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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-06-06 07:59 PM
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5. not sound bite, but constant repetition of quotes like this are of the
utmost importance

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=340596&mesg_id=340744

thanks to loge23

This was the idiot president in Buffalo in April of 2004:
"Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so. It’s important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."

This was offered off the cuff - not in response to any question. As Al Franken puts it, he basically voluntarily lied.


Franken apparently is playing this all the time

the DEMS NEED TO FRICKIN' catch on, too

Feingold is doing it in a round about way, by accusing Gonzalez of not telling the truth, but they need to beat items like this with a hard stick, just like the pugs do with their constant lies, even when outed
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