Columbia Journalism Review: Breitbart ‘Blackmailing’ Attorney General
by PubliusFrom the Columbia Journalism Review:
Memo to Sean Hannity, who is calling for James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles, and Andrew Breitbart to get a “journalism award” for their video sting of ACORN: Generally, when in possession of what one believes to be newsworthy information, the journalistic thing to do is get it out to the public—not attempt to blackmail the attorney general.
In an exchange that begins around the 4:30 mark, Breitbart says:
Not only are there more tapes, it’s not just ACORN. And this message is to Attorney General Holder: I want you to know that we have more tapes, it’s not just ACORN, and we’re going to hold out until the next election cycle, or else if you want to do a clean investigation, we will give you the rest of what we have, we will comply with you, we will give you the documentation we have from countless ACORN whistleblowers who want to come forward but are fearful of this organization and the retribution that they fear that this is a dangerous organization. So if you get into an investigation, we will give you the tapes; if you don’t give us the tapes, we will revisit these tapes come election time.
Italics are original to the transcript at Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, where the postfeaturing this clip bears the headline, “Breitbart to AG Holder: Investigate ACORN or We’ll Release More Tapes Just Before 2010 Election.”





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It's borderline, but Breitbart is giving Holder a chance to be a hero by doing his job. Won't happen though, Holder is too busy playing stooge to the Left to ever do the job he has sworn to do.
It is not "borderline" or "blackmail" at all when you simply ask someone to do their job. Blackmail has to constitute some sort of self-serving demand.
Actually, isn't Breitbart threatening ACORN with even more exposure of questionable activities?
This precisely why you cannot hold political abeyance with the leftist academe. How completely ignorant. When you are dealing with seditious liars and deceptive "front men" that Obama has sent forward to spew his venom you have little choice but to play their game. And they have responded accordingly and typically. ATTACK !
Actually it is quite funny. The academe (once again) brings their wimpy, limp-wristed, metrosexual proffessorial knife to a gun fight. Humurous ! Any "doctor of philosophy" care to debate ???????? I am waiting….
Breitbart isn't playing around any more. He knows exactly whats up with the way things work these days. He is a citizen of this country who isn't taking the government's shit anymore. What he is doing is playing like winning the game matters and he is playing to win. He isn't just playing against Holder, he is playing against the entire strategy of the Collectivist wing who wants to fundamentally change America. He is a great American and I am thankful that he is willing to fight burtally and mercilessly.
We are one nation, but two people. At this point, all political discourse in this country is dress rehearsal for civil war.
Nail on the head…Well done ! +1000 to you and thank you.
Its a monumental idea; what choice does Breitbart have?
Breitbart is redifining journalism, he's capitalized on an opportunity, giving whistleblowers a bullhorn that reaks fear into every corrupt politican and organization.
Giles and O'keefe are electrifying the youth. Showing us how to getrrrdone (larry the cable guy)
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Hilarious that the liberal bedwetters would call it blackmail. I call it incentive to do your job and perform your oath of office.
Finally, someone that knows how to fight! We need a few more of these.
Breitbart Blackmailing Holder?
When Private Citizens are Forced, to FORCE the Government to act, to do it's job, to uphold and fulfill the oaths they have sworn to uphold, we are literally witnessing the demise of western civilization. The Columbia Journalism Review can call it whatever they want, the fact that the Main Stream Media choose to ignore this Institutionalized Corruption speaks volumes. They are complicit.
I hope Breitbart nails Holders pelt to the barn door.
Excellent post…….
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I suggest Mr Breitbart stay out of Fort Marcy Park.
If the MSM were doing its job, Columbia Journalism Review, then they'd be all over this story still, pressuring Holder to do the right thing. They'd also have already ferreted out the SEIU intimidation that's revealed on this site today. So, maybe if your priority were to urge someone to commit acts of journalism, that would work out better for you.
Andrew has such tremendous musical talent. He is playing, AG Holder, you are merely his fiddle.
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don't blackmailer's usually ask for money? he is just asking for them to do their job, he is even willing to turn over all he has if they will do their job. but i think he said they will only get a copy, so if they collect the material, and try to bury it, he will release it to the public. if he was truley a blackmailer, he would ask for some money, i would tell him to make sure he does not ask for dollars, since its value is questionable, and they own the printing press. ask for gold, euros, or even yen, skip the greenbacks.
Wow… now Andrew's teasing us with ACORN whistlebowers…. that's what I call "sweet". Someone needs to inform Old Dirty Bertie that James, Hannah and Andrew are in it to win it. No one should take lightly what these three individuals are doing for America. It takes guts, an inner fortitude and a firm belief in your core beliefs and values to stand up to this level of corruption and say "not on my watch". We all thank you for your strength and conviction. Corruption is the rot and mold that seeps into our society and must be brought to the light of day. Here's to you sunshine!!!
Thank you for saying what needs to be said without mincing words.
Blackmail definition:
The crime involving a threat for purposes of compelling a person to do an act against his or her will, or for purposes of taking the person's money or property.
Reminds me more of what Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are doing to get congress to vote for there bills.
Andrew is asking Holder to do his job.
Just think, if he wouldn't have put the videos out a little at a time, by now the entire episode would have been swept under the rug and ACORN would be doing business as usual. As it is there are probably millions (no thousands) of Americans that do not even know about ACORN because they get their "news" from MSNBC and CNN. I just wonder if Holder is ever going to do his job and investigate. Congress should have made them appear and open their books long ago.
Several tapes have been released and like President O’Dumbo, the AG has buried his head in the sand. Save some, release them during the 2010 election cycle and the politicians will spread the word faster, further, and with more impact than the NYSlimes and the rest of the fringe media ever will.
The Left hates when you play their game against them. If the situation were reversed and it was the Left using these tactics against the Right, the Columbia Journalism Review would be applauding it.
What Brightbart is doing is playing the Left's game and doing it much better than they ever could. This is a tactic that needs to be done as you can't play a fair and above board game with the Left. We've all seen the results when we do. You have to get down and dirty with the Left if you want any chance at winning the fight.
Mincing words is what has got US here.
Political Correctness and its Liberal Lackeys, shuckin' and jivin' for a generation has taken its toll.
It is time we all stood up and Called a Spade a Spade.
What have got to loose at this stage of the game? Our Country? Our Freedom? Our Lives?
We are at a crossroads in America. We have nothing left to loose, and everything to gain…………
Give them hell Mr Breitbart.
The new civil war will be fought guerrilla style in the media and Andy just fired the warning shot. Someone down the thread says Andy is redefining journalism… this more a "return to journalism". BTW: did you read my blog post at American Thinker? It is a parody in the style of "… you might be a progressive." It has moved off the front page but it is in the archive.
I bet Breitbart is probably just trying to get the media to report on this story and others. A search on Acorn and SEIU in Google news mostly results in hits on internet news blogs and Fox news. That is extremely frustrating to me and it's probably driving Breitbart and Co. crazy.
I don't think Holder is going to investigage Acorn. Especially now to save face. I want to be wrong.
That was one awesome moment on Hannity last night though!! The elections can't get here soon enough for me, I wonder what else they've got on tape??? I guess we'll see right before the 2010 elections!
Hey Folks.
Is it just me, or have any of you lost faith in the Government? I had very little prior to the election of 2008, and very little afterward, but I kept my mouth shut and never said one negative word against the current Regime, until September 1st, 2009. What changed me? THEY DID.
I no longer believe in the Government to do anything right, for anyone. The only people they represent, are they themselves and their own self interests. They should resign en masse, in shame. Obama and Holder should be the first to step down in disgrace.
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Is it just me, or have any of you lost faith in the Government?
We'd be better off if the mafia were running the country instead of this gaggle of incompetent sellouts.
i think i will turn my flag upside down tomorrow in my front yard… i fly the USA and Tread on Me out front ….
I hope so.
You can't blackmail an honest man. What is the CJR saying about our Attorney General?
I think they're a bunch of racists!
Like sending $100,000,000 to Mary Landrieu????
Memo to the Columbia Journalism Review – Webster's has all kinds of definitions, including one for "blackmail". Do yourself a favor and look up the actual meaning of words before you use them in a short, knee jerk reaction, hit piece.
"….lost faith in the Government?" I'm losing faith in our follow Americans. The ones that say "oh, I get so mad at politics I don't even want to think about it." Those are the people that I'm losing faith in. I ask, "if you don't stand up and say something, who will." I'm sick that the average American sits on their damn asses and expects someone else to pick up the slack and make the voice heard. Seriously!
Personally I don't see why he is doing this. I have little confidence there can be a legitimate investigation no matter what promises for one are made. No one really knows what he has. Breitbart could have just secretly held the tapes and released them before the 2010 election and effected political change. That seems like the most sensible course of action to me. Oh well. I'm not Breitbart.
Glenn Beck had an author on tonights show – if you missed it try and catch it over the weekend .. a man with more COMMON SENSE mentality – he puts all of CONGRESS to shame… if my kids were older I would have had them watch it to understand what we are really up aganist….. I truly believe we will be hit and much worse that 9-11
be safe out there….
It's time people to take this country back ….
We were going to run with “Breitbart extorting, blackmailing, torturing Attorney General. And he doesn’t like puppies.” Due to space limitations we went with just blackmail. Should we have gone with “Breitbart murders attorney general?”
Maybe you should go to hell.
Brahahahha I think it is great. So we have a crook like Holder who has ties to Acorn, Had a hand in letting convicted terrorists go free, Stopped the prosecution against Black Panthers who were threatening voters in Philly. And not a peep from the lamestream media. But Holder is getting blackmailed what a joke. The crook should already be investigating. I need to just go up in the high lonesome like the mountain men of the past and just get the hell away from the madness.
Cowboy,
I am with you. I lost most all faith in the Government a long time ago. I've been voicing my opinion since the Bush bailout. But, for me, all bets were off by the end of the day on November 10, 2008. I would love to live in the land of what "should" happen, however it's kind of like going on a ride in Fantasyland at Disney. The ride is short and sweet, but never lasts as long as the wait to get on the ride. What should happen will probably never happen. To expect the blowhards and egomaniacs in Washington to simply step down in some magical moment of enlightenment and personal shame is akin to wishing on rainbows. It does the psyche good, but is an unobtainable goal.
We need obtainable goals. The 2010 elections are an obtainable goal. Vote out all incumbents, particularly those career politicians who have never had a real job – one outside of government. If We The People can do that, it will be like hitting the reset button on the computer when it has frozen. Our current representatives have "locked up" the Constitution. The Constitution is the operating system that drives our great Republic. We must hit the reset button and free the Constitution to rule once again.
Once we accomplish that goal, then we can go after term limits. Term limits will greatly reduce possibility of the marriage of career politicians and corrupt special interest groups that have brought about the quagmire currently defining American politics today. Term limits will bring us closer to the vision of self-government our founding fathers attempted to insure for us.
Andrew Breitbart is a hero. So are James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. They are taking on the government and giving all of us hope- the real hope (not the fake Obama hope) that we law abiding, tax paying, USA loving citizens can get our country back before it is too late. It is giving us courage to speak up and say and do what is right. God Bless them and watch over them.
Breibart has already explained this. If they release all these videos at once they would be sidelined by the NBC/GE machine and forgotten in a matter of weeks. With Breibart releasing these one at a time over an extended period he is keeping the NBC goons and their allies guessing as to the content of the next which in turn makes them write articles of speculation and falsehoods. Then Breibart releases the next video and proves them to be fools. Keep it up Andrew!
I just wonder, which TV network will make this a minisieries first? Heck, you might be able to get 3 seasons out of this!!
Great AB, Turn the liberal scum game right back in their face. Straight out of the Alinsky playbook!! You da Man!!!!!!
"Wa, wa, wa, Mommy make the bad man stop, he's scaring me. All my buddies are scared too."
What the Columbia J. School is really saying is that AB and his accomplices need to be hounded and put in jail for not bowing down to the Statists federal administration.
Amen.
Do your job, Columbia Journalism Review, before you completely expose your real self.
Yes they are heroes, and I add Glenn Beck to that list.
Go get em Andrew! And god bless you! You are a voice for so many of us and it is greatly appreciated!
Well said! But I agree that talk is one thing, and action all together something different. What are we as Freedom Loving, God Fearing, Gun Carrying, Constitution Studying Republic Members going to do about it? When is enough enough? Do we wait and see the results of the next election? Do we wait until 2012? Or are we waiting to see if CONgress disobeys the will of the people again on this Health Care debacle? When do we stop talking and start doing?
Right on Jodark!
Hey Columbia Journalism Review! “Bite me!” You’re the establishment that’s helped create the MSM, Joseph Goebbels would be so proud.
Yes, Glenn Beck should definitely be added too! My mistake for not including him.
Funny. They have the nerve lecturing on ethics in journalism.
It is not blackmail. Breitbart says he is willing to give the AG the info…If the AG will do his job. Since the AG won’t do his job, Breitbart is under no obligation to give the AG something he does not want.
Therefore, let the public have the info about 10-15-10.
actually "Breitbart "Teabags" Atty General !!!!
After a very hard week without barely any TV or politics, this is the best !!!. It lightens my heart and I thank Andrew for this. You are playing the right game and as someone said, we need to play their game if we are going to win this.
The only thing I disagree with is making a deal with Holder. He's a liar and will do everything possible to get those tapes. His investigation will be minimal and a few breadcrumbs thrown Andrew's way. Holder needs to get fired…period. The country needs to see those tapes.
Andrew Breitbart has the upper hand here. It is not blackmail it is hardball politics. The only thing the left knows. Go Andrew.
No one man is too BIG TO FAIL…….before long the stink of the dead bodies start to be apparent.
Give it time folks, Andrew knows what he is doing
The great thing about tapes is you can make copies. So I have no problem with giving tapes to Holder
One issue: you CAN actually blackmail an honest man, and it has indeed happened multiple times in the past.
That being said, even if this is blackmail, it is perhaps the most justified I have seen outside of cloak-and-dagger business.
Otherwise, it's unlikely that you can get an Obama administration official to do their jobs. Now if one of them can crack open a Macroeconomics 101 book and read the chapter about Fiscal Policy–that would be doing something.
Dear Columbia Journalism Review,
"Generally, when in possession of what one believes to be newsworthy information, the journalistic thing to do is get it out to the public—not attempt to blackmail the attorney general."
Generally, the Attorney General is not as crooked as a worm.
Hear, Hear!
Couldn't have said it better myself, Cowboy!
"Generally, when in possession of what one believes to be newsworthy information, the journalistic thing to do…"
Now, they remember what journalists are supposed to do…?
"
I have a feeling that the states (or, at least the ones that still know the meaning of Liberty and Freedom) are working on 10th Amendment issues over the Health Care. They all know it will most likely get crammed through and they also know that the people not wanting it are a hell of a lot closer to their state capitals than DC.
I imagine that once the states start moving to declare this crap sandwich unconstitutional, DC will start threatening… and then…well, who knows (actually, I think a lot of us DO know, but would rather not think about that path).
Right now, I think it is a race between that scenario and the economy imploding. Either one will spark the explosion…
Call it a Civil War. Call it a Revolution… Regardless, I think the 'Call to Action' is coming soon.
Oh..and I must add one more thing…
Thinking of either of those scenarios makes me literally sick to my stomach.
Beck's guest was author Vince Flynn, who has a new book out. Flynn has lots of contacts in the CIA. If I recall correctly, he is former CIA himself.
In my opinion it's not black mail. However, if people think it is right off the bat, without seeing what's on the tapes, then also right there is an admission of something damaging on those tapes.
Looks like a portion of the so-called "stimulus" money is going to stimulate the votes of Dem holdouts. Reid is using our tax dollars to bribe Dem senators over a healthcare bill that virtually no one wants. It's all a scam to prop up the unions and thank the malpractice lawyers for putting The Won in office.
I'm afraid you are right… I can't imagine it – but I don't know what else will stop this madness.
The (sad but true) irony here is that Andrew could publish a list along the lines of "these are the individuals we have evidence against" and include the name of just about Every politician – along with numerous companies and organizations – they'd all start sweating bullets, as they All have something to hide. Even the DNC and RNC – they're all corrupt to the bone…if we're going to actually succeed in a revolution of morality and principle, it's pretty hard to do it with the big players of our two-party system.
I appreciate the Ross Perot aspect as a reason to work within the system – but at a certain point, even that is too much of a concession to make if we want to hold on to our dignity.
And then there's the media – does anyone know of any good MSM sponsor boycotts going on?
…and bringing enemy combatants onto US soil so they have full priviliges of citizenship!
Part 1
To Leeta, who said, "I'm losing faith in our fellow Americans. The ones that say "oh, I get so mad at politics I don't even want to think about it."
Believe me, I do understand. I, too, get frustrated with citizens who refuse to act responsibly, and they are legion. But even that could be attributed, in part, to the widely accepted idea that “government is supposed to take care of us.” They are taking care of us, all right!
Apathy and disinterest are part of the current government's plan: they want to make things difficult to understand; they want to cover people up to their eyeballs in 2,000 page bills that few have time to read; they want people to be more interested in what Britney or Angelina said than the sneaky tactics they are employing to tear this country apart.
For years, politicans have divided our populace for their own personal gain. They have pitted one group against another until the melting pot has become the “clumped pan.”
Part 2
Further, many of the Vietnam draft-dodgers are now power-players at our universities, because as long as they stayed in school, they didn't get drafted into the military. I believe that American education was "dumbed down" on purpose. I believe that tv was allowed to become what formerly would have been R-rated. I believe that some “music” lyrics were allowed to become X-rated. All those coupled with Johnson's "Great Society" have done tremendous damage to our country and its people.
I do not believe any of the things above are accidents, but part of a carefully crafted plan, woven by very patient, very devious people.
and doesn't bring enemy combatants onto US soil to provide them with full Constitutional rights!!
He's playing a clever game. No one can come after him for this without exposing themselves. If the AG wants to nail him for withholding information, it gives Andrew a national platform beyond what he currently has. Same goes if the media tries to roast him alive too — it just widens his audience. VERY smart!
kick these people where they need it. never give up hope, and you what we can do this!!!!
Isn't blackmail not usually announced on national tv? Seems to run counter from the logic of it…
"I know you're sleeping with your secretary! So, now I want you to give me money or else I go public!"
This is more of a threat. Breitbart is threatening to damage the political party Holder is aligned with, at a very inconvenient time, unless Hold does what Breitbart is asking: investigate ACORN. Now, you can debate the merits of threatening, but blackmail this is not.
Yes, he had on Vince Flynn (don't know if that's how you spell it). It was very good. If you go to the FoxNews website it's up there under video in 3 or 4 parts. I would recommend as well.
Rancher;
Amen! The so called "fa left" has been working on this model for the last eighty years. As my hero, Mark Levin, has stated repeatedly, "taking our party back and rolling back the agenda of the left is going to take time and we have to be as resolute as they have. One step at a time. The left has chipped away(sometimes very small fragments) at our liberty during this time and we are going to need to glue those fragments back in place. The 2010 elections will be here before we know it and we(true Conservatives) must be ready to vote out the so called "modeate Republicans" and get some constitutional conservatives in office to stop the bleeding. Then in 2012 we can put a like minded Prez in place so that we can start to roll back the damage.
Let me make you an offer you don't want to refuse.
BLACKMAIL??? Nahhhhhhh just the Chicago way.
I made a bunch of phone calls to congressmen for the first time in my life in the last couple months, and I drove half a day to the Tea Party protest at the Capital before the House voted on Health Care a few weeks ago.
I'm 30 and been an Independent since I could vote and haven't been involved in anything other than showing up at the polls.
I told my wife one day that I couldn't stand complaining and not doing anything anymore, and I drove up to DC. It was a pretty amazing experience, and my wife, who is not politically minded at all, was very proud of me.
There is plenty people can do. The only ones that don't help are the ones that decide right of the bat that their voice doesn't matter. Every voice matters.
I'm going to get involved in my local politics now, so I can start to make a difference, and maybe I'll eventually get involved at a higher level. But anyone who stands by and watches is sealing their own fate.
Andrew should have handled the "threat" to Holder privately. He is playing with the big boys and could be way over his head. Now he has given them plenty of time before the elections to discredit him and destroy him in a number of ways. Don't count on anything coming of this.
He is handling this just as he should, publicly. If he were to handle this privately with Holder and Obama, it would get no where and he might even end up dead. The Obama administration needs to be confronted, excoriated and embarrassed publicly for all of their dirty dealings.
So, in the past when my boss insisted that I do my job…WTF, was I blackmailed?
I love it!! The left hates when you use their own tactics against them. Besides, as mentioned already, "blackmail" intimates some sort of monetary gain by the party holding the information– all that's being asked here is that this ridiculous administration and their cronies actually do their job.
Hannah, James and Andrew– THANK YOU!!! Fight fire with fire!! We need more people like this, and these are the kinds of things we need to do moving forward— or this administration and the MSM that's on their payroll will sweep everything under the rug and conduct business as usual.
Then the LA Times should release the video they have of Obama that they wouldn't release during the election.
Hey Lefties, here's you fairness doctrine…
The CJR's assessment is based on old rules and old assumptions of behavior.
The old rules were that the broader press would act in the public interest, the whole 'fourth estate' thing, that media outlets would be in energetic competition with one another to get the story out to the public, and that their efforts would either force the hand of law enforcement or roll law enforcement up as part of the broader conspiracy e.g. Watergate.
The new rules are that that broader press sees itself as the screening force for the present administration and its adjunct entities like ACORN. Its constituency is now the deep-pocketed individuals and organizations of the Left, it will act in the public interest only if, and only as far as, it is humiliated into doing so. If it is not the enemy, it is at best neutral; some elements cautiously friendly, some virulently hostile.
In the new game, to spread his cards on the table as the CJR would have Breitbart do would be to invite the other participants quickly to pocket them, walk away, and pretend the game had never been played.
I don't even see it as a threat, Andrew is publicly cooperating with the investigation. Andrew isn't stupid, lets face it, these boys play for keeps, so Andrew must protect his backside, as well as Hannah and James, respectively. I for one do not trust but a few people in congress. I just pray that we can wait till next year, I wouldn't put anything past this bunch, they really think they are all Dr. Cocktoe, and instead of just "SanAngles" it'll be something like NeoAmerica, or some other tribal name. I'm 62, so I remember presidents back to Eisenhower, and I can truly say that I'm frightened for my grandchildren, I just pray America is still here.
Ok let’s look at this in real time, how long has it been since the first tap was aired and to date nothing except a token of holding back money from this group. We also know that SEIU in involved in a lot of what is going on but nothing is being done there either. The administration is just sitting on their hands trying to “PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD”, as Obama put it, against those that are trying to clean up not only the corruption ACORN with housing but also the voter fraud that is running wild in this country.
So this in not “blackmail” its trying to get the dead beats off their back sides and do the job they are put there to do, keep America and it’s people safe (not shove healthcare down their throats, or any thing else).
A couple more thoughts – Breitbart has put a nakedly partisan choice in front of AG Holder – the role of the AG should be, at least in some tiny measure, independent of the political calculations of a partisan administration.
The suggestion that more – and potentially more widely damaging – videos will be held for next year's election forces the AG to act in some way that can be viewed as an effort to protect fading Democrat prospects at the next poll.
To date, the administration – including Holder's office – has kept their refractory blankets tucked over their heads, waiting for the flames to pass. Breitbart's basically now offering suffocation as an alternative to immolation.
why would msm do that they love Obama and they are being paid by SEIU, ACORN, the and other left groups because they don't want ot report the NEWS or any real facts.
You know, I really fear for Andrew because this administration doesn't play by the rules. Need Proof? Look at how they took Jack Ryan out in the Illinois Senate Race by opening his divorce records and finding something bad about him. Because Divorce records almost never contain lies, right? Especially from the wife who was the adulterer and the reason for the divorce.
Anyway, my point is, they don't play fair and if you're going to blackmail them, be careful because they may change the rules of the game and shift the leverage to their benefit. Be careful my friend. I hope you know what you're doing. Regardless, we have your back.
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If the AG had acted with Honesty we wouldn't be at this point.
I have nothing but respect and admiration for Andrew Breitbart.
100% correct. Andrew is just stating a fact that additional information will be released unless AG Holder does his job which he shoild have done awhile ago. Instead AG Holder is more concerned about grandstanding over the issue of providing illegal combatants with constitutional rights something that has never been done in the history of our country. I guess AG Holder is just sooo much smarter than our 230+ year history.
bravo
I believe the accurate term for what Andrew is doing here would be "ultimatum".
Thank You Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe for being true patriots! I do however believe the current administration WILL NOT investigate this issue UNTIL it becomes a “full blown” issue nationwide. That’s why EVERYONE here needs to speak to complete strangers daily about this website and what is happening in OUR WHITEHOUSE. Today, I was at the local post office and mentioned it one man and a post office worker. “KEEP THE HEAT” up in the kitchen and WILL FORCE THE COCKROACHES OUT(the president and the attorney general). DON’T give these COCKROACHES THE TAPES-they will just bury them and this issue. BE VERY CAREFUL AS WELL-these COCKROACHES would sooner have you “go away” quietly! I would suggest you arm yourselfs and retain bodyguards 24/7 as well.
Breitbart should pressure Holder, and even if Holder does his job, release the tapes before the election anyway. We need all the ammunition we can get to wake America up. They need to see the scum who are enabling our rapid disintegration into Socialism. Of course, if Holder was smart, he'd 'investigate', find no grounds for charges, and put it behind us long before the elections. I'm surprised they haven't done that already.
Well said KDJ.
Hopefully this inspires many of us to do the same.
The self-serving aspect to it is making it politically damaging. By holding what they have until close to the 2010 elections, Conservative governance (and I'd argue the nation as a whole) benefits greatly from it. In as much as benefiting your political viewpoint is "self-serving", I think that could still constitute a blackmail of sorts.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Jodark, I believe the collectivist wing and indoctrinated acolytes were already beaten in a "political" civil war in 2006 and 2008? You lost buddy! America spoke and apparently you're still not listening. If you're talking about changing the political direction of our country, I suggest you look up "Terry's (Schiavo) Law" which was single handedly the greatest assault on or Constitutional freedom in the history of our Country. I imagine you were a supporter of that? Not assuming, just asking.
Eight years of hawkishly supporting the largest government expansion in our country's history, more money borrowed than all previous 42 presidents combined, the largest deficit expansion in our country's history. Maybe you can conveniently re-write history in 10 short months because Glenn Beck indoctrinated you into believing this bulls##t but don't expect the majority of America to forget the fact the you "patriots" drove this country straight into a ditch.
The day the people who think for you actually have the fortitude to sacrifice their media profits for the revolution cause is the day we'll start worrying about what you may be indoctrinated into doing next. Until then, it's still fun all the same.
Maybe Sarah might pick up on it. The MSM is drooling all over her to try to catch her in something. She pretty much has the attention of the libtards that likely are unaware.
Wow, you really believe what you just typed? You're an idiot, and have been drinking the BoBo Koolaid. Talk about bringing up the lame old LIBERAL talking points.
Mr Breitbart could have just waited until election time and then released the tapes. This way he is just asking the AG to do his job and he will supply him with additional information to attack coruption in Acorn.
ACORN needs to be castrated NOW. I'm happy Breitbart confronted Holder. Think he should have threatened to release them sooner than next year. Holder may actually be forced to do something and ACORN might be exposed well in advance of next years elections.
That's a new one! Asking someone to DO THEIR JOB is now considered Blackmail.
Blackmail? I think he's doing it for the lolz.
You mean the one of him allegedly making disparaging remarks about the Jews? Yeah, I'd love to see that. He has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth.
It's not at all blackmail. From the beginning, Breitbart carefully mapped out how he, Giles and O'Keefe were going to systematically flush out the corrupt. He's not hinting for a bribe – he's demanding justice, which was always the goal. Conservatives were asleep at the wheel for so long and now must play hardball. The powers that be are the blackmailers, the extortionists, the bribe-takers, the pimps, and the whores. Andy, Hannah and James, like the rest of the non-leftist USA, are simply tired of casting pearls before swine. No more nice-nice: It's time for a barbecue.
He's beating the left at their own game. If Holder isn't doing his job, which he surely isn't, he needs to be removed from his office….
My 2 cents on this….. SO WHAT!!! If Breitbart has the goods on them then roll the dice. How many times has a politician used the same tactics to get what they want or to silence someone. Not to change the topic but the same tactic was used on Carrie Prejean and she walked away from the lawsuit because of alleged video of her 'solo'. This is no difference. Now the shoe is on the other foot and the left is whining. Its okay when they play dirty but if anyone else does the cry out no way.
Again, SO WHAT actually…. TOO BAD! Throw out the playbook kids time is coming to give corrupt politicians, fringe bias media and special interest groups a "lethal dose" of their own medicine through savingtherepublic.com …… stay tuned its launching soon
Oh the little cry babies at Columbia. Just tell them it’s not a threat, it’s a promise.
Blackmail? Pause for a moment and think. What does the use of that word say about Holder? Why is HE threatened by more evidence of lawbreaking?
When you provide fairly conclusive evidence of widespread, taxpayer funded lawbreaking and you want to prod the AG into doing his job, you are simply being a citizen. But what is the AG?
No, he really thinks that we'll give up by him blathering his initial proclamation. Which makes him another sort of idiot.
Apparently, he thinks his side won absolute power in 2008 and there won't be an election in 2010 or 2012 so his side has nothing to worry about.
Jacey,
Go easy on him here, he was without his teleprompter.
Seems to me I saw some footage while he was stumping for ACORN. Once we get ACORN by the cajones, let's see those too.
Mac,
We have 120 years between us, and like you, I have never been so scared for the future generation(let alobe the pain we will endure in this one.
Many consider us "geezers", but threaten our freedoms and they will likely consider us spring chickens with our ability to fight back.
As Thomas Jefferson said
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
It's getting close to refreshing time………..don't ya think………man the Founding Fathers really new what they were doing
As Thomas Jefferson said
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
It's getting close to refreshing time………..don't ya think………man the Founding Fathers really new what they were doing
Time to play the race card again. Bommer is black, Holder is black and 98% of ACORN is black. Must be a Right Wing Conspiracy against blacks huh? What say our first black POTUS and Hillary?
Count on it, it's coming.
holder doesn't need to investigate, he already knows what is going on. the mafia/commies are in the white house. what this boils down to is who is going to win, the mafia/commie machine or these three individuals. i pray these three will win.
Hmmmm…. who is John Galt?
Holy doggones, imagine chicago style politics being used against chicago thugs. who wouda thunk it. Is it blackmail? No Andrew would gain nothing more than each and every citizen would gain fro holder doing what he should already be doing.
Go Andrew, get all of these criminal scum.
I do actually wonder about that, because when you talk to "most" of them they really do think that "because" they won in '06 and '08, that they don't even have to follow the Constitution that they swore to uphold.
The Koolaid drinkers think that BoBo, Pelosi, Holder, Reid et al. can do ANYTHING they want – even though the Constitution SPECIFICALLY says they aren't allowed to. I guess that's what we get for getting the teachers unions to not teach the actually MEANING of the Constitution for the last four+ decades – generations that don't even KNOW what it means.
Can't wait to see Holder in handcuffs one day! Breitbart is not only calling them out for being traitors to freedom and instigators of corruption, but this is creating a paper trail that will be exposed one day. By their own rules, they will fall!
Blackmailing? sounds racist, hate crime! better watch out these folks jail their political opponents
Of course I believe what I just typed. What am I going to believe, my eyes or your lying truth? Reality is reality…who's in charge right now? End of story.
You have all the Right-wing media personalities who promote the heck out of these tea party protests but never show up at these tea party protests because they don't want to be seen with any of you. Manipulating the minority to try to influence the majority and it's gotten so desperate that Fox News is now having to apologize weekly for fabricating stories and video clips. It's fun all the same.
cloak and dagger business? are you talking about businessmen who are our true heros, not only do they create jobs, they bring everything you want or need to market to increase your quality of life, all you business haters move to north korea where you belong!
Don't need you to give up…you've been run out.
Smell that? Smells like desperation.
The current administration hasn't learned the life lessons that most eighteen year old kids have.
That is to grab your problems, drag them out into the sunlight kicking and screaming to die the horrible death that they deserve!
So why are you here if we're "run out" as you claim?
Deep down you are afraid we aren't quite as powerless as you think. Or you're one of those feral parasites who tries to inflict pain upon those you think are down and/or too powerless to respond.
Neither reflects well upon you.
How about I'm just bored. No need for dramatics.
Stay tuned for previews of next seasons, "As the Acorn drops".
l can't wait!
Also, Holder can not investigate Acorn because it would be
a "conflict of interest"
hehehe
Breitbart is a patriot. The liberal idiots we've allowed into our national living room are trashing the furniture. It's time to evict them. Notice all the stupid moves these Chicago mobster/politicians have made since taking office? What works in the Windy City doesn't work in DC. Give 'em Hell, Andy!
Not sure you can call telling someone to do their job blackmail.
I smell it all right.
Your smeller is broken. I cn smell the fear coming from Lefturdia, it is palpable. Futther, it you take a real good whiff, I think the Administration collectively just shite themselves…………
Syntax, not sure if you've noticed but your people are loosing steam fast. Mr. Obama's charm is finally disappearing and people are seeing him and his party for who they are. Sir or madam, whatever you are, the end of the story is that this country is waking up to the corrupt politicians on both sides of the party lines. I am glad Obama was elected as President because his and congresses trouncing on the Constitution are so clear…they have woken up sleeping giants. I don't think people would have woken up under McCain.
Actually, I think that $100,000,000 would more closely resemble bribery…….
But, it *is* bribery committed with funds gained through taxpayer blackmail
Threatening the Obama administration by using these tapes in next years election cycle unless they investigate ACORN? Aren't THEY investigating ACORN? Aren't THEY supposed to be releasing these tapes for the sake of social and moral justice? Don't THEY want these tapes to expose and injustice? If THEY truly want ACORN to be exposed for what THEY claim it is, than why don't THEY release all the tapes? Why sit on these tapes and then threaten to extort the Justice Department to launch an investigation when THEY can release all the tapes and force the Justice Department to launch an investigation. Obvious bluff is obvious and THEY got called!
I am John Galt.
So is everyone else here………..
SG: You smell large cauldrons of tar getting just right, millions of torches at the ready, as the clash of the leftist Washington loving parasite vs. the productive independent real America will commence soon. 2010 is gonna be ugly!
Sorry opey,
You evidently don't know how to play poker.
Breitbart is holding all the cards, Breitbart is holding all the chips.
There is no point in going all in.
It will be interesting to see the Administration try and reshuffle the deck, when they are holding all deuces. Of course they have two jokers, Pelosi and Frank…………
This is ridiculous. What Breitbart is doing is perfectly legit, he's trying to force a government official to do their job. The libs are so desperate to that If I said that I won't for any politician that supports ACORN, they would call that blackmail too. Heck, if you don't do exactly as the libs demand, then you're a sexist, racist, blah blah blackmailing teabagger.
Amen Rancher!
Yes, Syntax – who IS in charge now? Unemployment increasing, people LOSING value on their retirement, the THREAT of being put in JAIL for not doing what the government "says" you have to do??
And you clearly don't watch anything but CNN, MSNBC and the other OLD media, because you just repeated what THEY have said. You clearly wouldn't know the truth if it came up and hit you in the nose. You can get away with that over at your DailyKos and HuffingPuffingtonPost, but not here. Here we have people that were actually AT the events, and did just hear about the 30 second false blurb on those other networks.
Black Panthers used clubs and cursed at white voters at the voting polls in Philadelphia saying, "We are about to RULE you, cracker!" and thing like that. It is on tape and there are many,many witnesses. It is very much against various state and federal laws.
Eric Holder, the man who got Marc Rich his presidential pardon, refuses to prosecute these hoodlums. What hope is there that that man would do anything to ACORN? Obama loves ACORN therefore there will be no prosecution.
your such an idiot……… seeing that MSM doesn't want to report the real news….so now TRUE Americans, like "Breitbart " must take on the corrupt establishment and the OLD Strung OUT Media in a way to play the game by our rules now, so the people can get their country back, from these Marxist/Communist Thugs.
You are right, at least in pointing out that most of us have been asleep for the ast 8 years on this stuff. My personal excuse, weak as it may be, is that I was only 17 when 9-11 happened and didn't have the wisdom to realize how unConstitutional most of the stuff that Bush was doing was. I'm 25 now, and was 24 summer of 2008 when I started to realize that Bush was just as massive a violator of the Consitution as Obama intends to be. It started when I bought my first gun and begun to realize how restrictive the government was without Constitutional justification. Then our government leaders ignored our calls, emails and pleads en masse not to pass the Bailouts, that we would rather suffer a short term recession than a long-term depression that they would bring about. Once that happened, I realized that the people in power over us no longer had even our remote interests in mind.
I want nothing more than to see the repeal of much of the Bush legislation, the Patriot Act being the first thing that needs to go.
So as the old saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Given my youth and lack of personal investigation into political philsophy, I had my freebie mistake. I'm very sorry I made it and even defended such abregations of our liberties, but it won't happen again. And now I don't want it to happen again on a national level.
When the first tapes surfaced and ACORN went into "frantic mode", Brietbart said he had more tapes. Playing his cards like he should, because he knew where this crap would go…..under the rug! Go Brietbart! We got your back!
Perfect! LOL
I see no blackmail.
That's all the Obama administration and the lame-stream-media does is play stooge for each other. You'd think they'd be embarrassed??? But, nooooo. If it weren't so pathetic, it'd be hysterical.
Yes, you would think they would step down, that would be the decent, sane thing to do. But the actual problem is, these people have no consience. Psychotics, people with otherwise serious deep-seeded personal emotional problems, hide themselves as "do-gooders. It's really not rocket-science when you see it. It's what's obvious.
Yep, exactly, Andrew is just giving these Chicago thugs a taste of their own medicine.
What Breitbart has suggested to Holder is really more like EXTORTION than BLACKMAIL, but YOU GO ANDREW.
What you want to bet that holder will try an take the tapes.
I guess Obama the weak skinned wuss he is made a phone call.
Very good point, CL. For months now, I think we have been looking for a 'leader' to take us out of this mess. However, I think the majority are starting to realize that we are all our own Leaders. For too long, we have depended on someone to tell us what to do, which way to go, etc.
And look where that has gotten us…
It is time for all of us to stand up and be our own Torch Bearer. When the time comes, a true Leader will emerge. But until then, we all have needs to stand up and let our voices and our values lead.
Remember, Washington was not the only Founding Father.
Personally, I do not want to be a torch bearer.
I want to have Flame Thrower.
You have to fight fire with fire….. besides I like the way this is drawing the media into the debate. They're not going to stay silent much longer. Once they get tired of bashing Palin, the embers will go up in flames.
Call it whatever you want! I really don't care. I want this mess cleaned up and the law breakers thrown in jail till hell freezes over. Holder has a chance to do the right thing. Will he? You betcha' he won't because he is part of the marxist cabal hellbent on turning this country into a plaything for the marxist elite while enslaving 300 million people for the marxist in chief.
Personally, I hope Holder ignores Mr. Breitbart and I hope Mr Breitbart will use EVERYTHING he has on these traitors as soon as possible. If he waits for the election, it may be too little, too late.
I will be generous and assume you have not seen my previous posts (needless to say, I am hardly a hater of business), and that you have no clue what I was referring to, because if I do not, I would have to assume you are an effing idiot for posting this bit of trash.
No, by cloak and dagger business I mean INTELLIGENCE (Spy VS Spy issues, who, by the way, are our REAL heroes, alongside soldiers and other servicemen). Did you not understand that reference, fool?
And you CAN indeed blackmail an honest man, and the Soviets actually honed that to a fine art (where they would threaten to cause a scandal by setting up "honey traps" of varying stripes depending on the victim's sexual preferences, and then blackmailing them with the information, even if they were unmarried, unattached, or otherwise single. And this is ignoring the crimes they simply cooked up but simply threatened to expose ANYWAY.
If you could not get that reference, you need to grow the hell up and study the issue. Because I will not tolerate any more of your stupidity.
Hillarious in the extreme! Columbia Journalism REVIEW! Bwahahahahaha!!!! We all know what is happening here and Andrew has finally shown us the way. I found people breaking into the Texas Education Agency computers where "unauthorized access is a Federal felony' due to their accepting Federal funds…reported it through three levels of management, waited a couple of weeks, then filed an open records request. Immediately: Administrative leave for 90 days, then canned. Whisleblowers recognize that less than 90 days is prima facie evidence of whistleblower revenge. Nobody cared. At least we have some hope now. Sure wish I'd had those meetings on tape!
Unlike the brain dead GOP, Breitbart knows how to play it down and dirty. However, actually giving up new tape evidence of corruption to this AG is laughable. Holder is more dangerous than anyone we have in Gitmo. He (Holder) just does not care about compromising our national secrets or security. He wants a show trial on Bush and Dick C.
ZZZZZZZ you sure do have a high opinion of yourself, I took your poor word choice in expressing your thought as a slam on businesspeople, thats not your fault nooooo your special. Are you sure your true heros arent comic book characters, geek.
SYNTAXGAME-is a paid INDOCTRINATED blogger from the left! Pay no never mind to the bullshit this idiot posts! It’s ALL indoctrinated bullshit he/she is paid to post! Even with the FACTS posted here in print-ths idiot is in complete denial. As I have stated before-SYNTAXGAME-I’m going to berate you every chance I get! You post your denial bullshit-I’ll call you on it.
Just a thank you to Breitbart for a great job on exposing these corrupt thugs to America. Keep hoping MSM will grow a pair but they are so far in the bag with Holder and crew that they must do everything they can to keep the lid on, yea I mean you Madcow, Chris with the tingle, Mika gets a thrill, and the rest of the koolaid lap dogs. By the way, telling someone to do their job is not blackmail.
These are new times the government is now the enemy. So why hand over your evidence to hte enemy they will only destroy it and neever use it.
What Andrew is doing is just the opening skirmish in the war for control of ideas, culture, and freedom. We need more foot soldiers. This is plea for any young people heading into college to get into journalism schools and learn how to use all the weapons the enemy has been using against us. Get jobs at these media organs and start to document how the media has been using blatant bias to undermine our freedoms and publish it in the new media. Crawl inside the belly of the beast and destroy it from the inside. Then salt the ground they have occupied for far too long to render it useless to them for eternity.
Yah, Baby! Sharp! Sharp!! Sharp!!!
why not its easy for a lib, they just say Breitbart oh hes racist obviously…and thats it, Libs are dunces cant compete so their socialists
So a threat is worse than Harry Reed bribing senators with our money for their vote on healthcare?
Yes! this needs to be investigated and put on TV and these senators need to be brought to justice! This is my money they are stealing. ENOUGH!!!!
Unemployment was spiraling out of control way before Obama was sworn in so lets not re-write history there. People are GAINING back their retirement accounts that suffered massively under Bush's watch especially since the stock market topped 10,000 points again (thank you Obama). I got my 401K back AND received the largest tax cut since Reagan. Threat of being put to jail for government "says" and blah blah blah…you're paranoid. Get out more often.
I don't care much for corporate run media or what you call "old" media but I certainly am not stupid enough to get my information from a blog. What does blog stand for: Bulls##t, Lies and Opinionated Gibberish. If that's "new" media…keep it!
Actually it started to spiral out of control after the Dems got Congress in 2006 and LET the Housing Bubble burst (which the PROTECTED and wouldn't let get INVESTIGATED BY Pres. Bush).
And the ONLY reason you got a tax cut is if you got your PAY cut, OR you lost your job. But you won't tell the truth on that one either.
And your goddess Pelosi ADMITTED the truth about fines and jail – YOU'RE the one not paying attention. I'd guess this is just another Scottzzz sign on.
Holder, do your job. This is clearly a government that is out of control.
Is it blackmail if you tell your boss (the American People) that your coworker (Mr. Holder) isn't doing his job around the time of your coworkers review? Add to the scenerio that you've warned your coworker that you will tell your boss about his performance around review time, unless he does his job. Does this sound like blackmail to anyone? Didn't think so.
Syntax_game – I'll give you credit for posting your opinions in this forum, and thank you for reminding everyone that there is much work to be done in order to expose the fact that there are many people out there that don't understand that neither party has the countries best interest in mind.
It's a good feeling when your vote helps the lesser of the two evils win an election, but considering the economic state/direction of our country isn't it time to start seeing (or wondering if) the outcome as a negative rather than a positive.
"…hawkishly supporting the largest government expansion in our country's history, more money borrowed than all previous 42 presidents combined, the largest deficit expansion in our country's history…."
Read your own words on what the Oman has done in 10 months, not eight years. Pull your head out of the sand…..or any other dark place you might have it. That smell SHOULD be coffee.
What you've described isn't blackmail — but I would question how ethical it would be. If I had proof that my co-worker was not doing his job, my boss would want to know immediately. Withholding that information until his review borders on unethical behavior, and it also robs my boss of an opportunity to confront him with the information prior to the review.
Of course, in my company (and probably most corporations in America), my boss could fire the underperforming co-worker at any time after some set number of written warnings. And, by withholding that information until the review, I've probably robbed my boss of the opportunity to serve those warnings prior to the review, and have thus served to delay his firing.
All of that said, I support what these guys are doing. But, I question the ethics of whithholding information until it's most politically damaging. Obama can actually fire Holder at any time — but he won't. Even if this information is so damaging that the Republicans re-take the House, what does that accomplish? Obama is still in office and is still surrounded by his hand-picked Marxists, Communists, Tax Cheats, and Crooks. (In other words, Holder is still employed.)
If we want our entire democratic process to be driven by the latest scandal (released in timely fashion 30 days prior to an election), we will condone the withholding of this information. To me, however, it seems way too much like the scandals which were publicized prior to the Democrats retaking the House & Senate in 2006. I, for one, do not wish to see our political process degenerate to a two-year cycle of "who can release the biggest scandal". I'd prefer to see our Conservative Ideas and Ideals secure the victory in 2010 (and beyond)!
Anytime I meet a member of our military, if I am not intruding, I stop and thank them for their service to our country. They are selflessly serving our nation, regardless who is in office or how bad the policies of that administration. I also will stand with the law in critisizing them if they fail to follow the them. Just like the armed services, the press gets my admiration when they earn it. There have been very few instances in the last 20 years that the MSM has done anything worthy of praise.
Meanwhile, I could fill an encyclopedia with the innumerable times that I have witnessed ordinary citizen journalists of all stripes who have put their reputation,fortunes and many times lives on the line to get these types of stories out.
Most people (IMO) that read the the Constitution view it as a reference book rather than what I would euphimistically call a Non Fiction Novel. You can not logically read a novel out of order. You would miss too many critical bits of information that make the story worth reading. The Constitution must be read from the beginning to understand why it says what it does at the end. Besides the Bible, our Constitution is the greatest story ever told. Each part compliments the next. If any one part is taken out or changed it becomes just Fiction. The Founding Fathers viewed each part as immutable and mandatory to the survivability of the whole.
By letting the Goverment and MSM change what they don't like, we are changing the story of our history and our future. Too many have died defending this document to let these Treasonous Dogs change it. I stand with Breitbart, et al in saying keep your filthy hands off my God given rights. Say NO to these Socialist-Facist Traitors who are intent on seizing power by criminalizing what our ancestors fought and died for!
Demand that Mr. Holder and his boss obey their oaths, do their job!
Breitbart………..is it true that 17 of the terrorist detainees are being "represented" by Eric Holders law firm??
I don't see a threat, I see a promise! If the Administration continues on this path, they need to be treated like a child. Giving children promises of punishment is appropriate – threats don't work.
It's clear that NOTHING will stop this Administration, including the AG with reaching their agenda goal. Total take over, complete destruction of our foundation. Their actions & inaction's are as clear as the writing on the wall.
I would argue that the boss has been told many times already, and withholding more evidence until review time would only strengthen the company's position by getting rid of dead weight during the appropriate review period. So far the coworkers (Obama, Holder and the rest of the government) haven't taken the evidence seriously because they know they can't be fired for a few years and the boss's memory tends to fade. Reminding the boss at an appropriate time seems fine to me. And, like I said before, Obama and company could always take their chances and assume that their bosses don't care about Breitbarts information.
Remind me what scandals were publicized prior to the 2006 election? Dissatisfaction doesn't equal a scandal.
(I don't thumb up or down in threads I'm involved)
Poor word choice? What boulder have you been living under for the past few centuries?
"Cloak and Dagger" is a VERY, VERY common reference to intelligence operations, and I think it safe to say that if you told that to somebody on the street, they would get the reference PERFECTLY.
You didn't. And now you are whining and blaming ME for your own ignorance and poor behavior.
We all make mistakes. What truly damns us is our inability to own up to them.
And your last sentence is completely stupid. Why? I DO NOT READ COMIC BOOKS, and my ACTUAL forte is HISTORY!
Grow the h*ell up, little brat, or get off these forums.
There were several scandals (which were also blown out of proportion by the media), involving GOP congressmen or people whose ideologies line up with the GOP. Two, in particular, were quite damaging: the Mark Foley scandal and subsequent resignation from the House, and the Ted Haggard scandal in Colorado. The latter case is perhaps more germane to my point: Haggard's accuser went public with his allegations roughly a week prior to the election. (I'm speaking in very generic terms here, as apparently discussing the allegations in plain language must set off some keyword filter that requires that the site administrators approve the comment. If I make no sense, check out the wikipedia page on Ted Haggard".) Moreover, Mike Jones, the accuser in the Haggard case, later confessed that he intentionally released the information when he did to maximize the political impact of his allegations. I find this despicable, so I do not wish to see our side stooping to the same level.
Going back to the analogy we're discussing… I agree: in this case, the boss has indeed been told many times, and has an extremely short memory. Serving a reminder near the time of the review is absolutely appropriate, as long as you've already told the boss about the poor performance of the co-worker. My issue is only with the idea of keeping your boss in the dark until the review, then "springing" a bunch of new evidence on him. Now that I re-read your posts, I can see that you are not advocating the "sandbagging", but a reminder at an appropriate time.
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