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Lex

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39. I'm thinking someone chose her to get some damaging information to
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:58 AM
Oct 2012

precisely because of her reputation of not being full of BS about these things.

And the reason she is withholding this information is...? jberryhill Oct 2012 #1
Maximize drama, minimize time for it to blow over bettyellen Oct 2012 #4
she doesn't care who hates her. I will never forget when she roguevalley Oct 2012 #73
Love her, hate her, regardless, she hunts big game, and she KILLS big game. Zalatix Oct 2012 #156
from your lips to God's ears. :D roguevalley Oct 2012 #158
You and I are both old enough to remember Dorothy Kilgallen... PCIntern Oct 2012 #5
Bingo. I hope GA has very good security personnel 24/7.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #48
I was thinking the same meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #59
agreed. I remember kilgallen. elegant dresser. roguevalley Oct 2012 #159
Solidifying it, mon ami; solidifying it. Gloria crosses EVERY "t". WinkyDink Oct 2012 #89
Doesn't matter. TheKentuckian Oct 2012 #160
Such revelations Helen Reddy Oct 2012 #2
If Gloria has anything, she's WAY too late! Because of early voting TheDebbieDee Oct 2012 #43
After the last debate Lex Oct 2012 #50
I think right before the debate would be even better... Contrary1 Oct 2012 #70
The majority of early voters nationwide have been favoring the President.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #53
exactly.. we may not get their votes.. oldhippydude Oct 2012 #101
If it weren't for voter suppression and theft by the GOP, Obama would win this election hands down. crunch60 Oct 2012 #149
I'd be satisfied with Helen Reddy Oct 2012 #69
Early voting went for Obama. not to worry! robinlynne Oct 2012 #127
"October Surprise" is so 2004. In this fast-moving world, like you said: September, August... n/t win_in_06 Oct 2012 #136
I think someone floated a rumor that Allred has some "secret" Romney info justiceischeap Oct 2012 #3
His tax returns from 2009 would be sufficient. Zen Democrat Oct 2012 #8
But doesn't Allred usually have "sex" secrets? justiceischeap Oct 2012 #10
She's a lawyer. She'd have whatever a client brought to her. Orangepeel Oct 2012 #30
Maybe its another foot-in-the-mouth 'gotcha-video' like the '47%' video Segami Oct 2012 #31
Might show he took the amnesty deal. crunch60 Oct 2012 #150
Timing is everything! If Allred actually has a bomb-shell secret revelation to announce, Segami Oct 2012 #12
I agree, justiceischeap. iemitsu Oct 2012 #67
#octobersurprise n/t L0oniX Oct 2012 #98
When questioned, ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #145
I really dislike these teasing Ilsa Oct 2012 #6
Why must GA operate on someone else's timetable? She knows what she has and when it would be WinkyDink Oct 2012 #91
I hope its something DEVASTATING to make up for the abject failure of the media this election cycle JaneyVee Oct 2012 #7
If it were possible to rec your reply post, I wouild do it. ClusterFreak Oct 2012 #17
Bang on! mimi85 Oct 2012 #99
GWB was coddled nt rbrnmw Oct 2012 #20
Yes, big corps control the media Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #133
And don't forget that everything out of his mouth is a lie BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #22
Yup! Plucketeer Oct 2012 #112
Well said. I have copied it and saved it. spartan61 Oct 2012 #27
A+,+1, thumbs-up, attagirl, way to go... dchill Oct 2012 #33
Run your post as an op, so I can rec it. Melissa G Oct 2012 #34
****DING DING DING**** Post of the morning! uponit7771 Oct 2012 #37
can we copy this and pass it around? n/t sammytko Oct 2012 #38
+10000 good post wordpix Oct 2012 #42
The commercial media exist for one purpose and one purpose only: to sell coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #54
This is going on my FB page.... geckosfeet Oct 2012 #65
THANKS GECKOSFEET! nm Cha Oct 2012 #146
Spot on. Swiping and reposting your comment via fb axollot Oct 2012 #110
Ah, this is the OP where your post came from that Cha Oct 2012 #143
Much ado 'bout nuttin.. ananda Oct 2012 #9
Gloria Alfred may hurt or help us. I personally don't feel comfortable with that personality /nt still_one Oct 2012 #11
What JaneyVee said.. rainlillie Oct 2012 #13
This has the danger of being magical thinking exboyfil Oct 2012 #14
I'm never comfortable with Allred's pronouncements. MineralMan Oct 2012 #15
Maybe her client came to her recently rbrnmw Oct 2012 #21
That could be. MineralMan Oct 2012 #23
Would it change anything if it could be confirmed? lolly Oct 2012 #132
The problem with Arnold was that everyone already knew he was a serial cheater... libdem4life Oct 2012 #144
And where is this 'pronouncement'? All I see is a rumor from Drudge. Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #46
Yes, that, too. MineralMan Oct 2012 #51
Too Rovian by half. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #82
If it well sourced and researched confirmation will come with the revelation. morningfog Oct 2012 #52
So far, the whole thing is only a figment of Drudge's imagination. MineralMan Oct 2012 #55
I don't trust Drudge. Allred stoked the flames by not denying. morningfog Oct 2012 #57
Has Allred publicly denied this? MineralMan Oct 2012 #60
It is well worth mentioning. It gets others digging to morningfog Oct 2012 #63
If she doesn't have anything, it hurts nobody, except maybe Drudge. MineralMan Oct 2012 #64
Exactly. There is no risk of harm to Dems or Obama, the only risk morningfog Oct 2012 #66
Do you have any idea how few people even know that this rumor MineralMan Oct 2012 #68
All the more reason to spread it! Journalists and reporters are aware morningfog Oct 2012 #71
Oh dear. Real journalists and reporters don't spread rumors. MineralMan Oct 2012 #74
It wasn't good for Obama. But, it was good for McCain at the time. morningfog Oct 2012 #106
George W. Bush's DUI coming just before the 2000 election was enough for him to lose Hippo_Tron Oct 2012 #122
And, I distincly remember the "media" getting all over Al Gore Cha Oct 2012 #147
Someone on DU keeps saying something "BIG" is going to be revealed. Who is it? Fla Dem Oct 2012 #16
Omaha Steve I believe. Doubt this is it though. justiceischeap Oct 2012 #19
Something that would receive attention in Iowa and Nebraska jackbenimble Oct 2012 #153
Ya gots to wonder whether the Revelation has anything to do with the White Horse Mormon prophecy? Berlum Oct 2012 #18
Poor Rafalca....mitt & his chauffeur driven prancing tax deduction. Historic NY Oct 2012 #103
standard guilty response librechik Oct 2012 #24
let's just hope the "dirt" is mud that sticks until election day wordpix Oct 2012 #44
I think it's just all about Gloria Allred ibegurpard Oct 2012 #25
So far it's all about Matt Drudge, is it not? Allred has not said or done a thing. Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #49
I would think that Gloria Allred would have publicly dispelled such rumors so late Segami Oct 2012 #58
Really? And you say this why? WinkyDink Oct 2012 #92
Is there anything, or are the Rs just freaking at a rumor of one... JHB Oct 2012 #26
Seems that way to me. I haven't even seen an actual source for this rumor arcane1 Oct 2012 #29
anything that comes from the fountain of Drudge is poisonous... he obviously wants this spread... trailmonkee Oct 2012 #28
Something sort of telling that I just noticed htuttle Oct 2012 #32
I'm not sure that she "usually wins at the PR game", hughee99 Oct 2012 #35
It should be remembered ZX86 Oct 2012 #36
I'm thinking someone chose her to get some damaging information to Lex Oct 2012 #39
That's why I think there might be something here aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #72
NB *potential* clients -- from a lawyer who chooses her words carefully -- nt. eppur_se_muova Oct 2012 #86
THANK YOU. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #96
here's hoping she'll reveal on Mon. 10 am when the reporters are awake looking for stories wordpix Oct 2012 #40
She is frighteningly effective, isn't she?! n/t vaberella Oct 2012 #41
I hear Romney once got away with an acronym in a game of Scrabble NoPasaran Oct 2012 #45
I don't get your frivolity. You think Romney HASN'T "got away with" big things? WinkyDink Oct 2012 #93
There's nothing frivolous about cheating at Scrabble NoPasaran Oct 2012 #102
LOL n/t Oilwellian Oct 2012 #154
I wonder if he fathered another son or daughter by another woman? Maraya1969 Oct 2012 #47
Maybe he does have some more wives tucked away? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #134
I read that she just met with Obama..not sure when Texin Oct 2012 #56
I think your post sets a record for vagueness. And I don't believe its title. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #94
Jerome Corsi Lucinda Oct 2012 #152
What can Gloria Allred do that Willard isn't doing to himself? RC Oct 2012 #61
I hope it is a video or pictures of him in an extramarital fling. desertduck Oct 2012 #62
LOL. Do you suppose Rielle Hunter also approached Romney? mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #77
You don't think there are enough Mormon women who would? WinkyDink Oct 2012 #95
With video cameras? mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #125
She better have protection. Eddie Haskell Oct 2012 #75
Here's the funny thing glacierbay Oct 2012 #76
I predict this is just another example of Drudge BS that never pans out. RomneyLies Oct 2012 #78
Do you have a link to Allred's denial that there's any there? Segami Oct 2012 #80
It doesn't matter if there is one or not. randome Oct 2012 #81
+10000000 glacierbay Oct 2012 #85
She is a lawyer. A rumor is floating around that claims she has an 'October Surprise" Segami Oct 2012 #88
Sorry, I was wrong RomneyLies Oct 2012 #83
+1million Myrina Oct 2012 #117
Maybe she found out where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. asjr Oct 2012 #79
And she'll provide positive proof that Rmoney is responsible for his death. glacierbay Oct 2012 #84
Interesting that your post and the one above it disparages the thought of a Romney scandal. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #97
I'm making a fucking joke glacierbay Oct 2012 #100
So typical glacierbay Oct 2012 #114
MediaTakeOut suggests a story between Willard and a former maid. mzmolly Oct 2012 #87
this should be an OP! riverwalker Oct 2012 #105
See here: mzmolly Oct 2012 #121
GA is waiting until her info/witness(es) is irrefutable. Solid. And she's prepared to be disparaged. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #90
Romney is dirty and his party knows it Warpy Oct 2012 #104
If even the RUMOR of a rumor is getting their undies in a twist... Buns_of_Fire Oct 2012 #107
Even just the speculation riverwalker Oct 2012 #108
You know what it would be nice? darkangel218 Oct 2012 #109
Hidden video is my first choice. Segami Oct 2012 #111
Meh Duan Oct 2012 #113
It would be great if it were a sex scandal glacierbay Oct 2012 #115
Possibly other hidden wives? MessiahRp Oct 2012 #129
Not me. I say run, mzmolly Oct 2012 #123
Let's see.... bardgal Oct 2012 #116
Uh Oh glacierbay Oct 2012 #118
I wouldn't put it past Ms. Allred to spring her October Surprise on kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #119
I doubt it! Segami Oct 2012 #120
Well that's good. I think it was Susan Carpenter McMillan who was in that Paula/Clinton kerfuffle. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #126
Bwaaaaah hahahaha malaise Oct 2012 #124
Not to worry Repuks' the MSM will ignore it... jimlup Oct 2012 #128
I don't think so. Everybody loves a juicy scandal (assuming it exists). LisaL Oct 2012 #130
sex scandals more important to the media Lex Oct 2012 #131
Imagine the ads they'll have to buy to put it over toby jo Oct 2012 #137
Yes but this time of year and this particular story... maybe not... jimlup Oct 2012 #157
Maybe Bain has been smuggling arms to the Iranians? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #135
mediatakout claims they have the goods.. affair with an ex-maid. DCBob Oct 2012 #138
Rich men and 'the help', same as it ever was, sadly. Lex Oct 2012 #139
im smeling a rat though.. DCBob Oct 2012 #140
Could be. Lex Oct 2012 #142
MediaTakeout? Yeah right glacierbay Oct 2012 #141
She's not dumb enough to do this without some video or DNA or something irrefutable. libdem4life Oct 2012 #148
Allred usually has female clients..... ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #151
So, the maid story fits? Wednesdays Oct 2012 #155
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