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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (305697)	5/18/2009 6:17:27 PM
From: Whitebeard	Respond to of 793916

There you go: "false consciousness." Gramsci, I think, neo-Marxism. With such class divisions, the only way the Democrats won is because the Republicans are so inept. Actually, "inept" isn't a strong enough word. Somebody get the hook for Michael Steele, would you.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (305697)	5/18/2009 6:38:16 PM
From: LindyBill	4 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793916

If MSM assaults could destroy candidates, Reagan would never have been elected. That was then. They are much more vicious and partisan now.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (305697)	5/18/2009 7:30:35 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

CIA gave Pelosi a headsup before Panetta smackdown Speaker Nancy Pelosi got a headsup from the CIA Friday just before Director Leon Panetta issued a staff-wide memo -- leaked to the press -- warning Pelosi to back off accusations that the CIA lied to Congress about interrogations. The D.C. Examiner reported earlier this afternoon that the White House had told Pelosi about the Panetta memo, but a Democratic source says it was the CIA that actually alerted Pelosi that Panetta was about to make a statement. In his memo, Panetta defended his agency: "Let me be clear: It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values. As the Agency indicated previously in response to Congressional inquiries, our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing “the enhanced techniques that had been employed.” But Panetta sort of left Pelosi an out, saying "ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate all the evidence and reach its own conclusions about what happened." Pelosi later softened her critique of the CIA, saying she was more upset with the Bush administration's tactics and had no problem with the hard working analysts at the spy agency. Politico. com