Posted on 03/30/2006 3:10:53 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SAN DIEGO - A congressional candidate is under fire for a Web site photo that purported to show a peaceful Baghdad neighborhood but was actually taken in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey.
"We took this photo of Baghdad while we were in Iraq," the accompanying caption on Howard Kaloogian's Web site read. "Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be."
Internet bloggers began questioning the photo earlier this week because none of the signs was in Arabic and billboards were advertising Western products.
Kaloogian, a former state assemblyman who founded Move America Forward to support the war and is now running for Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's House seat, took the photo down on Wednesday.
He said it was innocent mix-up that arose from a trip to Baghdad that he took last summer with Move America Forward. Some of the travelers went home through Istanbul, he said. The group pooled its photos, and his Web master mistakenly selected one of Istanbul, Kaloogian said.
"They used a picture that was wrong. There's nothing sinister about it," he said.
Kaloogian, a Republican, is one of 18 candidates seeking to replace Cunningham, who was convicted of bribery and conspiracy and sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.
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On the Net:
http://www.kaloogianforcongress.com/
If it was Arnold all you hypocrites would be in Full Tizzy mode.
This is a petty smear job by the left and FR trolls are jumping right on board.
See also:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606361/posts
Hey , how about the Gub's poll numbers? ;-)
You moderate backers must be real proud and feeel real lucky he's able to have such mushheads for opponents.
He damn near collapsed all by himself there for a bit..
Oh, and if you want top use the word hypocrit, have at it, takes one to know one, eh?
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shades of Bill Simon... almost. ;-)
Weren't you jumping up and down when that photo fiasco occurred... against, of all things , a conservative. ;-)
You and yours helped by not supporting his Special Election.
Unions and Abortionists thank you.
No.
LOL.. nice try, bozo.
A lot of folks with a brain helped save the state from some pretty ill advised props, and his lack of attention to detail ; ie; forgetting he has a base that doesn't appreciate giving dems equality with him appointments-wise sealed the fate of a few good props as well. That's politics these days.
You wanna blame a few here for that, have at it. It just shows your inability to recognize we are conservatives not automatons like some here for the moderate swill that has been dispensed far too much around here lately imo.
Weren't you jumping up and down when that photo fiasco occurred.
No.
Oh gee, I got you confused with a bunch of folks that did.
You and yours helped by not supporting his Special Election.
Unions and Abortionists thank you.
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Oh and in case you're offended being called bozo..,, implying I am either a unionist or abortionist is pretty low in my book too.
Speaking of bozos...I implied no such thing. I said they thank you.
You were on the same side...anti-Arnold(R).
In other words, you were wrong or lying. Typical.
Ugliest, most convoluted sentence in FR history.
These all or nothing folks are going to put in the far left Dem. Many of the K folks doen't even live in San Diego.
It is indeed.
You have a future reviewing gay movies.
found that in a fortune cookie .. I think it was meant for you.
Caught lying and you respond with nonsense. Again, typical.
Ugliest, most convoluted sentence in FR history.
about as ugly as your attack on Tancredo here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605019/posts?page=5#5
How many "guest workers" are you planning on hiring or should I ask, how many do you already have?
Caught lying and you respond with nonsense. Again, typical.
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lol Who lied? You posted what you posted.. the insinuation was clear, very much in keeping with how you and some "debate" issues these days. nothing new there.
This is usually what you moderate types descend to is calling someone else a liar and such, that IS typical.
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