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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 03:58 PM
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Dick Morris falsely claimed Obama was "general counsel" for ACORN
... Fox News contributor Dick Morris falsely claimed on the October 13 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes that Sen. Barack Obama served as "general counsel" to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). In fact, Obama was never "general counsel" to ACORN. He was part of a team of attorneys from the law firm Miner, Barnhill & Galland that represented ACORN in a lawsuit against the State of Illinois.

As Media Matters for America has noted, the plaintiffs, which included, among others, the U.S. Department of Justice and the League of Women Voters, sued to force the state to implement the National Voter Law of 1993, the federal "motor voter" registration law. On June 5, 1995, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision affirming the lower court's finding for the plaintiffs ...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200810140011?f=h_latest
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:02 PM
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1. Every sentence that inludes the name Dick Morris should begin like this "Dick Morris falsely claimed
......"
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:18 PM
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5. eh-yup!
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 05:17 PM
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7. Almost right..... Every sentence that includes the name Dick Morris should begin like this
"Dick Morris, prostitute toe-sucker, falsely claimed..."

Accuracy in media, and all that. ;)
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Felix Mala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:02 PM
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2. Facts? You're expecting facts? From Fox News? n/t
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:03 PM
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3. dick should go suck a toe. nt.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:29 PM
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6. That son of a bitch has given all toe suckers a bad name. Oh maybe I've said too much.
:evilgrin:
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 04:10 PM
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4. You mean the Dick Morris that was busted with a Whore in a motel?
That Dick Morris? Yea. He's a credible source.:dem:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 04:15 AM
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8. Morris the Dick LIKES spouting total bullshit! And his rightwingnuyt pals LIKE being duped
and conned and trickedinto believing Morris the Dick's bullshit!

It's a symbiotic relationship.


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