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Des Moines Register Withholds Arrestee's Connection to Democrat Consulting Firm Until 'Safe'
Newsbusters ^ | January 22, 2012 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/22/2012 10:22:50 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Is it safe?

Is it safe?

No, that wasn't Laurence Olivier as a Nazi dentist drilling holes into Dustin Hoffman's teeth in Marathon Man as he kept repeating that question. In this case it was the Des Moines Register wondering if it was "safe" to mention that a former Obama campaign staffer, Zachary Edwards (see mug shot), who was arrested on Friday for attempted identity theft of the Iowa Republican Secretary of State, Matt Schultz, was a prominent member of a well known Democrat campaign consulting firm, LINK Strategies. On Friday, the day the Des Moines Register first briefly reported the arrest, it wasn't "safe" to mention Link Strategies:

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: desmoinesregister
It wasn't "safe" until today for the Des Moines Register to report the really important "Link" in this story.
1 posted on 01/22/2012 10:23:00 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Of course “safe” is the Des Moines Red Star’s lawyer weasel word to frame and confine their tactics to the shallow end of the pool. They specialize is running distraction and obfuscation for Dems and their liberal cronies.


2 posted on 01/22/2012 10:34:38 AM PST by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
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To: PJ-Comix

They play the game Simon Says. If Obama Says be a dummie media hack, they will be the dummie media hack. If Obama says it is ok to distribute Democrat propaganda, they will distribute Democrat propaganda.


3 posted on 01/22/2012 10:49:55 AM PST by FreedBird
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4 posted on 01/22/2012 10:51:50 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: PJ-Comix

The Dregister is slightly to the left of Pravda, so anything it reports has all the credibility of the horoscope. It’s nothing but one more propaganda organ for the libs. Its sole utility lies in its absorbency.


5 posted on 01/22/2012 10:52:47 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: PJ-Comix

I think what everyone is missing is that this is NOT an isolated incident, IMHO, but the tip of the ice berg. Where you find one cockroach there are a thousand behind the wall.


6 posted on 01/22/2012 11:02:47 AM PST by stockpirate (Romney, Ann Coulture & our ruling republican elites, are Big Government socialists,)
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To: stockpirate
The story was written by Tom Witosky, the Register's Brian Ross acolyte.
7 posted on 01/22/2012 11:07:29 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: PJ-Comix

Heard this story reported on the radio here in Iowa. Curious they neglected to mention certain elements of this story.

It’s very apparent that main stream news outlets are ONLY useful for comedic relief or amusement in that it’s always a treat to make a kind of game out of it and listen for the verbal gymnastics, weasel words, euphemisms, logical fallacies, non-sequiters, glaring omissions, etc.


8 posted on 01/22/2012 11:12:08 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: PJ-Comix
The linked blog is somewhat confusing, reporting on both Zach Edwards' and former senator John Edwards' connections to Link Strategies, and then going on to refer to "Edwards'" illegal activities. It seems that only Zach was involved in this identity theft business:

But is Secy of State Schultz a Republican?

9 posted on 01/22/2012 11:19:01 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: PJ-Comix

How long are they going to protect Hussein 0bama’s theft of a Connecticut citizen’s social security number?


10 posted on 01/22/2012 11:43:45 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: PJ-Comix

The Des Moines Register is one commie rag.(like most papers)


11 posted on 01/22/2012 11:46:34 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: PJ-Comix
The linked blog is somewhat confusing, reporting on both Zach Edwards' and former senator John Edwards' connections to Link Strategies, and then going on to refer to "Edwards'" illegal activities. It seems that only Zach was involved in this identity theft business:

But is Secy of State Schultz a Republican?

12 posted on 01/22/2012 4:08:31 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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But is Secy of State Schultz a Republican?

You win a free Caribbean vacation if you can make the correct guess. BTW, InstaPundit is on this story again this morning. Now wondering how long before Drudge picks up on it. That Zach Edwards mugshot would make for a nice grapic on the Drudge Report.

13 posted on 01/23/2012 8:00:52 AM PST by PJ-Comix ("Now I am become Death, destroyer of oysters" ---from the Buffetvad Gita)
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To: Charles Henrickson; bcsco
I am wondering if/when the DUmmies or KOmmies are forced to discuss this case. Would make for a great DUFU.

I will be checking out Rush today because don't be too surprised if he uses this attempted ID theft as a segue to a LifeLock commercial.

14 posted on 01/23/2012 8:15:33 AM PST by PJ-Comix ("Now I am become Death, destroyer of oysters" ---from the Buffetvad Gita)
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To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson

This might be one of those 3rd rail topics for them. It’s typical of what they love accusing Republicans of.


15 posted on 01/23/2012 8:22:25 AM PST by bcsco
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To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson
You win a free Caribbean vacation if you can make the correct guess.

Do I get the vacation, do I? Do I? ...Zachary Edwards (see mug shot), who was arrested on Friday for attempted identity theft of the Iowa Republican Secretary of State, Matt Schultz...

But how do I get there? I don't fly...

16 posted on 01/23/2012 8:25:25 AM PST by bcsco
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To: bcsco; Charles Henrickson

Woo! Hoo! I was exactly RIGHT when I predicted that Rush would use this attempted ID theft as a segue into a LifeLock commercial today. Were you listening because that is EXACTLY what happened!


17 posted on 01/23/2012 4:02:16 PM PST by PJ-Comix ("Now I am become Death, destroyer of oysters" ---from the Buffetvad Gita)
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