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A GOP ace in the hole?
The Washington Times ^ | January 24, 2008 | Mark Goodman

Posted on 01/24/2008 7:07:40 AM PST by xsysmgr

Beyond the melodrama of Sen. Hillary Clinton's tears-on-her-pillow triumph in New Hampshire and her gaming victory in Nevada lies the profoundly disturbing question of the Clintons' hidden record of suspected crimes.

It's that very record which likely prompted Sen. John Kerry's sudden endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama just two days after Mrs. Clinton's first primary win, followed by two more supportive votes from ranking congressional Democrats.

Their swift response was a clear sign that ranking Democratic colleagues are determined to derail Mrs. Clinton. Why? Because there exists a vault of information American voters are not aware of concerning the Clintons — information which should have been brought to the nation's attention well before the kickoff of the 2008 presidential campaign.

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The bedeviling problem is that party leaders on both sides of the congressional aisle conspired two years ago to bury the telltale documents...120 missing pages of the Barrett Report which, ...contain sufficient evidence of Clinton misdeeds not only to furl Mrs. Clinton's presidential flag but quite possibly to send her and her miscreant husband straight to the courtroom dock. Yet the papers have lain moldering in some deep Capitol Hill tomb with no one daring to dig them up though they can be exhumed on demand by any member of Congress.

...Why grasp at the desperate straw of redaction? ...Suppressed evidence cannot remain suppressed forever and the Republicans are well aware of the wild card they have in the hole. Odds are that's why no Republican congressman has as yet unearthed the missing pages: The Republicans are banking on Mrs. Clinton, the scenario goes, to win the Democratic nomination so they can bake her in Mr. Barrett's oven in the election campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006; 2008election; aceinthehole; barrettreport; clinton; coverup; hillary; hillaryhaters; kerry; obama; primary
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1 posted on 01/24/2008 7:07:42 AM PST by xsysmgr
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To: xsysmgr

I do not know enough about a convention where there is no clear winner, can a candidate who has not been mentioned or dropped out become the candidate?
Does anyone know how the process work?


2 posted on 01/24/2008 7:14:20 AM PST by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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Not a very tightly argued piece -- Goodman's attempt to link Kerry's support of Obama to the Barrett report is very weak, and it's not the only possible explanation, nor even the most likely.

For example, it's much more reasonable to pin the Obama endorsement on Kerry's own vanity.

The Clintons have ignored him, and JF'nK's pride is wounded. And they don't need his support anyway, so there's no personal gain for him there. But by backing Obama, he gets a chance to portray himself as relevant -- a kingmaker.

3 posted on 01/24/2008 7:15:40 AM PST by r9etb
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To: xsysmgr

So we should support Hillary over Obama? Sounds like a Risky Scheme to me. I’d prefer to defeat Satan in the primary and take on Osama in the general election.


4 posted on 01/24/2008 7:18:28 AM PST by McGruff (Fred Thompson. The last hope for conservatism.)
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To: xsysmgr

Brilliant. I know the crimes are there. I’ll believe it when I see it though...


5 posted on 01/24/2008 7:18:31 AM PST by BreezyDog
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To: xsysmgr
The RATS do not care what the Clintons have done or will do. The only thing the GOP can do with whatever material they have access to is hang it all out and let the voters call for legal action. The MO of the Clintons is to charge ahead of the law and get in a position to fend it off as they accumulate the power to override and circumvent it. The democrats are quite willing to circumvent the third term limit on the presidency by running the Mr. again with Hillary fronting for him. If there is anything that can sink the Clintons it should be put out now. The Republicans have waited eight years to take them to court and the waiting has diluted any credence to evidence of illegality connected to them. The MSM will help obstruct and present it all as just squabbling and dirty politics.
6 posted on 01/24/2008 7:19:48 AM PST by mountainfolk (God bless President Bush)
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To: xsysmgr

If only it were so. I can’t help, though, remembering that while the iron was hot, our namby-pamby inbred politicos failed to strike, and oust a rapist from office.

Why bother taking Hillary out of contention for the Presidency, at the risk of her outing something about ME that would interfere with my full-salary Congressional retirement?

I will be the first to stand and applaud, however, if one of them has the guts to do it.


7 posted on 01/24/2008 7:20:42 AM PST by HeadOn (Our republic is never so safe as when Congress is not in session.)
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I don’t trust any of these aces in the hole. We’ve been burned by them too many times in the Bush administration. Big promises of a big hidden secret about to be revealed and then... fizzle, fizzle, nothing there.

I’d rather fight the battle that’s already there, out in the open, against socialism and treason. All the rats are plenty guilty of those two crimes without us needing any aces in the hole to boost our spirits.

We don’t need to boost our spirits. We just need to fight better.


8 posted on 01/24/2008 7:22:58 AM PST by samtheman
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To: xsysmgr

Old article....but interesting....

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/12/16/93904.shtml


9 posted on 01/24/2008 7:22:59 AM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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We don’t have ONE Congressman who has the NERVE to ask for the Barrett report to be released???? WHY THE HELL NOT??? What about Adam Putnam???


10 posted on 01/24/2008 7:26:55 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mountainfolk

“The MO of the Clintons is” Hitlery!


11 posted on 01/24/2008 7:33:40 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: xsysmgr

SHHHHHHH!


12 posted on 01/24/2008 7:34:14 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: BreezyDog

The only flaw in this clever analysis is that it presumes someone, anyone, in the republican “leadership” has the stones to pull it off.

No, they will polarize, we will apologize.


13 posted on 01/24/2008 7:34:59 AM PST by prov1813man (While the one you despise and ridicule works to protect you, those you embrace work to destroy you)
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And the Bush Justice Department is AWOL on this as well as most other issues.


14 posted on 01/24/2008 7:40:20 AM PST by vox_freedom
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To: xsysmgr

The report....as it was relaeased......very large file....

http://barrett.oic.gov./finalreport/index.htm


15 posted on 01/24/2008 7:41:20 AM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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"....it's much more reasonable to pin the Obama endorsement on Kerry's own vanity..." not to mention Kerry's proven propensity for disloyalty. Kerry didn't have to endorse anybody. Breck Girl now walking around angry, with knife in back.
16 posted on 01/24/2008 7:46:57 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: svcw

I do not know enough about a convention where there is no clear winner, can a candidate who has not been mentioned or dropped out become the candidate?
Does anyone know how the process work?


Read the history of how James Garfield became president. He was the textbook example of a dark horse candidate. It took well over 30 ballots at the convention to finally nominate the guy who said he did not want to run. Sound familiar?


17 posted on 01/24/2008 7:49:25 AM PST by bioqubit (bioqubit, conformity - such a common deformity)
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To: Ann Archy

I’ve asked my RINO rep. to release this report, since we paid for it. That sound you hear is him hurrying to get it released./s


18 posted on 01/24/2008 7:49:29 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1 - Take no prisoners))
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What’s his name? Maybe we can ALL write him!


19 posted on 01/24/2008 7:50:26 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: xsysmgr

Democrat ace holes. Hmmm....there’s a joke in there somewhere...


20 posted on 01/24/2008 7:51:00 AM PST by Reaganesque (Romney ...is manifestly the best candidate. - Ann Coulter [01/17/08])
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