Posted on 01/17/2008 8:38:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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You just can’t swing a dead squirrel without hitting a Huckleberry dirty trick.
Hmmm..sounds like Huckster is engaged in a campaign form of money laundering.
Is there anyone who still believes Huckabee’s holier than thou act is not totally phony?
Yep. They are on FR, post on the Huckster threads and have religous references in their handles.
The Tennesean, eh? This is starting to get around. Let’s see how much longer the MSM talking heads can ignore it.
Thanks for posting this. This is big news. Now investigators have names and numbers... not just alligations. This could go balistic tommorrow. Still in time before Saturday.
I can’t tell who it will help, but I can tell you who it will hurt. The Huckster.
This story catching in the MSM yet?
We all need to message Drudge with a link to the story.
And someone should call in to Rush tomorrow and talk about it.
Bill Frist Endorses Fred Thompson Posted Mar 12th 2007 7:17PM by NixGuy Filed under: President 2008, Fred Thompson
Nashville, TN – The Corker for Senate campaign today characterized a new negative ad from Washington Congressman Harold Ford attacking Fred Thompson’s support for Corker as “sophomoric,” and predicted the ad will backfire.
The same guy gave to two friends of Fred and the Republican Party
They only have to ignore it for about 24 for more hours to accomplish their mission. Even if every paper ran with this tomorrow, (which they should) I don’t know if it would have that much effect.
It’s quite likely Rush will pickup on it. His staff is good about finding these sort of things. Who knows he may even read FR himself. From time to time I get the feeling he does.
I think that some of them are ‘Rat trolls. Republicans just couldn’t be that stupid and stereotypically robotic (ie, the ones who flat claim that they’re voting for Huckster simply because “he’s a Christian”). Some of the posts sound more like what a ‘Rat would think that a “evangelical sheep” type would say.
Rush’s e-mail: elrushbo@eibnet.com
Idiotically irrelevant.
Great idea. If Drudge Posts this story, it will go ballistic.
The whole argument of the article is that A guy named West is a Huck Supporter and he donated to the company running the push polls.
If it is a pro-Huck push poll, them it would make sense that a pro-Huckabee person was behind it. The interesting thing is that the other people that the guy has given to are close supporters of Fred and to the Republican Party.
Rush did a terrible day today.
His worst show he’s ever done to my knowledge.
Perhaps his show preppers are on strike too.
He missed out on all of the important stories, and lumped Fred Thompson in with all the other GOP candidates in a race for “who you dislike the least.”
Rush has totally abdicated his leadership role in the conservative movement, and he’s left a lot of people who look to him for guidance without any. He’s done more to sew the seeds of doubt for Fred Thompson in the last few days than anything. It’s been really quite shameful.
I’ve already lost all respect for Shawn Hannity because of his whoring for Rudy Giuliani. He will never regain my respect.
It looks like even Rush is going down that road now too.
I can’t say that I’ve ever been more disappointed in him.
I know, right? It's amazing what Huckabee pulls.
Maybe he set the operation up for Fred Thompson, then his mind wandered like most people's. ;-`
So what?
Everyone who has been in the Senate are “friends”, my good friend.
Giving money to other Republican Senators from the South does not absolve West and the Huckabee campaign in any way of their dirty tricks against Fred Thompson.
The contiguous 48 floating in space is pretty darned funny : )
The Huckster will be greeted at the Gates of Hell by push pollers.
pitch that squirrel over here, we’ll fry em up in the popcorn unit
Rush reads FRepublic
The article is implying guilt by association indicated by who the guy gave money to. He gave money to Huck's campaign and the 527 that ran the push polls, but he also gave to the republican party and two endorsers of Fred. The conspiracy in the push poll controversy then involves Fred, Huck, Corker, Frist, and the republican Party since they are all connected through West.
But THOSE people aren't the ones behind these phone calls. That he has given to them has ZERO to do with other actions he's taken.
I'm sure this guy has bought something at the local 7-11--are they in on the calls, too?
If this is all you Huckabee fans have, it's embarassing. I guess Huckabee isn't going to take responsibility for ANY action he or his supporters take. What a man! What a leader!
You are employing a logical fallacy with the intent to mislead. You are a Huckabee shill trying to obfuscate the issue.
Corker and Frist are not Fred Thompson. They cannot stand-in as substitutes for him.
West is a Huckabee ORGANIZER who is also helping to fund this group supposedly not connected to Huckabee’s campaign.
It doesn’t matter who else he may have contributed to. Giving money to them is not the same thing as giving money to Thompson. They’re not running against Huckabee.
For all we know, giving money to other politicians who are “friends” of Fred Thompson is just a smokescreen.
Along with his Meet Up group.
The article is a red herring by a hometown newspaper. There is no evidence that Huck's campaign is coordinating with the push-poll company. He has denied it repeatedly and has even been criticized for saying that push -polling should be illegal. You've got nothing, but keep whining for the remaining 43 hours
He'd better hurry!
Are they illegal? If not, then what’s the fuss about.
No, it is the same logic.
You apparently can't see that because it does not fit your perspective.
Apparently, it's not illegal to spread false rumors that a candidate is dropping out of the race, either. But it's still wrong and sleazy to use such tactics to damage a campaign and people who have received these calls have a right to know they were false and who is responsible for them.
Someone posted on another thread that they are. But even if they are legal, its still sleazy and unethical and deserves public condemnation. I would say that is worth making a fuss, at least for those that value honesty and integrity.
“Are they illegal? If not, then what’s the fuss about.”
Yes, it is illegal to do so in South Carolina:
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/124432.html
Who's whining? I'm just laughing at your incredibly weak attempt to smear OTHER people this guy has given to--something you didn't even attempt to refute.
If this IS some kind of smear, he fully deserves it for his cowardly use of the Romney ad while he was congratulating himself for NOT using it.
Your guy is a charlatan. If he's a Christian, then so am I--I behave in a more Christian way than that lying, tax-raising, illegal-loving loser who apparently has taught his "Christian" ways to his dog-killing son.
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"Hey! This isn't heaven!
The company's Web site states he co-founded it in 1996 to develop assisted living facilities throughout the country "based on Christian values."What is really going on here, anyway? Is the company using these "facilities" for combination Christian retreat houses/training camps?
Sounds like automated calls are illegal in SC. So someone may be in trouble.
Lying about your opponents is not, it happens multiple times a day, by multiple candidates. Heck, ask McCain about his black love child. LOL
Then prosecute and let the courts decide
Must be a conspiracy if it involves Christians
Fred donors’ firm tied to Medicaid scandal
By: Kenneth P. Vogel
Sep 7, 2007 01:19 PM EST
Fred Thompson’s donors were tied to a firm accused of overcharging Medicaid.
Fred Thompson accepted at least $13,800 from a Tennessee family that oversaw a pharmaceutical company accused of ripping off federal and state governments.
Fred is involved in ripping off state and federal governments!
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