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PC World: Top 10 Internet Scandals of All Time (Free Republic & Rathergate)
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| 6 FEB 2007
| Dan Tynan, PC World
Posted on 02/06/2007 4:37:21 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Yo-Yo
Instead of focusing on where W actually was when he was supposed to be serving with the National Guard in 1972, political bloggers immersed themselves in the arcana of typewriter fonts--and the mainstream media followed suit.Ah, the old fake but accurate angle.
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posted on
02/06/2007 5:18:07 PM PST
by
alnick
To: Blueflag; Caipirabob
Yeah, he/she/it is still
registered, believe it or not. Her(?) posts were fairly innocuous, and I don't know if there was any agenda there, but clearly she was a goofball.
To: ken5050
"Deep in the Heurtgen Forrest?" DITHF. A mnemonic that will live in infamy ...
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posted on
02/06/2007 5:26:05 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Lancey Howard
quidam was definitely the most entertaining. I would say we (not all, but most of us) were willing consumers of such enticing puzzlements. Quidam would be laughed off the web today, but back then, there was this strange, naive hope that he actually knew more than us.
As for me, I could use a good ***ASH ALERT!!***
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posted on
02/06/2007 5:29:27 PM PST
by
Mr. Bird
To: Howlin; Buckhead; TankerKC
Truth is on the march BUMP!
45
posted on
02/06/2007 5:36:56 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: Mr. Bird
The Tsunami is coming! ;-)
46
posted on
02/06/2007 5:38:29 PM PST
by
Marie Antoinette
(Proud Clinton-hater since 1998. Sporkweasels Up!)
To: Marie Antoinette
47
posted on
02/06/2007 5:58:15 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Polybius
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posted on
02/06/2007 6:08:02 PM PST
by
Kevmo
(Duncan Hunter just needs one jump-the-shark Verrücktenfreude moment by Hillary Clinton in 2007)
To: Polybius
Bringing down Dan Rather in Rathergate along with his MSM machine was a LOT bigger scandal than Mark Foley.
49
posted on
02/06/2007 6:30:52 PM PST
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Typewriter fonts are not arcana, one of my favorites is on the D model executive IBM. I only have 5 old manual typewriter so I an only a novice collector.
50
posted on
02/06/2007 6:47:16 PM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(I just can't say Democrat with out the ick)
To: Polybius
Mark Foley gets #2? That's complete crap. The union-thugs set up a phony website to 'out' the emails from Foley to a 19 yr old former page and its a 'web' event? It was just political assasination. It had nothing to do with the web any more than the Swift Boat Vets were a web event just because they had a website.
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:01:39 PM PST
by
bpjam
(Never Give Up, Never Surrender (Unless James Baker gives you permission))
To: Polybius
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:02:51 PM PST
by
Matchett-PI
(To have no voice in the Party that always sides with America's enemies is a badge of honor.)
To: ThomasThomas
My favorite typewriter is the Woodstock, specifically the Alger Hiss model.
To: Buckhead
WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!!WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!!WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!!
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:06:56 PM PST
by
I'm ALL Right!
("Tolerance" is only required of Conservatives and Christians.)
To: ken5050
Anyone remember "Deep in the Heurtgen Forrest?" LOL I remember it well. But it was another Freeper (sneakeypete?) who smoked him out. ;~))
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:07:16 PM PST
by
Ditto
To: Polybius
WOW!!! Congratulations :)
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:23:29 PM PST
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Polybius
But notice that MSN just can't quite say, "since the evidence was obviously faked, there's no way to know if the charges based on that evidence was valid."
Nope, they just say, "nobody concentrated on the charges, but on the fonts."
As Danny boy said, "Just because the evidence is faked, doesn't mean that the charges are false!"
Mark
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:29:12 PM PST
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: Yo-Yo
Yeah I noticed that too. What a bunch of cry-babies.
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posted on
02/06/2007 7:33:43 PM PST
by
BamaGirl
(The Framers Rule!)
To: Yo-Yo
Eventually coordination between the DNC and CBS was uncovered but that was not mentioned either. Neither was it mentioned who actually forged the documents.
Instead the messenger was blamed for focusing on "arcana" of typefonts. The real arcana was the Left trying to spin the "coulda, woulda, shoulda" of how the documents still COULD be genuine (although no ink signed typed letter was ever produced because the beast does not EXIST).
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:23:13 PM PST
by
weegee
(No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
To: pyx
Again, in Foleygate, it was shown there was coordination between the DNC and the media who SAT on this story and then tried to take the GOP to task for "what they knew" and "when they knew it" when the DNC held more information in their hands (and at least one of the staffers was a Democrat).
The original allegations of soliciting and molesting minors (or even active aides) was false. But the media tried to rail this all the way up to the GOP leadership.
Again, the internet community uncovered more details than the media ever wanted to discuss. In the Congressional hearing over the issue, it was uncovered that the DNC DID indeed know.
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posted on
02/06/2007 9:25:50 PM PST
by
weegee
(No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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