Posted on 11/10/2005 9:21:35 PM PST by mr.sarcastic
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PING!
Where does Steffen go to get his life back??? Now that it is looking like, he was set-up and taken down.. on as a purposeful, considered dirty trick. I would think they guy would be entitled to some compensation by the MD Democrats and if proven that there was collusion, WaPo too.
Where is a prosecutor when you need one? I seem to have seen that this little play could constitute a felony on the part of the Washington Post (accessing a computer system without authorization) because this was done for financial gain. (selling papers) The sort of authorization that WaPo asserts they had is forbidden by the rules here even if they managed to communicate through a lawyer (necessary to keep the fiction that WaPo doesn't know the identity of MD4BUSH).
And now that the Washington Post have said they had access to this account illegally, why isn't Jim Robinson enforcing this rule by serving legal notice to the holder of MD4BUSH of their violation?
In spite of the "Prince of darkness" claptrap the guy actually appears to be very nice and very outgoing. That's what got him in trouble. He shared too much about his work life on this forum. The 'rats picked up on it and may have had inside info from statehouse staffer working with Steffen as well. Once they knew NCPAC was Steffen, they set the trap and drew him in. He's no prince of darkness. He's simply a good and very loyal guy who unfortunately was a little bit too nice, too forward and too trusting for his own good. Too bad - he did not deserve what happened at all.
MD4Bush Ping!
Thanks.
The Compost will never come clean. They will fire some reporters like CBS fired Mary Mapes.
In the meantime their stock will continue to take a hit as advertisers don't want to pay for ads and enable the liars of the Compost to continue their decades of lying.
Only the mentally ill Bush haters will buy their miserable rag, and only the mentally ill who own businesses will buy ads in the Compost.
the Maryland Democratic Party released a statement indicating that a member of their party’s staff is MD4BUSH.
They know this for fact. And are not releasing a name? Why not?
Unlike the very honorable Steffen, no one in the MDDP is willing to fall on their sword for the good of the team. it's all about character (or LACK THEREOF!).
Great - double ping!!!!!
It strikes me that this confession is BS intended to slow down a ship which is sinking. If the public buys the "apology" the whole truth will never see the light of day.
They may be closer than you think, especially WP editor Leonard Downie.
I don't know if any of you have seen this, but VRWCTexan dug up some interesting "coincidences" a few days ago regarding some unknown posters who apparently signed up last summer to post on one single thread. Just in case no one saw it, I'm posting it here.
The posters they were talking about (see below) all signed up at FR within the same time period. They all posted on an MD4BUSH thread, then disappeared and never posted again. (What are the odds of that happening?!) I found it very curious. Here's a cut and paste of a reply where someone summarized what VRWCTexan found. (SOURCE: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516499/posts?page=258#258):
To: kristinn; MrEd1964; baltimore; Bug10; genevaz; chloec; maica; Quilla; VRWCTexanHere is a summary of what was discussed last night, just so you and others don't miss it. (and to make it easier to find all in one spot).The ones we found weird coincidences about are bolded in red in the reply below. With the new one found by maica on "Baltimore," we're now up to 5 "coinkydinks."
To: maica; GOP_1900AD; CollegeRepublican; Jim Robinson; Admin ModeratorI have no knowledge of another thread on FR that has been pushed by drive-by posters like that one. Could someone have learned that Steffen was a Freeper and the attempt at dragging him in have started last summer?
JimRob will know from where the posts were made - how many different computers were used for the onetime posters.
Man, you're not kidding. Talk about your "drive-by poster." You and GOP_1900ad and CollegeRepublican did a great job of sniffing them out way back then.
Here they are. All these screen names are active (i.e., they haven't been banned), they have nothing on their home page, and, with the exception of MD4BUSH, they've only made one post. They haven't posted anything since this thread.
O'Malley Rumours
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/postsMrEd1964
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=157529
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=53#53
dempublican
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=1575
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=55#55
baltimore
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=157778
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=60#60
bug10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=158000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=63#63
?authority
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=158672
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=66#66
genevaz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=159690
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=70#70
tskitmir
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=160844
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=71#71
chloec
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=163901
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=72#72
superwoman4u2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=165600
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=74#74
theheadman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=215727
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=92#92
MD4BUSH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=173184
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=75#75
This doesn't even include the ones who posted on that thread that are now banned.192 posted on 11/05/2005 10:28:00 PM CST by shutup_you_idiot
Now, here are the "coincidental connections" that were discovered for the screen names above that are in red. They may be nothing more than simple coincidence, who knows.
genevaz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=159690
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=70#70To: VRWCTexan-------------------------------------And also note that not only did they post on the one thread, they all opened their FR accounts within one week of each other (last week of July 04) - some on the same day.... The statistical odds of that happening by sheer coincidence on a single thread of just 100 posts are beyond calculation.
Yeah, well, I have another "statistical anomaly" for you. Well, I don't, but someone who FReepmailed me does.
From my post at 192: One of the suspects is "genevaz."
On a purely unrelated topic, I'm sure, how do you pronounce the "s" in the last name of "Overholser?" That's not a name that sounds very familiar to me.
You know... for example, as in "Geneva Overholser" of the Washington Post.
Not that I'm insinuating anything, of course. Coincidences like this happen all the time, I'm sure.203 posted on 11/05/2005 11:50:04 PM CST by shutup_you_idiot
bug10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=158000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=63#63
To: shutup_you_idiot------------------------------------
Here is one more re: "Bug10"
http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/td/
Tom the Dancing "Bug" by Ruben Bolling - WaPO comic cartoons slaming Bush
219 posted on 11/06/2005 12:39:06 AM CST by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)MrEd1964
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=157529
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=53#53To: shutup_you_idiot----------------------------------------------OK - try this on for size "MrEd1964"
Leonard Downie, Jr. was named executive editor of The Washington Post on Sept. 1, 1991, after serving as managing editor for seven years.From
Downie joined The Post as a summer intern in 1964.
He soon became a well-known local investigative reporter in....
http://washpost.com/news_ed/news/edit_bio.shtml214 posted on 11/06/2005 12:25:12 AM CST by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
chloec
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=163901
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=72#72To: decal----------------------------------------
Also "ChloeC" - Chloe is the name of a hot DC hang-out that is written up in more that one WaPo story or blog:Editorial Review217 posted on 11/06/2005 12:34:00 AM CST by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
Waiting for Chloe? Get in Line
By Fritz Hahn
Washington Post Weekend Section
Friday, April 8, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1107055baltimore
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=157778
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts?page=60#60To: Annie Gram
Speculation of course, but one has to wonder if the "intermediary" could possibly be someone on the Baltimore Sun's payroll - perhaps
Michael Olesker or David Nitkin?
########
I can't go back and check, but I remember that the Sun's website had the story within minutes of the WaPo posting. Drudge also had it very quickly. I believe that it was initiated by reporters, not some independent person who just happened to contact Matt Mosk.
252 posted on 11/06/2005 7:40:29 AM CST by maica (We are fighting the War for the Free World --Frank Gaffney)
And finally, readers can go read post #224 by Quilla, who compiled all of their replies in one spot to show how similar they were.
258 posted on 11/06/2005 9:15:56 AM CST by shutup_you_idiot
I'm not sure what to think about all this.
Hey, we're talking about you. Care to join us? LOL!
I meant to include your name in my reply but I think i forgot.
i'm so sorry. I accidently got your name mixed in with those of the "suspicious characters" when I was pinging them. It was purely a typo, I assure you. :-(
HHHmmmmm....the plot thickens....with the headline "NITA NEPRESS SAYS IT ALL!
Good point. I was thinking -- given the Dem mantra of "it goes all the way to top! (Plamegate, AbuGhraib, etc.), perhaps they know it goes all the way to the top in the Dem Party.
Thank you for this composite of the resarch -- excellent work done. And no, the data doesn't sound far-fetched. Sounds reasonably likely. Of course without the definitive data (ISPs, etc.) I agree with you about the wiggle room as in "I don't know".
I'm here - I'm here -
I was amused that you added my name in with the ghosts of MD4Bush. LOL!
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