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The "YouTube Did Not Exist" Defense

September 22, 2009, 10:52AM

Pigeon O'Brien, friend of Rielle Hunter, speaking with Anderson Cooper:

COOPER: Do you think she was on the payroll for valid reasons?

O'BRIEN: Her -- the Webisodes were groundbreaking at the time. It was a time before YouTube, if you recall. YouTube did not exist yet. And she produced citizenry documentary Webisodes about this candidate behind the scenes. It was enormously groundbreaking at the time, really, in context, tremendously innovative, and a great use of video technology, and a great piece of -- at that point, it wasn't campaign. It was his PAC.

And it was a great piece of -- of documentary footage. They were quite -- quite groundbreaking.

USA Today, July 2006:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-07-16-youtube-views_x.htm

Hunter's 6-month contract with the Edwards campaign ended Dec 31, 2006.

The "YouTube Did Not Exist" defense isn't going to fly.

New ethics complaint against Palin

November 18, 2008, 8:27PM

The charge? Campaigning on State property:

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/134626#none

West Virginia Early Voting

October 31, 2008, 11:55PM

I know, early voting does not an election make, but these numbers out of West Virginia ("Real" America) are astounding.

Real Clear Politics "poll of polls" in West Virginia have McCain up by eight points.

These are the early voting numbers out today from WV:

133,000 people cast an early voting ballot or an absentee ballot

31% of the early voters have been Republicans
59% of the early voters have been Democrats
9% of the early voters have been "no party" or independent

Can Obama win WV? Not likely, but its fun to think about.

http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=46299

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/...._obama-632.html

Frum on Intolerance

October 26, 2008, 1:59AM

David Frum -

"There's a fierce new anger among many liberal Democrats, a more militant style and an angry intolerance of dissent and criticism. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con....ml?nav=hcmodule

This after eight years of being called "anti-American" for voicing any criticism of Bush.

The "YouTube Did Not Exist" Defense

New ethics complaint against Palin

West Virginia Early Voting

Frum on Intolerance

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