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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:23 PM
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Who Is Behind The Lies Being Spread About Obama? Look Inside ---->
Edited on Sun Aug-10-08 07:20 PM by redstate_democrat

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/behindthesmears

David Bossie, who runs Citizens United, has paired with Floyd Brown for years. Bossie and Brown harassed the Clintons throughout Bill Clinton's administration, with even George H.W. Bush calling his behavior in the 1992 presidential election (which included harassing the family of a recent suicide victim) "filthy campaign tactics." After writing a 2000 book about Al Gore that went little-noticed, in 2004, Brown and Floyd Bossie, working as the group Citizens United, made a movie called Celsius 41.11 and ran television ads attacking John Kerry. In 1998, Bossie was fired from his job with the House Committee investigating Bill Clinton. When Bossie selectively released tapes, removing information that exonerated the Clintons, and improperly obtained phone records, even Newt Gingrich said he was "embarrassed for the conference at the circus that went on."

Then-President George Bush: "We will do whatever we can to stop any filthy campaign tactics."

Current President George W. Bush sent a letter to 85,697 major donors urging them not to contribute to the Bossie/Brown groups in 1992.

George H.W. Bush's campaign, referred to Bossie, Floyd Brown, and their associates as "the lowest forms of life."

Newt Gingrich: "I'm embarrassed for myself, and I'm embarrassed for the conference at the circus that went on" under Bossie in the House investigation of Clinton-Gore campaign finances.

Dan Burton, Bossie's Boss in the House: "He released information on Mr. Huang's telephone records without my knowledge or approval. I have told him in no uncertain terms that I do not allow my staff to release any information, including documents, without my approval, and that I do not expect this to happen again."

Floyd Brown, the leader of the National Campaign Fund, the Legacy Committee, Citizens for a Safe and Prosperous America and the Policy Issues Institute, once bragged he was part of the "the heart and soul of the right-wing conspiracy," and has a history of surfacing every four years to make right-wing attacks against Democrats in presidential elections. Most infamously, Brown was responsible for the 1988 "Willie Horton" ad against Michael Dukakis. Brown harassed the Clintons throughout Bill Clinton's administration, with even George H.W. Bush calling his behavior in the 1992 presidential election (which included harassing the family of a recent suicide victim) "filthy campaign tactics." After writing a 2000 book about Al Gore that went little-noticed, in 2004, Brown and Floyd Bossie, working as the group Citizens United, made a movie called Celsius 41.11 and ran television ads attacking John Kerry.

USA Today: " established himself as one of the nation's dirtiest political strategists."


George Stephanopoulos: "Floyd Brown is a slimy thug for hire."


Mary Matalin: "I'm not a big fan of Floyd Brown...He gave us the Willie Horton ads that the Republican Party has had to eat for two election cycles now."


Salon: "If there is a racist odor to the coming general election campaign, it is likely to emanate from his vicinity."


Bob Perry is one of the biggest Republican donors in the country and was the main financier of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004, giving $4.5 million. The ads produced by the Swift Boat effort were so disingenuous that John McCain himself denounced them as “dishonest and dishonorable.”

In 2006, Perry was again the top contributor to 527 groups, giving them more than $9 million.

His contributions were more than the next two biggest donors combined. Perry even funded an anti-gay ad in Montana that referred to “Brokebank Democrats” and ads featuring the home phone numbers of Democratic candidates.

Craig Shirley, who runs Stop-Him-Now.com, was a McCain campaign consultant and endorser until the campaign was faced with the possible illegal arrangement. Shirley, another member of the team that produced the Willie Horton ads in 1988, harassed the Clinton administration for years, staging the press conference where Paula Jones was introduced. Shirley not only represented “Unlimited Access,” a book described as “second-hand, unsubstantiated sexual rumors about and bitter attacks against President and Mrs. Clinton,” but also represents Ann Coulter’s books.

Bruce Hawkins, the Executive Director of the National Campaign Fund, has been involved in Republican campaigns for 20 years. Hawkins was recently disbarred in Washington state for violating four rules of professional conduct, running a business that promised to reduce credit card debt (but did not), and lying about conflict of interest. The same year, Hawkins was "permanently enjoined" by the justice department "from promoting tax-fraud schemes" after setting up illegal offshore tax shelters.

James Lacy is the treasurer and general counsel of the National Campaign Fund. He was the treasurer for the Legacy Committee; is the contact for the Policy Issues Institute; and is the treasurer for Citizens for a Safe and Prosperous America. Lacy is a "long-time conservative activist" and a "soldier in the conservative movement for many, many years." Lacy, who served as a lawyer for the Minutemen, once said he was "willing to do whatever it takes to preserve the Minuteman Project." Lacy also co-founded the United States Justice Foundation, an organization that got its start in "reverse-discrimination" suits.
Read James Lacy's paranoid schizophrenic screed he wrote today at http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?authID=2006111814423192 :rofl:

Information taken from http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/behindthesmears
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:25 PM
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1. K&R with many thanks
:kick:
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:28 PM
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2. Crooks and Liars indeed...
Bastards.
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:30 PM
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3. Bob Perry - Biggest housebuilder in Texas
Don't suppose he got that rich using illegal labor, do you?

I guess if he were a meat packer or a Democrat, we'd know.
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CitizenPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:33 PM
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4. bob perry uses illegals for cheap labor
so I heard, anyway:-)

what a scum....I'm sure he has bags of cash buried out by the pool; some for bribes and others just in case he needs to leave the country right quick. Keep your bags packed, Bob:-)
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:36 PM
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6. Ah yes, Perry Homes....
what do you think? Of course he does, or so I've heard, anyway....

:D
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CitizenPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 07:13 PM
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14. bob using illegals
how do you think he makes such a profit on those homes? Maybe he needs a visit from the auditors?
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FreakinDJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 07:21 PM
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15. He'll blame it on the "Sub-Contractors"
but of course to get a contract from him it is a requirement
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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:34 PM
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5. K&R Shine a light on these cock roaches
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:47 PM
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7. A very politically incestuous group of cockroaches, aren't they. n/t
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:53 PM
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8. Yep...
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jesus_of_suburbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:55 PM
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9. Thank you! At least now we will know the sources of the attacks come October!
They are all full of crap!
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 06:59 PM
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10. Obama's surrogates better have a game plan to attack the
attackers...that has been the main problem. These cockroaches stay hidden and put out all of this bullshit and are never brought out into the light.
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 07:07 PM
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12. Exactly. I'm sure one of these cockroaches has a drug problem. little boy or girl problem, tax
problem, wife beater problem, fraud problem, or something. Everyone has skeletons. It's just a matter of time before it becomes known.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 07:02 PM
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11. Floyd Brown has the most lines to him
He must be a real mover and shaker of slime.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 07:09 PM
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13. Perry, among others, is part of the Council for National Policy.
http://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.pe-q.htm
This could be a list of the most disgusting human beings in this country.


They have a cozy relationship with the Christian Reconstructionists.
:puke:
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 07:39 PM
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16. What Joe Conaston called "the usual suspects" back in 2004
Shirley has also been a lobbyist for the Republic of Kazakhstan, which should make him right at home among the McCain crew.

Here's the opening of the Conaston:

http://archive.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/03/09/conspiracy/index.html

As strategists in both parties gird for what all expect to be an unusually nasty presidential election, the stage has been set by the revival of a conservative crew that might be called "the usual suspects" -- including consultants Floyd Brown, Craig Shirley and David Bossie. With new Web sites and fundraising vehicles already running, these veterans of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against the Clintons are now launching the first wave of "independent" commercial attacks on John Kerry, the Democratic nominee-to-be.

At Citizens United, the boisterous Brown and his sidekick Bossie are raising money to air their latest video creation, which blasts Kerry for his expensive haircuts and his wife's wealth, tagging him as a "rich elitist liberal from Massachusetts who says he's a man of the people."

Meanwhile, Grassfire.org, a new "grass-roots" outfit overseen by Beltway insider Shirley, has produced an ad that claims Kerry is "more liberal than Ted Kennedy." Aside from "nonpartisan educational" groups like Grassfire, his clients have included the Republican National Committee, the Republican Majority Committee, the American Spectator, the Club for Growth, the Conservative Political Action Committee, the Federalist Society, the National Rifle Association, News World Communications and the Washington Times Foundation.

If the names of Brown and Bossie sound more familiar, they attained notoriety together during the Clinton era as indefatigable promoters of the bogus "Whitewater" scandal. They served as publicity agents for David Hale, the crooked and discredited former Little Rock municipal judge whose allegations against the Clintons forced the appointment of an independent counsel. Among mainstream journalists panting for a career-making Watergate-style scandal, Brown and Bossie found many a gullible mark. For nearly a decade they churned out junk night and day. For a while, Bossie went on the payroll of the Senate Whitewater Committee; later he worked for Rep. Dan Burton's House Committee on Government Operations investigating Clinton and Al Gore -- until he was caught distributing doctored tapes to the media.

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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 09:51 PM
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17. KICKED for later
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HardWorkingDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 10:32 PM
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18. Larry Flynt needs to go after these asses...
maybe offer a million bucks for dirt on this collection of rotten bastards.
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jcla Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 10:34 PM
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19. K & R
It is always good to expose such sleeze to daylight and to the public at large! THANKS!
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windbreeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 10:34 PM
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20. bookmarking.....k&r....n/t
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Heather MC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 11:10 PM
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21. Just out of Curiosity has anyone crossed referenced these guys with the people running McSAMES
Campaign?

In case you ever doubt McCain + Bush = McSame!

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gtar100 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:28 AM
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25. God these people are so ugly.
All I can do is lament for America that these type of people even exist. Deceit for personal monetary gain and millions suffer for needs and justice. They could care less that people live in poverty or are in jail for no good reason. And yet these people make decisions affecting policy. Policy that is paid for by *our* money.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 09:29 AM
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39. 3 words:
Tar and Feathers!
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Kaylee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 11:24 PM
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22. Wow...there is a special place in hell for these guys.
Utterly bereft of ethics.
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Oldtimeralso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 11:33 PM
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23. K & R!
O what a tangled web we weave...
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mckara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 11:56 PM
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24. Do You Have to Look Like a Piggy to be a Republican?
Or, is it only a coincidence?

:rofl:

I should have made this a poll.
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gtar100 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:32 AM
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26. LOL. It's a common trait, isn't it.
It's one of the first sign of nature's basic law of justice. Corruption within eventually reflects on the outside. I just wish the whole of humanity didn't have to suffer these reprobates.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:41 AM
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27. I was looking at them...
...and wondering to myself why they all look creepy...like, scary man lurking in the park, creepy?

:scared:

Man. These people are all like a disease.
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Swagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 09:12 AM
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37. that's an insult to innocent pigs !
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RNdaSilva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 01:40 AM
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28. You printed:
George Stephanopoulos: "Floyd Brown is a slimy thug for hire."

Is that not the kettle calling the pot black?
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RNdaSilva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 01:50 AM
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29. You also printed:
George H.W. Bush's campaign, referred to Bossie, Floyd Brown, and their associates as "the lowest forms of life."

Could one not also cite George W. Bush, his staff, and the McCain campaign as "the lowest forms of life?"
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 02:06 AM
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30. K&R and bookmarking. Thank you for this interesting information.
eom
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Earth Bound Misfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 02:07 AM
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31. K & R, Bookmarked..
Thanks for this post!:woohoo: :yourock: :kick:
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 05:30 AM
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32. Research forum material?
I'd like to know if anyone besides Bob Perry has a day job we could choose to avoid patronizing.
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:12 AM
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34. yes, yes, yes
To the research forum it should go.

I just wonder what churches these people belong to. Do you think their pastor and their fellow church-goers would condone this kind of behavior?

And what about their communities and their neighbors? Do you think they would have much respect in their neighborhoods (maybe they all live in all-Republican neighborhoods?) if their neighbors knew what they did?



Cher
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 06:53 AM
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33. excellent- site meeds to post contact addresses!!!
Why not? Expose the f*ckers and let them be bombarded with the kind of hate they engender.

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RedLetterRev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 08:52 AM
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35. Kick again
This needs to keep going. Unless these bastids are rooted out down to dog-catcher level, we'll be revisiting this crap forever.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 09:10 AM
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36. A handy guide, thanks
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 09:10 AM by Canuckistanian
Not every dirty trick comes from Karl Rove. These are the guys who do the real damage.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 09:24 AM
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38. Awesome review of the GOPToxins Factory. Thanks for this!
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 09:37 AM by leveymg
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 10:38 AM
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40. Great info!
:thumbsup:
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 10:58 AM
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41. Hah Hah Hah Rats and Cockroaches hate light of day!
Thanks redstate. Good Googling!
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 12:57 PM
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42. Cowards every last one of them. Thank you for posting. k+r, n/t
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 01:17 PM
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43. Is Bob Perry any relation to that dear young man in TX, Rick Perry?
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 02:34 PM
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45. Only in sliminess n/t
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 02:14 PM
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44. Apparently these are the thugs Mike Malloy was talking about who would
be dissecting and bloodying Obama should he become President. Certainly, there has to be some criminal activity by these people that an intrepid investigative reporter can dig up to discredit the whole cabal and shut them up.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 03:13 PM
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46. Floyd Brown, 6'6" and 240 lbs. Wonder why West Point gave him
the boot?
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drmeow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 03:52 PM
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47. George H.W. Bush calling
his behavior in the 1992 presidential election (which included harassing the family of a recent suicide victim) "filthy campaign tactics."

I don't see GHWB, Gingrich, et al., doing anything serious to stop them. Oh, wow, a letter asking people not to donate. How about passing some laws .. oh, wait ... maybe because they all benefit from those nasty tactics. "Oh, you NAUGHTY boy you" ... giggle!
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Karl_Bonner_1982 Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 03:59 PM
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48. Quick, get some "Smear Inc." ads made, Barack!
It's now known who many of the big players are in the smear campaigns. Well, we should have a little surprise waiting for them when they come to feast this fall....
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MonteLukast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 05:07 PM
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49. Wow. Quite a resume these guys have.
Edited on Mon Aug-11-08 05:08 PM by MonteLukast
Reverse-discrimination suits, Paula Jones, Ann Coulter and The Society to Protect Offshore Tax Havens™ all in one.

And even Dubya Bush feels the need to say "I have standards" about some of them.

Redstate_Democrat, you're done your homework well. Danielle Allen would be proud. :toast:

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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-08 06:04 PM
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50. Ah... the men behind the "curtain"
the GOP is a phony charade of unethical losers and criminals.....
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