DEM PRIMARIES BECOME OPPOSITION RESEARCH WAR

Drudge Report ^ | January 15, 2004

[RWR8189]

And they eat their own, its beautiful really.

[Callahan]

Ever seen "From Russia With Love"?

[Cicero]

Wesley Clark is surrounded by clintonoids. But I expect a lot of this opposition research--mostly on Howard Dean--is coming from hillary clinton. She's the only one with the clout to get this stuff out every day through the liberal media.

The New York Times has been noticeably laggard in printing all this hillary propaganda. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. But the chief outlets have been the Daily News, Newsweak, Time, the Boston Globe, Reuters, AP, CNN, and the networks. The Times has been relatively neutral so far in the fight among the candidates.

Maybe this story shows a bit of anti-hillary tilt, which is interesting. Although the way this article starts, as summarized by Drudge, it seems determined to associate Lehane with Clark and Gore before it mentions clinton.

[Paleo Conservative]

And they eat their own, its beautiful really.

And ask for seconds!

[Callahan]

"a frenetic, colorful and, some contend, devious" communications strategist named Chris Lehane

Here's a file pic:

[billhilly]

What some of us did to expose Bill and Hillary, however, was out of bounds according to both democrats, like Chris Lehane, and newspapers like the New York Times.

[cripplecreek]

wow ! ole jimmie carville looks pretty rough in the morning.

[dc-zoo]

That's Carville the serpenthead. No?

[Verginius Rufus]

That Clark is using Clinton-Gore operatives may partly explain why he's been nastier than Dean of late.

Clark is claiming that the Republicans are the ones who have publicized his Congressional testimony from late 2002 and claims they are distorting what he said. Did the Republicans really have anything to do with that coming to light, or was it his Democrat rivals?

[billhilly]

Maybe it is Carville's seed, Chris Lehane.

[Eva]

I have been thinking that maybe it's time to do a little opposition research on John Edwards. I'm thinking about some of those injury court cases that he did and wondering if there would be anything interesting lurking in the court records. It would be worth a look see, if there is someone in his home state.

[TommyDale]

Well, Chrissie Lehane has no scruples as we know. He has already switched sides during this Presidential election cycle, going from the Kerry campaign (where he was fired) to the Clark campaign. The mere fact that he is now working again for the Clintons speaks volumes. What will he do to help improve on Wesley Clark's character flaws?

[TommyDale]

"...wondering if there would be anything interesting lurking in the court records."

Well, for starters, John Edwards rarely even voted in an election prior to running for public office. That was exposed during his Senate campaign against my friend Lauch Faircloth.

[goodnesswins]

Clark has NO character....he's all one big flaw.

[Joe_October]

....Become ....

When weren't they?

[Shermy]

The amazing thing...why didn't they do it long ago.

[Eva]

I want to hear about the kind of ambulance chasing the man did to make all that money.

[backhoe]

Anyone can do opposition research nowadays:

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[TommyDale]

His most famous case was the little girl who got her intestine sucked out by a swimming pool drain. The owner of the pool had allowed the pool drain to be unprotected without a cover. At the time, it was one of the largest awards ever given. Edwards didn't really do that much, the sympathy was with the little girl and her family.