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Sources: Clinton supporter pressures Pelosi
CNN ^ | 05-08-2008 | By Ed Henry

Posted on 05/08/2008 10:01:26 AM PDT by johnny7

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton supporter Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off contributions to congressional Democrats unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embraced his plan to finance revotes in Florida and Michigan, three officials familiar with their conversation said.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; hillary; pelosi; weinstein

1 posted on 05/08/2008 10:01:27 AM PDT by johnny7
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To: johnny7

Operation Chaos.


2 posted on 05/08/2008 10:02:05 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: johnny7

Old bug eyes Pelosi will fold like a cheap suit ... again.


3 posted on 05/08/2008 10:02:19 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: johnny7

I can see re-voting in Michigan but why Florida?


4 posted on 05/08/2008 10:03:46 AM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: johnny7

So a freakin’ film producer can enact legislation, but McCain is beholden to special interest groups.


5 posted on 05/08/2008 10:04:04 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Carbon Dioxide is plant food, NOT POLLUTION!)
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To: johnny7
It has already started.

The Obama supporters don't just want Hillary to drop out. They want the Clinton's to fade to black. That isn't going to happen.

If Hillary drops out she immediately starts getting even. Does anybody really think the 700 FBI files were all the research they did????

6 posted on 05/08/2008 10:05:02 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter ( Who is America's George Galloway?)
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To: contemplator

Popcorns ready!


7 posted on 05/08/2008 10:05:26 AM PDT by icwhatudo
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To: johnny7

Oh fat Harvey, STFU, why doncha?

8 posted on 05/08/2008 10:06:28 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

What a self-absorbed Prig! Every film that a actor was to
recieve a percentage somehow never made a profit.


9 posted on 05/08/2008 10:08:59 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: johnny7
Another person familiar with the phone call said what might have upset Pelosi is that Weinstein also suggested that if Democratic leaders "did not fix" the Florida and Michigan problem, powerful Democrats may abandon the eventual party nominee in favor of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, in November.

Soooo, if the democrats can't have hillary they will settle for little Juan?

But Juan sez he is a conservative. I read that somewhere…

10 posted on 05/08/2008 10:10:16 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: johnny7

>Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off contributions to congressional Democrats

Ooh, I like him!

Note to Harvey. - you can’t revote in Florida.
As sundry people have alreasy discovered. - did you miss the memo?


11 posted on 05/08/2008 10:11:48 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: mgc1122
Old bug eyes Pelosi will fold like a cheap suit ... again.

When has she ever folded on anything? She runs the House like her own private club. Boss Nancy is the most powerful Speaker in history. She has a hell of a lot more testicular fortitude than an indy filmmaker in an Italian suit.

12 posted on 05/08/2008 10:13:34 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

I don’t think she’s nearly as tough as Joe Cannon.

He’d eat Pelosi for breakfast and spit her up for lunch.

Tough customer, that one.

Harvey Weinstein: You’re right on the money, er, so to speak.


13 posted on 05/08/2008 10:16:28 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: gov_bean_ counter
If Hillary drops out she immediately starts getting even.

I'm still waiting for Richardson to commit suicide... with two-in-the-hat.

14 posted on 05/08/2008 10:16:42 AM PDT by johnny7
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I’ve speculated that Hillary will be offered Senate Majority Leader, if she steps aside.


15 posted on 05/08/2008 10:18:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Go Stars!)
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To: Alter Kaker
When has she ever folded on anything?

Not sure I would call it "folding", but there is this little item.

Ms Pelosi [...] has declared that it would be harmful to the party if the super-delegates overturned the will of voters.
But she has been more reticent on the subject since a group of wealthy, Clinton-supporting Democratic donors pointed out that what she said contradicted the entire purpose of super-delegates as a fail-safe mechanism for preventing voters from picking an unelectable candidate.

Somebody showed her the dictionary and she shut her yap, for once.

16 posted on 05/08/2008 10:18:29 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Alter Kaker

“When has she ever folded on anything? She runs the House like her own private club. Boss Nancy is the most powerful Speaker in history. She has a hell of a lot more testicular fortitude than an indy filmmaker in an Italian suit.”

ROTFLMAO ... yeah, ok. How many times has she promised to stop funding for Iraq and folded? And remember her “First Hundred Hours” crap? Any of that get done?

Nope, she and Reid are fluff & fold Democrats.


17 posted on 05/08/2008 10:19:11 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: mgc1122
And remember her “First Hundred Hours” crap? Any of that get done?

Yeah, I believe it all got through the House. Not the Senate. The House passes a ton of legislation. She has folded on Iraq, and hasn't been able to get a supermajority on SCHIP.

18 posted on 05/08/2008 10:27:16 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: RexBeach
I don’t think she’s nearly as tough as Joe Cannon.

Fair enough. Joe Cannon was a little before my time; my memory doesn't go back much farther than Sam Rayburn.

19 posted on 05/08/2008 10:29:12 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: johnny7

Typical Liberals: If you don’t get what you want, change the rules!


20 posted on 05/08/2008 10:32:18 AM PDT by 50sDad (OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
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To: johnny7

Wouldn’t this be considered blackmailing the speaker of the house?


21 posted on 05/08/2008 10:33:14 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: dfwgator

left msg about Coatesville


22 posted on 05/08/2008 10:36:26 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: Holicheese

sorry about that.. wrong msg


23 posted on 05/08/2008 10:36:48 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Hillary is in a quandary! If she goes after Barack Obama, then she has to go after the Chicago Democrat political machine.

That’s what Polish people call “pissing in the soup”.

She can’t do that because she will need to use that machine later for her own election.


24 posted on 05/08/2008 10:47:38 AM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: johnny7

Weinstein is a pig. I feel sorry for his wife - I don’t care how much money the guy’s got - it’s not enough.


25 posted on 05/08/2008 8:13:49 PM PDT by khnyny (Hillary is the national equivalent of Tracy Flick)
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To: Pharmboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKxx1FFlM0

LOL.


26 posted on 05/09/2008 9:16:45 AM PDT by khnyny (Hillary is the national equivalent of Tracy Flick)
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To: khnyny
Hilarious! Thanks...

(Ya think they ever had the 'nads to show this to Harvey??)

27 posted on 05/09/2008 9:25:59 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

I don’t know, but I do know that the guy who plays Harvey has ‘nads and is one terrific actor! I wonder if he’ll “ever work in that town again”, lol.


28 posted on 05/09/2008 9:35:40 AM PDT by khnyny (Hillary is the national equivalent of Tracy Flick)
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To: Alter Kaker
When has she ever folded on anything? She runs the House like her own private club. Boss Nancy is the most powerful Speaker in history. She has a hell of a lot more testicular fortitude than an indy filmmaker in an Italian suit.

It'll come down to which queen bee has the most testicular fortitude...


29 posted on 05/22/2008 3:51:20 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("We are slayed. The party is dead--dead--dead!" - Whig Rep. Lewis Campbell (and so will go the GOP))
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