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Tom Ridge flip-flops about raising terror alerts to help Bush win re-election in 2004
Gather ^ | 8/31/09 | Savo Heleta

Posted on 09/01/2009 3:55:05 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta

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1 posted on 09/01/2009 3:55:06 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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He now says that this never happened and that he "did not mean to suggest that other top Bush administration officials were playing politics with the nation's security before the 2004 presidential election."

Unfortunately, his claim that he was pressured to raise terror alerts to help Bush win re-election in 2004 could not be taken out of the book before publication on September 1…

2 posted on 09/01/2009 3:56:07 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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You can always count on at least one RINO to rear its head just when things are going good.


3 posted on 09/01/2009 3:56:32 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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I agree. What is wrong with this man! You never see democrats turning on their people like this.


4 posted on 09/01/2009 3:57:54 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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Simple..he is a bona-fide RINO. McCains best buddy.


5 posted on 09/01/2009 3:58:56 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (!!)
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It sells books.


6 posted on 09/01/2009 3:59:22 AM PDT by hope
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Tom Ridge changes his tune on terror threats

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/19507


7 posted on 09/01/2009 4:00:00 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: hope

Conservatives are the people who actually buy books, so I predict this book will flop.

Democrats are too busy watching mind-numbing tv shows to buy books.


8 posted on 09/01/2009 4:01:48 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney General John Ashcroft were “Ridged”:–verb (used with object), -stabbed, -stab bing. to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.


9 posted on 09/01/2009 4:02:41 AM PDT by tommyboy
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‘Ridged’ is a good word.

Ridge Backtracks On Politics Of Threat Levels
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/08/ridge_backtracks_on_politics_of_threat_levels.php


10 posted on 09/01/2009 4:04:50 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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His book should be called “The Rantings of a RINO”!


11 posted on 09/01/2009 4:07:45 AM PDT by kempster
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Ridge, former Democrat governor of Pennsylvania.....that gives a sense of his true allegence. Party first, followed by their huge egos. Everything else is far, far behind.


12 posted on 09/01/2009 4:07:45 AM PDT by TMA62 (TMA62)
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Ridge was going down the tubes and Bush raised him up. This is how Ridge repays loyalty. Backstabbing pr!ck.


13 posted on 09/01/2009 4:08:09 AM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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“Brightpoint Appoints Tom Ridge as New Director”

“Brightpoint, Inc. announced today that the board of directors has appointed the Honorable Tom Ridge to serve as a Class III director.

Mr. Ridge is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ridge Global, an international strategic consulting firm, headquartered in Washington, DC.

Brightpoint, Inc. is a global leader in the distribution of wireless devices and in providing customized logistic services to the wireless industry.

In 2008, Brightpoint handled approximately 84 million wireless devices globally.”

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/brightpoint-appoints-tom-ridge-as-new-director-2009-09-01


14 posted on 09/01/2009 4:08:57 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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Infortunately he was my governor.


15 posted on 09/01/2009 4:09:44 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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Tom Ridge who?


16 posted on 09/01/2009 4:11:13 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Liberals feed on dead Senators and babies)
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He is a commie along with Mccain notice all of the leftists citing Mccains comments on torture to atttack prior administration not a coincidence.
Mccain has the balls to patronize people at the town halls once again after saying before the election that Obama is not radical now instead of apologizing and doing all he can to fight for this nations freedoms he doubles down and says he supports the constitution just has different opinions. Rigde Graham Mccain Hatch have sold out along with many others their enemy are conservatives not communism.


17 posted on 09/01/2009 4:13:00 AM PDT by Three if by government
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“Now Ridge is seeking to calm a week-long media frenzy over his remarks. In an interview on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ – part of a publicity tour for the book – he said he was surprised that people ‘are hyperventilating.”

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/08/31/ridge-stop-hyperventilating-about-those-2004-terror-alerts/


18 posted on 09/01/2009 4:13:46 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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There is no point in asking Ridge why he didn’t do the ethical thing and simply resign when he was “pushed to elevate” the ratings, even though he presumably knew it was wrong and potentially illegal.

Like most politicians and lobbyists in DC, Tom Ridge is an irredeemable sleazebag.

He also thought Specter’s flip back to the Rats was a big hoot, and was chuckling and coy about whether he would or would not support his fellow Pennsylvanian in the future.


19 posted on 09/01/2009 4:14:35 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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You can tell much about a man by his hair. In the case of Tom Ridge, I can tell that he has spent a good part of his life in front of a mirror with a comb testing hair products.


20 posted on 09/01/2009 4:14:46 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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