http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7935
It's Rathergate all over again, and the same vigilant entities that brought about to the collapse of CBS News could now also cause heads to roll among Democratic Senate leadership staffers and further shame multiple news organizations that would appear to have fallen for another document hoax. .... The document, which was posted online by ABC News, as well as several Democratic-leaning websites, was unsigned, bore no Senate office letterhead, and was rife with errors, including the incorrect Senate bill number and the misspelling of Schiavo's name. For days, Republicans denied any knowledge of the document, and a number of Republican Senators claimed they had never seen it. .... However, Republican leadership staffers now believe the document was generated out of the Democratic opposition research office set up recently by Sen. Harry Reid, and distributed to some Democratic Senate staffers claiming it was a GOP document, in the hope -- or more likely expectation -- that it would then be leaked by those Democrats to reporters. In fact, the New York Times stated that it was Democratic staffers who were distributing the "talking points" document. "Democrats have tried to pin this document on Santorum's staff, on [Sen. Bill] Frist's staff, on [Sen. Sam] Brownback's staff," says a Senate leadership staffer. "Watching the investigation underway on line has energized us enough up here to want to at least confirm that we weren't the source, and everything we have found would confirm that Republicans didn't generate this memo. This is just amateurish, and perhaps Democratic staffers think we put out work product like this, but it's laughable." .... On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:24:15 -0500, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > You're more right than you know. Last week the Washington Post > reported on an RNC memo in which they discuss how to use the Shiavo > case as a wedge issue with voters for the next election. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51165-2005Mar20.html > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51165-2005Mar20_2.html > > " A memo distributed to Republican senators by party leaders called > the case a "great political issue" and a "tough issue for Democrats," > the Washington Post said in its Sunday edition. > > It said the case would excite the party's anti-abortion base and put > pressure on Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat who faces re-election > next year. " > > So do they really give a damn about Terri Shiavo? There's enough > evidence to say not rather what they are doing is shoring up their > conservative base. And they accuse the Democrats of playing cynical > politics. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151770 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
