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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:34 PM
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Dick Armey (to CNBC no less) on the Walker prank call "irresponsible press"
LL: Ian Murphy, the editor of the Buffalo Beast, told The Huffington Post in an interview that he was "shocked" at how easy it was to get through to Gov. Walker and spending some 20 minutes on the phone with him pretending to be David Koch. What do you think of this prank?

DA: This is a perfect example of an irresponsible press. Can you imagine if you had a football referee or hockey referee saying I am for this particular team? You can't do that. That's not what the press is suppose to be. It's disgusting.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41741273
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:36 PM
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1. I don't recall.
Did he say the same thing about the Acorn mess?
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:39 PM
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4. No, that little sting was okay with this pos.
They can dish it out but they can't take it. The guy on the other end of the line was great!
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:37 PM
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2. ah you mean from dirty tricks Armey?
That's what we call RICH.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:38 PM
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3. They love to play victim.
And they love to demand reprisals and we never fail to give in.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:52 PM
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10. As you know "news" (Fox News which is the MSM) rules the Repubs and follow talk radio model
1. play victim - "We are surrounded on all sides by LIBERALS"
2. play Lord - "...but if you follow ME I will lead you out of the wilderness!"
3. play champion - "WIN! See! that was a WIN!"
4. repeat 1 through 3
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:40 PM
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5. The GOP attempting to shoot the messenger? Unpossible! nt
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:41 PM
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6. Dear DIck Armey, FUCK YOU. Signed, All Thoughtful Americans.
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tomg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:43 PM
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7. Armey is an idiot.
doesn't he realize that that is exactly what happened. If we assume that government should be a referee regarding competing interests ( in this case greedy fucking corporatist pricks shit bags like Koch vs. the rest of us) well Ian Murphy caught the referee (Walker) trying to fix the game.

Oh, I don't believe that about govt. I think its job is to act in our interests against those clowns ( corporatists), but even with the most balanced view. . . .
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:47 PM
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8. Spin, spin, spin, DICK!
In fact, give us moar righteous outrage. I want this call played on media over and over again until all the people understand just how insidious it is that this republican governor gleefully spilled his guts to a man he believed was a compatriot billionaire.

Dance, cowboy. Dance!
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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:47 PM
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9. He's talking about James O'Keefe and Breitbart, right?
I thought so.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:59 PM
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13. and Live Action and the Terry Schiavo* myth and WMD and Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch....
and Swift Boaters
and the Muslim Brotherhood
and the pretzel
and "Mission Accomplished"
and Obama's bailouts
and the Tea Baggers
and Bush v. Gore
and the 2006 elections
and 2008 elections
and The Crawford Ranch
and the Texas National Guard
and Valerie Plame
and ....etc.


* I know we have had our collective minds erased about Schiavo but it did happen
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:54 PM
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11. But O'Keeffe with a video camera pretending to be Huggie Bear
from Barretta can edit video tapes to make it appear there was a crime. :shrug:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 06:56 PM
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12. no, dickie, you are disgusting.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 07:10 PM
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14. Uh, Fox 'News', you dumbass.
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