And use the back door.
Posted on 01/20/2006 6:05:05 AM PST by summer
The Washington Post shut one of its blogs yesterday, saying it had drawn too many personal attacks, profanity and hate mail directed at the paper's ombudsman.
The closing was the second by a major newspaper in recent months. An experiment in allowing the public to edit editorials in The Los Angeles Times lasted just two days in June before it was shut because pornographic material was being posted on the site.
The Post's blog, open to the public since Nov. 21, was shut indefinitely yesterday afternoon with a notice from Jim Brady, executive editor of www.washingtonpost.com.
Mr. Brady wrote that he had expected criticism of The Post on the site, but that the public had violated rules against personal attacks and profanity.
"Because a significant number of folks who have posted in this blog have refused to follow any of those relatively simple rules, we've decided not to allow comments for the time being," Mr. Brady wrote. "Transparency and reasoned debate are crucial parts of the Web culture, and it's a disappointment to us that we have not been able to maintain a civil conversation, especially about issues that people feel strongly (and differently) about."
In an interview, Mr. Brady said the site had been overwhelmed with what he described as vicious personal attacks against Deborah Howell, the newspaper's ombudsman.
She wrote a column about Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion, and said that several Democrats "have gotten Abramoff campaign money," apparently intending to say that they received campaign money from Mr. Abramoff's clients....
Mr. Brady said ... he needed to figure out how to patrol it better and "keep it clean."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
PS The Salon editor's comments concerned the Washington Post blog site, not Salon.
I did a search and nothing came up!
PS That's a different article you're linking to there.
hear?here?
I suppose literally it's different.
Well, it's a different article! :)
LOL I just noticed that.
hair?
And use the back door.
Not just a GOP problem....(posted by mystery-ak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551333/posts?page=13#13)
* Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500
* Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500
* Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250
* Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250
* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765
* Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950
* Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000
* Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792
* Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300
* Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000
* Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250
* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750
* Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000
* Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000
* Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250
* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300
* Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550
* Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000
* Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000
* Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000
* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830
* Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891
* Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550
* Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991
* Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168
* Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200
* Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500
* Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300
* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500
* Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941
* Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000
* Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500
* Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300
* Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550
* Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250
* Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250
Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions to Democrats,
per FEC Records
# # # # #
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700
Democratic National Cmte $65,720
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000
Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500
Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000
Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000
Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500
Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000
Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000
Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523
Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250
Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000
David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000
Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000
Democratic Party of Montana $5,000
Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000
Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000
Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000
Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500
Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000
Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000
Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000
Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000
Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000
George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000
Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500
James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500
Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000
Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000
John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000
David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000
Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000
Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000
Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000
Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000
Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500
Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500
Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500
Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250
Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000
Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000
Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000
Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000
Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000
Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000
Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000
John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000
Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000
Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000
Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000
Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000
Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000
Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000
Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000
David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000
Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000
Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000
Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000
Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000
Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000
Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000
Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500
Democratic Party of Washington $500
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500
Grand Total $1,541,673
Harry Reid's Hypocrisy Keeps Going and Going...
“The hole Senator Reid is digging gets deeper and deeper every time Senator Reid changes his story or misrepresents the facts.” – Brian Nick, NRSC Spokesman
REID’S HYPOCRISY!!!
“‘I Don’t Know [Jack Abramoff], I’ve Never Seen Him,’ Reid, D-Nev., Told A News Conference. ‘As Far As I Know I’ve Never Been In The Same Building As Him.’” (Erica Werner, “Reid Says His ‘Conscience Is Clear’ Despite GOP Abramoff Attacks,” The Associated Press, January 18, 2006)
OH REALLY???
“Team Abramoff” Member Edward Ayoob Held A Fundraiser For Reid At Abramoff’s Firm. “[Reid Spokesperson James Patrick] Manley acknowledged that Ayoob helped raise campaign money for his former boss. Lawyers close to the Abramoff operation said that Ayoob held a fundraising reception for Reid at Greenberg Traurig’s offices here.” (Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Derek Willis, “Democrats Also Got Tribal Donations,” The Washington Post, June 3, 2005)
When Initially Questioned About Whether Reid Ever Attended An Event In Abramoff’s MCI Center Skybox, Reid’s Office Declined To Comment. “[Senator Reid’s spokeswoman Tessa] Hafen said she had no comment on whether Reid has attended a sporting event in any such suite, saying Reid conducts ‘lawful fundraising.’” (Steve Tetreault, “Reid, Ensign Show No Worry,” Las Vegas Review Journal, January 4, 2006)
Yet, “Lobbyists . . . Maintain That Reid Attended At Least One Sports Game In Abramoff’s MCI Arena Sky Box . . . .” (Rebecca Adams, “The Game’s The Thing: Reid Has Been A Ready Ally To Abramoff-Linked Interests,” CQ Weekly, January 16, 2006)
No Wonder Reid Contends He’s “Never Been In The Same Building” As Abramoff. When It Came Time For Abramoff To Testify, Reid Skipped The Committee Hearing. “On Wednesday, Abramoff appeared before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee but asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to testify. He was accompanied by his lawyer, Abbe Lowell. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is a member of the committee but did not attend Wednesday’s hearing.” (Tony Batt, “Ensign Received $4,000 From Lobbyist Under Investigation,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 30, 2004)
REID’S HYPOCRISY!!!
“‘Eddie Ayoob Didn’t Work For Jack Abramoff, He Worked For A 1,000-Member Law Firm,’ Reid Said.” (Erica Werner, “Reid Says His ‘Conscience Is Clear’ Despite GOP Abramoff Attacks,” The Associated Press, January 18, 2006)
OH REALLY???
“Abramoff Did Hire As One Of His Lobbyists Edward P. Ayoob, A Veteran Reid Legislative Aide.” (Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Derek Willis, “Democrats Also Got Tribal Donations,” The Washington Post, June 3, 2005)
Ayoob Became A Member Of What Has Been Termed “Team Abramoff.” “Abramoff assembled a group of lobbyists that some in the media have dubbed ‘Team Abramoff.’ Most were former aides to congressmen. Most were Republicans, but they included Ayoob, a former aide to Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., who is now the Senate minority leader.” (Paul Barton, “Lincoln Aide, Others Say $2,000 Isn’t Abramoff-Linked,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, January 6, 2006)
REID’S HYPOCRISY!!!
“So Don’t Lump Me In With Jack Abramoff. This Is A Republican Scandal. Don’t Try To Give Any Of It To Me.” (Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), “Fox News Sunday,” December 18, 2005)
OH REALLY???
A Recent Press Report Cited Reid Among The “First Tier” Of Lawmakers Currently Under Investigation By The Justice Department Probe Of “Influence-Peddling” By Lobbyist Jack Abramoff. “A Justice Department investigation into influence-peddling on Capitol Hill is focusing on a ‘first tier’ of lawmakers and staffers, both Republicans and Democrats, say sources close to the probe that has netted guilty pleas from lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Law-enforcement authorities and others said the investigation’s opening phase is scrutinizing Sens. Conrad Burns, Montana Republican; Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota Democrat; and Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, along with Reps. J.D. Hayworth, Arizona Republican, and Bob Ney, Ohio Republican.” (Jerry Seper and Audrey Hudson, “Abramoff-Linked Probe Focuses On 5 Lawmakers,” The Washington Times, January 11, 2006)
Forty Of Forty-Five Members Of The Democrat Senate Caucus Took Money From Jack Abramoff’s Associates Or Indian Tribe Clients. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, www.irs.gov, Accessed April 21, 2005)
REID’S HYPOCRISY!!!
“I’m Saying I Have Received Money From Indian Tribes Over Many, Many Years. Some Of Whom [Abramoff] Picked Up As Clients Later On But They Have Given Me Money Over Many Years.” (Senator Harry Reid, Press Conference With Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) And Candidate Jim Pederson (D-AZ), Phoenix, AZ, January 10, 2006)
“Any Money That I Received, Had No Fingerprints Of Jack Abramoff On It.” (Senator Harry Reid, Press Conference With Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) And Candidate Jim Pederson (D-AZ), Phoenix, AZ, January 10, 2006)
OH REALLY???
From 1991-2000, Reid Received No Contributions From The Following Non-Nevada Tribes, But While The Tribes Were Clients Of Abramoff, Reid Received Over $50,000 From Them:
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (California) contributed $19,500 to Reid between 2001 and 2004
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (Louisiana) contributed $5,000 to Reid 2001 between 2001 and 2004
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Mississippi) contributed $7,000 to Reid between 2001 and 2004
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan (Michigan) contributed 19,000 to Reid between 2001 and 2004
(Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed January 12, 2006)
Wow, this is rich... Let me help you, Mr. Brady, figure this out:
"Mr. Brady wrote that he had expected criticism of The Post on the site, but that the public had violated rules against personal attacks and profanity."
The public you are referring to are liberals/Democrats. Are you surprised?
"Joan Walsh, editor in chief of Salon.com, an online newsmagazine that allows open comment from the public, said that The Post had probably drawn such attacks to its site in part because it represents the mainstream media."
What the hell is she talking about? More "Notes from a Parallel Universe" malarky.
"Mr. Brady said he expected to reopen the blog at some point, but he needed to figure out how to patrol it better and "keep it clean.""
Hang out on Free Republic for awhile and take notes.
I tried to listen to it, but couldn't detect any sound.
I have an idea...
FWIW, my husband did a count last night, and Abramoff's contributions run to two Republicans for every Democrat.
So it's fair to characterize this as a majority-GOP scandal, but not a GOP-only one.
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