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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:29 AM Original message |
Op-Eds for Sale (Abramoff pays Copley columnist to write favorably) |
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LeftNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. More shocking news... |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. I wouldn't be surprised if there is money behind every single pro- |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. The GOP message machine took control of most media in the mid90s. |
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keithjx (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. A LAPSE IN JUDGMENT??? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah, it lapsed 24 times |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I had the exact same reaction |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Here's an archive of his articles from the last five years: |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Here's an archive of his articles from the last five years: |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. 24 articles over YEARS is a "LAPSE"??????????? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Similar to the well-known "youthful indescretion" one entertains at 43 yrs |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. How old is the young woman in the pic with Old Henry? |
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followthemoney (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
64. Old enough to be a mother. That makes Henry a MotherF*cker nt |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. also from your link: |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Oh, it's okay, I would have written that column anyway |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. Know this: |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. We knew this!!! CATO is a paid propaganda-maker for the GOP |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Recovering from knee surgery, eh? |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Looks like Jack "Stinky pants" Abramoff hired someone to put |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Bwaaaahahahahaha!!! A "lapse in judgment"!! |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Did Ambramoff have to pay DIEBOLD, too? Or did Diebold willingly |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Abramoff was one busy bee. Feels like he was running D.C. |
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centristo (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. would anyone on this board accept money |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. I Sincerely Hope That After All This Influence Hits The Light of Day |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. "lapse of judgment" "full responsibility" |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. Cato's Objectivist contingent should have backed this practice fully |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hey he only made $$48,000. for his loyality |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. shocked and appalled (not) |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Am I the only person left who didn't get an Abramoff check? |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. does this mean the whole Institute will be resigning? |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. So the Cato Institute didn't get their cut? |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist Paid Him |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Who respects it ? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. "Who respects it ?" |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Sorry to piss off libertarians... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The article he got paid to write was on behalf of the Marianas Islands. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Aw, a lapse in judgement, and they're all so sad about it. I'll have to |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. The words "respected" and "libertarian" look so unnatural together |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist (Abramoff) Paid Him |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Since when is the Cato Institute a respected anything? |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. 'the neverending goddam lie' |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Cato isn't neocon |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Just because they call themselves libertarians.... |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I agree, their view of "liberty" is warped |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. They come pretty damned close though! |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yes--greed trumps personal integrity a lot! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. ''lapse in judgement'', huh? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. A wee wound for the Vast NeoCon propagnada machine |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I don't see why the Cato Institute objects. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. Columnist Admits Lobbyist (Jack Abramoff ) Paid Him |
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Sandpiper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. He resigned from the Cato Institute? |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. (holds sign) Will sell opinion for CA$H |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. ...and there's more still to come out ... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. So much for journalism school trained reporters. |
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nickyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Am I the only American citizen who never got any money off this |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Judges, attorneys, politicians, whores, pimps, newspaper |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. does Bandow have a gay porn site? |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. There's more... |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. This "scandal" amuses me... |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. We are a nation of scumballs. Let's face it. Hypocrites of the highest |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. Join Ralf Reed in the so sorry camp, so sorry you got caught |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
60. Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist Paid Him (NYT) |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal! |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. GOP culture of corruption continues |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 12:36 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. A Copley Newsie corrupt? There's a shocker. n/t |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. Un-Real, but I can't really say I'm surprised. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-18-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. Fucking Bandow .... |
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