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To: Sully- who wrote (79952)	5/26/2010 6:26:54 AM
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Political cheapshot of the year... so far! By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 05/24/10 12:44 AM EDT For those of you that aren't Twitter initiates, there's a tradition called "follow Friday." On Fridays, users of the service recommend other Twitter feeds for people to follow. Last Friday, House minority Whip Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., recommended people follow the Special Olympics and Best Buddies Twitter feeds: #FF @SpecialOlympics @BestBuddiesIntl Not much to it, right? Well, Devin Gordon, a senior editor at GQ magazine decided that this was insincere and the best way to make that point was make fun of mentally disabled people on the magazine's website, in a blog post called "Really? You're Using #FollowFriday To Score Cheap Political Points?" #FF @We'reCalling[Expletive redacted]@OnYouCongressmanRoyBlunt @OhYoureSoooooSuperior @IHeart[Slur against mentally disabled people] Well played, sir. The congressmen is no doubt reeling from this stinging rebuke. Meanwhile, here's one of the comments on Devin's post: <<< I'm Ryan, I work for Special Olympics. Thought it important for readers to know the facts about Congressman Roy Blunt's long time support for Special Olympics. He was a lead sponsor of the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment of 2004. He is a lead sponsor on the 2010 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act which supports programs for both Special Olympics and Best Buddies. He meets with our athletes every year we advocate for support on Capitol Hill. Here's a nice picture from 2009. We appreciated his #FF mention of us and threw our own #FF love his way on April 30. Thank you. >>> Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (79952)	5/26/2010 6:53:32 AM
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Weiner: White House should come clean on Sestak By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 05/24/10 1:11 PM EDT Also from Morning Joe this a.m., Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., said that the White House is letting the White House bribe allegations by Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., get out of control. He said the White House needs to come forward with information about what conversations actually occurred. Sestak, while running a primary against establishment favorite Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., alleged that the White House offered him a job in the administration if he would drop out of the race. At the time, the allegation and Sestak's refusal to name names made him seem high-minded and principled. But now that he is the Democratic nominee and has the White House's backing, his evasive answers on the topic are damaging. As Weiner points out in the clip below [see @ link below], the very fact that people are discussing Sestak's allegation is a sign that the White House should be making the relevant information public in order to stem the damage. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (79952)	5/26/2010 7:15:51 AM
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White House's Axelrod: Sestak is a liar By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 05/25/10 12:20 PM EDT Appearing on CNN, White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod said there was "no evidence" the White House offered retired Admiral and Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak's a job to get out of the Senate primary with Arlen Specter. Here are the money quotes from Axelrod's apperance on John King USA: <<< "These allegations were made, they were looked into, and they were found to be unwarranted." "When the allegations were made, they were looked into, and there was no evidence of such a thing ... I don't know that the Congressman would disagree with what I'm saying here." >>> Of course, there is evidence -- we have the testimony of Sestak himself, a retired Admiral and sitting U.S. congressman who has repeatedly claimed that this occurred. Further, the Denver Post ran a report that citing the Deputy White House Chief of Staff by name making similar offer to Andrew Romanoff who is challenging Democratic Senator Michael Bennet in the Colorado Senate primary. There's no good outcome here for the White House. Either the White House did something illegal here or their party's Senate candidate in Pennsylvania is a delusional fabulist. But regardless, their prolonged foot-dragging here only appears to be making things worse. Video of Axelrod's appearence on John King's CNN program below: CNN video Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com