Sludge story on DeLay in 60 min investigation...

UdoKier

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:21 PM
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Sludge story on DeLay in 60 min investigation...

Boy, the wingnuts have their knives out for CBS...

So Texas thug and criminal DeLay is doing a crass photo op over in the tsunami area, and Leslie Stahl asks a few questions about the ongoing ethics investigation, and of course Sludge characterizes it as "yet another example of CBS trying to unfairly take down a right-winger" (paraphrased)

Here's the piece. I won't link to Sludge's stupid site.

'60 MINS' PREPARING STORY ON DELAY
Mon Jan 24 2005 10:58:46 ET

Here we go again...

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is about to get the full 60 MINUTES treatment.

CBSNEWS Lesley Stahl and her crew crashed a tsunami-relief photo op that Republican DeLay held last week.

Stahl hit DeLay with questions about Ronnie Earle, the Democratic Travis County district attorney who is investigating a Texas political action committee founded by DeLay.

“This is about children,” DeLay told Stahl, trying as hard as he could to put a plug in her relentless line of questioning.

Stahl hammered away.

After about the third question, DeLay ended the press conference.

DeLay spokesman Jonathan Grella said of the 60 MINUTES crew: “They couldn’t have picked a more inappropriate time to ask petty partisan questions when we’re working on protecting the lives of orphaned children affected by the tsunami.”

60 MINUTES spokesman Kevin Tedesco explained, “Lesley Stahl has every right to ask questions at a news conference.”

ROLL CALL reports how Stahl made a point of clarifying to the gathered congressmen that she works for the Sunday 60 MINUTES - not the shamed Wednesday night 60 MINUTES II that aired Dan Rather's now-infamous Bush report.

Developing...

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ashiebr

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:23 PM
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1. I'm sure we all think........

....it's excellent that facts are being checked. Even the Extremist right-wingers can have no complaints......or can they??

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oc2002

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:23 PM
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2. Sludge has a political agenda, he is a Fox wanabee.

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musette_sf

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:28 PM
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3. he needs to ask Mann Coulter

about her sex change; that would make him into Faux bimbo-head material.

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Bethany Rockafella

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:30 PM
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4. Tom Delay wonders how dare anyone question him.

What a crooked, no good butthole.

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BrklynLiberal

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Mon Jan-24-05 01:03 PM
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9. He went to the George Bush School of Press Conference Techniques

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LynnTheDem

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:35 PM
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5. "Stahl hammered away. After about the third question..." ROTFLMAO!!!

WOW she HAMMERED AWAY at him with TWO QUESTIONS!

How DARE she!!!

LOL!!! The rightwingnuttery sure are RUNNING SCARED lately. :)

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ashiebr

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:45 PM
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6. And obviously can't count past 2.......

.....1, 2...errrrr....about 3!

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LynnTheDem

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:51 PM
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8. LOL!!!

I knew rightwingnut freepo-fascists are stupid...but I didn't realize they were THAT stupid!

We gotta keep a few around though, they're TERRIFIC for laughing at. ;)

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seabeyond

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Mon Jan-24-05 12:49 PM
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7. tsunami-relief photo op

petty partisan questions when we’re working on protecting the lives of orphaned children affected by the tsunami.”

uh noooooo, photo op remember. you said. that they blatantly say it is a photo op and dont get it. not a clue. you were busy with your photo op dudes, ...

not death destruction disease

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Old and In the Way

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Mon Jan-24-05 01:09 PM
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10. So what's the financial angle for DeLay on the Tsunami?

Is he getting a cut of the relief action?

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AngryWhiteLiberal

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Mon Jan-24-05 01:14 PM
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11. Starting story with "Here we go again..." - Prima Facie Evidence RW BIAS

Plus, NO COMMENT AT ALL on the merits (or lack thereof) of Delay's problems in TX.

FUCK THE FASCIST NUTBALLS! EVERYONE...SEND POSITIVE EMAIL AND PHONE CALLS TO CBS. I just called.

JB

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