Cantor lies about "whistleblower", was anything but

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Tuesday November 13, 2012 · 5:14 AM PST

2012/11/13 · 05:14

From NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/...

Turns out Cantor's "whistleblower" was not a whistleblower but a person who sent shirtless pics to one of the women in the investigation and leaked it to Cantor for political purposes because he thought it was a "coverup for Obama".

Ms. Kelley, a volunteer with wounded veterans and military families, brought her complaint to a rank-and-file agent she knew from a previous encounter with the F.B.I. office, the official also said. That agent, who had previously pursued a friendship with Ms. Kelley and had earlier sent her shirtless photographs of himself, was “just a conduit” for the complaint, he said. He had no training in cybercrime, was not part of the cyber squad handling the case and was never assigned to the investigation.
But the agent, who was not identified, continued to “nose around” about the case, and eventually his superiors “told him to stay the hell away from it, and he was not invited to briefings,” the official said. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Monday night that the agent had been barred from the case.

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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 5:27 PM PDT

2012/11/01 · 17:27

The campaign is training 34,000 volunteers to fan out in swing states across the country and monitor for voter fraud. http://thinkprogress.org/...

... Romney poll watchers are being trained to watch for voters who show up without a photo ID, even though no voter ID law exists in the state. http://www.dailykos.com/...

At one point, for example, it says that convicted felons are ineligible to vote in Wisconsin. Not exactly true, according to Reid Magney, spokesman for the state’s Government Accountability Board, which administers elections. Felons who are out prison and have completed probation can vote, he said.
...
Trainees are also encouraged not to disclose their affiliation with Romney and Republicans, and to sign in at polls as a “concerned citizen.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Obama absentee ballots being rejected due to "invalid" signature and not letting the voter attempt to vote again http://www.dailykos.com/...

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Sunday October 28, 2012 · 4:06 AM PDT

2012/10/28 · 04:06

For the 2nd time in just a few days leading up to the election, CNN has front paged a story about Obama's religion. This time they included a reference to Jeremiah Wright. A few days ago, CNN had another front paged article on Obama's faith titled "Is Obama the right kind of Christian?".

Front page of CNN (Image).

How presidency changed Obama's faith
These days, when the president talks about his religion, he sounds like a born-again Christian. After leaving the famously controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright in 2008, Obama's faith life has taken new turns in the Oval Office.

How about we get some front-paged stories on Romney being a Bishop in the Mormon church who had some pretty abhorrent policies before 1980, while Romney was a member, including the exclusion of black men from the priesthood up until Mormons were pressured to remove that provision in 1978. http://en.wikipedia.org/...

To put this in perspective- Romney was a member of a church at age 30 (1977) that was hateful and banned black people from being priests. That's a bit extreme, because at age 30 I would have gotten the hell out of that church.

CNN trying to help Romney win, horrible front page article

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Saturday October 27, 2012 · 1:00 AM PDT

2012/10/27 · 01:00

Front page at CNN, titled "Obama, Romney reverse roles as election looms". Key passage:

It also means increasingly caustic attacks on Romney, including his reference to the former Massachusetts governor as a "bullshitter" in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine to be published after the election.
Romney, meanwhile, tries to exude the air of a president-to-be, continuing his campaign's constant assault on Obama's presidency but presenting himself as above the fray of political mudslinging.

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Monday October 15, 2012 · 10:50 PM PDT

2012/10/15 · 22:50

Candy Crowley appeared on a right-wing radio show on Oct 5th to talk about moderating the debate.

She's going to moderate the next Presidential debate tomorrow that will be watched by around 70 million people. What does she do after the first debate? She goes on a right-wing radio show to get advice on how to moderate this upcoming debate.

Some choice quotes:

CC: Do you know what’s funny is, and I realize that there were Republicans that criticized Jim as well, but I did see some of the Obama campaign’s complaining about the moderator and this and that. And is that any older than shooting the messenger?
HH: (laughing) No.

CC: Right? I mean, isn’t that kind of, that’s sort of…and you expect it. I’ve got to tell you, I’ll be you get a lot of it, I get a lot of it on Sunday shows. It’s just in, it’s just in the groundwater, and you know that if people see something they don’t like, if their candidate does something they don’t like, they don’t blame their candidate. They blame somebody else.

http://www.hughhewitt.com/... Read More

Why is the former Merrill Lynch CEO not in jail?

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 10:02 AM PST

2009/01/23 · 10:02

Why is there no major backlash at ~$350 billion in taxpayer money being corruptly distributed to the nation's wealthy?

Merrill’s Thain Said to Pay $1.2 Million to Decorator in Dec 2008 (Update1)
http://www.bloomberg.com/...

Merrill Lynch gives out $4 billion in bonuses in Dec 2008
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 7:40 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 19:40

Poor CBS news correspondent Dean Reynolds feels that he is not getting enough attention from the Obama campaign: http://www.cbsnews.com/...

Teaser:

But this campaign can often be found in the air and flying around at the time the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" is broadcast. I suspect there is a feeling within the Obama campaign that the broadcast networks are less influential in the age of the internet and thus needn't be accomodated as in the days of yore. Even if it's true, they are only hurting themselves by dissing audiences that run in the tens of millions every night.

And the threat? If the Obama campaign doesn't start sucking up to CBS news correspondent Dean Reynolds:

But in politics, everything that goes around comes around.

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 3:03 PM PDT

2008/09/30 · 15:03

Gwen Iffle, the moderator of the 2004 VP debate and 2008 VP debate, had a decent GOP slant at the 2004 debate. Below I'll post the some of the questions she asked.

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Will this be a fair debate?

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Will this be a fair debate?

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Yes

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Palin will blow it even with a moderator in the tank just like with Charlie Gibson

232 votes

Is Obama going to Hit Hard on the Economy?

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 11:20 PM PDT

2008/09/14 · 23:20

Does this look familiar?http://www.politico.com/...

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 11:07 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 11:07

Sarah Palin's Troopergate investigation has been fast tracked by 3 weeks due to bullying and delay tactics by the Palin administration.

The results of the investigation were originally scheduled for release Oct. 31 but will now come almost three weeks earlier, according to sources.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/...

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 5:07 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 17:07

I think Andrew Sullivan hit the nail on the head. I think Sarah Palin will give a good speech tonight and will receive a lot of praise from the media. She has some good sound bites in her speech and has proven to be a decent orator.

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 11:41 PM PDT

2008/08/27 · 23:41

The McCain ad which falsely accuses Obama of wanting to raise taxes, displays the lettering "HANG" above Obama's head in the ad. Details & image below.

Updated with video!

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Coincidence or foul play?

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Coincidence or foul play?

Coincidence

219 votes

Foul Play

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