GOP retracts its criticism of Pelosi

[bluedog]

-ha ha .the GOP thought they "caught" Nancy.........what a bunch of freaking fools

GOP retracts its criticism of Pelosi By KASIE HUNT, Associated Press Writer




WASHINGTON - Republicans quickly retracted a news release Thursday that accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) of violating copyrights of C-SPAN, the cable channel that televises House and Senate proceedings.


The GOP took Pelosi to task because her new blog used video of this week's Iraq war debate, but then backtracked after learning C-SPAN had no copyright for the footage.

The Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House members, contended in an afternoon news release that Pelosi's Web log violated copyright and trademark law by pirating "for partisan purposes" clips of members speaking on the House floor.

The clips, hosted by the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube, have C-SPAN's logo visible.

"As of noon today, the speaker had posted at least 16 videos that are copyrighted C-SPAN material from the House floor," according to the release from RSC spokesman Brad Dayspring. He cited an unnamed C-SPAN employee responsible for answering copyright questions from congressional employees.

Not so, said C-SPAN spokeswoman Jennifer Moire. The videos on Pelosi's blog, called The Gavel, came from the House chamber, where the footage is shot by cameras owned by Congress, not C-SPAN.

"That's in the public domain, it's owned by the American people," Moire said.

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[rocktivity]

1. At least they bothered to contact C-span to find out what the policy was

At least they bothered to claim that they did...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[baldguy]

5. What's that called again?

You know, actually going out and finding out the facts before publishing an allegation?

[rocktivity]

11. It's called "looney extreme leftist liberalism!"

:rofl:
rocknation

[More Than A Feeling]

2. That may be a first

Republicans taking back their stupid smears? Somebody take a picture, we may never see this again in our lives!

[nuxvomica]

3. Oh man, they are so stupid!

They can't even grasp at straws right! :rofl:

[KingFlorez]

4. They are such idiots

They don't belong in Congress if they don't even know what the law is

[rocktivity]

6. Nancy must be smiling wider than the Cheshire cat.

She's got 'em by the short hairs now--she can accuse them of attacking her for the SAKE of attacking her!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Rose Siding]

7. They'll throw anything they can dream up at the Speaker

This fear of an informed public is disgusting.

[Bucky]

8. Right... They're still looking for some traction for their ongoing smear of Pelosi.

It's such a marked difference from Democratic opposition. We had oppo people, but they waited around until he did something wrong, stupid, or bigly wrongly stupid before pouncing on him and firing off the press releases. Republicans aren't waiters. Heh, didnt' mean to say that (sorry, Mr Rove, hope your kid gets a job outside food service).

Republicans aren't good at waiting for their opponents to screw up. They begin slinging mud at whoever they need to smear right out the gate. It's mid February and this is already her second non-scandal.

[caligirl]

9. neaner neaner neaner!

[snot]

10. They seem more anxious to smear Pelosi than the Dem Presl candidates --

I wonder if it's part of their defense against impeachment -- to make her so unpalatable that we'd rather keep Bush and/or Cheney than default to her. But they've got a lot more smearing to do to make that strategy work.

[yellowcanine]

12. First the airplane mountain from molehill and now the false charge of copyright infringement. The

pubs have discharged one round in the right foot and one round in the left foot. If they are not careful the next round will shoot their dick off.

[leftofthedial]

13. it should be illegal to be a repuke

assholes.