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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:17 PM
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Olbermann is keeping Gannongate alive!!!!
He just showed an unbelievable string (10 or so) of Gannon asking McClellen questions that were not only softballs they were embarassingly partisan. GO KEITH.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:19 PM
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1. Does anyone regularly post video of his shows online?
I feel like I'm missing something really good.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:20 PM
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3. Don't know but I'd love to have a copy of those questions.
And Scotty saying 'Go Jeff'. Scotty knew.
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AmyJCNJ Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:29 PM
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14. it's on the Countdown page...
here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
:loveya: :loveya:
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:45 PM
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22. Today's show doesn't seem to be there, but
judging from some of the video that's on there, it may be posted later.

Thanks for the tip!
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AmyJCNJ Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:02 PM
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31. it is there
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 09:05 PM by AmyJCNJ
he did this story last week. this is just a recap...
look on the left side of the page called "Gannongate Jan 17".

plus check out the blog here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

btw there are a bunch of Keith Olberman fans over in "2004 Election Results and Discussion" called KOEB (Keith Olbermann Estrogen Brigade) We gather every night to discuss suits, ties and oh yeah news.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:04 PM
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33. Thanks!!!!
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:28 PM
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40. Well, thanks very much, Amy! n/t
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s1rkull Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:07 PM
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34. Here's the transcript
Here's the transcript from Olbermann's Feb 9th show in which he played a bunch of video clips:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6947877/

My favorite:

    (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

    MCCLELLAN: Go ahead, Jeff.

    GANNON: Since there‘s been so many questions about what the president was doing over 30-years-ago, what is it that he did after his honorable discharge from the national guard? Did he make speeches along side Jane Fonda did denouncing America‘s racist war in Vietnam? Did he testify before Congress that American troops committed war crimes in Vietnam? And did he throw somebody else‘s medals at the White House to protest a war that American was still fighting? What was he doing after his...

    MCCLELLAN: I heard what you‘re saying.

    (END VIDEO CLIP)
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:19 PM
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2. Keith is our Woodward.
Now we need a Bernstein!
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Sparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:31 PM
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16. I nominate Joe Conason!
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skids Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:47 PM
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24. You know what would go good with that image in your sig?
This here:
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:20 PM
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4. found this clip online last night but can't remember where.
Does anyone else know the website? Thanks.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:21 PM
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5. About time someone pointed out it was not just that one question
Every corporate media article so far has said Gannon got into trouble for asking that one single first time only partisan question two weeks ago. Or so they say.
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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:23 PM
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9. Yeah, in reality, a string of questions over time...
that really make him look like a WH plant
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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:22 PM
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6. I am finally starting to watch KO again
Tonight was my first stab at watching "news" since the election (I guess I should put "election" in quotes too)

KO did not disappoint!

Scott McClellen looks like he has a thing for Guckert/Gannon. Or was I imagining things?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:23 PM
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8. What a little smarmy shit that Gannon is.
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:22 PM
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7. Keith's the damn man!
You go baby. Kick ass on this story. Show up the rest of the media whores for what they are.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:24 PM
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10. Keith's gotta keep it alive............
until somebody gets the goods on the White House. I hope it doesn't take too long. There's so many leads here SOMETHING'S got to turn pretty soon.
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:25 PM
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11. in several of the clips, gannon appeared to be reading his question
I wonder if he wrote them or if they were given to him, and by whom. Also, in several of the clips, the people around gannon were laughing as if they were in on a joke.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:26 PM
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12. Next time they run that string of video, DO THIS
Stop paying attention to GANNON...look, CLOSELY, at McClellan. Watch the expression on his face, the look in his eyes, the odd purse of the lips, when he calls on "Jeff."

I smell smoke! And where's there's smoke, there's fire....
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:29 PM
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13. I really did notice this...almost a 'wink' at times.
I'm surprised somebody in the press corps didn't talk up about this dude long before this came to a head (sorry). It was so blatant that this guy was a plant.
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Sparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:30 PM
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15. It seems all of Gannon's questions were softballs.
I wish he would have admitted that he was partisan, then maybe this shit storm wouldn't have occurred.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:33 PM
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17. Hell this is one of my favorite shit storms.No one deserves it more.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:34 PM
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18. GOOD- "the sex" should only be used as a gateway...
to get people interested- I'm glad Keith is focusing on the propaganda angle as well.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:35 PM
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19. I think the sex thing is an interesting side-bar but not 'the' story.
MANIPULATION OF THE PRESS IS THE STORY. WE'RE A FREAKING DEMOCRACY.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:38 PM
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20. "The sex" will sell papers & TV ads though...
...so it's still important to keep "sexy" details alive...

...with "the sex"- the pay-offs & black-mail angles are easier to hit as well...
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Rockerdem Donating Member (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:42 PM
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21. For this to keep going, there needs to be illegality
We are past the "political embarassment" point in the scandal. If that is all this is about, its about over.

There needs to be a prosecutor able to put these people under oath to get the answers to questions that reporters and bloggers cant force out of them. Otherwise, the fears of people here that it is going nowhere will be realized. Remember, KO stayed on "Ohio" as long as there was great interest on the net. But as soon as it cooled off somewhat, he dropped the issue way before the final electoral college tallies were taken.
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Zeke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:47 PM
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25. Forget It...
The MSM will never touch the story.

Bush Inc. invaded Iraq ala Hitler and the MSM media
never touched that stiory either and continues to
let the truth go, propogandizing for Bush.

Compared to the war, Gannon is nothing.

Gannon will never be covered like we want---never.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:50 PM
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27. Compared to the war..I agree. But, Watergate was a 3rd rate burglary.
You never know what might bring down the mighty. Keep on keepin on.
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Zeke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:53 PM
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28. I Like The Way You Think...
But it's hard keeping the faith when
18 Democratic Senators vote for Bush's tort
De-form, giving Bush Inc. another victory.

And that's the patter-problem: Dems bitch and moan about
Bush nominees and legislation, then vote for what Buish wants!

It's infuriating!

I don't know what to say anymore.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:55 PM
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29. I agree but with this bunch it may have to be cumulative.
Just one huge heaping pile of steaming shit that the public can't ignore. This is the SIXTH incident with a reporter. The 'pile' is adding up to something..and hopefully the public will catch on at SOME point.
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Zeke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:59 PM
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30. At Some Point, eh?
I hope so. But if the public never hears it
blaring from their TV screens, they'll never
digest it.

I mean, ABC News actually used computer graphics
ala "Clue" showing where Clinton was with Monica
or Paula.

Do you see anything remotely like that occurring with Guckert?

The story is 3 weeks old now! And it's not on a single
netwrok newscast---not one.

Dinner calls and I'm hungry.

Keep the faith...
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:13 PM
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38. True...there won't be any firings or retirements until after Bush returns.
It is up to everyone to keep it alive even after a retirement. Keep digging. Don't count on Olberman who pays his mortgage with the paper signed by GE-NBC whose executives are partners with the WH and the cabal.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:18 PM
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39. But while GE allows his tongue to wag, lets support him.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 11:40 PM
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49. I totally agree
where the hell is the prosecutor? This is a criminal case. That is the only thing that blow this thing out of the water.
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OneMind Donating Member (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:46 PM
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23. Support Keith by subscribing to the "Countdown" newsletter
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 08:48 PM by OneMind
You can let Keith's bosses know that people are watching his show by subscribing to the "Countdown" newsletter. (You can unsubscribe at any time). http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/EmailExtra.asp?nfeature=22&0ct=-34x

Takes 10 seconds. Scroll down to the second box and check "Countdown with Keith Olberman" (Sub). Then type your e-mail address at the bottom of the page and click "SUBMIT."
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 08:48 PM
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26. Thanks...good idea.
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:04 PM
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32. I did two days ago and haven't gotten one yet,
Is it supposed to be daily?

Heh heh...MSNBC's hyperlink says "newstools"! :evilgrin:
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AmyJCNJ Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:08 PM
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35. They only send the newsletter 4 days/week
Monday through Thursday usually.
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 10:45 PM
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43. Thanks, kiddo!
:D
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OneMind Donating Member (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:10 PM
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36. Yeah, I'm still waitin' too..this will let 'em know that were out here n/t
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deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:11 PM
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37. Good idea, will do.... n/t
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A Brand New World Donating Member (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 09:48 PM
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41. I subscribed last Friday and am anxiously awaiting my first edition!
Olbermann is the only newsman worth watching anymore. I used to be absolutely addicted to all of those talk shows but no more, since the stolen election of 2004. I watch him and only him!

And yes, I'm glad he exposed the fact that Gannon's questions were always partisan and quite provocative in nature. It wasn't just the last one that we've been told about that caused the bloggers to suddenly wonder who he was. Some of the real reporters are laughing, like "My God, Who is this guy?", but of course too chicken to really find out who he is.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 10:42 PM
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42. Be patient, it took a few days for my first newsletter to kick in
...worth the wait :) In the meantime, please drop him a supportive letter at KOlbermann@msnbc.com
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 10:45 PM
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44. I hope "Gannon" does sue someone
That should keep things perking for awhile!
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 10:54 PM
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45. Would love to have those questions in print....
I'm sure there were more than 10.

Also, does Gannon have a resume? Since we know he wasn't getting paid to ask those questions for Talon, right?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 11:13 PM
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46. Here it is.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240
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Liberal_Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 11:25 PM
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47. KO Rocks
I quit watching O'Reilly last week.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 11:27 PM
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48. Have we sent him thank-you's lately?
Edited on Mon Feb-21-05 11:28 PM by ClarkUSA
KOlbermann@MSNBC.com

:yourock:
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AmyJCNJ Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 12:31 AM
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51. a bunch of the KOEB ladies sent him a birthday present.
Edited on Tue Feb-22-05 12:32 AM by AmyJCNJ
... from his fans at DU.

He sends us secret messages through the tv.

:tinfoilhat:

Keith Rocks!

Al Franken had him on recently that was also awesome. Keith exposed O'Reilly in his blog a few weeks ago and Franken had him on to talk about it.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 12:36 AM
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52. I like when he works in our names or signs or calls us a fan club
or - gee... he nearly always calls us out, doesn't he? :)

KO loves his KOEBers!
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sphincter Donating Member (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-05 11:52 PM
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50. Not a US citizen
haven't followed this too closely, but I wonder why they kept this guy on. Didn't they realize that he was going to be busted eventually?
Or was it just so that Cheney could get some when he was in heat?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 12:41 AM
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53. I guess the USA mainstream publishers are
are selling so many newspapers that they can afford to pass up the juiciest story of the century so far.
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 12:45 AM
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54. Gannon is lead skeleton
and the thing about Bush skeletons is that they have a way of popping back out of the closet.
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