Posted on 01/29/2010 8:29:50 AM PST by BAW
The government has now confirmed what has always been clear: No one tried to wiretap or bug Senator Landrieus office. Nor did we try to cut or shut down her phone lines. Reports to this effect over the past 48 hours are inaccurate and false.
As an investigative journalist, my goal is to expose corruption and lack of concern for citizens by government and other institutions, as I did last year when our investigations revealed the massive corruption and fraud perpetrated by ACORN. For decades, investigative journalists have used a variety of tactics to try to dig out and reveal the truth.
I learned from a number of sources that many of Senator Landrieus constituents were having trouble getting through to her office to tell her that they didnt want her taking millions of federal dollars in exchange for her vote on the healthcare bill. When asked about this, Senator Landrieus explanation was that, Our lines have been jammed for weeks. I decided to investigate why a representative of the people would be out of touch with her constituents for weeks because her phones were broken. In investigating this matter, we decided to visit Senator Landrieus district office the peoples office to ask the staff if their phones were working.
On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building. The sole intent of our investigation was to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator. We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and Im eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media.
It has been amazing to witness the journalistic malpractice committed by many of the organizations covering this story. MSNBC falsely claimed that I violated a non-existent gag order. The Associated Press incorrectly reported that I broke in to an office which is open to the public. The Washington Post has now had to print corrections in two stories on me. And these are just a few examples of inaccurate and false reporting. The public will judge whether reporters who cant get their facts straight have the credibility to question my integrity as a journalist.
Those kinds of threads are still going on. Palin endorses McCain threads, for example.
Agreed. Salt cannot be taken by the grain when dealing with the MSM but by the truckload.
What other choice did Landrieu have?
Why did the footage from videocams surrounding the Oklahoma City Building disappear?
A poster said your posts all seemed to have an assumption that O’Keefe was already guilty. I listed those I thought applied. I even gave you credit for ‘not guilty until proven’.
Your comments, though, were along the lines of the assumption that O’Keefe was going to jail. You weren’t giving him the benefit of the doubt. And you don’t have to.
I never said that you stated ‘they were absolutely guilty’.
AND, I don’t consider you in the same category as the others mentioned in that first post about this subject. I only listed your comments, because I wanted to point out that while others might come to the conclusion you were proclaiming guilty without a trial, you really weren’t.
Isn’t that what the lines I posted of yours, show?
Nope. Depends on exactly what they say, and who they are condemning.
Since, I am sure if you were to look, there would be thousands of posts throughout the years where posters have suggested that a suspect in guilty of a crime, even though the trial had not taken place.
Yep. Been involved in many of them. Have had some very good conversations with those opposed to my take on the issue, and hopefully profited by what I learned from the debate.
I think the plan is to hold the charges over O'Keefe's head as a way of controlling any further releases he has on ACORN, and to prevent him from any further 'snooping'.
As for the video, unless O'Keefe had it being uploaded to a remote device (such as the guy in the van), then it is already 'gone'. Disappeared, erased, oops we dropped it and it broke 'gone'.
Then it looks like the opposition has a wolf by the ears; it’s not much fun holding him, but they dare not turn him loose.
Also, it knows how much afraid they are of O’Keefe.
She’s probably waiting for another “show me the money” moment to decide which way she’ll jump.
I hope this young man continues to look into Mary Landrieu’s lack of public concern. As a constituent of Ms. Landrieus, I have tried for months to phone her office on the health care issue. I emailed and received a long blanket email in return explaining Ms. Landrieu’s stand on the issue. I called Washington and stayed on the phone until I finally got a human being from her office and expressed my concerns. Her local offices are impossible to contact. She knows her constituents are against health care but she continues on her path - arrogance is her attitude. I look forward to the day we will finally be rid of her.
BTTT
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