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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 355324" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Part 2: <strong>Newt Gingrich, supreme fear-monger</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>UPDATE</u></strong>: Speaking of fear-mongering, I've been working today on various campaigns to derail the Steny-Hoyer-led effort to vest lawbreaking telecoms this week with immunity. Quick -- and severe -- action will be required because the House Democratic leadership is <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/congress-nears-deal-on-surveillance-bill/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00348a">conniving to negotiate this in secret and then pass all of this quickly</span></a> so as to avoid debate and consequences. The campaign is going to expand well beyond Chris Carney and will include, at the very least, a massive effort directed at voters in Steny Hoyer's district to make them aware of just what he is doing. I hope to have more details and updates on all of this later today, but will, at the absolute latest, have it early tomorrow morning.</p><p></p><p>A concerted effort, lots of resources, and alliances with other like-minded factions and groups will be required to make this work. If, as appears, Congressional Democrats are intent on doing this, there should be a hefty and real price for them to pay for doing it.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>UPDATE II</u></strong>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080619175800/http://brendancalling.com/2008/06/16/steny-hoyers-office-lied-to-me-today/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00348a">This blogger</span></a>, who recounts the day he just spent on the phone being lied to by Steny Hoyer's office, knows exactly who the prime culprit is here, and he's doing the right thing. I'll definitely have a post later today tomorrow morning with all the updates about what is going on and about the campaign we're formulating -- aimed right at Hoyer's considerable vulnerabilities, though not only him -- to do what is possible to stop this deeply corrupt deal that they're preparing to pass or, at the very least, to force the prime culprits to pay as high a price as possible for it.</p><p>-- Glenn Greenwald</p><p></p><p>source: <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/16/gingrich/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red"><strong>http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/16/gingrich/index.html</strong></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 355324, member: 2189"] Part 2: [B]Newt Gingrich, supreme fear-monger[/B] [B][U]UPDATE[/U][/B]: Speaking of fear-mongering, I've been working today on various campaigns to derail the Steny-Hoyer-led effort to vest lawbreaking telecoms this week with immunity. Quick -- and severe -- action will be required because the House Democratic leadership is [URL='http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/congress-nears-deal-on-surveillance-bill/'][COLOR=#00348a]conniving to negotiate this in secret and then pass all of this quickly[/COLOR][/URL] so as to avoid debate and consequences. The campaign is going to expand well beyond Chris Carney and will include, at the very least, a massive effort directed at voters in Steny Hoyer's district to make them aware of just what he is doing. I hope to have more details and updates on all of this later today, but will, at the absolute latest, have it early tomorrow morning. A concerted effort, lots of resources, and alliances with other like-minded factions and groups will be required to make this work. If, as appears, Congressional Democrats are intent on doing this, there should be a hefty and real price for them to pay for doing it. [B][U]UPDATE II[/U][/B]: [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20080619175800/http://brendancalling.com/2008/06/16/steny-hoyers-office-lied-to-me-today/'][COLOR=#00348a]This blogger[/COLOR][/URL], who recounts the day he just spent on the phone being lied to by Steny Hoyer's office, knows exactly who the prime culprit is here, and he's doing the right thing. I'll definitely have a post later today tomorrow morning with all the updates about what is going on and about the campaign we're formulating -- aimed right at Hoyer's considerable vulnerabilities, though not only him -- to do what is possible to stop this deeply corrupt deal that they're preparing to pass or, at the very least, to force the prime culprits to pay as high a price as possible for it. -- Glenn Greenwald source: [URL='http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/16/gingrich/index.html'][COLOR=red][B]http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/16/gingrich/index.html[/B][/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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