Posted on 07/31/2009 7:43:10 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Uh, never mind. Also: Sorry about that.
That essentially was the DFL's red-faced response Thursday when it sent out an electronic news release blasting Gov. Tim Pawlenty that had a profanity-laced video attached to it.
The release was designed to respond to Pawlenty's speech before national Republicans in San Diego, attacking his record on job creation, health care and the state budget deficit.
One small problem: The link that was supposed to direct reporters to a state economic development report actually sent them to a YouTube video titled "Chinese Grandma Learns English." For four minutes, an elderly Chinese woman repeats obscenities, oblivious to their meaning.
The release went out at 4:17 p.m. Four minutes later, the party sent out another e-mail asking if it could "recall" the original. A moment later, it sent out a corrected version, which it followed up with this explanation 10 minutes later:
"The previous version of this release contained an incorrect and inappropriate link. We did not check the links before the release was sent. We apologize for this error."
DFL Executive Director Andrew O'Leary said the link came from an outside researcher who had not checked it and the party did not double-check the link before sending the release. The party "obviously made a mistake," O'Leary said.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
How incompetent do you have to be to include a profanity-filled YouTube video along with your press release - without first checking what you're sending out?!
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Wow- what a bunch of idiots! Maybe they need my expertise- I am a QA web site tester/proofreader...LOL!
Bwahahaha!
On the other hand, a race based profanity laced video is not too far from the mark of a typical Democrat “rebuttal” of a conservative idea.
I wanted to see it but it’s been yanked. Anybody capture it beforehand?
The video is still on Youtube and won’t likely get pulled.
It was probably pulled to help the democrats hide their screw-up.
I am not all the up on MN politics. Is the state legislature run by Dems? If so, then the focus should be on the lies attacking Pawlenty.
Obviously a new Democrap voter.....................
Why assume it was a mistake? This is the same group that elected Al Franken senator. A 4 minute obscenity laden video by someone who doesn’t understand what they are saying seems normal for the DFL.
I know how this happened...the person who had to put the link the article copied and pasted the link from his URL bar, but he didn't actually copy it so when he pasted it he pasted what was already on his clipboard...which was the chinese lady swearing. So how did that that in his clipbard...obviously he thought it was worth sending to friends. It's really not that funny, so the guy clearly doesn't have a good sense of humor. But what is funny is that the democrats sent this out in an email and made the swearing granny an Internet hit.
Really funny !
And she still made more sense than DFL leaders like Al Franken!
It amy have been a mistake, however, how is the video different from the insane profanity laced rants found on the DUmpster, Kossacks, or radio shows of Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, or Barfalo?
“Ballsh*t!” Bwaaaa
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