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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:46 PM Original message |
Palin's "eBay" Plane Sale Actually a Deal to Help Ally in Alaska State Legislature |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nice work! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Quite a stretch actually, making great leaps without evidence. |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The point is that the buyer wasn't some random internet buyer |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. That point was made earlier today on DU and on dKos. This screws up the story! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. How?? It DOESN'T "screw up" anything.. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. OF COURSE the Buyer got a huge favor! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. WRONG. Palin placed the plane at auction on eBay. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. You ARE NOT READING ANYTHING I WROTE. |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. wonder why they didn't try Ebay without a minimum bid. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Because the headline would be: Alaska Sells 2.5 Million Dollar Jet for $122,344.25 |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope you send this info to appropriate people. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'm trying... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Sent it to some of my linkedin.com contacts in politics too! |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Do you know who the state bought it from? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I could look into it but I'm not sure how that is relevant to Palin. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No, but she was Gov about a year later when it was sold. She used to support |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It was her predecessor, Frank Murkowski, who bought the plane for his official use. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nice sleuthing..... |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hardball had a Post reporter on tonight with this. They first showed McSame saying she sold it on |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Which Post reporter? |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wow! That's going to hurt! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I haven't been to the DKos all that much but I'll try... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Now x-posted at dailykos! |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
81. WOW! DKos just ran with your ball! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Reynolds paid about a half a million less than Alaska did |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well 499,000 less anyways! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. well- it was used...and i believe that she had promised to get rid of it if elected. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It was USED when the state bought it too... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. they weren't having any luck selling it- |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I am NOT an expert, but is ebay the best way to sell a used jet? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Trade-A-Plane, online specialty websites and brokers are best. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. That's what I thought! It's a specialty item |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
64. and "surprise" they used a broker to sell it. |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. The "broker" was Rep. John L. Harris (R-Valdez). nt |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. She is the one who made a big deal about it. She apparently saved the state of AK from a plane. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. She's an ass confirmed. |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
74. So why was the eBay minimum reserve price 2.5 million? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nice work! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Help me spread the word! n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Deleted sub-thread |
BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. must have been self Alaskan cocktail conversation for Palin, but her story |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. K & R |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sold to Larry Reynolds of Arlington, Texas?? Safari Club Contributor? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Larry Reynolds: Valdez’s great white hunter is a TEXAN! |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
58. George Bush was awarded "Governor Of The Year" by the Safari Club International |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. where's the "deal to help an ally"? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. What are you some kind of Republican Troll? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I'm not, and I agree. Where is the evidence? You have nothing |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. READ THE OP! - I can't help it you aren't READING. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. "What part of that don't you understand?" |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You are NOT reading.. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
65. FALSE: "SPEAKER arranged the meeting with the Governor" |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Well excuse the hell out of me for believing a reputable newspaper |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
67. are used $2million jets flying(no pun intended) off the shelves...? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. The plane was NOT sold for market value was it? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. yes, it was..."market value" is what someone's willing to pay- it wasn't selling at the higher price |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Maybe to richies 300k doesn't mean much. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. OP is WRONG: "Deal to Help Ally in Alaska State Legislature" |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Thanks L Coyote. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. WHAT IS HIS POINT???? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. OH NONSENSE....THERE'S NO LIE HERE. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. "Who do you think you are anyways?" |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I really haven't seen ANY story saying what I've discovered... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Sep-05-08 09:42 AM PST = Larry Reynolds of Arlington, Texas |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. OK but the Alaska papers published that much over a year ago. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Oh and P.S. the plane was an issue during the elections |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. AND IT BENEFITS SPEAKER HARRIS... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Oh stop yelling, you're giving me a headache. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. And that's supposed to be the big BIG reform - the one Limbaugh calls "fabulous" |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's not unusual for someone to donate $1,000 or less. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. No actually it's pretty rare. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Donation was in 2006, well before Palin was elected! Planning ahead?? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Plane was an issue DURING the election... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. you really need some sleep, or something... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. You need to join the Republican Party or something. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. ... |
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Lakerstan (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
72. Plane now being used to go hunting in Russia |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
77. Development of the Ebay-Plane Story As Seen on DU (Relates to:) |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. KICK-I was just about to post this |
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Johnbluedude (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
79. She thinks she's slick |
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