VIDEO-Dean on Late Edition-Abramoff/Dems comment

[liveoaktx]

Left Wolf without anything to say, sighing heavily

heh

[MelissaB]

1. LMAO!

:applause: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo:


:smoke:

[johnfunk]

98. BWAHAHAHAHA! Doctor Dean beats down the Beard!

A thing of beauty and a joy to behold:

Wolf Blitzer, you've been PWN3D!

[liveoaktx]

130. Mad a change on the server that might help MACS-need a test

please from a MAC user. PM me, don't post here.

If you couldn't get to the video for awhile last night, that's why, server was offline while a change was made.

[hedda_foil]

2. Thank you, liveoaktx!

This is absolutely priceless. Wolfie looks like Howard is repeatedly hitting him right between the eyes. And then there's that SIGH!

[electropop]

122. Auuuugggh!

I'm on a slow computer. Can't play the .mov (Quicktime is exceptionally bad as a player). Can't play the .asx (canofun's site has gone down). Is there a transcript anywhere???

[niallmac]

3. Great moment in Dean History! Ya know what I hope?

I hope Dean serves as a role model for those of us who feel that just being nice will overcome
republican evil. I hope progressive in your face the hell with you and your fascist talking points
activism is understood to be the only last hope before they ship us all off to some place that serves really good
meals three times a day.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

15. He's been doing this all through the year of his chairmanship.

His MTP performance a couple or so months ago was just totally bravura.

Of course, this one was great too.

Shameless promotion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=81290&mesg_id=81480

Not quite so shameless though -- I am sincere in there about the "we should take to the streets..." part and want as many people as possible to see that and think about a plan for implementation...

[FreedomAngel82]

24. I think Dean has done that

He doesn't care and he has done that. People like him and Paul Hackett have sparked up the democratic attack dogs in all of the democrats. I love it. John Murtha, Jim Moran, Charles Schumer, Ted Kennedy (who always fights of course) and I could go on. He has brought that out I think and shown you have no purpose to be afraid of the jerks.

[Cocoa]

4. thank you!

once again, you come through with the goods. :toast:

[ClintonTyree]

165. Leslie won't interview him anymore after this.......

Leslie doesn't like being made a total fool (although it's within the most simple person's ability). Leslie the clown :+ just got his ass handed to him!

If Leslie would have done the least, little research he would have known this. But like all the other Corporate Media talking heads they'd rather parrot whatever the GOP tells them. It finally caught up to one of them and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy than Leslie. What a fucking tool! :rofl:

[ray of light]

5. nice clip! He did a great job!

AND was that a fruedian slip by Wolfie? 'fortunately, we have to leavc it at that..."

[hlthe2b]

6. Oh my God, Thank YOU! I thought DUers were, perhaps

overstating the "sigh..." Clearly they were NOT. How frigging transparent can Wolfie be? How damned unprofessional...

[Catamount]

35. Yes he seemed genuinely disappointed that no dems were ...

involved!
Poor Wolf!
:sarcasm:

[myrna minx]

139. Way to go DEAN!

He left Wolfie all sad and defeated. :bounce: :bounce:

[DemReadingDU]

7. thank you, you are quick with these videos!

[LibDemAlways]

8. Wolfie's sigh says it all....

Dean's kick-ass rebuttal to the repuke talking points left him speechless. Thanks for posting.

[bpilgrim]

9. i'll rip an mp3 later for those not on windows

it still doesn't work on my mac and i hate using my work laptop =(

:hi:

peace

[bpilgrim]

25. -- --- ---------- --------------- --------------- - > MP3

windows...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3054

everyone else...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/canofun/cnn-wolf-dean-01-08-2006.mp3

Thank GORE he 'invented' the INTERNETs :evilgrin:

peace

[proud2BlibKansan]

73. Well at least I got to hear it.

Thanks bpilgrim.

Oh and thank GORE too. LOL

[EFerrari]

75. Thank you! I'm in windows but can't ever get those links to work.

Lmao! Howard is awesome.

[DemonFighterLives]

10. Way to go

The Lindenburg deflated!

Is this a sign?

[tuvor]

11. Thanks for getting this up so quickly!

Poor Wolfie's reaction of defeat at the end is priceless! :rofl:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

12. Great job, liveoaktx, as usual!

Poor PanzerGruppeKommander Blitzer! Such a sigh!

[Dr Fate]

13. Yes, Lets leave it right there Herr Wulf.

Gee Wolf, did that one not go according to the Rush Limbaugh play book?

Too bad- try interviewing Joe Lieberman next time!

[BattyDem]

14. ROFLMAO!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I hadn't seen that. Thanks for posting it!

Dr. Dean .... I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Howard did a brilliant job, but I think Wolfie's sigh was masterful.

To me it conveyed a disbelieving tone and sorta said, "Oh, Howard, we don't have time or I would set you straight on all these lies you're telling," thereby getting the speechless Leslie off the hook.

I know, I know, but that's how it struck me.

[radio4progressives]

102. Me too - very fucking obvious of wolfy - I'm proud of how Dean dealt

with the issue question of the Abramoff scandal.

[NJCher]

148. ya' think?

I didn't get that at all. I only watched it once but there was a look in his eyes that negated any "masterful." The look in his eyes was taken aback, almost scared.


Cher

[ClintonTyree]

166. I agree......

Leslie got his ass handed to him and didn't know whether to shit or go blind! :rofl: You're such a clown :+ Wolfie!

[One_of_8]

151. Maybe

he was trying for a "shaking my head in disbelief" sigh, but if so, I don't think it worked very well. Dean was spot on, sharp, to the point, and directly refuted Wolfie each time he tried to wash the Democrats with Repub slime. Sorry Pubs, it's all yours!

[nradisic]

17. Dean fucking rules!

Now if only the rest of the party can grow balls like that! Republicans are lying, corrupt scum. Just keep repeating it....

[joeunderdog]

121. Dean is the most dangerous man in politics.

Hire that man immediately.

[Cocoa]

18. "unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, my sigh took up all our remaining time"

and where's page 6?

[Sydnie]

19. reminded me of blivet** at the debates

Sighing and accusations aren't gonna make it true Wolfie. You could be the one voice telling the truth if you had the balls you used to have. Check your favorite 1980's suit. Maybe you left them there.

[Cocoa]

21. "Bush stumped"

http://www.overspun.com/video/BushStumped.wmv

[Sydnie]

33. was that photoshopped?

that was brilliant!

[Cocoa]

47. yes I believe so

I do remember Bush asking for extra time, then not having anything to say, but I think they edited in the silent blinking Bush.

And the editing is brilliant, especially Kerry taking notes and the colored light timer ticking away. :-)

[bahrbearian]

42. LOL

[BlueStateGirl]

20. The "liberal media" spends more time trying to implicate the Democrats

in this than they do reporting about actual Republican involvement.

[mopinko]

22. howard dean speaks for me.

thanks for that clip. i feel like making wolfie's little sigh, and stupid comment at the end into a system sound on my computer, so that i can hear it over and over.

[RandiFan1290]

27. That was a great clip!

Someone should isolate that little sigh and loop it. It looks like wolfie is going to pass out :)

[FreedomAngel82]

23. Loved it!

I loved at the end when Wolf knew he wasn't going to get anywhere with Dean and had that big sigh like defeat. LOL. How come I can't save the video's anymore?

[bahrbearian]

26. Probably the last time Wofie has Howard on LIVE.

[Dr Fate]

28. How would he get away with it, if Dean says so on other outlets?

??

[bahrbearian]

32. He simply would not play that part of the clip. He'd ignore it.

[Dr Fate]

53. Who would do this- and who would stop Dean from talking about it...

...on other TV news shows,Air America, The Daily Show, Keith Olberman, Major News-Paper Op-Eds.

If certain media really tried to black-out Dean or any other high-profile DEM, it would be their fault if they did not call them on it...

I'm just saying-we cant blame the media forever...

But Dean kicked ass in that clip for sure!

[LizW]

92. Dean only goes on live.

He learned that they will screw him with tape, so he only goes on live and uncut.

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. Those videos no longer work on my computer

Yes, I have Windows Media and it works fine on other websites. But not on canofun.

I guess I am just going to have to stop trying on these threads that link to there. I am just wondering why they changed whatever they changed so I can't watch their videos anymore. :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

36. me neither---pout.

[malaise]

56. I had that problem but now I check Canofun

and right click the video I want and copy properties and paste directly in WMP and it works fine.

[proud2BlibKansan]

57. I have a Mac

no right click on mouse. Anyhow, I just get a blank screen. Nothing to right click on.

[IChing]

59. I have a Mac too, and it's a no go.

I'll try to right click and report back. I have a macally mouse.

[IChing]

61. Nothing won't load n/t I can't get any to play

[proud2BlibKansan]

62. They changed it a couple weeks ago

Canofun doesn't like Macs I guess.

[IChing]

66. That sucks, I hope they solve the problem

:wtf: :( :( :(

[NYCGirl]

67. Here's how you get it to play on a Mac:

Control-click on the link, and choose "save link as". Save it to your desktop (or wherever else you want), and then click to open in Windows Media Player. (Or open WMP first, and then open the clip from there.)

[IChing]

76. "Save link as"- does not come up as an option only these choices

open link in new window
open link in new tab
download link file
add link to bookmarks
copy link

[NYCGirl]

78. Try "download link file". What OS are you using? I'm on 10.3.9. NT

[Brundle_Fly]

85. doesnt work for me...

17 inch powerbook, os 10.4.4

[NYCGirl]

91. If you PM me with your email, I'll send you the file. NT

[proud2BlibKansan]

68. I doubt they will

It's a PC/Windows/IE world.

We know we are better off with Macs, but we are in the minority.

[NYCGirl]

71. I got it to play on my Mac by control-clicking on the link. Choose "save

link to". I saved it to my desktop, where I opened it with Windows Media Player.

[proud2BlibKansan]

80. When I control click on the link

I get an edit menu that says 'copy, paste, etc' No way to save link. And I tried copying but no go.

Then this little box comes up that says 'Error creating inique tmp file'.

[dutchdemocrat]

110. Flash 8 streaming here.

http://www.chris-floyd.com/bush/video/player.php?url=Late-Edition-Dean-JackA.flv

For those Mac'ers that are having problems or don't want to download.

[malaise]

60. Ouch!! n/t

[NYCGirl]

64. I have a Mac, too, and I got the clip to play by saving it to my desktop

and then clicking on it to open in Windows Media Player. Control-click on the link, and choose "save link as". Save it to your desktop (or wherever else you want), and then click to open in Windows Media Player. (Or open WMP first, and then open the clip from there.)

[proud2BlibKansan]

70. I get only a blank screen

There is nothing to get properties from - no link to save link as - only a blank screen. When I try to control click, nothing happens.

Thanks anyway. I will just use some other website besides canofun. If they don't want my traffic, so be it.

[NYCGirl]

72. Go to this page on canofun — the links are on the right side of the page:

http://www.canofun.com/blog/default.asp

[proud2BlibKansan]

81. All I get is an error message

Thanks for your help though.

[NYCGirl]

83. Delete — dupe. NT

[NYCGirl]

84. Sorry to hear that. It's playing just fine for me.

You do have Windows Media Player on your Mac?

Get it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=

[proud2BlibKansan]

89. Yes I have WMP

[OnyxCollie]

144. I've got a Mac and it works for me. I'm using 10.3.9 w/ Safari and WMP 9.

Look and see what version of WMP you have. I downloaded version 9.0 recently. Now that I have it installed, I just click on the file @ canofun, a blank page opens up in Safari, then WMP kicks in and after a second, it plays the video. Oh yeah, I'm using broadband. What takes a second for me might be considerably longer if you're using dial-up.


Edited 'cause I forgot.

[IChing]

88. I reloaded windows media and still the same

sorry this has filled my desk top with countless things that don't work.

[NYCGirl]

90. If you want to PM me with you email, I can send you the file. NT

[NYCGirl]

77. I just tried it on the link in the original post. Control-click and save

works there, too.

[Brundle_Fly]

101. are you running OSX tiger

or windows os 9 or prior?

[NYCGirl]

103. OSX Panther. OS 10.3.9. NT

[spooky3]

123. try the crooks & liars link (I have a mac and it works for me):

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Late-Edition-Dea.mov

Thanks to NYCGirl for putting in the link in another thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=82871&mesg_id=82908

[nicknameless]

129. I just downloaded it from CrooksAndLiars. Wolf looks VERY SAD at the end!

Good.

:D

[0007]

114. Thank you again liveoaktx

[nicknameless]

113. I can't watch them anymore either.

What a shame. :(

[jon strad]

124. Try this...

This is what I do, cause I get the same problem. If a blank browser window pops up, then copy the address. In Windows Media, go to file then open URL (or you can press Ctrl+U). Paste the address in, and voila! If the blank browser doesn't pop up for you, open the link's properties and get the address from there. Hope that helps.

[Cocoa]

30. My email to Wolf

Nice sigh!

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?21

[hiley]

31. thank you

works on firefox now, not just windows..
yea!

[IChing]

34. liveoak I can't get to finish loading

Are there any problems at the site? Keep up the good work
I like watching your videos but not supporting wolf's program
thanks.

[annabanana]

37. BEAUTIFUL!!

That was magnificent. Wolf was completly nonplussed, out of luck, and out of time.

(Anyone remember the Dot's final kiss-off to the squiggle in "The Dot and the Line"?)

[nickshepDEM]

38. You all know Ive been a critic of Dean in the past, BUT...

That right there is a text book way on how we should handle this whole Abramoff/Democrat 'scandal'.

Brilliant.

[Kahuna]

51. That's what I'm saying. I tell it like I see it. When Dean messes up..

I say so. But DAY'UM. He kicked ass today. I recorded the entire interview. I was giving him major props (on another thread) halfway through the interview (while praying that he continued to do well and not put his foot in his mouth). Gotta give it to the spunky little Doc, he showed the other Dems how it's done today.

[NYCGirl]

39. That clip is AMAZING! Dr. Dean, I love you.

:loveya:
Some floaty hearts for the Doctor.

[Cha]

45. I love him, too..in a

:patriot: hero for my Country kinda way :loveya: :D :7

[goclark]

40. Dean Rocks On This Video! Thanks liveoaktx

I watched it three times just so I could see the little huffs from Wolfie.

Reminds me of the three little pigs...

http://www.shol.com/agita/pigs.htm

The Wolfie said, "I'll huff and I'll Puff and it will be nothing but hot air!"

[kiteinthewind]

41. OMG, that is SWEET!!

We gotta keep repeating that when the Repugs keep trying to tie in the Dems. Over and over and over and over....
:yourock:

[Cha]

43. Big Fucking Sigh!

Did woofie say.."unfortunately we have to leave it right there"? }(

Dean, you da man!

[Rose Siding]

44. Rock Solid, Just OMG

Was that so HARD? EVERYONE could answer so bluntly with the TRUTH.

DEAN DEAN DEAN :bounce:

[grateful581]

46. Kiss my ass Wolf

He sounds like a f***ing freeper

"Democrats took money from abramoff"

[Cha]

106. Oh, woofie was pushing that a

mile a minute! he's like .."but, but, but.." when Dean said .."Dems did not take ANYTHING from JACK abramOFF!"

[blueblitzkrieg]

48. Dean was brilliant

poor Wolfie had to sigh in frustration at the end because Dean wouldn't let him drag those big bad Democrats into this Republican mess

[Maestro]

49. Bwahahahahaha!

Poor Wolfie was so flustered! Did he not do his homework?

[trogdor]

159. I think his dog ate it.

At least that's what he told the teacher.

[AntiCoup2K4]

50. And once again, Dr. Dean hits it out of the park.....

...and right upside Leslie Blitzer's empty whore head :evilgrin:

[susu369]

52. Oh, that was sweet

thank you.

Love you Howard!
:loveya:

[malaise]

54. Priceless

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Hope KO gives me a repeat of that sigh tomorrow night.:rofl:

[depakid]

55. What a lying sack of Sh-t Leslie Blitzer is

If anyone needed more proof as to why they should turn off CNN- I don't know what it would be.

Watching that crap is insidious- and it'll leave even the best people misinformed.

[democrank]

58. About time someone

slapped Blitzer around and Dean is just the man to do it. It`s so refreshing to listen to Dean respond to these Republican talking points.
We have too many "leaders" with Joementum. I`ll take a frank, candid Dean any day.

[Cocoa]

63. "You forgot Dorgan"

:rofl: I can't get enough of this clip!

[gumby]

65. Sooooo Good!

That clip is just unbelievable. Wolfie is just so horrible, and he can't hide it. He sounds like a grade-schooler, .."a bunch of Democrats did take money..."

[NNadir]

69. I hate to capitalize: BUT THAT IS FUCKING GREAT. GO DEAN!

[hippiechick]

74. R-O-F-L

Howard Dean, I LOVE you !!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[leftchick]

79. That was DELICIOUS!!!!

Thank you liveoaktx!

:yourock:

[qanda]

82. I have to give Dean a big ole kick

And a recommend.

[Straight Shooter]

86. Bwahahahahaha! Made my day, made my week!!

I love you, Howard Dean!

:yourock:

[0007]

87. Thank you liveoaktx. I never watch CNN and if it wasn't for you

I'd never get see these classics that you present to some of us cantankerous DUers.

[Dawgs]

93. How are these people not fired?

Dean showed him the truth, but Wolfie will surely continue to spread this lie and others.

[Catherine Vincent]

94. Oh. My. God!

This one is definitely a keeper! Howard Dean telling it like it is....THE TRUTH! Take that blitz, Wolf!

[texpatriot2004]

95. Howard Dean speaks for me. Thank you Dr. Dean. n.t

[greiner3]

96. Damn, but for one stupid mistake;

He would be our president now. Do you think history will be kind to him?

[ClintonTyree]

167. But it wasn't HIS mistake..........

the Corporate Media whores conveniently left out the crowd noise and concentrated on Dean's microphone. Howard HAD TO scream over the top of all the crowd, they were making so much noise. But in the Corporate Media whore reports none of that was audible. All we heard was "the Dean scream". :eyes: The Corporate media whores strike again. Bastards, Howard owes each and every one of those pricks an ass drubbing like he just gave Blitzer! :grr:

[daveskilt]

171. true - people who were there never heard the scream till later on TV

a couple of friends of mine had no idea he screamed and they were 20 feet away from him.

[deutsey]

97. Looks like Wolfie double-dosed his Prozac today n/t

[spanone]

99. Who the hell does Wolf Blitzer think he is? His exasperation with Dean's

answers is insulting at best. Fuck you Blitzer. Your mission, which you choose not to accept, is to REPORT the fucking news. PERIOD. Beyond that, keep your sighs to yourself.

[rucky]

100. Dean is a raving lunatic! Kidding. nt

[Cha]

107. I just saw "Good Night And Good Luck" and

you should have heard what joe freakshow mccarthy said about Edward R. Murrow!

[understandinglife]

104. Dean prevails because he speaks the truth. It's that simple.

Peace.

[ClayZ]

105. Standing Ovation

:applause:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

108. I needed that! Thank you so very much liveoaktx, you come through again!

[Glimmer of Hope]

109. Its as if Wolfie gave up.

..I can't spew this Republican garbage anymore..*sigh/huff*

[Wordie]

111. Program will replay at 8PM ET/5PM PT on CNN. Text transcript link here:

Here's a link to the text transcript of the show for the video-challenged:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/08/le.01.html

Recommended! He did great! Go Dean!

[gristy]

128. yee-haw!

BLITZER: Should Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, who has now pleaded guilty to bribery charges, among other charges, a Republican lobbyist in Washington, should the Democrat who took money from him give that money to charity or give it back?

DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true.

BLITZER: But through various Abramoff-related organizations and outfits, a bunch of Democrats did take money that presumably originated with Jack Abramoff.

DEAN: That's not true either. There's no evidence for that either. There is no evidence...

BLITZER: What about Senator Byron Dorgan?

DEAN: Senator Byron Dorgan and some others took money from Indian tribes. They're not agents of Jack Abramoff. There's no evidence that I've seen that Jack Abramoff directed any contributions to Democrats. I know the Republican National Committee would like to get the Democrats involved in this. They're scared. They should be scared. They haven't told the truth. They have misled the American people. And now it appears they're stealing from Indian tribes. The Democrats are not involved in this.

BLITZER: Unfortunately Mr. Chairman, we got to leave it right there.

[Independent_Liberal]

112. Go Howard!

That's my man!

:)

[bleever]

115. Priceless!

Watch this!

:thumbsup:

[Pastiche423]

116. Ah, such sweet and truthful music to my ears!

Thank you, liveoaktx! You are the best!

[Time for change]

117. Dean was superb

:applause:

[mzmolly]

118. LOL.

Priceless. Go Doctor!

[PassingFair]

119. K & R Baby!

Clear and concise.
Uppercut to Blitzer's chin....

[mom cat]

120. Priceless! I loved the jaw drop. Dean rocks!

[usregimechange]

125. Damn good job Dean! Thank you!

[madokie]

126. Excellent, Dean kicked ass.

Thanks for providing this to us, other wise most of what you do I would have missed.
:yourock:

[silverlib]

127. Has the video been pulled?

I watched it once - tried to pull it up again from two different thread linds and am getting "page not available"

[spooky3]

131. this one still works:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=81418&mesg_id=84867

[liveoaktx]

132. It's up-ws down for a few hours last night to make a change for MACs

[sweetm2475]

133. But, but, but,............aw F**K it!!!

Howie, you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:yourock: :headbang: :woohoo: :applause: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Historic NY]

134. Dean with a knock out punch.........way to go.

[eppur_se_muova]

135. Have a safe flight back! *snark*

Yeah, lots of dead air to kill, now that your little plan went up in smoke...
:nuke:

[rd_kent]

136. OH MAN!!!!! THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Wolf just did'nt know what to say!! He is so used to spewing his "talking points" that in the face of cold, hard facts, he crumbled!!!

[helderheid]

137. Thank you!

[usregimechange]

138. Kick.

[helderheid]

140. I had to watch that twice it was so good :) K&R!

[wryter2000]

141. You da ma...uh...person, liveoak!

Thank you for that.

Game, set, match, Howard Dean. In yo face, Blitzer! Eat excrement, moron.

:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[janetle]

142. Howard Dean rules!

This was great. If anything shows Wolf's bias, this is totally it. Way to go, Howard.

[Mr_Spock]

143. Stephanie Miller did a hilarious gig about this today.

I was laughing my ass off - the sheer hypocrisy of Hannity & Wolf & others who desperately want the Dems to be involved in this is so funny it leaves me in stitches. :rofl:

[MidwestTransplant]

145. Leslie Blitzer can't handle the truth

[blackspade]

146. YES!!!

This clip is a thing of beauty!!!

Go Dean!

[davidlynch]

147. It Dawns on Me That Wolfie Folded On Purpose--He's Fed Up Too

I just got a flash watching that video that Wolfie is fed up too, but his job is to deliver the talking points. He actually "threw" that match to Dean in a manner of speaking.

[nashville_brook]

149. "nice balls."

"you again."

[Shakespeare]

150. Thank heavens for DVRs.....

We rewound and watched The Sigh four or five times, and collapsed into hysterical laughter each time. It's joined the ranks of locked/protected snippets on our DVR (along with, for example, Bill Kristol on TDS admitting that Bush has "driven the country into a ditch").

[go west young man]

152. Kick ass Howard!

This is why Dean gets my money! When I send in any DNC form I always write for Howard Dean on the check so they get the message there!

[Lasher]

153. I hate it when beer comes out of my nose!

But I'm going to watch this one about a dozen times right now. Hooray for Dean! Maybe Wolf will think again before he just reads repuke talking points to Dean. Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy! :rofl:

[pauldp]

154. My President is Howard Dean!

He speaks for me baby!:thumbsup:

[Ian David]

155. RAPID RESPONSE: Monday 1/9/06, Jack Abramoff Special

From: Rapid Response Network [e-mail]
Date: Jan 9, 2006 11:06 AM
Subject: {US} RAPID RESPONSE: Monday 1/9/06, Jack Abramoff Special


This Abramoff alert is long but it does follow a
relatively 'most to least important' path. The
Abramoff issue has many tentacles -- it is amazingly
complex and staggering in scope... Thus, it becomes
easy for our media (big and small) to take the quick
route out offering us news consumers false
equivalencies ("everybody did it") and lots of
glossing over ("abramoff-related donations").

It is up to us to keep them honest and call a spade a
spade.


----------------------------
ISSUE: False Equivalency
----------------------------

Here's a piece from Daily Kos on the dangers of how
the press is treating the Abramoff story unless we
shine the light of truth on this matter:

Abramoff: what's next and how you can help bring down
the GOP
by dengre, DailyKos.com
Wed Jan 04, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/akc72

Main points from "dengre":

- The GOP will lie. They will cherry pick slices of
data to support simple-minded myths like "Everybody
Does It" and "Abramoff gave money to Democrats."

- The press will have a very hard time with this
story, because the corruption is so one-sided. Their
"Balance Bias" will lead them to stupid examples of
balance, like treating Harry Reid's legal support from
Native American as equivalent to DeLay's $1
Million from the Russians, $500,000 from the Chinese
owners of sweatshops and God (and Jack) knows what
other bribes.

- The Public will get confused.

SEE ALSO:

The Fast Rise and Steep Fall of Jack Abramoff
By Susan Schmidt and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post
Thursday, December 29, 2005
http://tinyurl.com/bytus

(Main points from this comprehensive WaPo article are
at the end of this alert.)


** THOUGHTS **

Remember a year ago how Congressional conservatives
wanted to remove ethical guidelines which bar
convicted Congressmen from serving in the leadership?
Remember how a few weeks later they reversed course
with their tails between their legs? Why is it that
the media can't remember that far back?

Luckily, since the Congressional conservatives did
keep some semblance of ethics in place no new laws or
policy guidelines are needed to prevent this
Conservative Abramoff Scandal from happening again on
either side of the aisle. What needs to happen is
simply observance of existing regulations and prompt
enforcement when violations occur... Under the
conservative-controlled Congress that has been
lacking.

Abramoff's tentacles reach in many directions and
through several means (see below) he allegedly bought
influence from the likes of Republicans Bob Ney, Tom
DeLay, etc. That influence came in the form of
political pressure, vote changes, and policy
influence...

See this "Late Edition" (CNN, 1/8/06) video
<http://tinyurl.com/bsyoj> or read this transcript
<http://tinyurl.com/a77m5> to learn how the media's
false equivalency in this matter can be easily and
swiftly shot down.

Be firm in stating that the records clearly show this
is a purely Republican scandal. Yes, Democratic
politicians received legitimate donation from some of
Abramoff's clients and yes, a very few Democratic
staffers left their positions in the government to
work for Abramoff. Those are in fact legitimate
activities which Americans and politicians of all
stripes legally participate in every day -- no big
deal and but a small portion of the many Abramoff
tentacles.

But, the Federal Election Commission
<http://tinyurl.com/duzeo> and IRS records
<http://tinyurl.com/9czmm> show that the political
donations and sham charity gifts connected to Abramoff
himself went solely to conservative politicians,
committees, and activities. While the political
donations are probably somewhat legitimate activity
(whereas fraudulent charitable activities would
clearly violate the law) the cumulative effect does
show precisely where Abramoff's sympathies lie: he is
a conservative through and through.

Moving into the more shadey areas... not a single
Democrat has been found to have received fantasy golf
junkets, trips to tropical islands, expensive dinners
and sports tickets, jobs or favors for family and
friends, etc....

More important, not a single Democrat has been found
to have gone to such great lengths in exchange for
Abramoff largesse as to force vote changes, tweak
Abramoff 'adversaries' in speeches on the House floor,
etc after receiving Abramoff largesse. This is
point-blank evidence of the Conservative Culture of
Corruption, pure and simple.

!!!
In fact, obviously enough, the progressives aren't in
power. The right-wing is -- and the conservatives are
the politicians who received the vast majority of
Abramoff's largesse (Abramoff's direct donations went
solely to conservative pols, PACs, and activists with
the large bulk of "Abramoff-related" loot going to the
right as well, notably the apparently fraudulent and
influence-peddling loot).


** ACTION **

- Write your local paper and your favorite major daily
- Call-in to radio programs
- Email or call TV shows
- Watch for false equivalency and correct it
- Speak up in 'water cooler conversations' around your
office

Let the bright light of truth shine through.

Park the responsibility for this firmly at the
doorstep of those who have the power to fix it: The
conservatives in control of Congress. It is they who
must end this apparent Conservative Culture of
Corruption and cut Abramoff's tentacles out of the
right-wing's halls of power (not just Congress but
also the White House and right-wing committees, think
tanks and activities). Some of this has begun (with
Abramoff cronies pleading guilty and the Cato
Institute and Copley News Service removing Abramoff's
payola-columnist Doug Bandow
<http://tinyurl.com/b9pnf>). Much more needs to be
done.

Again, who's in charge nowadays? Conservatives control
all three branches of government and Abramoff, a
conservative activist, was one of their own. This is a
mess of their making and unless things change next
November they must be the ones to mop it up.


** ADDITIONAL RESEARCH **

For those of you with more time to delve into this
matter:

What was that about Abramoff giving money to
Democrats?
by John in DC
AmericaBlog
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/duzeo

Abramoff: The House That Jack Built
Think Progress
(details and links to Politicians and right-wing
Activists which have received money directly from
Abramoff, his firm or his clients)
http://www.thinkprogress.org/abramoff

The DeLay-Abramoff Money Trail
Nonprofit Group Linked to Lawmaker Was Funded Mostly
by Clients of Lobbyist
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post
Saturday, December 31, 2005
http://tinyurl.com/9czmm

Corruption and the College Republican
Rolling Stone Magazine
Jan 05, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/7jjlh

Hardball's Chris Matthews, FOX's Tony Snow and Britt
Hume helped raise money for shady Abramoff charity
by John in DC
AmericaBlog
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
http://tinyurl.com/add2t

Corruption Inquiry Threatens to Ensnare Lawmakers
By Philip Shenon
The New York Times
Sunday 20 November 2005
via truthout.org

Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer
(interview with Gov. Howard Dean)
CNN
1/8/06
http://tinyurl.com/bsyoj


** POINTS FROM THE WA PO ARTICLE **

Main points to remember from the 12/29/05 WaPo
article:

- ...how Abramoff saw himself --
> the power behind the scenes who directed millions of
dollars in Indian gambling proceeds to favored
lawmakers,
> the puppet master who pulled the strings of
officials in key places,
> the businessman who was building an international
casino empire

- He collected unprecedented sums -- tens of millions
of dollars -- from casino-rich Indian tribes.

- Lawmakers and their aides packed his restaurants and
skyboxes and jetted off with him on golf trips to
Scotland and the Pacific island of Saipan.

- Abramoff offered jobs and other favors to
well-placed congressional staffers and executive
branch officials.

- He pushed his own associates for government
positions, from which they, too, could help him.

- A quarter of a century ago, Abramoff and anti-tax
crusader Grover Norquist were fellow Young Turks of
the Reagan revolution. ...They moved to Washington,
maneuvered to take over the College Republicans -- at
the time a sleepy establishment organization -- and
transformed it into a right-wing activist group. They
were joined by Ralph Reed, an ambitious Georgian whose
later Christian conversion would fuel his rise to
national political prominence.

{Recall that Karl Rove had his rise through the
College Republicans also.}

- In August 1999, he {Abramoff} signed up for the
National Republican Senatorial Committee's "Tartan
Invitational," in which a half-dozen Republican
senators and their aides spent a few days with about
50 lobbyists golfing at the exclusive St. Andrews
Links in Scotland.

The following year, Abramoff figured out how to use
his clients to fund his own trips to St. Andrews with
lawmakers. The first guests were DeLay and his aides.

- Abramoff quietly paid op-ed columnists thousands of
dollars to write favorably about his clients,
including one writer for Copley News Service who
disclosed this month that he had been paid for as many
as two dozen columns

- Bill padding was openly discussed, according to
Abramoff's Greenberg Traurig e-mails that have been
released by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. For
example, in April 2000, Abramoff had lobbyist Shawn
Vasell working on a monthly invoice to the Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, telling him to "be sure we
hit the $150k minimum. If you need to add time for me,
let me know."

An exasperated Vasell e-mailed back: "You only had 2
hours. We are not even close to this number . . . ."
Abramoff's solution: "Add 60 hours for me," and "pump
up" the hours for three or four other lobbyists.

- The nonprofit Capital Athletic Foundation, for
example, allowed him to schmooze with Washington's
movers and shakers at charity affairs.

The foundation was ostensibly created to help
inner-city children through organized sports. There is
no evidence money went to city kids, but the
foundation did fund some of Abramoff's pet projects: a
sniper school for Israelis in the West Bank, a golf
trip to Scotland for Ohio congressman Ney and others,
and a Jewish religious academy in Columbia that
Abramoff founded and where he sent his children to be
educated.

- Another Abramoff financial vehicle was the nonprofit
American International Center, a Rehoboth Beach, Del.,
"think tank" set up by Scanlon, who staffed it with
beach friends from his summer job as a lifeguard. The
center became a means for Abramoff and Scanlon to take
money from foreign clients that they did not want to
officially represent. Some of the funds came from the
government of Malaysia. Banks and oil companies there
were making deals in Sudan, where U.S. companies were
barred on human rights grounds. Sudan was among
several oil-rich nations in Africa, Asia and the
Middle East that Abramoff eyed as venues for lucrative
energy deals. Abramoff told associates he wanted to
become a go-to person for U.S. companies seeking to do
business with oil-patch nations.



----------------------------
FYI: All the News that's fit to Email
----------------------------

**
Stewart takes his shot at Oscar hosting
http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1073582.php

**
Duo's entrant-aiding hearing gets moved back to
Tuesday
By Stephanie Innes
Arizona Daily Star
Published: 01.07.2006
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/110288.php

(See also...)
Charged with Possession of a Conscience
by Vivian Pettyjohn
E Pluribus Media
04 January 2006
http://www.epluribusmedia.org/columns/20060104pettyjohn.html


**
A Donor Who Had Big Allies
By Richard A. Serrano and Stephen Braun
The Los Angeles Times
Sunday 08 January 2006
http://tinyurl.com/7gtkb

"DeLay and two others helped put the brakes on a
federal probe of a businessman. Evidence was published
in the Congressional Record."

++ What was that about an apparent conservative
culture of corruption? Why isn't THIS STORY receiving
more media time?

**
The NSA Spy Engine: Echelon
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Investigative Report
Monday 09 January 2006
http://tinyurl.com/8awzf

++ Based on what I've read of the NSA's loose
guidelines for whether communications were monitored
or not, I've probably been spied on (I routinely make
international calls for work and, umm, I write emails
like this one).

Makes me feely ooky. And, given that I AM AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN, I shouldn't even have to worry about feeling
ooky like that, dammit. I'm going to have to go back
to using tin can 'telephones', smoke signals, and the
pony express just to avoid Big Brother.



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[Patiod]

156. Masterful use of silence

Not a lot of haranguing to fill the silence - he said his piece, shut up, and let Wolfie squirm instead.

[bluerum]

157. Unfortunately Mr.Chairman, I am hosed.

Mr.Chairman kicks talking head a$$ - by telling the truth.

Ye ha in a big way.

:woohoo:


On edit: Like Blitzer EVER had anything to say.

[David Zephyr]

158. Thanks, liveoaktx for this great video. I'm passing it around.

:thumbsup:

[Autumn Colors]

160. TRUTHOUT HAS VIDEO UP - MULTIPLE FORMATS

To those who couldn't get it to work, try one of the links on this page:
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

[longship]

161. Canofun doesn't care about non-Windows users.

They've gone to all streaming with .ASX coding only for Windows.

If they would just provide the "mms://...." link to the stream us Linux users--and probably Mac users, too--could access their streams. Instead, they wrap the "mms://..." links in a bunch of Windows specific markup.

Instructions for Linux users...

Using mplayer...

1. Get the link from the web site. Right click the link and select "Copy link location"
2. Paste the link onto the command line. Using mplayer you have to put the URL after the "-playlist" option. Note: a "-cache <size in Kbytes>" option is often helpful. Here's an example:

$ mplayer -cache 128 -playlist http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/2006/DeanAbramoffDemocrats.asx

[President Kerry]

162. Direct. Unequivocal. Forceful. And true.

Right between the f-ing eyes! Bravo, Dr. Dean!!

[stlsaxman]

163. Truly a thing of beauty!

Watched it a few times, grinning wider and wider... :spray:

[ClintonTyree]

164. THAT'S HUGH!11!!!!111

I always wanted to do that. :)

Howard handed Leslie his ass on that one. I've never seen anyone so completely at a loss for words as Leslie Blitzer was in that sequence! Game, set, match. :woohoo: Howard's my man, oh how I wish he were my President right now instead of that turd on a stick, george bush.

[gordontron]

168. dean lays the smackdown! nt

[FredStembottom]

169. The charlatan Blitzer can't even FAKE some professionalism!

I am OUTRAGED to my TOES!

No Democrats are involved so he nearly cries on-air due to his personal disappointment!?!?! :mad:

:wtf: Shouldn't that get ANY newsman ANYWHERE fired?!?!? (with the exception, ALWAYS the exception of FOX)

And as for Dean:

Flame-away if you must but I am glad he didn't become president (at this time)! He seems to be right where our sick little nation needs him most!
When history recounts what is sure to be the lowest point in our entire history (the slow-motion slide toward an American dictatorship), during the second part, featuring America's 11th hour, death-bed recovery, the Democratic Black Caucus, Howard Dean and Harry Reid will loom large.

Dean speaks for me!

:pals:

[NNadir]

170. I am still pretty high on this. It was just so perfect.

I emailed the fascist hack Blitzer twice to rub it in.

I remember my early days as a Deaner. We were wild with hope. We didn't get what we hoped or expected, the Presidency, but man, I have never regretted supporting him.

[daveskilt]

172. My email to CNN

Wolf Blitzer could at least try to hide the fact he only parrots republican talking points. After Howard Dean shot Mr. Blitzers nonsense to pieces all Leslie could do was sigh heavily. Unprofessional, but what can I expect from a network that hires noted gambler and black baby abortion advocate Bill Bennet to replace noted treason advocate Bob Novak.

[oc2002]

173. God Bless you Howard Dean!

I hope the media does not ignore this issue with the Alito hearings, this is corruption at its core, in government and the media.

[underpants]

174. Wolf then returned to the treetop Ewok village to beging shaving..

for the next day's adventure down in Humanland

[Glenda]

175. I have to give this another kick!

:kick:

:woohoo: Dr Dean!

[DS1]

176. Wolf Blitzer - YOU JUST GOT

[Rhiannon12866]

177. In case anybody missed this, a kick from me, as well!!!

Kudos to Dr. Dean!!!:woohoo: