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carolinalady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:15 PM
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Excuse me, but this whole John Conyers thing stinks really bad!
Edited on Thu Apr-13-06 01:20 PM by carolinalady
I'm watching CNN and they are doing an "expose" on Conyers utilizing an aide to babysit his children. What gets me that one of those people was a lawyer for God's sake! If it was true, what kind of lawyer would put up with that? Surely she would know how to get it stopped. The fix is in.
ed to add link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/12/griffin.conyers/index.html
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:16 PM
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1. so am I must be 5 minutes so far --refering to women as 'servants"
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:17 PM
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2. now that talked of nanny stuff, they are onto Conyers using staff for pol-
ital stuff-campaign stuff.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:18 PM
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5. reporter has been trying to talk to him for two weeks he said.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:19 PM
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11. now says more like 3 weeks.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:20 PM
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13. Drew is the reporter and Host said she will be looking for a follow-up
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:17 PM
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3. Swiftboating of Conyers...it's been on for about 7 or 8 minutes.
Boy the media sure knows a story when theay smell one.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:17 PM
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4. The Democrats need to form a quick response
team to defend others against these attacks in the media.. Someone needs to come out now and beat down these charges, and they need to stick together... This is not the first swift-boat in the ocean and it sure as hell won't be the last....
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:21 PM
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17. It would be best if it came from Conyers (esp if this has been going on
for 2-3 weeks). They do not like being ignored.
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carolinalady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:30 PM
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27. 2-3 weeks ago-wasn't that about the time the Pukes started
sending out dire warnings to the Sheeples that if they vote for the dems they will impeach their beloved "Commander-is-Chimp"?

hmmmmmmmm.....
:think:
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:18 PM
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6. OH, God, better charge him with War Crimes
(sarcasm) :evilgrin:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:18 PM
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7. is this the first time that cnn has aired this?
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carolinalady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:20 PM
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16. apparently it was first aired on Paula Zahn-do not know when
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:18 PM
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8. Swiftboating from the right wing again?!?
:eyes:

This crap is getting old Pubbies.
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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:19 PM
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9. Is that all they got?
Come on. They can make up better shit than that!

Yeesh,

The Plaid Adder
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:20 PM
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14. Silly, ain't it?
:eyes:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:24 PM
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20. one women said she was ordered to help with campaign stuff. This is
serious stuff folks-.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:19 PM
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10. I can't believe they're still running that story...
In Conyer's district in Detroit, the story surfaced in the media for a few days, then quickly disappeared when they realized it had no legs. Something tells me Sith Lord Rove has been busy.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:32 PM
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29. This seems to be a two year old, debunked non-story. n/t
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:19 PM
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12. Any excuse is enough when someone challenging power is concerned.
And the media wants to be liked. Powerful motive there.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:20 PM
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15. It's fairly obvious...
Repubs are looking 6 to 8 months down the road. If they lose the House, John Conyers will be in charge of the impeachment hearings against George W Bush. Start tearing him down now so he will not be the leader of the Committee or he will otherwise be unable to investigate the Bush Administration.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:21 PM
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18. I saw a CNN "report" on this "story" this morning about 10:30 EST.
Edited on Thu Apr-13-06 01:24 PM by CottonBear
I was shocked. This seems to have come out of the blue.

My take: The GOP knows that the Democrats will retake the congress in 2006 and they don't want Mr. Conyers to be chair of the judiciary committee. They remember that both he and Mr. Rangel were involved in the Watergate hearings.

edit: Oops! kentuck beat me to it!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:23 PM
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19. so, they have aired it at least twice (that we know of)-also was in press
yesterday.-on cnn website.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:25 PM
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23. I didn't hear anything yesterday.
Does Conyers have young children or is this supposed to have taken place years ago?

I call bullshit on the whole stinking mess.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:33 PM
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31. one women talked of changing diapers, -but i can not get a handle on
when this took place.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:24 PM
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21. Are you saying Conyers hired right-wing staffers that are trying to frame
him?
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carolinalady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:43 PM
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35. I'm saying that IF this happened-it was a long time ago-found
a picture of him on his website with Clinton and his children were pretty old by then-Why does this get "exposed" right now?

http://www.house.gov/conyers/news_biography.htm
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:47 PM
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37. That's another story altogether.
You'd have to ask CNN that one, because the reports were filed 2 years ago. I don't know why CNN decides this is a story now.
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Tinksrival Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:25 PM
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22.  WOW this is HUGH!1!!!11 seriously investigative reporting!1!1!!!
Laughable, really!

Their "expose" is a total "joke"!!!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:26 PM
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24. said complaint in in the ethics committee a while ago but nothing happened
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:27 PM
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25. Quest on said there is a 'gentlemens agreement" not to bring charges
against each other. --a truce.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:28 PM
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26. Why should they stop going after our reps?
DU has already proven that Democrats are almost completely unwilling to stand up for their representatives when under attack from the right...

They won't stop until WE make them stop - and that means defending our representatives against smear attacks.
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:32 PM
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30. Right on!
Peace.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:34 PM
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33. Can't complain about them not representin for us......
.... if we won't represent for them after all....
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:31 PM
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28. how about an expose on Bush lying about the causes of war?
Nah, it's much better to have one on an anti-war congressman who let an aide baby sit his kids.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:34 PM
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32. I was watching too....It's mind boggling.....this is all they have
to swifboat...
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:35 PM
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34. dare I say this -she was a women working for a powerful man. But I wonder
if she was a lawyer at the time (maybe)--i believe they said 'legal counsil'
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:46 PM
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36. Meanwhile, Tom DeLay is being considered for OMB post.
:crazy:
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 02:45 PM
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38. I heard that, too. Is that CRAZY?
:banghead:
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