TRANSLATION: "The Washington Post is carrying our water for us, and perpetuating this smear against the Republicans, so why should we want the truth to come out?"
Posted on 04/06/2005 3:22:02 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
All 55 Republican senators say they have never seen the Terri Schiavo political talking-points memo that Democrats say was circulated among Republicans during the floor debate over whether the federal government should intervene to prolong her life.
A survey by The Washington Times found that every Republican said the memo was not crafted or distributed by him or her. Every one of them said he or she had not seen it until the memo was the subject of speculation in major news organs, particularly ABC News and The Washington Post.
Democrats said Republicans distributed the memo, and one Democratic official told The Post that a Republican senator gave it to a Democratic senator. The Times surveyed all 44 Democrats and the chamber's one independent, and only one of them, Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, said through a spokeswoman that he saw it circulated on the Senate floor.
"He said that the memo was being circulated by Republican members on Thursday before we went out of session, and that is when he saw it," said his spokeswoman, Allison Dobson.
Two Democratic offices refused to respond — Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat — the latter even as he continued to accuse Republicans of being behind it.
"We will not participate in the survey. News outlets have investigated and authenticated the memo was real and came from Republican sources. We have no further comment," said spokeswoman Tessa Hafen. "If you want more information on the memo, you should work on finding the Republican who wrote it."
She did not respond to a request to name the newspaper or network that had "authenticated" the memorandum.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
No surprise here.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
So say the Democrats. Bwahahahaha. Does Lautenburg still have an active request for investigation?
Haven't we learned? It doesn't matter if it was fake, if Democrats say it was accurate that makes it "fake but accurate" and therefore Republicans are evil and should be removed from office - if not by the voters than by the judges. You Freepers are getting out of hand if you think the truth matters in any of this.
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:-P
TRANSLATION: "The Washington Post is carrying our water for us, and perpetuating this smear against the Republicans, so why should we want the truth to come out?"
Nobody knows where the memo came from and they have backed off the story.
"Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey Democrat, has called for the Senate Rules and Administration Committee to investigate.
"Those who would attempt to influence debate in the United States Senate should not hide behind anonymous pieces of paper," he said in his March 23 letter asking for the inquiry.
Mr. Lautenberg said yesterday that he never saw the document on the floor. Staffers in his office said they got a copy of it from a Web site and passed on copies to the rules committee."
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Finally this is getting some major attention. It looks like this one is not going to be swept under the carpet after all. Lautenberg wants an investigation, by all means give him one. Everything I have read about it makes clear it was a particularly inept forgery. Interesting that Dingy Harry wouldn't talk to the Times, seeing as informed speculation says it likely came from his dirty tricks shop.
Yes
The old Dem./socialist/liberal media ran with it, molded public opinion with a complete lie. This country is still being destroyed by the old liberal media and the uninformed citizenry listening.
Gee .. seems like some Dems are trying to stir clear of this memo
Of course the highly trained, nuanced, high-IQ, articulate MSM reporters did not identify the democratic official, nor the Republican or democratic Senators. We'll just have to accept the memo must be fake but accurate.
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"...News outlets have investigated and authenticated the memo was real and came from Republican sources..." >
Must have been a "60 Minutes" investigation.
"If it helps us DemocRATS, it must be authentic. End of story."
Yeah. One MSM reporter changed their party affiliation in Los Angeles so they could keep Riorden out 4 years go. He/she never got around to re-regsitering so he/she is a registered "Republican" QED a "Republican source."
I knew this was a fake when NO NAMES where mentioned from the git-go. They had stupid Bill Frist denouncing something he didn't even see!
The MSM isn't biased... it's just a DNC 527.
Oh, and flight 800. What happened there?:
"News outlets have investigated and authenticated the memo was real and came from Republican sources."
Yes, just as thoroughly as the Rathergate memo, I suspect! They thought we'd never believe they'd try something so soon! Hunhh!
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