kentuck
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:43 PM
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Poll question: Why did the white House release the PDBs today ?.. |
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Let's try to keep the PDB in perspective:
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MissB
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:44 PM
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1. They wanted to spin it before NYT could do more damage. (nt) |
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:45 PM
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2. Because it's the night before easter and everyone* is busy cooking their |
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Edited on Sat Apr-10-04 05:47 PM by kayell
ham, dyeing eggs, and visiting relatives. Excellent day to bury something.
Edit - of course not everyone, but a substantial proportion of the country.
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:46 PM
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3. spin control a al rove |
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they know it'll get leaked if they don't release it.
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:47 PM
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4. Because it's the day before Easter |
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I realize that not everyone celebrates Easter, but millions and millions of Americans do, many of whom vote Republican. I didn't know about this until I logged onto DU. This won't be big news to lots of people, and it's a perfect time to release it for minimum media impact.
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:47 PM
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5. Just about all of the above. |
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:48 PM
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6. Saturday is a slower newsday that Friday night! |
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:49 PM
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7. Why? On a Saturday? Just before Easter? |
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So the nation will be too preoccupied with blissing out on chocolate to notice a document that proves that Chimpy McFlightsuit KNEW that Osama wanted to attack targets in the US -- and he and Condi the Amateur did NOTHING.
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:50 PM
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8. Because weekends are clos newscycles--releasing on a weekday |
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would mean wall-to-wall coverage. TV news viewership and newspaper reading are much lower on the weekend.
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Sat Apr-10-04 05:53 PM
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The PDB says that Al-Qaeda was planning to attack inside the U.S. using explosives. How, exactly, could they attack us not using explosives? The only other way would be to use chemical/biological weapons, which, to the best of our knowledge, Al-Qaeda does not have.
So I don't see any big deal.
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:09 PM
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11. The last sentence of the PDB... |
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"CIA and the FBI are investigating a call to our embassy in the UAE in May sayingthat a group or Bin Laden supporters was in the U.S. planning attacks with explosives."
How recent is May??????
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:06 PM
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As long as it had to go out, they figured they'd try and slide it under the radar.
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:10 PM
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12. to draw attention away from Newsweek poll |
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Sat Apr-10-04 06:56 PM
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13. to make sure as few people see it as possible n/t |
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