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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 06:10 PM
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"Finger-pointing GOP staffer" says "I sense Pelosi’s behind this" (FoxSnooze blackout @ US Capitol)
GOP staffers sensed Pelosi plot in temporary Fox News blackout
Jason Rhyne
Published: Monday November 12, 2007

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/GOP_staffers_sense_Pelosi_plot_in_1112.html

When Fox News programming mysteriously disappeared last week from televisions at the US Capitol, some Republican Congressional aides were quick to suspect foul play, according to a DC newspaper.

"Staffers looking for their daily dose of 'We report, you decide' coverage on Wednesday flipped to the usual channel, only to be surprised to find dead air," report Roll Call's Emily Heil and Anna Palmer. "Conspiracy theories, unsurprisingly, abounded."

Eyeing Democrats as likely culprits, some Republicans on the Hill suggested a far-ranging plot reaching even the highest levels of majority leadership. “I sense Pelosi’s behind this,” one finger-pointing GOP staffer told Roll Call of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Another Republican aide described the horrors of being compelled to watch other networks' news coverage during the work day. "I was just forced to watch an MSNBC segment on going green by shopping at farmers markets," the withdrawal-afflicted staffer told the paper. "We need Fox back, stat."
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 06:18 PM
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1. Hey repugs - paranoid, much?
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 06:19 PM
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2. Truth! Gaah! It burns the flesh! n/t
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 06:23 PM
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3. Oh brother. I have a feeling these guys need faux tv as a constant
background noise security blanket kinda thing. I'll tell ya what sucks, every time I go on post to the doctor or pharmacy, faux news is on every tv in every waiting area. Now that's a conspiracy driven thing that should be fixed. MSNBC isn't even offered on the local cable network. And of course there's limpballs on armed forces radio. Goebles couldn't do better.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 08:00 PM
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6. My mechanic's waiting room used to have Fox on the TV...
...now it's CNN. I know, I know..."big improvement"...but when I was sitting there the other day enjoying my morning cup of coffee and waiting for my car it was much more pleasant.

:toast:
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 06:44 PM
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4. it's a vast left-wing conspiracy ...
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 07:06 PM
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5. The White House is a Michael Moore "fiefdom" exposed.
God, these nerds do not live in the real world.
Or is it they just like to see pretty bimbos on the tube in the morning?
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booley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-13-07 06:07 PM
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7. Ye Gods!
Do they really have that much trouble thinking for themselves?
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