Posted on 05/14/2007 11:06:18 AM PDT by doug from upland
While writing this, I received a return phone call from the communications director for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. She got back to me within five minutes of leaving the message.
Nicole Corcoran said that she was taken aback by my question. I had left the message that I am working on a freelance piece about the Sebelius/Dean/FreeRepublic/Quinn&Rose controversy. I wondered if her office would be willing to release the phone records for the time of the purported phone conversation with Dean.
Her initial comment was, "No one ever thought of that." As I pressed to see if she could get that done, she hesitated and flirted around the issue. The bottom line is that I suspect no phone records will be released. She commented that even if they were released, there would be people who wouldn't believe it and believe there was a secret backbone somewhere that wouldn't be revealed.
So, FReepers, there was the solution to solve it. If no call was made, it would seem that the Governor and Yeeeeeehaaaaaaa Howard Dean would be anxious to clear the record and press for FR and Quinn&Rose to acquiesce.
Will any of you be surprised if they refuse to release to phone records? Maybe they need time to sanitize them first.
-—— Original Message -——
From: DOUGLAS *****
To: Nicole.Corcoran@ks.gov
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:52 PM
Subject: phone records for Dean/Sebelius/Quinn&Rose controversy
Kathleen: here is my request to the DNC. I respectfully submit my request that phone records be made available to the press. That would certainly end this immediately, embarrass Quinn and Rose, and result in an apology to the innocent parties involved.
Thanks for your help.
...Doug
-—— Original Message -——
From: DOUGLAS *****
To: dncpress@dnc.org
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: phone records for Dean/Sebelius/Quinn&Rose controversy
Sir: I am working on a freelance piece regarding the controversy over whether a certain conversation occured between Chairman Howard Dean and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. It purportedly occured at approximately 5am (I don’t know the time zone) on or about May 10, 2007.
Pursuant to the information on the Quinn and Rose radio program, the talk show hosts suggested that they have a source claiming that Dean encouraged Sebelius to use the recent Kansas tornado for political purposes.
Pursuant to my conversation with Dag Vega, I am making a request to have phone records made available to the press. The records must be certified by the phone company. Since the time zone for the time in question is unknown, please see that a several hour window is made available. In particular, it is important for the press to see any calls made by the staff of the DNC or by Chairman Dean himself to the area code 785 in Topeka, Kansas.
If you willingly provide such records for the press, you will be able to end the controversy. In the face of such evidence, Quinn and Rose would have no choice but to issue a retraction and apology. Certainly, you would welcome such a speedy conclusion. We know that the DNC would never want to exploit people’s heartache and tragedy for your own political purposes.
Thank you for your consideration.
...Doug
Could be he’s covering for a staffer. In any case I hope some other source will come forward to confirm the story.
You on a first name basis with Sebelius already?
I think the phone/fax/email message went out before the 10th {Was that the Q&R show date?) as our Dem governor was alerting our DNC newspaper on the 7th.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-guard0507,1,2593730.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
O’Malley laments depleted Guard resources
Governor says state security is hurt by deployments
By Jennifer Skalka
Sun Reporter
Originally published May 7, 2007, 7:57 PM EDT
Gov. Martin O’Malley lamented Monday [May 7] that the ongoing deployment of 1,300 Maryland National Guardsmen this year to Iraq has left the state short on reserves and equipment.
His staff also circulated a memo that an aide said was prepared by the Guard at the request of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, indicating that the state is facing “critical equipment shortfalls to meet its domestic homeland security mission.”
Pointing to tornado-ravaged Kansas as evidence of the need to maintain state resources, the governor said that the equipment and troop shortage at home because of the war has “made our country more vulnerable instead of more safe.”
“They’re just simply not there to do their homeland security job because they’ve been deployed to do the job in Iraq, and it’s a big problem,” the governor said.
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Our gov is very tight with DNC operatives. Maryland is a test state for all kinds of nastiness.
“And making up stories like this, designed to turn the tragedy at Greensburg into some kind of political circus, is a shameful affront to the citizens of Greensburg and the citizen soldiers of the National Guard.”
Well Governor, that is exactly what you did, is to create a political circus with your false remarks about the ability of the national Guard to respond. Now that you have lied in this reply to Doug, how about a little honesty for once in your life?
Doh. I sent it to Nicole and put the guv’s name on it.
And really, they probably shouldn't...but she was the one who claimed that she could actually demonstrate that the accusations were false. Make her do it, and use her own words when she resists.
It would be very easy for them to quickly prove Quinn and Rose wrong. They could immediately get an apology and make “right wing” radio look bad. Why won’t they do it? I have an idea why they won’t.
No willingness yet for the governor or the evil DNC to open the phone records. Could that be because the phone records would not exonerate them?
We know that the DNC would never want to exploit people's heartache and tragedy for your own political purposes.
ROTFL!
The boy Governor does it to the People’s Republic of Maryland.
Yet again.
I hate this state.
Dude...you’re freak’n hardcore. I’m glad you’re on our side.
CLICK to hear some of your fellow Marylanders. And think on this: these people answer poll questions, but I hope they cannot find the precinct where they could vote.
5-15-07 - What’s in a name?
http://wbal.com/stories/articlefiles/57523-curb_may15.mp3
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5-8-07 - Where do they run the Kentucky Derby?
http://wbal.com/stories/articlefiles/57523-curb_%20may7.mp3
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5-1-07 - How well do you know your presidential candidates?
http://wbal.com/stories/articlefiles/57523-CURBmay1.mp3
Source for even more: http://www.wbal.com/shows/franklin/audio/
thanks for the “ping”
Was I supposed to ping you?
FEB 2005
Dean Visits Kansas, Gets Snubbed By Dem Governor
Howard Dean fulfilled a pledge made during his campaign for the DNC chair by visiting and rallying Democrats in a Midwestern red state. Dean went to Kansas yesterday, a state that has supported GOP presidential candidates since Goldwater in 1964, and railed against Social Security reforms and budget deficits. He also urged Democrats to “show up”, inadvertently highlighting an embarassing snub:
The former presidential candidate and Vermont governor criticized President Bush’s budget record and plans for Social Security while urging people to get involved in politics no matter what their philosophy. ...
Before his selection as DNC chairman this month, Dean said he would bolster local and state party organizations even in the nation’s most conservative areas.
“How do we expect those places to vote Democratic when we don’t even show up?” Dean said during Thursday’s speech.
Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who was elected in a 2002 race marked by tensions between moderate and conservative Republicans, hadn’t planned to attend any of Dean’s events.
So the highest-ranking Democrat in Kansas has no plans to be seen in public with the leader of her party? That certainly sends a message, and not the one Dean intended when he embarked on his red-state tour. Sebelius knows that any indication of support for Dean and his MoveOn-sponsored agenda would be the kiss of death for her political career in Kansas and wants to stay far away from Mad How.
If the Democrats seriously want to engage the moderates, they picked the wrong man to lead them. No one doubts that leftists and radicals live in places like Kansas, but no one except Howard Dean thinks they can win elections for the Democrats. Sebelius obviously has better political instincts for the heartland than the DNC, and she’s using them to avoid Dean. Democrats hanging onto office in other red states will follow the lead of Sebelius and wind up making a mockery of Dean’s tour throughout red-state America.
Dean has it wrong: it isn’t enough to simply show up. You have to have a platform that appeals to moderates, and Dean and MoveOn don’t have it. Sebelius knows this and knows that sometimes, showing up is too much to ask.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831946/posts?page=1051#1051
Okay. I didn’t know if you were gently busting my chops for forgetting to alert you. :)
You will like this one from the Democrats own Site, sponsored by Howard Dean. They cannot stop lying. It is in their nature:
(PS. I subscribed to their site, because as the motto goes, Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.)
The letter the sent to me is as follows:
Hurricane season doesn’t start until June 1st, and we’re already in trouble.
Tornadoes in Kansas. Fires in California, Georgia and Florida. Floods in Missouri. We simply don’t have the resources to handle catastrophic events across our country.
Those resources are missing because of the war in Iraq.
Tell President Bush: bring our troops and equipment back where they’re needed most — here at home.
http://www.democrats.org/ProtectOurStates
When the category five tornado hit Greensburg, Kansas, approximately 60 percent of its National Guard equipment was gone because of the war. In a town that was 95 percent destroyed, the relief process has been hindered by lack of equipment, and Kansas is even more vulnerable if another disaster strikes.
And Kansas isn’t the only state feeling the pinch. Even Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger agrees that the troops are stretched thin.
In California, where more than $1 billion of military inventory is gone, the governor said that “a lot of equipment has gone to Iraq, and it doesn’t come back when the troops come back.”
President Bush has a choice: to continue wasting our country’s resources on a war we cannot win, or to bring our troops and equipment back home to a country that needs it.
Tell President Bush to make the right choice:
http://www.democrats.org/ProtectOurStates
It’s not just a matter of tents and Humvees — we need our troops home too.
Approximately 80 percent of our country’s National Guard and Reservists have been sent to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. They’ve spent an average of 18 months per tour of duty, and more than 84,000 of them have been deployed more than once.
U.S. Air Force Major General Melvyn S. Montano (Ret.) said it best:
Homeland security begins with hometown security and we have a responsibility to rebuild our National Guard and make sure they have the equipment and training they need to keep our communities safe.
It is time for President Bush to listen to the American people and finally acknowledge the facts on the ground — both in Iraq and here at home. Now that more and more Republican lawmakers are beginning to see that the stay-the-course approach in Iraq is unsustainable, it is time for the President to finally work in a bipartisan fashion to change course.
Protect our states. End the war:
http://www.democrats.org/ProtectOurStates
Sincerely,
Tom McMahon
PROTECT OUR STATES: End the Democratic Party
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