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live love laugh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:37 AM
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How the media is spinning Ahnold's indiscretion(s)
Local NBC news(readers) are on while I get ready for work. For the past half hour they have repeated the day's lead stories at least three times in the past half hour while they have only offered a "tease" re: Schwarzenegger. The tease: "Did something that former gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did ten years ago lead to the demise of his marriage?" The kicker? They have not communicated anything else about Ahnold while all other stories (and the weather) have been repeated over and over.

Veddy interesting...

NOT
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:06 AM
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1. A whole segment was just aired on the Today Show, along with shrinks. No real details
yet except that the woman worked for them for 20 years and left their employ in January.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:08 AM
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2. Can you imagine how Maria feels
with this level of deception - unfuggingbelievable.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:19 AM
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3. And the kids too, it must be shocking for them as well. nt
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 08:08 AM
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8. Not only Maria..how about her children? They probably know their half-sibling
and never had a clue. It's all ugly.
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live love laugh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:24 AM
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4. Looks like they may be airing something coming up on the Today Show.
still watching (not expecting much)...
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:31 AM
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5. Five years ago the liberal media wanted to repeal the 22nd Amendment
Edited on Tue May-17-11 07:32 AM by tularetom
So this pig could become president. And they were dead serious about it too.
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 08:08 AM
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7. Liberal media? I didn't know they really existed. n/t
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 10:43 AM
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10. Didn't the "liberally-biased media" have all those reports of Ahnold's
indiscretions, but decided to ignore them ...

but hey, John Edwards ... Oooh! He fathered a love child! He's politically toast!
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dynasaw Donating Member (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:57 AM
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6. Convenient for Arnold
that he made this revelation and display of contrition AFTER he left office. So while running for governor he had already been involved and fathered the child. The woman involved too seems to be a bit of an opportunist, deciding to "retire" after pretending the kid was her husband's, getting kept by her employer and screwing (metaphorically) Maria.
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live love laugh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:27 PM
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11. They won't even release the mother's name. Compare that to Edwards. nt
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:36 PM
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12. As far as we know, Arnold didn't pay the mom off with campaign
funds. Allegedly, I should add, since Edwards' trial hasn't played out yet.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:50 PM
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13. actually we have no idea if he did or he didn't
since no one has investigated anything as far as I can tell.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:51 PM
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14. Not yet, but maybe in the works:
Edited on Tue May-17-11 06:52 PM by NYCGirl
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/02/john-edwards-may-soon-face-trial/21101/

Edited to add: He did pay her a large amount of money from his campaign to take about 20 minutes of film. That's a fact.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:37 PM
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15. I was referring to Arnold
but as to the film issue, I frankly don't see it. He overpaid for a film. If every bad decision that a campaign made became fraud then nearly all politicians would be in jail.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 03:21 PM
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16. Grossly overpaid to the woman who happened to be his
mistress. Don't you think that raises red flags?
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 05:01 PM
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17. I don't see how it matters
She produced a product, he used the product, he paid for the product. I can't see how we can have the government deciding after the fact what is or isn't too much to pay for the product.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 08:10 AM
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9. "It's 'the child, stupid'," said John(ny) Edwards.
Edited on Tue May-17-11 08:10 AM by WinkyDink
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