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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:14 PM
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RE: the Isikoff segment on Rachel's show...
What is the president NOT leaving up to Holder and DOJ?

Anyone catch it??
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:22 PM
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1. About calling for prosecutions.
Obama said it would be to distracting. (bullshit)
It isn't even up to Obama. Isikoff said that he wouldn't even consider calling for a special prosecutor, to combine all the separate investigations. Apparently Holder never said a word during the entire meeting.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:29 PM
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2. Damn, I was hoping that wasn't it. Thanks for the info! nt
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:34 PM
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3. Your welcome, but, if someone puts a video
Edited on Wed May-20-09 08:35 PM by pleah
up, you should watch the whole thing. There was a lot more to it.

edit to add: I was very disappointed listening to this.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:36 PM
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4. And we have to be VERY careful treating an off the record conversation as fact.
;)
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JamesA1102 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:41 PM
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5. Good Point.
Plus Isikoff lost all credibilty 10 years ago when he pumped every right-wing talking point against Clinton and tried to get people to lie to confirm his stories.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:42 PM
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6. Yup...did he say who his source was?
there is a piece on Huffington that paints a different picture.
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:47 PM
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7. Didn't see the segment on Rachel's show
but here's the Huffington piece for those who haven't read it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/20/obama-huddles-with-human_n_206104.html
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:53 PM
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10. Thanks...certainly paints a different picture than what I read upthread. n/t
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:53 PM
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11. Thanks.
:)
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:54 PM
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12. He couldn't and he wouldn't.....
.... which is not a knock at him, but that's a very fundamental tenant among the journalistic faith.

It's very plausible that what he reported is accurate ... and it's very plausible that it's not.

We have no way of knowing. We cant treat it as fact, just file it away for future reference. (lol, and use it to back any pre-conceived notion we have about the situation.)

Now, I'm off to read the HuffPo article you're talking about.....
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:53 PM
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8. Heh...some DUers will believe anything from the MSM
as long as it makes Obama look bad.
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:57 PM
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13. Really? I learn something new here everyday! Seems he has
that in common with Turley.
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MarjorieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 08:53 PM
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9. Isikoff never haves as much as he portrays, and Rachel knee-jerk believes every point as extreme
against Obama with human rights. Eagerly. That balanced Huffpo article gave reasons why Obama is treading as he's doing, by what was left by Bush, which can be considered fair by many.

I wrote Rachel yesterday about her blind spot towards with pleasing the ACLU audience on certain things, and searches for truth and reason with other issues.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 09:13 PM
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14. Well, this is one time I hope he's very wrong.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 09:33 PM
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15. Thanks for writing her on
Edited on Wed May-20-09 09:34 PM by Cha
that, Marjorie..several of us have also written.
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JamesA1102 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-21-09 06:01 AM
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17. Is it any wonder Rachel's rating are tanking.
She forgot that people watch FAUX, not MSNBC, to see the President bashed.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-20-09 09:34 PM
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16. Here's the video - thanks Hissyspit!
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