was wondering when you'd post this.....i heard Rush talking about this a couple of days ago.
> 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 >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151784 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
