What I am particularly disgusted with is the discovery of campaigns of the power of sites like FR and lucciane.
As a result, obvious campaign workers post here (Ron Paul and Rudy being ones I have noticed) in an attempt to manipulate "base" opinion.
It's not working, guys. Please stop.
Do you have proof of that? I don't know any campaign workers and I certainly am not a campaign worker.
You mean they are trying to hijack conservative sites and try to make their candidate look like a conservative? Who'd of thunk it? :-)
An astounding 88% of Americans said they had a problem with Rudy not attending his son's graduation.
The pollsters also should have asked if they supported a Republican candidate who went after the Liberal Party endorsement in his mayoral bid.
Rudy pursued the NY Liberal Party endorsement b/c Rudy said his friends and family were too embarassed to vote for a Republican.
Mayor Rudy thanked New York Liberal Party's for its endorsement and support, by appointing Liberal Party Chairwoman Fran Reiter as Deputy Mayor. Rudy also gave to top city jobs to Russell Harding and his brother, sons of Giuliani's close friend and campaign adviser Raymond Harding (then-Liberal Party Chairman).
Russell Harding (son of Liberal Party Chair Ray Harding) was Rudy's City Housing Director but had to leave office upon being arrested by federal law enforcement and charged with conspiracy, fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, receiving child pornography, and possesing child pornography.
Russell Harding (son of Liberal Party Chair Ray Harding) was using his official credit card to pay for personal items including a car, 'Sopranos' DVDs, and a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon.
Rudy's City Housing Director, Russell Harding (son of Liberal Party chair Ray Harding), enjoyed kiddie porn on city computers, and took trips on the city's dime with his gay friends (this is all documented). Russell later pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 5 years in prison and forced to repay $367,000 he embezzled from the New York City.
Not one to soil his liberal bona fides, Rudy's only public statement on Russell's government fraud was that he "felt sorry for the Harding family."
Lucianne has become pathological in it Rudymania. I would say about 75-80% are pushing for Rudy. As I mentioned earlier I am on the verge of being banned there for "spamming".
Translation; I am one of the few (there are about five or six of us) who are trying to counter the Rudy-bot spin so when twenty Rudy-bots post two or three times each and we post seven or eight times in response we are "spamming".
It's depressing.
Who are these campaign posters? All I am aware of are totally UNaffliated professionally with any candidate.
Name one.
I'm sick of this charge being made - that the only reason posters could possibly hold their policy positions is because they're shills. BS. Posters here are passionate about politics, and passionately post their views. Attempting to deligitimize certain views by claiming those holding them are paid to do so — with no evidence, zip, zero, nada — is intellectually dishonest.