying to get him to reappear. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/11 "2007-03-15T20:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Nothing wrong with Bush-Bashing 😉 [/QUOTE] I suppose not. It just seemed gratutitous and unnecessary to me, not because Bush isn’t deserving but because it just seemed out of place. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/12 "2007-03-15T20:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Why is it a “pesky issue” exactly? Didn’t Janet Waco fire all the US attorneys right after she took office? [/QUOTE] Oh come on. Did you get that from the O’Reilly Factor? US Attorneys always have a clearing out when an adminsitration changes. This is in the middle of the term, which usually only happens in cases of ethics violations or incompetence. The US Attorneys chosen had either investigated Republicans or ignored requests from Republicans to investigate or indict Democrats, or possessed a position coveted by a Republican hack. The justification given was “performance issues,” but they all had glowing performance evaluations. You could help out a lot in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8359760&posted=1) ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/13 "2007-03-15T20:24:12Z")
I would also point out that **Bricker** is an attorney in the DC area who works with government agencies. I’m not being cryptic, I believe that’s all he’s chosen to share. But for all we know there may be other reasons why he would not now post to a thread about a developing DOJ situation. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/14 "2007-03-15T20:30:39Z")
Crap, instead of posting a second time, I edited away my first post. Which was: > [@](#): > > Well, I’ve seen Bricker pull a disappearing act instead of acknowldge being wrong. I’ve done that myself a couple of times. Haven’t we all? Simply going away is an often used means to avoid further discussion. But without defending **Bricker** , ISTM that a person who might have been willing to try to defend the DOJ on the US Attorney issue under the facts known in early January, might not be willing to defend the DOJ under the facts known today. Since when do we Pit people for NOT engaging in debates? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/15 "2007-03-15T20:31:57Z")
Bricker’s original post, although full of skepticism, does not seem to require any “tail between the legs” contrition at all. Anyway, who cares whether he comes in and posts, “Looks like this story has legs”? Is there some sort of scoreboard somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/16 "2007-03-15T20:33:33Z")
I must have missed the memo that says if you post in a thread, you are then obligated to particpate in any similar threads started in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/17 "2007-03-15T20:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I must have missed the memo that says if you post in a thread, you are then obligated to particpate in any similar threads started in the future. [/QUOTE] I give that post a 1.2. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/18 "2007-03-15T20:49:04Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I must have missed the memo that says if you post in a thread, you are then obligated to particpate in any similar threads started in the future. [/QUOTE] You’re not on the distribution list for that memo, **Oakminster**. But the rule does still apply to you. In fact, there’s another memo due out this afternoon (same distribution list, sorry) that calls attention to posters who have been lax in this regard, and IIRC, you’re pretty prominently featured… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/19 "2007-03-15T20:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] I give that post a 1.2. [/QUOTE] And I award you: 1 rolling eyes guy: :rolleyes: 1 red frowny face: :mad: 1 blue frowny face: ☹ I win. neener neener. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073/20 "2007-03-15T21:01:48Z")
_READ IN THE VOICE OF JEREMY PIVEN:_ I understand you all met **Bricker**. - Yeah, yeah, I fucking met **Bricker**! - He ignored our thread! I know, and he’s gonna pay for it. **Dinsdale** , take him downstairs and beat the shit out of him. - Yeah! - Sorry, kid. You heard the man. - No, no, not that! Okay, justice has been served, everybody. You can go home. - [Shouting, Grumbling] Wait. If you guys aren’t doing anything tonight, we’ve got George Clinton inside. He’s tuning up on the main stage. - Sounds like another one of the white man’s lies to me. - [Shouting In Agreement] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-bricker-come-out-and-play/396073.md?page=2)