ACORN foe: Phone plot to embarrass senator

An activist accused of trying to tamper with Sen. Mary Landrieu?s phones said the incident wanted to investigate complaints that constituents calling her office couldn?t get through. ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Jan 29, 2010 - 2:04 PM PST
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by Glenn LaBauve - Jan. 29, 2010

A gonzo quasi-journalist gets caught violating at least a dozen federal and state laws, then uses the the excuse that he's just a kid.

His party has been trying to get the death penalty approved for 14 year olds and his attornery has the unabashed gaul to claim these is just the actions of a group of kids. If he is so law and order, not only lock him up, but deny him bail, then water torture him until he confesses to 9-11, OK City, and the Lindburg baby( should take 5-10 min given how quickly he bailed out of jail so he would not be with any of those other kinds of people.

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by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 29, 2010

More info on the other participants of the suspected wiretapping attempt would be interesting. This article spends a bit too much ink echoing O'Keefe's bozo story and false charges.

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by Randy Morrow - Jan. 31, 2010

And so the "spin" on this event begins.

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