Could this be the next Dan Rather type incident?

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[Kimberly GG]

“Thank you for posting the quote, I was searching for it now.. that should be the final nail in the coffin of this story.. it is just sad that Duncan Hunter supporters are the ones dredging this up.. God protect Hunter from his supporters..”

You’re welcome. It came from the link provided right at the top of this page for this thread...Ed Morrissey at Captain’s Quarters....he dredged it up, but I didn’t know he was supporting Duncan Hunter ;)

[tophat9000]

“The lawyer for a former White House aide told lawmakers Saturday that he expected the Bush administration to try to block the aide from testifying about the dismissals of 93 United States attorneys.”

Brother... some one need to give this reporter the score in Mass firing of USAG(Clinton 93, Bush 7)

[Kimberly GG]

“Did I dangle a modifier or something?”

Maybe, but you clarified it on the second go round and thank you for doing so. Sorry for any misunderstanding of what you meant.

[deport]

In OCTOBER of ‘91 Bill Clinton only was 2% in the polls.

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Clinton didn’t enter the race until Oct. 4, 1999. I’d not compare his national rankings to some of today’s contenders that don’t have near the national exposure that Clinton had at the point he entered. He did however have much higher favorability ratings than 2%.

We are only about 30 days away from the Ames Iowa event. Now some of the major players aren’t going to participate but for those that do participate it may well be the defining moment in their future campaign plans.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Bill Clinton had won a statewide race. He was also a Dem nominee, not a Republican. Apples to oranges.

[Sun]

“Clinton didn’t enter the race until Oct. 4, 1999.”

You mean Clinton was president since ‘93 and didn’t even enter the race until ‘99?? How did that happen? :)

And here are some other examples as to why you shouldn’t act as if polls are a “done deal.”

CBS News Poll, December 14-16, 2003
Dean - 23%
Clark - 10%
Lieberman - 10%
Gephardt - 6%
Sharpton - 5%
Kerry - 4%
Edwards - 2%

Al Sharpton was beating John Kerry in the national polls. Al Sharpton. The day before the Iowa caucuses, CBS released another national primary poll where John Kerry managed to climb into 4th place nationally with a whopping 7% of the vote.

excerpt http://race42008.com/2007/07/05/why-national-primary-polls-dont-matter

[Sun]

“Bill Clinton had won a statewide race. He was also a Dem nominee, not a Republican. Apples to oranges.”

It was thought that President Reagan would not get the nomination, either.

And we never had a 1st lady become senator. History doesn’t always repeat itself.

When Duncan Hunter was a so-called dark horse in California, he won the election against an 18-year Democrat incumbent.

I’ll tell you another thing, too. Naysaying and giving up doesn’t win elections.

[jmaroneps37]

This is why the new media is so feared by the ratmedia. This would NEVER have been checked by the scumbags in the ratmedia.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

No, you shouldn’t give up. You should support your guy. However, you should do it on threads that promote your guy rather than threads that are about another guy.

Many things are different about this election. I do contend that having won a statewide election is rather important. If a candidate can’t deliver his/her home state, he/she is not going to stand much of a chance in the general. That’s true about Al Gore and John Edwards as well.

[airborne]

So one person says something you object to, and you’re going to attack all Hunter supporters?

[Not A Snowbird]

I’m confused. That website says he was registered on behalf of this firm, but it doesn’t say what he may have lobbied for. Is family planning (cough) the only thing that firm does?

[ellery]

I’m going to play the Devil’s advocate here, so flame away if you wish. In the worst case scenario, NOBODY HIRED asnd NOBODY CLAIMS TO HAVE HIRED Fred Thompson to advocate in favor of abortion. Not at all. These jokers claim to have hired him to lobby in favor of free speech; that is that doctors would be able to give advice to their patients without government interference. Now many would say that doctors ought NOT to be able to counsel their patients on matters relating to abortion. But to take a position that doctors ought to be able to speak freely with their patients on these matters is a far cry from advocating in favor of abortion - even if he did lobby in favor of this postion - which he denies.

I agree completely. Even the worst-case scenario is acceptable to me. All of these attacks may be doing Thompson a favor by giving his organization a good run-through in preparation for entering the race.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

I dunno. I’ll let you know.

One thing’s for sure. Whatever I’m doing, I won’t be going on any Duncan Hunter threads and starting such little spats like all these folks did here.

I wasn’t aware that I attacked any supporters. If I was ‘attacking’ anything, it was the lack of effectiveness of Hunter’s campaign.

[airborne]

Whatever I’m doing, I won’t be going on any Duncan Hunter threads and starting such little spats like all these folks did here.

Nor will I.

I wasn’t aware that I attacked any supporters. If I was ‘attacking’ anything, it was the lack of effectiveness of Hunter’s campaign.

OK Sure.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

So glad we cleared that up.

[airborne]

Did we? I guess time will tell.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Ooohh...yes, time will tell...

You go, girl! You really told it to me like it is!

[airborne]

You go, girl!

How very mature.

You're a credit to your candidate.

[Not A Snowbird]

I answered my own question. According to the firm's website, Arent Fox is a "dynamic, diversified firm with 26 practice groups and an emphasis on real estate, life sciences and intellectual property".

So we can't tell from that link what Fred was hired to lobby for, can we?

[Sun]

I made a light-hearted joke that Thompson might be a good VP for Duncan Hunter, and never said anything bad about Thompson.

Sometimes we need to take a moment to smile.