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To: bentway who wrote (666589)	8/10/2012 3:52:43 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572017

Its not just Romney who is shooting himself in the foot..........it seems to be a fairly common GOP malady these days: • ND-Sen: Busted! On Thursday, Democrat Heidi Heitkamp sent a takedown letter (PDF) to local television stations, asking them to stop airing the new Crossroads GPS ad attacking her on the grounds that it contains false information. (Remember, TV stations are required to air all candidate ads and are immune from lawsuits regarding them, but they can be held liable for defamation when it comes to third-party ads.) Heitkamp had Crossroads dead to rights: The spot accuses her of spending "taxpayer dollars to buy private planes." But as her letter points out, the planes in questions were provided by the federal government for free. Nor were they "private": The planes were transferred from the Defense Dept. to the state AG's office and were used for official purposes only—namely, drug dealer surveillance. So, what happened? Later that very same day, Crossroads yanked the ad—presumably to replace it with a re-cut version as quickly as possible. Rather stupidly, the group also blatantly lied about what prompted them to pull the spot, claiming they weren't motivated by Heitkamp's complaints (oh no, of course not). But thanks to Politico's Maggie Haberman, Crossroads got busted for the second time in a single day. A local TV station official confirmed that she heard from Heitkamp's people—and then informed Crossroads—long before the ad actually got nuked. Suckas.

To: bentway who wrote (666589)	8/10/2012 3:55:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572017

Dave's just choking down the inevitable Romney defeat, in this election where ANY worthwhile candidate would have trounced Obama. Is that what's got him acting so weird? He just posted to me a few days that Romney was a shoo in.....come this November. What changed his mind.......the non stop gaffes, the MIA tax returns or the fact that people just don't like Mitt?