A federal judge has shot down a former University of Tennessee student's bid to have tossed out convictions in the illegal access of Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account during the 2008 presidential election.
They've avoided any mention of the case for two years, despite masses of reader emails, letters, and even phone calls demanding to know what their rightwing relatives and colleagues are blithering about, admits the Washington Post ombudsman, and even though other major news outlets like the New York Times have done the occasional report... and of course the blogs. But there is plenty more story to cover, quothe he, and anyway, with this article they've made a pretty good start. And actually, they have: the two Post reporters who got the byline hit every point as if there'd never been editorial bias against noticing the story, even linking to the original voting precinct video we all remember so well.
So go to the link, just to reward them for finally doing their job. And as you do, join me in wondering what other stories are they currently avoiding in the hope that if they shut their eyes it will cease to exist.
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...join me in wondering what other stories are they currently avoiding...
That's always been the part that worries me the most.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
09/25/2010 13:27 Comments ||
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NY Times finally covered it one hour ago. If you get your news from the MSM you'll be ignorant of a lot that's going on - and that's the way the MSM / liberals want it.
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Why even bother covering it now?
What has changed?
They've never been interested in the bottom line.
1 - Do they finally sense blood in the water?
2 - They've finally reached the point to toss their prodigy under the bus?
3 - They don't want to go down with him?
4 - In a last desperate grasp of trying to be important and relevant, they'll actually report news?
It doesn't take a long memory to recall the days when it was considered a possibility that the tea party would run third-party candidates against Republicans and Democrats. Instead, they have invested their energy in a good-faith attempt to win Republican primaries and influence the course of the country through the GOP. They have played by the rules, and often, they have won. That has prompted moderates to go rogue and switch parties, run as independents, and wage sour-grapes write-in campaigns.
Unless Republicans crack down on this behavior in the toughest manner possible, what incentive do tea-partiers have to play nice when a primary outcome goes against them? Why would they feel loyalty to a Republican party that doesn't take its own rules seriously? Jim DeMint is urging people to donate to Joe Miller to boost him against Murkowski, and we urge our readers to contribute to that effort. Not only is Miller a better conservative, his race is an important test for tea partiers around the country. It's too bad more Senate Republicans don't realize that some things are more important than their colleague Lisa Murkowski's feelings.
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09/25/2010 00:00 ||
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For instance, if I had the chance to vote for Chuck Devore in the General Election against Carly Fiorina...well, Barbara Boxer would most likely get reelected. But at least I'd have a candidate I could vote for instead of just voting against Boxer.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
09/25/2010 17:22 Comments ||
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well, sometimes reality intrudes. You DON'T have a vote for Devore possible. Can you possibly say that Boxer is better than Fiorina in any possible way? Pick the better candidate in the General election rather than stay away or be a sheep in the name of the of the perfect. Given Californians' (especially Northern and L.A.) vacuous stupidity, I have NO doubt DeVore couldn't be even a lame atrocious POS like Boxer
Posted by: Frank G ||
09/25/2010 17:32 Comments ||
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Frank G, republicans like McCain and Fiorina are worth 10 senate seats for the Democrats in places like Louisiana or Alaska, when they can point and say "Look, I'm better on conservative issues than those Republicans!"
The Castles and Fiorinas and McCains and the Maine Sisters have helped push the whole "there ain't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties" out in the states where there _is_ a dime's worth of difference. It's sad, but the pragmatic thing may be to just recognize that California's screwed one way or another, and concentrate on making sure whatever liberal asshole they send to congress to vote to socialize our ass has a 'D' next to their name, because the 'R' next to them is too damaging to the national party.
We did Karl Rove's "just barely enough" collection of candidates for a decade, and then acted so surprised that liberals were winning elections but conservates weren't, because noone was pushing conservative values. The strategy helps you win some battles, and lose the war.
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so we should judge best local candidates by how it plays elsewhere? Sorry, Thing, but that's bullshit. To quote: all politics is local. If your voters will change their vote because I support the BEST local candidate, then I suggest you all declare yourself "too stoopid to vote"
Posted by: Frank G ||
09/25/2010 21:03 Comments ||
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I'm not "stoopid", Fiorina is disgusting. Boxer is disgusting. So I get to choose who is least disgusting? I suppose that's my patriotic duty. Urp.
I deal with Hewlett-Packard on a regular basis. I've watched what has happened to that company and others in the computer business. When I call for support I get people who can only just barely speak English. When I buy a computer, it's made in China, a grave strategic blunder. The people who support our account are not the same caliber as the people we had BC, before Carly. Yeah, HP is competitive. They're profitable. But they're fucked up. If she screws the country over as bad as she did HP we're all in serious trouble. Boxer's worse...I guess.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
09/25/2010 22:09 Comments ||
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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