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Police probe death hoaxes (Leahy, Lautenberg, Feinstein)
Politico ^
| July 7, 2010
| Jonathan Allen & Jake Sherman
Posted on 07/07/2010 9:33:39 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
At least three Democratic senators have been subjects of false reports of their deaths in the past two days, prompting the U.S. Capitol Police to open an investigation into the matter.
Several news outlets received a hoax e-mail news release, announcing the death of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday. Leahy, 70, who participated in July 4 events, is alive and well, according to spokesman David Carle.
“It was spoofed to look as if it had come from the office,” Carle said.
A copy of the e-mail, posted on the Web site of Washington’s WTOP radio, said Leahy had died of liver cancer.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), an 86-year-old appropriator who recently announced he is free from a form of stomach cancer, was also spoofed, his office confirmed.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: death; feinstein; hoax; lautenberg; leahy; senators
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:35:01 AM PDT
by
yoe
("N" is for NO for Progressives in government.)
To: yoe
Concur.
Their continued existence is unfortunate.
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:37:29 AM PDT
by
benewton
To: rightwingintelligentsia; yoe
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:37:41 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Damn, I was about to open up a champagne bottle!
Remember when the rumor was that Kennedy and Clinton were on Wellstone's plane? I was in a gun store when it came over the TV and about 20 people started clapping when that was announced.
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:40:40 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It’s hard to tell if Lautenberg is alive.
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:41:05 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Throw them all out in 2010... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
To: yoe
Lautenburg, fur shur that guy's dead ~ there's a rather advanced robotic device keeping his frame moving around, but no one has detected life in his carcass for quite some time.
I thought Leahy retired.
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:42:12 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Okay, people, one more time. Do not tweet your wet dreams anymore.
To: sam_paine
A page-turnign read??
Well, I guess it was Larry King ... maybe that's the way he pronounces it...
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:43:11 AM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: El Cid
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:47:26 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Good old fashioned attempts at stock market manipulation IMO. I only wonder if these reports came out after the market opened.
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posted on
07/07/2010 9:49:21 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Wishful thinking taken too far?
To: chris_bdba
Wishful thinking taken too far? No. Helping the three reach the point room temp... THAT would be taking it too far... maybe.
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posted on
07/07/2010 10:54:10 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Can anyone actually prove Lautenberg is still alive?
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posted on
07/07/2010 12:30:56 PM PDT
by
Renkluaf
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