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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:02 PM
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MSNBC Changes Their Story -Matthews' Fees Went to Charities
MSNBC UPDATE: On Wednesday, ThinkProgress reported that three interest groups confirmed they paid speaking fees to Chris Matthews. Yesterday, we were contacted by MSNBC President Rick Kaplan who elaborated the blanket denial (“Totally untrue…totally”) he provided to ThinkProgress pre-publication. According to Kaplan, while these groups may have paid fees for Matthews to speak, the fees did not go to Matthews directly, but to a charity of Matthews’s choosing. Kaplan added that NBC policy prohibited anchors from personally accepting speaking fees and anyone who did so “would risk being fired.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/17/msnbc-update/
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:04 PM
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1. Yeah, riight.
Abramoff and DeLay have taught us all about charities.
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:07 PM
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2. Were any of those "charities" front groups for Republican money, such as
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 01:07 PM by jsamuel
the ones set up by Abramoff?
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:11 PM
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7. They could be the bluest of blue causes, but still
If someone gave a truckload of cash to Rose Siding's Very Most Favorite and Worthy Pet Project -on my behalf- that would influence my perception of them.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:08 PM
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3. Yeah right...
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:18 PM
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10. I love that flag!
Where did you find it?
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Nomen Tuum Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:09 PM
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4. Orwell was right
All Animals are Equal

BUT

Elephants are MORE EQUAL than OTHERS...
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:10 PM
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5. Yeah......OK........sure
His favorite non-profits I am sure.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:11 PM
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6. Oh please. It took them 2 weeks to think up that excuse?
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 01:11 PM by in_cog_ni_to
I want to see the PROOF that all of those funds went to charities. BULLSHIT. Did not!:P
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:12 PM
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8. I'd also like to know why that wasn't the answer in the first place
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:13 PM
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9. Who gets the tax deduction?
The group, MSNBC or Matthews?
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:19 PM
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11. Bullshit. Let's see the goddamn books, then.
Name the 'charities', and lets see the records RIGHT NOW!

The reason this was noticed in the first place
was because the groups paid MATTHEWS the money.
None of them ever mentioned any 'Charities',
they just PAID MATTHEWS FOR SPEAKING, PERIOD!

Lying assholes.
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RazzleDazzle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:06 PM
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12. Exactly right. What charities, and WHEN?
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:09 PM
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13. Can they elaborate as to which charities?
I'd like to see proof. This sounds like the lamest of excuses to me.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:17 PM
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14. Spin cycle...
I guess washing machines are now considered charities. Oh, wait tell I tell my tax man that one! :rofl:
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 02:29 PM
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15. Oh, the tangled webs we weave When we practice to deceive.
Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 02:31 PM by GreatCaesarsGhost
sir walter scott plays hardball.

edit sp
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