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malaise

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Fri May-05-06 01:50 PM
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Russert spinning for the WH

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says Negroponte will make the recommendation for the new director. Earth we're fugged.
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Cooley Hurd

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Fri May-05-06 01:51 PM
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1. Potatoface saying this has been in the works for weeks...

...that's why the Pentagon had NO clue this was going to happen UNTIL it happened.

Right Timmy...:eyes:

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Jeanette in FL

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Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM
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4. Not to come to his defense, he did say that he had been told

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by senior Whitehouse advisors. This is the spin that the Whitehouse is trying to put on it. If it had been in the works for a couple of weeks, you can rest assured that a replacement or temporary replacement would have been at his side. And it would not have been dumped on a Friday afternoon.

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Cooley Hurd

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Fri May-05-06 01:57 PM
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6. Correct - no replacement ready, Pentagon caught by surprise...

...all on News Dump day. A couple of weeks my ass...

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Zen Democrat

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Fri May-05-06 01:58 PM
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7. Probably been in the works since the Dukester started talking.

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warrens

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Fri May-05-06 01:59 PM
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8. MSNBC reported that Goss had meetings scheduled for today

Timmeh can't spin this one. He's going to look like an idiot. In the works for weeks, my ASS.

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Jackpine Radical

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Fri May-05-06 02:05 PM
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9. "He's going to look like an idiot."

Only to the 6 or so people in the country who are both paying attention and equipped with sufficient wit to understand what's going on.

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marmar

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Fri May-05-06 01:53 PM
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2. What a whorrespondent he is...

At least the White House paid Jeff Gannon for his services.

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malaise

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Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM
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3. True but he looks like

Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM by malaise

a deer in headlights. He's as shocked as everyone else. Spin whore, spin.
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SammyBlue

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Fri May-05-06 01:56 PM
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5. Hmmm. . .we need a person who loves torture and death and can

rationalize death and torture as good.

I know. . .ALBERTO GONZALES!!!!

So, who will take over as AG? We need someone who has no respect for the constitution and civil liberties!

I know. . .JOE ARPAIO (Republican sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona <Phoenix's county>)

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VolcanoJen

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Fri May-05-06 02:07 PM
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10. Nice try Timmy, but your version doesn't make sense.

The announcement of Goss' resignation was an abrupt surprise to the entire press corps.

That's not how you handle something that's been in the works for weeks, as Timmy claims. Hell, no. If this had been in the works, they'd have a successor lined up, they'd have a better excuse, they'd just be smoother about it.

Sorry, Tim. I'm not buying it. And I imagine the "smoking gun" that brought down Porter Goss so abruptly will emerge in a similar manner.

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titoresque

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Fri May-05-06 02:08 PM
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11. If only I had a dollar for every time I see

this thread title "Russert spinning for the WH"
What a bunch of whores!.....no offense to whores. Just saying.

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