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A GOP counter-delegation is forming to undermine the Obama administration's work on an international climate change agreement in Copenhagen, warning that the president is poised to make commitments he can't keep and drawing heightened attention to controversial leaked e-mails. A GOP counter-delegation is forming to undermine the Obama administration's work on an international climate change agreement in Copenhagen, warning that the president is poised to make commitments he can't keep and drawing heightened attention to controversial leaked e-mails. At least a half-dozen Republican senators and representatives are planning to head to Denmark next week, as part of the overall U.S....

COP 15 - United Nations Climate Change Conference Senator James Inhofe, one of the most outspoken critics of the manmade climate change theory, announced he would go to the Copenhagen climate conference as a 'one-man truth squad.' (COP15) Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe announced on C-SPAN this morning that he would be traveling to the Copenhagen climate summit as a “on-man truth squad.” The senator is one of the most outspoken critics of the cap and trade legislation and a leading skeptic of the manmade climate change theory. * Video: Senator Inhofe says he will go to the UN Climate ConferenceThe...

Sheriff Joe held a sweep in NW Phoenix, Friday October 16, 2009. He had a press conference after. US Department of Justice Officials (approximately 5) showed up at the conference, UNDERCOVER, POSING AS REPORTERS. When contacted by a Sheriff commander, the Federal Civil Rights officials posing as journalists, conducted themselves "unprofessionally" and "refused to provide official identification. Only one official from the "covert team provided any form of ID when pressed." That was the senior trial attorney, (phonetics) G. Yong Jung. She has been conducting the DOJ's investigation of the Sheriff's office re: allegations of racial profiling. Ms. Yong Jung...

Various conservative blogs are talking about the existence of a "blog squad" at the U.S. Justice Department. The website, the Muffled Oar writes that a blogging unit formed within the Department of Justice to counter websites with posts, articles, and user comments critical of the Obama administration. Matthew Miller Director of Public Affair at the Justice Department told the Washington Times,: "There is no 'blog squad'. There is Tracy [Russo] who handles online media. It’s the policy of the office of public affairs to not post anonymous comments. We have not seen any evidence that anyone does post comments, and...

Welcome to the new Justice.gov. If you’re a regular visitor to our site, you’ll notice some changes today. If you are joining us for the first time, welcome. The Department of Justice launches Justice.gov today in an effort to increase openness and transparency in government. Utilizing a variety of online tools, we will be able to share news and information, not just on our own web site, but through popular social networks Twitter, YouTube and MySpace and Facebook. The Justice presence on these social networks will allow Americans to interact with the Department in entirely new ways. The new Justice.gov...

Have you paid a visit to Altgeld Gardens recently? This public housing complex has affordable housing units available for immediate occupancy, but apparently few people want to live there. A certain community organizer made a name for himself after working here without appreciably improving the daily lives of the local residents that he set out to empower. I wonder whatever became of him? If the weather is pleasant this weekend would you like to take a walking tour of the Illinois 13th Legislative District? Not interested? Isn’t Englewood much improved after Obama represented the district in the Illinois Senate? Surely,...

This video is now going to be airing in commercials in Michigan and PA as of October 1st. Arrogance and stupidity...along with 4 + Million views. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FCNKwHRCQM

Last week the Governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt, issued a statement on the Obama campaign’s “abusive use of Missouri law enforcement.” What was striking about the allegations Blunt made was the eerie parallel between the Obama camp’s activity and the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s efforts to stifle all criticism of Islam and destroy the freedom of speech – also by means of legal intimidation – at the UN and elsewhere.

Lee County Sheriff Scott's 'Hussein' reference sparks federal probe

Whew! I was waiting for CNN to tell me if there was real connection there, and now we know. This actually is a weird video. First of all, they call themselves the "Truth Squad," which is exactly the same title the Obama campaign is using for groups of police and prosecutors in Missouri it has asked to go after people who "lie" about Obama. These guys are so glib and are practically laughing at how silly and non-sensical this whole thing is. Video at the link.

I think we need to control the language about these so-called "Truth Squads" and call them what they are. So this thread is for anyone with a good idea or ideas about a better phrase for them. I have several to get the ideas flowing: 1. Obama Truth Goons 2. Obama Brownshirts 3. Obama's Ministry of Truth (1984 ref.) 4. Obama's Spin Squad 5. Obama Falsification Brigade 6. Obama's Lyin'-Ass Peeps 7. Obama's Lying Bastards 8. Obama's Pants on Fire Groups 9. Obama's In Your Face Squads 10. Obama's Deny the Truth Squads

Sh!t or get off of the pot Senator McCain. Obama is not even worthy of being in a debate with you ,but you treat him like a worthy adversary when he is an imposter, a poser even. He is a creation and not a genuine entity. Nobody really knows who he is, so why aren't you asking him who he is? I am not talking about any seldom seen internet ad either. Where is his birth certificate? Where are his college records and papers? Where is his Illinois senate office records? Where is his past "client" list? Where is proof...

[Note that this is from Google's cache. The Obama campaign's moderators deleted the entry within hours of its appearance, and on a Sunday.] What the .....? I was surfing the net, looking for Obama stories and found one that was NOT good! Does anyone know what the heck this is all about? Anyone from Missouri who can shed some light on this? Let's hope it's all a bunch of overblown Repugnican crap... Obamination: Obama Supporters Bob McCulloch, Jennifer Joyce Threaten to Prosecute People For Criticizing Obama September 24, 2008 Posted by Webmaster in Abuse of Power, Campaign 2008, St. Louis...

Quote from Gov.Blunt "This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out...

Proving that not all Change is necessarily a good thing, some powerful Democrats in Missouri have taken the unprecedented step of forming "Truth Squads" to protect Barack Obama from "false criticisms." Television station KMOV has aired a story alleging that two St. Louis County Circuit Attorneys are threatening to bring criminal libel charges against anyone who levels what turns out to be false criticisms of their chosen candidate for President, that of course being Barack Obama. http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/missouri-sheriffs-prosecuters-form.html The mind boggles at the potential for abuse, especially since the Truth Squad appears to be on the prowl only for false criticisms...

St. Louis Circuit Jennifer Joyce has been caught in a dust-up over her presence on a “Truth Squad” for Barack Obama. < snip > Now, here is a statement from Joyce: As a citizen, I believe that elections should be about issues. I also have enormous respect for our First Amendment and freedom of speech. My sole purpose in participating in this initiative is about getting truthful information to the voters. This has never been or never will be about prosecuting people. Clearly there are those who are attempting to twist the purpose of this initiative for their own benefit....

With the Missouri polls showing a dead heat between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, every campaign move is igniting scrutiny. That’s the backdrop over a two-day dust-up that is attracting local TV coverage, and has even ignited a Web fight between the Drudge Report and the Daily Kos. At issue is a new Obama “Truth Squad” formed in the state. < snip > Obama’s Missouri Truth Squad members include St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer and St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch, among others. The inclusion of such officials has led to...

The McCain campaign is standing up a truth-squadding operation designed to push what they deem as "smears" about Gov. Sarah Palin out of circulation. The team, headquartered in Arlington, includes Mark Paoletta, a former chief counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Edward O'Callaghan, a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District, and Brian Jones, a GOP strategist and former RNC research director. Jones, who stepped down as the campaign's communications director last June, and Paoletta, who became a senior adviser to the campaign in August, are volunteers; O'Callaghan is on staff. The campaign plans to announce the team's...

The McCain campaign is standing up a truth-squadding operation designed to push what they deem as "smears" about Gov. Sarah Palin out of circulation. The team, headquartered in Arlington, includes Mark Paoletta, a former chief counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Edward O'Callaghan, a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District, and Brian Jones, a GOP strategist and former RNC research director. Jones, who stepped down as the campaign's communications director last June, and Paoletta, who became a senior adviser to the campaign in August, are volunteers; O'Callaghan is on staff. The campaign plans to announce the team's...

ARLINGTON, VA -- With today's Wall Street Journal report that pro-Obama Democrats have "airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers into Anchorage" to dig for dirt on our vice presidential nominee, the McCain-Palin campaign today launched the Palin Truth Squad to counter recent attacks on Governor Sarah Palin, her family, her friends and her record of accomplishment. The Palin Truth Squad will set the record straight against Internet and liberal smears of Governor Palin. "We're proud of Governor Palin's leadership in Alaska and record of taking on entrenched special interests and the good old boys network,"...

SNIP Now that machine is focused with laser-like intensity on Obama. The clamour is loud and shrill: Obama is vain, inexperienced, liberal and dangerous. It is backed by a clandestine chorus whispering that he has a secretive Islamic past and it uses racially loaded language. It is also only going to get louder. This week, as McCain and the Republicans gather for their party convention in the Minnesota city of St Paul, the noise will become deafening. It has one purpose - to keep the White House in Republican hands at all costs and against the odds. The current mastermind...

ARLINGTON, VA -- Tonight, the McCain campaign issued the following statement from Tucker Bounds, McCain 2008 spokesman, on Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: "Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama. When the temple comes down, the fireworks end, and the words are over, the facts remain: Senator Obama still has no record of bipartisanship, still opposes offshore drilling, still voted to raise taxes on those making just $42,000 per year, and still voted against funds for American troops in harm's way. The fact...

Within seconds of Barack Obama's final word, Sen. John McCain's campaign issued a point-by-point rebuttal of Obama's historic acceptance speech. Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama," spokesman Tucker Bounds said. "When the temple comes down, the fireworks end, and the words are over, the facts remain: Senator Obama still has no record of bipartisanship, still opposes offshore drilling, still voted to raise taxes on those making just $42,000 per year, and still voted against funds for American troops in harm's way. The fact remains: Barack Obama is...

DENVER — For one last time this morning, Tim Pawlenty went about the business of not answering questions about his immediate political future. Will he — or won't he — be Sen. John McCain's running mate? That's the question about 100 reporters from around the country wanted to ask the Minnesota governor at a Republican Party-sponsored news event. That's the only question Pawlenty didn't want to answer at the session in a light-industrial building on the outskirts of Denver. He's used to this dance, which is expected to finally end late tonight (if the news leaks) or Friday morning, when...

Standing in front of a huge banner that read "A Mile High, An Inch Deep" and "Not Ready '08," former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani questioned Obama's credentials and quoted statements by his rivals during the primaries, including some by both presumptive vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.). Referring to Obama's pledge last fall to meet with leaders of hostile governments, including Iran, without preconditions, Giuliani said, "I think Hillary Clinton called it naive; Senator Biden called it irresponsible."

DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani crowed Wednesday that Hillary Clinton's showstopping convention speech would help Republicans defeat the Democrats in the White House race. "I think she gave a very good speech from her point of view and our point of view, but not necessarily for Barack Obama's point of view," he told Fox News. "She never really answered the key question, is he prepared to be president? Which is the issue she put out there, rather dramatically, during the primaries." snip "She gave a great speech last night," agreed Giuliani, who failed in his...

Here is video of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani reacting this morning to Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech last night at the Democratic Convention. Giuliani said that Clinton delivered a speech that did what she needed to do, but she did not answer the big question about Obama - Is he prepared to be President? . . . (see video)

Two videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5OoBidKNsQ Romney "Joe Biden is an impenetrable thicket of words." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgIePVmIeTc

This morning, I had the opportunity to speak briefly with Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), who is here in Denver making the interview rounds. As he phrased it, he's here with the McCain "Truth Squad". Their objective is to "cut through" the glitz and celebrity this week, to highlight what millions of Americans already believe: Senator Obama is not ready to lead. Cantor was in good humor. I asked him how he was enjoying his time behind enemy lines, and he said it was "eye-opening." I told him I need to know if he agreed with my friends at RedState.com that...

Daschle part of `truth squad'Posted: Jan 23, 2008 09:53 AM CST Former Senator Tom Daschle is getting involved in the tiff between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton following a campaign debate. He's part of what the Obama campaign calls a ``truth squad'' in South Carolina to respond to Clinton's criticism. Daschle says the Clinton campaign should stop what he calls ``backbiting'' and ''bitter give and take.'' He even criticized former President Bill Clinton's actions, saying they're not presidential and not in keeping with the image of a former president.

"...Obama's campaign said it was unbecoming for a former commander-in-chief to be engaging in harsh attacks against a fellow Democrat and some party figures have advised Bill Clinton to tone down his words or risk tarnishing his presidential legacy. "I think it's not presidential, it's not in keeping with the image of a former president, and I'm frankly surprised that he is taking this approach," said former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, who has endorsed Obama. "I think it is important for all of us to participate in a way that raises the level of debate and begins to focus...

Volunteers making telephone calls for Senator John McCain in South Carolina last weekend noticed something odd: Four people contacted said in remarkably similar language that they opposed Mr. McCain for president because of his 1980 divorce from his first wife, Carol, who raised the couple’s three children while Mr. McCain was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. By Tuesday afternoon, a group calling itself Vietnam Veterans Against McCain had sent out a crude flier accusing the candidate of selling out fellow P.O.W.’s to save himself. By Tuesday evening, a group called Common Sense Issues, which supports Mike Huckabee, had begun...

During Monday evening's Special Election Showdown, readers joined a team of reporters in fact checking what both sides had to say. The Truth Squad told everyone when the Showdown participants lied, when they exaggerated and when they got it right.: #1: Rose Ann DeMoro, head of the California Nurses Association, and Sen. Don Perata said the governor put Proposition 74 on the ballot to punish teachers. The governor says he proposed the measure because he got complaints from parents that it was too hard to dismiss poorly performing teachers. #2: Rose Ann DeMoro said Proposition 75 "tries to entangle the...

A delegation of top talk show hosts and family members of victims of 9/11 is heading to Baghdad, where the talkers will broadcast live from the U.S. Armed Forces Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters in an effort to break through the curtain of anti-war media bias. The left wing media hates the idea of a "Truth Tour" breaking through the haze of their anti-war rhetoric. Organized by Howard Kaloogian, co-chairman of Move America Forward, a conservative non-profit organization that supports our troops and the war against terrorism, the group will leave from Centcom Headquarters in Tampa Florida on Thursday. "Our troops...

It's a catfight on West 43rd Street! Former New York Times "public editor" Daniel Okrent is clawing out the eyes of America's most dangerous liberal pundit, Paul Krugman. The fur is flying as Okrent cites case after case of Krugman's inaccuracy and partisan bias in all manner of economic statistics. Check it out on the New York Times web site, unless you have a particular aversion to cruelty to animals. In this fight, you, dear reader, can be the winner -- by participating in the Krugman Truth Squad's first-ever Jayson Awards -- named after Jayson Blair, the Times reporter who...

It's official -- according to the New York Times itself, what we've been carefully documenting in my National Review Online column and on this blog for more than two years is true: "Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman has the disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults. "...some of Krugman's enemies are every bit as ideological (and consequently unfair) as he is. But that doesn't mean that their boss, publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., shouldn't hold his columnists to higher standards." Thus wrote New York Times...

Arlington, VA – Three members of the BC ’04 Wisconsin Dairy Truth Squad today issued the following statement: “Instead of continuing his baseless attempts to falsify President Bush’s record of defending the needs of dairy farmers, John Kerry should once and for all repudiate the outrageous attacks his campaign has launched on the President’s dairy policy. “The press accounts about the Bush Administration’s opposition to MILC programs are as false as John Kerry's comment that the Green Bay Packers play at 'Lambert Field.' The reality is that there are no plans to impose a new milk tax or to cut...

Last week when Democrats announced their plans to counter the GOP convention, New York's two senators, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer, were supposed to be the stars. But on the convention's final day, they stayed home. On the morning Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry spoke to Democrats in July, the Republican National Committee had to shift the location of its press briefing to accommodate an overflow crowd that gathered to see former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speak. Democrats had no such equivalent Thursday, the morning of President Bush's speech. Instead they tapped seven Democrat mayors whose cities reside...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer, initially expected to headline the Democratic response to the Republican convention, are both missing in action this week -- leaving the job to lesser-known lawmakers. The low-key Democratic response at the GOP convention is a sharp contrast from the Republican counterattack in Boston, where party luminaries included Rudy Giuliani.

DNC "WAR ROOM" SPOKESMAN JAY CARSON: “When it was popular to be for the Iraq war, [Kerry] was for it. Now it’s popular to be against it, and he’s against it.” (Todd S. Purdum, “Rivals Mine Kerry Senate Years For Material To Slow Him Down,” The New York Times, 1/25/04)LEARN MORE ABOUT KERRY/EDWARDS' SHIFTING POSITIONS AT WWW.KERRYONIRAQ.COM

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004 11:56 a.m. EDT Networks Give 'Truth Squader' Hillary Carte Blanche Two of the three major broadcast networks will showcase top Democrat New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on the eve of the Republican Convention, as Clinton makes her debut as head of the Democratic Party's so-called "Truth Squad." The former first lady is set to appear Sunday on ABC's "This Week," hosted by her former aide George Stephanopoulos, and NBC's "Meet the Press." After she finishes bashing Republicans on the two networks, Sen. Clinton will travel to CNN's "Late Edition," where she'll be able...

NEW YORK (AP) _ A day before Republicans swarm into Madison Square Garden, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will stroll into the arena to make the Democrats' case against the GOP on national television. Clinton, perhaps the brightest star among Democrats slated to counter the GOP message at the Republican National Convention, will appear on several of the Sunday morning political chat shows the day before the convention begins. She is to appear on CNN's ``Late Edi6ion,'' ABC's ``This Week'' and NBC's ``Meet the Press.'' The ``Meet the Press'' appearance will give Clinton a chance to counter-punch with an old nemesis....

August 23, 2004 -- JOHN KERRY'S presi dential campaign, which slighted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Democratic convention last month, now wants the former first lady to lead its "truth squad" at next week's GOP convention, The Post has learned. Party insiders said that aides to Clinton were engaged in "intensive talks" over the weekend with Kerry's representatives about the role she is expected to play.

By FREDRIC U. DICKER JOHN KERRY'S presidential campaign, which slighted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) during the Democratic convention last month, now wants the former first lady to lead its "truth squad" at next week's GOP convention, The Post has learned. Party insiders said that aides to Clinton were engaged in "intensive talks" over the weekend with Kerry's representatives about the role she is expected to play. "It will be high profile; she will be one of the responders at the convention, probably focusing on homeland security issues," said a source familiar with the talks. "I think...

PARTY FAVOR: Sen. John Kerry wants Hillary Clinton to keep an eye on the GOP's convention. - Reuters Email Archives Print Reprint August 23, 2004 -- JOHN KERRY'S presi dential campaign, which slighted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Democratic convention last month, now wants the former first lady to lead its "truth squad" at next week's GOP convention, The Post has learned. Party insiders said that aides to Clinton were engaged in "intensive talks" over the weekend with Kerry's representatives about the role she is expected to play. "It will be high profile; she will be one of the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats rolled out a "Bush truth squad" Tuesday to state the facts as they see them and challenge the president's assertions at every turn of the campaign.Nearly 20 members of Congress, a retired general supporting John Kerry and other partisans joined in a pledge to "tell the whole truth" when President Bush doesn't. The facts they brought forward at their launch, however, were selective. "For George Bush, the truth hurts," said Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri, the former presidential candidate and a member of the squad. He accused the president of demeaning Kerry's record in Congress and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: RNC Press202-863-8614 WASHINGTON – Today, former Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) announced a new Kerry campaign squad in Washington. “Each member of Senator Kerry’s Truth Squad should watch the Kerry Iraq Documentary and explain Senator Kerry’s position on the war in Iraq, I doubt they can. “I doubt they will release Senator Kerry’s complete attendance record of Senate Intelligence Committee hearings, of which Senator Kerry missed 38 of 49 public meetings. “In fact, I doubt that John Kerry’s Truth Squad will say anything about John Kerry’s 20-year Senate record including 350 votes for higher taxes, votes...

The Democratic National Convention in Boston drew to a close Thursday night when Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts spoke to the delegates to accept the party's presidential nomination. It has been a long road for the senator to this point, near the pinnacle of U.S. political power. And, if the previous days speeches and activities are any guide, Kerry's speech will top off the convention like vanilla sauce tops of a bowl of vanilla ice cream. For a party that purports to be as angry as the Democrats are at George W. Bush, the convention has been masterfully free...

BOSTON - GOP top gun Rudy Giuliani swept into Boston yesterday, where he mocked John Kerry as a weak-on-defense waffler and accused Democrats of politicizing Sept. 11. "I don't really need Michael Moore to tell me about Sept. 11," said Giuliani to loud applause at the final Republican "truth squad" news conference hours before Kerry accepted his party's presidential nomination. A potential 2008 presidential hopeful himself, Giuliani charged Kerry is "running from his record" in an "extreme makeover." He hit all the talking points in one of the rare times since Sept. 11, 2001, that he has delved into strongly...

"It's disappointing that John Kerry's frank talk stopped with a discussion of his complexities and failed to include an explanation of his inconsistencies and contradictions on the central front in the War on Terror. John Kerry missed an opportunity to help the American people understand his vote for the war in Iraq based on the same intelligence that the President viewed, his description of himself as an anti-war candidate and his subsequent vote against troops on the front lines. He's right, America can do better."- Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot Even before John Kerry has spoken, he is working to...