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Guardian Calls It Quits In Clark County Fiasco (Brit Newspaper Tries To Influence US Election)
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-22-2004 | David Rennie

Posted on 10/21/2004 6:41:52 PM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 10/21/2004 6:41:54 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
"Good-humoured" headlines in the local newspaper, the Springfield News-Sun have included "Butt Out Brits, voters say" and "Trashing letter campaign" - a reference to the fact that the first woman to receive a letter from a Guardian reader, Beverly Coale, threw it away, fearing it was from a terrorist.

Frankly, after reading it, you probably couldn't tell the difference. The talking points of the hate-Bush/hate-America Left and the hate-America Jihadists are strikingly similar.

2 posted on 10/21/2004 6:45:46 PM PDT by WOSG (George W Bush / Dick Cheney - Right for our Times!)
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One senior local politician, speaking off the record to avoid offending his neighbours, said: "They picked the wrong county for many reasons. One is, we're very parochial. When people talk about The Guardian of London, they think you mean London, Ohio, which is in the next-door county. Another is, we have some issues with literacy round here."

Obviously of the Teresa Heinz-Kerry/Michael Moore school of demeaning Americans, and he gets extra points because he is trying to make us look bad in front of foreigners. Moreover, I would doubt that there is a literacy problem in Clark County.

3 posted on 10/21/2004 6:48:25 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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"It is roaringly, successfully completed. It has been an overwhelming triumph," he said.

Yeah, for the Bush campaign apparently!!

4 posted on 10/21/2004 6:50:26 PM PDT by Fruitbat
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Arrogant, dumb-assed Euros who are clueless that most Americans resent the hell out of outside interference.

That's why we kicked their butts once before, ain't it?

5 posted on 10/21/2004 6:50:57 PM PDT by sinkspur ("If you're always talking, I can't get in a word edge-wise." God Himself.)
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"It is roaringly, successfully completed. It has been an overwhelming triumph," he said.

And the Republican Party in Clark County agree!

Egad, what a bunch of friggin sillies they are! Even if I tried, I couldn't think of a single thing that would piss off a bunch of red-blooded American more than having a bunch of prissy-faced limeys taking the time to "instruct" them on the nice way to vote.

6 posted on 10/21/2004 6:58:04 PM PDT by Ronin (When the fox gnaws....SMILE!)
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To: sinkspur

It's impossible for these Euro snob types to even begin to think that we believe we're fully capable of thinking for ourselves.


7 posted on 10/21/2004 6:59:27 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Kerry's message to terrorists: Help is on the way!)
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The paper said it had closed the website where readers collected an address to write to and had abandoned plans to take four "winners" to visit voters in Clark County...

Deciding, correctly, that readers of The Guardian are losers.

8 posted on 10/21/2004 6:59:46 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Wearing BLACK Pajamas, in honor of Hanoi John)
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"The Guardian yesterday ran up the white flag and called a halt to "Operation Clark County", the newspaper's ambitious scheme to recruit thousands of readers to persuade American voters in a swing state to kick out President George W Bush in next month's election.
The cancellation of the project came 24 hours after the first of some 14,000 letters from Guardian readers began arriving in Clark County. The missives led to widespread complaints about foreign interference in a US election."

Weird, words fail. Why would those people even care. They have enough of their own problems to be bothered with our elections. When silly newspapers try to be relevant outside their scope.


9 posted on 10/21/2004 7:01:30 PM PDT by SunnySide
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To: blam

I'd like to choke those f***** into the next age, if I could. [/rage]


10 posted on 10/21/2004 7:01:51 PM PDT by KStorm (I don't know if I'm a neocon, but I have been called cro-magnon!)
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To: sinkspur

I wasn't aware the electorate list could just be given out, willy-nilly, as it were! Isn't there some sort of privacy issue being violated here????? I don't care if she's a Republican, she should be read the riot act!


11 posted on 10/21/2004 7:02:50 PM PDT by freecopper01
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This was a mix up of sorts, and I cannot remembe how it went. But The Guardian mixed up because what they got wasn't undecided voters but some other category.


12 posted on 10/21/2004 7:04:33 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Kerry's message to terrorists: Help is on the way!)
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To: blam

An obvious point: Letters from Guardian readers arrived in the US ahead of that letter with the check, so The Guardian lied. The check was NOT in the mail.


13 posted on 10/21/2004 7:10:45 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Feeling so much calmer now I've cancelled my cable TV. Don't miss the Demopuke spin on cable news.)
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To: freecopper01
Anyone has the right to purchase the list of registered voters. I just bought the registered voters in all of North Carolina because it cost no more and was faster to get that on two disks, than to order a separate breakdown for just the 11th Congressional District.

I used that list to look up the available matching e-mail addresses, since e-mail is free, compared to the cost of printing and mailing letters to the same folks. So yes, I can guarantee that those lists of names and addresses are public records and can be purchased.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Mein Fuhrer, I Can Valk!"

14 posted on 10/21/2004 7:11:30 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Visit: www.ArmorforCongress.com please.)
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To: Unam Sanctam

One senior local politician, speaking off the record to avoid offending his neighbours, said: "They picked the wrong county for many reasons. One is, we're very parochial. When people talk about The Guardian of London, they think you mean London, Ohio, which is in the next-door county. Another is, we have some issues with literacy round here."

Every time I think Democrats cannot be any more snobbish, they prove me wrong. I wish this piece is distributed to every voter in Clark County to show them what Democrats think of them.


15 posted on 10/21/2004 7:11:43 PM PDT by winner3000
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He then acknowledged that no more addresses were being distributed, blaming attacks on The Guardian website by Right-wing hackers.

Madivan, have you been doing some freelance work?

16 posted on 10/21/2004 7:14:05 PM PDT by Timocrat (I Emanate on your Auras and Penumbras Mr Blackmun)
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To: Congressman Billybob

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/

You can look up anybody you know in NC and find out their party affiliation. I looked up a few people I know and then decided not to look up my co-workers. I'd rather not know, if you know what I mean.


17 posted on 10/21/2004 7:16:17 PM PDT by wimpycat (John Kerry has a fevah, and the only prescription is "MORE COWBELL".)
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One senior local politician, speaking off the record...One is, we're very parochial. When people talk about The Guardian of London, they think you mean London, Ohio, which is in the next-door county.

Clearly, a senior, elitist Democrat politician.

By the way, His Parochialness should be reminded that The Guardian is actually of Manchester, not London.

18 posted on 10/21/2004 7:16:27 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: blam

I'd like to smack the living s%$t out of Mr Katz for trying to influence a foreign election.


19 posted on 10/21/2004 7:17:10 PM PDT by John Lenin (War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory)
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The worst part is they stiffed her for the fee!

Lying EURO RATS!

20 posted on 10/21/2004 7:17:21 PM PDT by sausageseller
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