"Trapped in the closet like an old raincoat by the hired goons of a man with no brain who works for a man with no history. Impossible? Maybe. But it happened."
Posted on 03/26/2011 12:06:10 PM PDT by MindBender26
An incident at a Florida Democratic political fundraiser this week should be front page news in every paper in the country, and the lead story on TV newscasts, but it has been virtually buried…. until now
Here are the details.
On Wednesday morning, Vice President Joe Biden attended a fundraiser for Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. The event was at the home of billionaire real estate developer Alan Ginsberg, a long-time Dem supporter. Ginsberg’s enormous lakefront home is in an exclusive section of Winter Park, an uber-upscale Orlando suburb. To give you an idea of the size and opulence of the home, it was originally built for Orlando Magic and NBA superstar Horace Grant.
The Orlando Sentinel assigned longtime reporter Scott Powers to cover the event. But when he arrived, Biden staffers decided they didn’t want him mingling with the 150 guests who had forked over $500 to meet Biden, so they locked him in a closet! A member of the Biden advance team even stood guard outside the door to prevent Powers from escaping.
Powers has all the details, even pictures of the inside of the closet where he was held; but it appears the Sentinel editors have refused to let him report on all the details of what some are calling a kidnapping! There was a very brief, and very “vanilla” mention of the incident in Thursday’s paper. One attendee later emailed the Sentinel to say “I was in attendance at the Fundraiser and enjoyed a nice lunch. If I had known there was a reporter stuffed in the closet, I would have been compelled to stand up and demand answers. I would also like to know if this is actually legal to treat people like caged animals. I’m disgusted by these actions.”
Despite this outrage, Sentinel editors have dropped the story.
Some longtime journalists are furious with Biden’s team over the incident. Some are more angry at Sentinel editors for downplaying the story. Others are asking “where was the Secret Service when a crime was obviously being committed?” Others appear to have no problem with it, since it involves their “Administration that can do no wrong.”
So far, none of the DC papers or TV networks has covered the story, but of course, they are the first to cry in outrage when dictators imprison reporters overseas. What have we become: Cuba, Iran, Libya, or Stalinist Russia, that we would allow such police-state tactics to muzzle the media?
Does the “Free Press” still exist in America? Or are we relegated to the status of a Banana Republic where the media approves anything Team Obama does?
Some people saw this coming when then-Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden exploded and flatly refused to answer the insightful questions of an Orlando television reporter when she asked about Obama’s connections to ACORN, socialism and his “spread the wealth” comments to Joe the Plumber. Since then, Biden’s mandate seems to have changed from refusing to answer embarrassing questions, to imprisoning reporters who might ask them.
It was a Democrat doing it.
Kidnapping and false imprisonment are serious offenses that carry serious penalties.
By the Vice Retard and his thugs.
How embarrassing.
"Trapped in the closet like an old raincoat by the hired goons of a man with no brain who works for a man with no history. Impossible? Maybe. But it happened."
Just damn!
PING!
"I'm tired of it, Kolchak!! I'm fed up! I've got a brother-in-law who's got a fourteen-year-old kid he's always bailing out of juvenile hall, but I've got you, and you're worse!!"
Nothing surprises me out of this lawless administration....
Silly people...
Nothing is criminal now if DONE-WHILE-DEMOCRAT, haven’t you realized that by now?
Do you really think the libs at an Orlando Paper want to be outcasts to their gay bar friends, if they actually reported this?
Thanx,
Drudge now running with it.
Are you involved with Tobasco Sauce?
This is just too good.
bttt
Complete BS (not your comments, but the reporter and newspaper’s coverup).
Can you imagine if Cheney’s people had done it.
I have covered 100 political fundraisers, and never been prevented from interviewing attendees. Had I been, I would have been all over the organizers and candidate, on camera, asking, “What is it you don’t want the public to know....” questions.
Incredible!
Had Cheny done this a special prosecutor would have been appointed.
BTTT
See you have a pic of Col Olds. Did you read his book? It’s great.
Thanks for weighing in on this Joe!
6.We(The Sentinel)didn't make a big deal about it(because we need access to our beloved Dear leader)because we figured-and I personally believe....more bs.
These guys are all in love with the regime and obey its every command even if it means being locked in the closet. I have no respect for the DBM.
Thanks but we already found the story first posted 3 days ago..
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2011/03/waiting-for-joe-and-bill.html
As a “former newsie”, we’re sure you know what the term, “exclusive” means..
“a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first.”
We’re sure that (as a “former newsie”) you’re familiar with the term “scooped”.
We’re also sure that this is not the first time you’ve pulled this.
If I’m not mistaken, this house has “big pipe” cable connections for TV and radio broadcasting world wide.
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