Lange, Pinot Gris 2015
Kiona, Lemberger 2014
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Aix, Rosé de Provence 2016
Marchigüe, Cabernet 2013
Inazío Irruzola, Getariako Txakolina Rosé 2015
Maso Canali, Pinot Grigio 2015
Campo Viejo, Rioja Reserva 2011
Kirkland, Côtes de Provence Rosé 2016
Cantele, Salice Salentino Reserva 2013
Whispering Angel, Côtes de Provence Rosé 2013
Avissi, Prosecco
Cleto Charli, Lambrusco di Sorbara Secco, Vecchia Modena
Pique Poul, Rosé 2016
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly Rosé 2016
Stoller, Pinot Noir Rosé 2016
Chehalem, Inox Chardonnay 2015
The Four Graces, Pinot Gris 2015
Gascón, Colosal Red 2013
Cardwell Hill, Pinot Gris 2015
L'Ecole No. 41, Merlot 2013
Della Terra, Anonymus
Willamette Valley, Dijon Clone Chardonnay 2013
Wraith, Cabernet, Eidolon Estate 2012
Januik, Red 2015
Tomassi, Valpolicella, Rafaél, 2014
Sharecropper's Pinot Noir 2013
Helix, Pomatia Red Blend 2013
La Espera, Cabernet 2011
Campo Viejo, Rioja Reserva 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2013
Locations, Spanish Red Wine
Locations, Argentinian Red Wine
La Antigua Clásico, Rioja 2011
Shatter, Grenache, Maury 2012
Argyle, Vintage Brut 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #16
Abacela, Fiesta Tempranillo 2014
Benton Hill, Pinot Gris 2015
Primarius, Pinot Gris 2015
Januik, Merlot 2013
Napa Cellars, Cabernet 2013
J. Bookwalter, Protagonist 2012
LAN, Rioja Edicion Limitada 2011
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2009
Denada Cellars, Cabernet, Maipo Valley 2014
Marchigüe, Cabernet, Colchagua Valley 2013
Oberon, Cabernet 2014
Hedges, Red Mountain 2012
Balboa, Rose of Grenache 2015
Ontañón, Rioja Reserva 2015
Three Horse Ranch, Pinot Gris 2014
Archery Summit, Vireton Pinot Gris 2014
Nelms Road, Merlot 2013
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris 2014
Conn Creek, Cabernet, Napa 2012
Conn Creek, Cabernet, Napa 2013
Villa Maria, Sauvignon Blanc 2015
G3, Cabernet 2013
Chateau Smith, Cabernet, Washington State 2014
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #16
Willamette Valley, Rose of Pinot Noir, Whole Clusters 2015
Albero, Bobal Rose 2015
Ca' del Baio Barbaresco Valgrande 2012
Goodfellow, Reserve Pinot Gris, Clover 2014
Lugana, San Benedetto 2014
Wente, Cabernet, Charles Wetmore 2011
La Espera, Cabernet 2011
King Estate, Pinot Gris 2015
Adelsheim, Pinot Gris 2015
Trader Joe's, Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley 2015
La Vite Lucente, Toscana Red 2013
St. Francis, Cabernet, Sonoma 2013
Kendall-Jackson, Pinot Noir, California 2013
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Napa Valley 2013
Erath, Pinot Noir, Estate Selection 2012
Abbot's Table, Columbia Valley 2014
Intrinsic, Cabernet 2014
Oyster Bay, Pinot Noir 2010
Occhipinti, SP68 Bianco 2014
Layer Cake, Shiraz 2013
Desert Wind, Ruah 2011
WillaKenzie, Pinot Gris 2014
Abacela, Fiesta Tempranillo 2013
Des Amis, Rose 2014
Dunham, Trautina 2012
RoxyAnn, Claret 2012
Del Ri, Claret 2012
Stoppa, Emilia, Red 2004
Primarius, Pinot Noir 2013
Domaines Bunan, Bandol Rose 2015
Albero, Bobal Rose 2015
Deer Creek, Pinot Gris 2015
Beaulieu, Rutherford Cabernet 2013
Archery Summit, Vireton Pinot Gris 2014
King Estate, Pinot Gris, Backbone 2014
Oberon, Napa Cabernet 2013
Apaltagua, Envero Carmenere Gran Reserva 2013
Chateau des Arnauds, Cuvee des Capucins 2012
Nine Hats, Red 2013
Benziger, Cabernet, Sonoma 2012
Roxy Ann, Claret 2012
Januik, Merlot 2012
Conundrum, White 2013
St. Francis, Sonoma Cabernet 2012
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Phil Stanford - Rose City Vice
Kenneth R. Feinberg - What is Life Worth?
Kent Haruf - Our Souls at Night
Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games
Amy Stewart - Girl Waits With Gun
Philip Roth - The Plot Against America
Norm Macdonald - Based on a True Story
Christopher Buckley - Boomsday
Ryan Holiday - The Obstacle is the Way
Ruth Sepetys - Between Shades of Gray
Richard Adams - Watership Down
Claire Vaye Watkins - Gold Fame Citrus
Markus Zusak - I am the Messenger
Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See
James Joyce - Dubliners
Cheryl Strayed - Torch
William Golding - Lord of the Flies
Saul Bellow - Mister Sammler's Planet
Phil Stanford - White House Call Girl
John Kaplan & Jon R. Waltz - The Trial of Jack Ruby
Kent Haruf - Eventide
David Halberstam - Summer of '49
Norman Mailer - The Naked and the Dead
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William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief
Christopher Buckley - Thank You for Smoking
William Shakespeare - Othello
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything
Cheryl Strayed - Tiny Beautiful Things
Sara Varon - Bake Sale
Stephen King - 11/22/63
Paul Goldstein - Errors and Omissions
Mark Twain - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Steve Martin - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Beverly Cleary - A Girl from Yamhill, a Memoir
Kent Haruf - Plainsong
Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
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Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
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Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
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Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
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Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
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Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
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Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
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Comments (16)
David Wu is most certainly not my "hero". If you've been reading what I've been writing about him over the last month or so, you'd know that I am deeply skeptical about his explanations for his behavior.
We asked him tough questions. Do I have follow-ups that I wish I'd asked at the time? Sure. But I don't think we let him off easy.
In any case, you haven't any idea. Because we've only posted two of the six posts so far. The rest are coming tomorrow.
If there are questions that you'd like to hear answered (and I'm sure you have some, as do I), then let's hear 'em. I'll try and get them answered.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | March 23, 2011 10:27 PM
Oh, and while I'm not one to defend the Oregonian, I do think it's worth noting that Janie Har has been all over this story.
There are plenty of criticisms that I've heard of the O regarding their Wu coverage, but this is the first time I've heard "lazy" or "sleepy". Rather, most of the criticism has been of the "why don't they leave it alone already" variety.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | March 23, 2011 10:29 PM
The primary function of BlueOregon is to get Democrats elected and re-elected. Wu has made clear that he's not stepping down. And so it's BlueOregon's job to get him re-elected. The "interview" was a nice effort in that general direction. But independent journalism, it isn't.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 23, 2011 10:32 PM
Quote: Rather, most of the criticism has been of the "Why don't they leave it alone already" variety. Obviously, this would be the story coming out of BlueOregon.
Sorry Kari, but I don't want to leave it alone. He is my representative and he's unfit for the position at this point in his life. Our major new sources in Oregon buried this news about Wu prior to the election as they buried the news about Neil Goldschmidt's sex abuse victim decades ago.
Posted by Carol | March 23, 2011 11:32 PM
I don't blame Kari for writing about Wu. It's his job. However, he has a conflict of interest that casts a pall over what he publishes. And for the O to pretty much leave it at that and let Wu brush them off is quite troublesome.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 24, 2011 2:58 AM
"We asked him tough questions."
Fatuous.
Posted by David E Gilmore | March 24, 2011 6:18 AM
"If there are questions that you'd like to hear answered (and I'm sure you have some, as do I), then let's hear 'em."
If Mr Wu's entire staff urged him to seek psychiatric counseling BEFORE the election and then quit after the election (I believe one quote was - I'll never work for him again) - Why was this under such deep cover and kept hidden from voters. The whole thing smacks of a Watergate-type cover-up.
If you are going to say none of your business, my response would be that 1/5 of the population of Oregon entrusted him with making decisions on their behalf in Congress. I think he needs to be held to a higher standard.
Even higher than most of the Rs that BlueOregon loves to lampoon based on the slightest rumors.
For BO, I'd say keep the BS going, keeping Sam and Wu in office are the best things the Ds could do for the Rs.
Posted by Steve | March 24, 2011 7:47 AM
If the other questions are like the first one:
Q (BO) - "it’s been reported that she wrote an email, in which she said, “No enabling by any potential enablers. He needs help. And you need to be protected.” What was she talking about? Protected from what?
A (Wu) - I don’t know because I haven’t seen the email. And I don’t know if that’s accurate.
Followed by blather on how much he loved Lisa Grove.
More hard-hitting journalism folks? Think about why Wu selected you - He likes feather-balls.
Posted by Steve | March 24, 2011 8:02 AM
Wu has made clear that he's not stepping down. And so it's BlueOregon's job to get him re-elected.
Touchdown
Posted by jimbo | March 24, 2011 8:21 AM
1. BlueOregon does not exist to re-elect Democrats. BlueOregon is a place for Democrats and other progressives to talk about politics. Naturally, that often means talking about campaign politics, and we're generally supportive of Democrats. But there's been plenty of criticism before -- and we don't censor critical commentary in our comments, so it's an open venue.
2. For the record, David Wu is not and has never been a client of my firm. This interview was the first time I'd talked to him since he was first running back in 1998.
3. No, I'm not an independent journalist. Have never pretended to be.
4. I do think our questions were tough. Could we have had better follow-ups? Sure. But we were given only ten minutes, so we moved ahead to the next question. (Was that a smart strategy on Wu's part? Perhaps, yes.)
5. We're posting the entirety of his answers to our questions precisely so that other people - professional journalists and their sources, hopefully - can match his answers to us up to what they know. If there are inconsistencies, I expect that they'll report on them.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | March 24, 2011 9:45 AM
Carol -
In your litany of stories regarding local politicians which the Oregonian has studiously avoided covering until embarassed by the competition don't forget Packwood.
The Washington Post broke that one.
About that time the Zero was running an ad campaign to the effect "If it matters to Oregon, its in the Oregonian."
Quickly, some one started printing up bumper stickers, using the various tombstone typefaces of the respective papers, which read " If it matters to Oregonians its in the Washington Post."
The Zero dropped the ad campaign very soon thereafter.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | March 24, 2011 4:15 PM
Steve:
#1. I read him the salient part of the email out loud.
#2. Would I have followed up if I had known that we'd still be talking an hour later? Absolutely! But at that point, we were like at minute 9 of a ten-minute appointment. I wanted to at least get question #2 in.
#3. If you're serious, please suggest appropriate follow-up questions. "Don't let him weasel" is not a follow-up question.
#4. I'm justifying Wu's behavior? Are you on crack? Have you even bothered to read my half-dozen posts before this interview?
Posted by Kari Chisholm | March 24, 2011 11:26 PM
"I'm justifying Wu's behavior?"
Read the posts on your own WEBsite every time Sam or Wu engages in stuff like this, you get comment on comment finding excuses for why we can't judge or hwo bad Rs are.
If his staff wants to commit Wu and then everyone just ignores it so he can get elected, you don't see anything wrong with this?
Posted by Steve | March 25, 2011 6:47 AM
Read the posts on your own WEBsite every time Sam or Wu engages in stuff like this, you get comment on comment finding excuses for why we can't judge
Really, Steve? I'm now responsible for the content of every comment on BlueOregon? Sorry, but no.
If his staff wants to commit Wu and then everyone just ignores it so he can get elected, you don't see anything wrong with this?
Of course I see something wrong with that! But I was interviewing David Wu, not his (former) staff. There's no sense asking him about someone else's decision - a decision that he clearly disagreed with at the time.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | March 25, 2011 8:17 AM
"I'm now responsible for the content of every comment on BlueOregon?"
No just the posts by the bomb throwers that love to excoritate Rs for bad behavior and then look the other way with Ds like Wu.
At the end of the day, I guess it doesn't matter, you have an objective to advance certain causes and I am aware of that, so I don't expect much.
However, you might want to re-think what's going to happen on the next cycle with Wu. If you don't think his handler is going to get every opp to pose him with some credible people to re-build his image, then you'll be stuck with him as a candidate.
"Of course I see something wrong with that!"
So what are you going to use your pulpit to do about it?
Posted by Steve | March 25, 2011 8:25 AM
Sorry, but that's just silly. I shouldn't need a formal disclaimer to make the rather obvious point that each human is responsible for the words that they say/type, we've had that language on the site since the beginning.
I am no more responsible for the comments of the idiots and geniuses that post on BlueOregon than Jack B. is responsible for my comments (and yours) here on his site.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | March 25, 2011 2:12 PM