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TIPP Tracking poll 10/15/04 Bush 47% Kerry 44, Bush 47%-43% 2 way.
Posted by maica to GOP_1900AD
On News/Activism 02/11/2005 5:47:46 PM PST ? 79 of 81
I think the 'details' in all these posts would make a Hollywood screenwriter a little jealous.
#53: MrEd1964- - - -July 24
#55 demopublican- -July 24 <-- [who uses the same handle at the Sun forum. GOP]
#63 Bug10- - - - - - - July 27
#66,69 ?authority - - July 31, Aug 4
#70 genevaz- - - - - - Aug 6
#71 tskitmir- - - - - - Aug 14
#72 chloec- - - - - - -Sep 3
#74 superwoman4u2- -Sep 11
There were almost solely "distinctive" posters from July 24 until Sep 3. There is no way that lurkers alone would be finding this particular thread once or twice a week for a two months span.
Someone was trying hard to spread the rumor. I certainly hope it was not NCPAC, (who did not seem to mind using Caps) like these posters did.
Dan Rodricks of the Baltimore Sun in a column about this particular issue remarked,
As Steffen resigned, he made sure to cover for his old pal and boss, the governor of Maryland. "Believe me when I say I was lucky to work for the Governor as long as I did," Steffen, who uses the online handle "ncpac," blogged away Tuesday night. "He is a man of honor, and I couldn't let a man of honor take a hit for something he did not do and had no knowledge of."
Now I don't know if the phrase "blogging away" is common but it's come up twice in regards to the O'Malley story. Furthermore, calling posting on FR "blogging" can be a sign of ignorance for a reporter, unless the reporter is concealing a source or being intentionally misleading or relying on his/her familiar vernacular.
Maybe Dan Rodricks is MD4Bush. I'll check out his columns for comparison.
Did you check out single post hero 'baltimore' at post 60 in that thread?
Reads like they meant to say that further down in thread.