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Arkansas - Obama endorsement comes from Ark. govt. computer
Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | June 7, 2008

Posted on 06/07/2008 7:10:13 PM PDT by HAL9000

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter issued a statement Saturday endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, but the political endorsement was e-mailed from a government computer at his state office.

Arkansas law prohibits the use of government resources for political purposes.

When asked about the e-mail, Halter spokesman Garry Hoffmann said it was his idea and his mistake.

"I guess I should have sent it from my home computer. I just wasn't thinking," Hoffmann said. "If that's a screw up, sorry. I'm kind of new at this."

Hoffmann, who has worked for Halter since December, said he went to the office because it had all the media e-mail addresses he needed. He said Halter authorized him to go to the office but must have assumed that Hoffmann was going to get the media addresses, then go home and send the endorsement from there.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: billhalter; corruption; democratparty; endorsement; garryhoffmann; halter; obama

1 posted on 06/07/2008 7:10:14 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
Wikipedia - Bill Halter
2 posted on 06/07/2008 7:12:07 PM PDT by HAL9000 ("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
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To: HAL9000

Just a Democrat. Nothing to see here, move along.


3 posted on 06/07/2008 7:15:04 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: HAL9000

I think the idea of endorsing Obama will get them into more trouble(with the voters), than the method they used to endorse him.


4 posted on 06/07/2008 7:16:40 PM PDT by KoRn (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: HAL9000
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5 posted on 06/07/2008 7:17:23 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: HAL9000

It’s gonna be a looooong summer.


6 posted on 06/07/2008 7:32:32 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (ANWR would look great in pumps.)
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To: b4its2late; HAL9000

Hoffmann’s ending phrase , “I’m kind of new at this!”

( (( sounds like it could be said of someone else in this fight )) )


7 posted on 06/07/2008 7:37:14 PM PDT by Dad yer funny (FoxNews is morphing , and not for the better ,... internal struggle? Its hard to watch)
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To: HAL9000
Typical Democrat. Corruption comes so naturally he doesn't even think twice about it.
8 posted on 06/07/2008 8:08:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: HAL9000

“Was that wrong? Because I have to claim ignorance on this one.”

-George after being caught in the act with the company cleaning lady, “Seinfeld.”


9 posted on 06/07/2008 8:13:44 PM PDT by Marie2 (From the Hanoi Hilton to the White House - McCain '08)
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To: SlowBoat407
“It’s gonna be a looooong summer.”

Oh yeah. A long hot summer. And the general election is still five months out.

10 posted on 06/07/2008 9:31:43 PM PDT by Aglooka
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