It’s hard to believe this mistake is still being made. Actually, it isn’t that hard.:
In the column “CPAC Goes For X Factor With Young Conservatives” of February 19, 2010, David Gauvey Herbert of the National Journal refers to a wiretapping plot by James O’Keefe at the offices of Sen. Mary Landrieu:
Conservatives who celebrated O’Keefe after that takedown distanced themselves from him after he was arrested Jan. 25 in an attempted wiretapping scheme at the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
There are no allegations of any “wiretapping scheme” plot in the the FBI affidavit that was released nearly a month ago, which your reporters could have easily consulted in numerous places. Also, a law enforcement official has conceded that the four men were not attempting to wiretap or intercept calls. Furthermore, legal representation for the accused has gone on record stating there were no intentions to bug the phones in the Senator’s office.
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Furthermore, as witnessed here, not a one of us 'distanced' ourselves from O'Keefe ~
That's not fair. You guys get to edit your typos.
Too 'ard' to do from here. LOL Keep kicking tush BIGs.
I see Media Matters is trying to take a shot at Retracto with an empty gun.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201002190036
[...] so far from the basic tenets of Journalism. The prime on-going example of this shoddy Journalism is the continued erroneous reporting of the James O’Keefe incident, at the offices of Sen. Mary [...]
Domo arigato Mr. Retracto – go get 'em Retracto!
What you portray as "mistakes" are not mistakes at all. They are the deliberate lies and propaganda of the MSM who practice jaundiced journalism with the usual stench of toilet quality results.
The lies of these practitioners of jaundiced journalists stink so bad that they have to brush their teeth with toilet paper.
Give the bast-rds hell AB…
I still can't get that damnable Retracto song out of my head. It's a major ear
wormalpaca.Good, keep them accountable Retracto, it's about time after decades of lies. To think I used to listen and believe they were our stand-ins, keeping a good eye on government for us, while we were working our azz off. I'll never forgive them for what they have done. Keep up the good work.
It is Obama we're trying to distance America from. O'Keefe is a champion of freedom, liberty, and transparency, a natural enemy of Obama and his gang ACORN.
Ah, the MSM and Goebbels' Big Lie is akive and well. The MSM is dead…
Keeping that poor Alpaca real busy these days … Go Retracto!
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