Talk:Eric Cantor

Personal Opinions

Personal opinions of people highlighted in these biographies should not be put into the article. I believe personal opinions (especially those that are not supported by fact) can be stated in this Discussion area. Articles are supposed to be objective, and including personal opinions renders the articles subjective, and people will be less willing to use Wikipedia as an authoratative source.

2006 House Page Scandal

I reverted this, and then self-reverted back when I saw Cantor's name, but then I followed the source to the AP article and it does not support the statement that Cantor was aware of this? We need to be very careful here to not violate WP:BLP. We need a source for this... --plange 05:36, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Repition that Cantor is Jewish

There is no reason to have both these sentences exist in this article: (1) Cantor is the currently the only Jewish Republican in the U.S. House. (1st paragraph) AND (2) Cantor is the sole Jewish Republican in the House. (4th paragraph) Infernallek 07:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent vandalism

Some people seem to be very irked by how this man blamed Pelosi for the republican vote against the bailout, and are taking out their (justified?) frustration on this article. Hopefully the attacks will die down after a day or so. I doubt it will continue past that, but if it does, we might want to consider semi-protection. BlastYoBoots (talk) 21:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Marriage

I'm not sure why the year of his marriage is 1999 - the cited source says 1989. (The article got reverted when I corrected it.) - 24.183.28.227 (talk) 01:53, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't see how the "flavorless" food cooked at home by the rep's mother is relevant for his wiki. Changed section to take out irrelevant elements. Nhbunzl (talk) 09:23, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Subtle neutrality issue

With regards to the passages describing Cantor's statements regarding Pelosi and in response to Obama, the writing seems to be almost championing what he said. Fifty7 (talk) 15:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism about Cantor's stance about the American Recovery and ReInvestment act

Some have removed lines regarding the partisan tone Rep. Cantor struck. While the inclusion of this line may seem Anti-Cantor-ish, this sentiment has been agreed upon by everyone, including Cantor himself. He has proudly stated (including on videos on his own site) that he is happy that he had nothing to do with the bill. Including this in the article is important as it is a watershed moment in Cantor's career (when Cantor runs for President, everyone will be pointing to this moment). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.54.18.98 (talk) 06:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

As categorized as sneaky vandalism, removed arguments that were cited to opinion pieces, not factual articles. These inclusions of plausible misinformation have been removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.182.183 (talk) 03:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. However, those opinion articles were being used for the facts in those articles and not the opinions expressed. Additionally, Cantor's attitude toward this bill (i.e. vehemently opposing it) is an important historical moment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.195.229 (talk) 06:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Additionally, there is sneaky vandalism occurring with regard to the language (i.e. calling the bill the "Democrat's spending bill").