Comments on: Thanks, but No Thanks

By: Kevin Doherty

Kevin Doherty — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:52:14 +0000

Excellent statement Mike! Those of us who truly care about the University and it’s response to the Declan tragedy can and should be proud of it. No other school would have taken the blame and the heat the way ND did. Feinstein is very misinformed. The haters will continue to come out in force if we keep winning and rising in the BCS standings, and we will need your staunch (not curmudgeonly at all!) defense going forward. Please keep these type of posts coming.

By: Dormmamu

Dormmamu — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:56:19 +0000

I’m glad someone pointed out Feinstein’s awful and truly evil article on Duke lacrosse. The worst parts of that were that he didn’t apologize and that he believed that 40 Duke students (his alma mater) committed and covered up a heinous crime. The story was BS from the start and folks who were paying attention knew it–except for people like Feinstein who for some reason were predisposed to believe the worst. Here’s what he said:

“You know, I don’t want to hear any ifs, and, or buts. These kids have acted disgracefully, just by the fact that not one of them-I don’t want to hear about the code, among buddies and among teams. A crime was committed. There were witnesses to the crime. They need to come forward and say what they saw . . .

They won’t, and that’s why I’m saying the hell with them-strip their scholarships”

He’s a jackass.

By: Matt G

Matt G — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:45:37 +0000

I’m sure he is busy right now writing a scathing book in the spirit of “Under the Tarnished Dome.” I’m sure he can’t wait to cash in on our particularly heightened level of media attention right now.

By: Mike Conroy

Mike Conroy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:21:24 +0000

Excellent response Mike.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:39:14 +0000

I don’t disagree with this article but at the same time I think it’s a bit negative and does nothing to change the reputation you speak of in your opening line.

By: Cool Breeze (PV1x)

Cool Breeze (PV1x) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:13:00 +0000

Good article, Mike, but I don’t even know who this muthahuker Finklestein is.

By: Paul Griffith

Paul Griffith — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:07:02 +0000

Well said. Whenever Feinstein is on the TV I turn the channel.

By: John T. Riely

John T. Riely — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:02:49 +0000

Feinstein’s stock in trade continues to center on the one last vestige of bigotry acceptable in the US:
Christian and Catholic bigotry. He is unapolgetic in his bigotry towards Catholics and he and his writngs should be rebuked early and often by men and women of good faith.

By: JohnCochtoastin

JohnCochtoastin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:30:24 +0000

Coffey you’re on a roll these last few weeks. Feinstein does not view sports through the same spectrum most fans view it. He views it as political. That US Open piece was political. His dislike of Notre Dame is political. Declan Sullivan – God rest his soul – is a tool used to denegrate a political foe.

To Feinstein the fact that Augusta National and The University of Notre Dame are revered by the masses is viewed as a personal challenge to him. He is the learned one who grew up among DC elite and the opera. He will to enlighten all of us hoi polloi who adore those places.

By: Boomer80

Boomer80 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:57:02 +0000

I’ve never heard of John Feinstein, and would like to keep it that way.