New owners of TWO Big Pennsylvania papers are SWIFT VET LIAR BACKERS.

[blm]

Thanks a FOCKING LOT, McClatchy.


GOP will now control MOST OF THE NEWS from Pennsylvania - Santorum will be safe enough and Pennsylvania will miraculously be close enough for the voting machines to do the rest. Goodbye Pennsylvania's electoral votes.

The GOPs are SO DECEITFULLY FAR AHEAD of ANYTHING the DNC can do, it's not even funny.

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/000842.html

Election 2004

W. visits a Swift Boat backer -- a Campaign Extra! exclusive
Remember what was going on at the height of the whole Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth controversy? The Bush White House has always maintained that John Kerry's Vietnam record was honorable, and so reporters and politicians -- including Bush supporter John McCain -- asked George W. Bush if he would repudiate the Swift Boat ads.

He wouldn't. As USA Today wrote on Aug. 27: "Bush has declined to specifically condemn the Swift Boat ads. He has called on Kerry to join him in opposing all such groups, most of which have financed anti-Bush ads using unregulated donations." Meanwhile, evidence emerged of ties between the Bush campaign and the anti-Kerry swiftees, including a lawyer who'd worked for both camps.

And now Campaign Extra! has learned that when President Bush flew to the Philadelphia suburbs to campaign last Thursday, he held his rally at the business of a major donor to the Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth. The Bush campaign said it selected Byers Choice Ltd., a maker of Christmas figurines in Colmar, Pa., as a way of showing its support for small business.

>>>>>
So did the Bush campaign appreciate -- or know of -- the $2,500 contribution that Byers made to Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth on Aug. 20, about two weeks before the rally was scheduled? Byers' contribution came after the first round of commericials. They questioned whether Kerry earned the combat medals he won serving as a Swift Boat commander during the Vietnam War -- a claim contradicted by official U.S. Navy records.

Byers -- who won an award from the Bush-led U.S. Small Business Administration, has reportedly given at least $30,000 to GOP causes, including -- in the last year -- the Republican National Committee and Sens. Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum.
>>>>>>

An examination of local donors to Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth shows some familiar Philadelphia names. The best known is local ad guru and former Sam Katz campaign strategist Brian Tierney, who gave $1,000, also on Aug. 20. John Templeton, the mutual-fund manager and Christian-oriented philanthropist from Bryn Mawr, gave $5,000 on Aug. 2.

[Mojambo]

1. Isn't that kinda like naming the Columbine kids co-presidents of the NRA?

[blm]

2. No. Tierney and Toll are ACTIVIST Republicans. There is plenty more to

uncover - but the fact that they supported Swift vets PROVES they have NO BUSINESS in the newspaper business - swift charges were LIES that went against every EXISTING OFFICIAL RECORD. And now activists who pushed those lies are in control of two of Pennsylvania's largest newspapers.

And what part of CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST sounds benign to you? It's never JUST about donations with these guys - they are all connected with their strategy goals.

You watch - there will be a connection to Rove. I can smell it.

[Kolesar]

6. Where's the story with Tierney and Toll buying the Phil papers, blm?

Did the deal go through yet? There is somebody I wish to email that story to. Thanks

[blm]

7. LBN

.

[Egalitariat]

3. We've still got the NYT and WAPO. We can deal with this****

nm

[blm]

4. I assume that's a sick JOKE. The NYT and WaPost haven't done anything

serious to counter BushInc - they helped cover up so much it isn't even funny.

[Mr_Spock]

5. and what does "we've still got" mean anyway?

As if media is supposed to be biased or something... :(

[Doctor_J]

15. you should probably add a sarcasm smilie to this,

or start enjoying your last few hours at DU

[kerry-is-my-prez]

8. They've got all their i's dotted & t's crossed....

n/t

[Kolesar]

9. Give your friends tax cuts, make them rich, so they can buy up the media

"the bush plan"

[me b zola]

10. That's the definition of "trickle-down economics". n/t

[me b zola]

11. Sounds as tho they have Murtha next in line to be swift-boated

They have looked like the nasty bullies that they are when they have used congress-critters to attack Murtha. This will give them a vehicle to attack from seeminly "neutral" people. :nuke:


Holy cow, this is bad, bad news on so many different levels.

[blm]

13. Not just Murtha, but ALL Dem congressmen AND they'll save Santorum.

And with Governor Lynn Swann, they'll bring in new voting machines across the state.

[MH1]

12. Thanks for keeping the attention on this, blm

I just don't know what can be done.

I've passed the information on in what ways I can, but I don't know that anyone is in a position to do anything.

It's a shame the Dems don't have the media tendrils that the GOP does. But then, if we played those games, we'd be just as bad as them. Sigh.

[Doctor_J]

14. and still there are those who think that we are in control

of our destiny. Step one to fixing things: admit the size of the problem. We will be having another GOP landslide this November. My advice: Automatic weapons and lots of ammo. The peaceful phase of the 4th Reich will soon be coming to and end.

[corkhead]

16. So what, newspapers are so 20th century anyway.

worried about the loss of non-existent liberal media bias? you can't lose what you don't have to start with.

[blm]

19. Where do you think the internet gets most of its content? Are YOU going to

be funding INVESTIGATIVE teams in DC the way KnightRidder did? Is Arianna? Is Kos?

[cantstandbush]

17. Time to boycott Byers figurines. I'll be careful not buy them. n/t

[blm]

18. That just showed BushInc was LYING about not supporting Swiftliars - the

end of the story names Tierney as another financial supporter of Swiftliars - he is the one whose group bought the papers.