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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 08:16 AM
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New York Times Smacks Down Rep. Darrell Issa’s Demand For A Retraction
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2011/08/28/306090/new-york-times-smacks-down-rep-darrell-issas-demand-for-a-retraction/


On Thursday, the New York Times responded to a demand for a retraction from Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) office regarding a major piece published two weeks ago about Issa’s many conflicts of interest between his congressional work and his vast financial holdings. In the letter, Dean Baquet, the assistant editor of the paper, debunked claims of factual inaccuracies listed by Issa spokesman Frederick Hill.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 08:19 AM
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1. Recommend
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 08:20 AM
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2. Hey Issa, you want brie or camembert with that whine?
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:35 AM
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10. Unless you'd prefer eating crow.
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 10:36 AM by rocktivity

rocktivity
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 08:25 AM
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3. DEFINITELY read the letter.
Issa apparently had to learn the hard way that taking on NYT in the journalism ring is asking for it.

K&R
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2banon Donating Member (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 02:04 AM
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19. That letter was amazing.. even I'm impressed this time.. n/t
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 08:30 AM
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4. Wow - such blatant Republicon lies from Issa. Shocking.
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 08:31 AM by SpiralHawk
Americans know that Republicons lie -- but to lie so blatantly?

Sheesh. We are not all stoopid TeaBaggers, mR. RepubliCon coNgressmAn. Some of us are honorable discerning citizens of the USA, and we don't take kindly to baldfaced republicon liars assuming that we are dumb enuf to swallow their spew.
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 08:57 AM
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5. CongressGOPers know they can lie, cheat, and steal with impunity
and there will be no consequences for their actions. We live in a time when they are admired all the more when they do.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 09:59 PM
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15. He loves to investigate.
It's time for him to be investigated..
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 09:02 AM
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6. Hey Darryl, when are those massive investigations of the Obama administration going to start?
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 09:03 AM by Ikonoklast
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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WingDinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 09:07 AM
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7. Issa is, was and always will be a punk.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 09:47 AM
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8. a self serving asshole PUNK of the 3rd degree...worse than EVIL.....
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 02:04 AM
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20. how the hell did he get elected?
:shrug:
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 02:18 PM
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22. stolen election...Cruella Harris...SCOTUS assisted....Fairness denied...
W is going down in History as an unconvicted criminal...evil and stupid at the same time...
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 08:23 PM
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24. I also believe a lot of those..
in the red states steal their seats,especially with all of the dirty tricks I have seen from their party for decades..
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 09:49 AM
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9. He certainly was pwned.........
now lets see some Justice Dept intervention.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:43 AM
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11. Remember when his own party pwned him
by letting him spearhead the California governor recall, then telling him he couldn't run for the seat himself? "Don't cry for me, California -- I was supposed to have been Schwarzenegger!"

:headbang:
rocktivty
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:44 AM
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12. K & R
:thumbsup:
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 05:09 PM
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13. ...
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sfpcjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 05:13 PM
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14. Issa is a pit bull, always attacking on his weakness and hoping that reality will subside.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 11:03 PM
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17. He also is..
a thief and a liar.
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:10 PM
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16. That jerk owes me a hot dog!
I want my hot dog!
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2banon Donating Member (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 02:02 AM
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18. That letter is a must read,, wish this was the norm for the NYT ,,,,
I have to say, this letter is a most impressive smack down and that's not an exageration for once!
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 02:47 PM
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23. It is time to start naming names and confronting these hot heads with facts
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-11 06:32 AM
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21. K & R
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