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To: Arthur Radley who wrote (711052)	11/4/2005 7:04:56 AM
From: Arthur Radley	Respond to of 769670

Consider one memo highlighted in a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday that Scanlon, a former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, sent the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana to describe his strategy for protecting the tribe's gambling business. In plain terms, Scanlon confessed the source code of recent Republican electoral victories: target religious conservatives, distract everyone else, and then railroad through complex initiatives. "The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees," Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. "Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them." The brilliance of this strategy was twofold: Not only would most voters not know about an initiative to protect Coushatta gambling revenues, but religious "wackos" could be tricked into supporting gambling at the Coushatta casino even as they thought they were opposing it.

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (711052)	11/4/2005 7:06:32 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769670

edited....I read it again and noted "former aide". My reply was unnecessary as it has nothing to do with delay. You whackos sure twist things.

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (711052)	11/4/2005 11:29:19 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769670

Hey TexasWacko, you should get together with Junior Buffoon and Beef Jerker.

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (711052)	12/5/2005 11:19:59 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

First we have Tom Delay’s mouthpiece admitting how they manipulate the “wackos”, making it so simple for them to dupe them like the following “war hero” did… "The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees," Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. "Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them." ...(This by an aide to Tom Delay) Truth comes out about professor's background William C. Bradford has resigned as an associate professor at Indiana University School of LawIndianapolis, effective Jan. 1. He was featured in this space June 26, when he claimed that a faculty committee had voted against him for tenure. Bradford, 39, maintained that two left-leaning professors were leading the charge for political reasons. They disliked him because he was an Army veteran who supported the war, he said. One of Bradford's allies, Professor Henry C. Karlson, pointed out that Bradford was the real deal -- awarded the Silver Star and a major in the Special Forces. Bradford said he was in the infantry and military intelligence. He fought in Desert Storm and Bosnia, he said. On the law school's Web site and its Viewbook, Bradford was profiled as being in the Army infantry from 1990 to 2001. He wore a Silver Star lapel pin around campus. He had a major's gold-leaf insignia plate on his vehicle. After my column ran portraying Bradford as a victim of a politically correct agenda, I was contacted by retired Army Lt. Col. Keith R. Donnelly, a recent law school graduate, West Point graduate and Gulf War veteran. Donnelly had long been suspicious of Bradford's background, he said. What really piqued his attention was the Silver Star claim -- "it is a pretty high award for valor, and not many were awarded in Desert Storm." Independently, Donnelly and I requested Bradford's service record from the Army. It showed he was in the Army Reserve from Sept. 30, 1995, to Oct 23, 2001. He was discharged as a second lieutenant. He had no active duty. He was in military intelligence, not infantry. He received no awards. Meanwhile, Bradford promoted himself. He blogged on the law school's student Web site. He did radio interviews. He went national on "The O'Reilly Factor." David Horowitz, a champion for conservatives, took up his cause. When I asked Bradford in late summer about the discrepancy between his record and his claims, he responded with a story that he said could not be made public. In September, Bradford admitted on the law school blog that he had been assuming names and posting comments in support of himself. Then The Chronicle for Higher Education, in a long article, reported that Bradford said he received no military decorations. He maintained that he was a major, however. Meanwhile, law school bloggers hammered away at Bradford's credibility. Bradford, formerly a vigorous participant, shut up. His resignation came as no surprise.