ABC News to cherrypick Democrats from 1000 DC escort service users?

[antiimperialist]

Rawstory reports that ABC News will only out on Friday 2 of the about 1000 said to have ties to the now famous Madam from DC.
Given the history of anti-Democratic reporting by ABC (see path to 9-11, fake news about WMD found by Santorum, etc.) It would be safe to assume that ABC will cherry-pick at least a prominent Democrat even if a vast majority of these 1000 are Republicans, in order to hurt the Democratic Party.

What do you think?

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/ABC_Ids_1000_names_from_DC_0503.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I'd give it about 99.99999 to 1 odds that they'll do it.

[northzax]

2. ABC did out Tobias, recall

not a democrat. If there is a prominent Democrat who is in office now, then yes.

[wtmusic]

3. They'll likely pick one of each

as though it were a representative sample.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Here's wot I posted yestiddy on dat toppik:

They're scouring the list in search of Democratic names so they can portray the whole thing as a bipartisan scandal. As in 9,993 Repugs & 7 Dems. But first they gotta find the 7 Dems, who will then be portrayed as equal in # to the 9993 Repugs. (Come to think of it, that kind of math makes sense in a strange sort of way, as in 1 of us is equal to 1400+ of them).

[aquart]

Giving it to ABC was just stupid.

Now they can use it for blackmail later.

[Tom Joad]

5. What basis do you have to think that most clients were Republican?

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Nobody would do it with a Republican for free.

[slampoet]

18. Any sex worker will tell you that the VAST majority of their clients are Republican.

And i do mean ANY.

Straight, Gay, legal, illegal, High class or just street level every sex worker has more GOP clients than Dems.

[Warpy]

6. Of course they will, but it won't damage them with Democrats

because nobody in our party has ever claimed to be the moral arbiter of the universe.

It's the HYPOCRISY, not the kinky sex. It always has been.

That's why outing the sanctimonious is so much more delicious.

Maybe enough of a reaction from the pious GOPS will finally cause our party to focus on its own base instead of pandering to theirs.

[xultar]

8. DING DING DING! We've never claimed to be perfect so Fuck'em.

[liberalnurse]

9. If our Democrats are using" escorts/prostitutes"....then they

deserve to get "outed". They know what is at stake for the Party...........they rolled the dice at our expense. So Be It.

I don't agree with the "cherry-picking" of ABC. Not at all. Yet, all Democrats in Congress knew they were being watched!

[jwirr]

16. I agree totally. If you are going to be a Democratic candidate

then keep you nose clean and you pants zipped if it can cause a scandal. Remember the pugs are watching us for any mistake they can exploit. It may not be fair but it is a fact. Think about the Party and our country. We need to win this fight and not lose it by default.

[napi21]

10. So, if ABC has the complete list, will it be leaked to the internet?

I find THAT a very interesting and humerous possibility!

[Hart2008]

11. If he can sell the story to the British press the whole story might get out.

The U.S. media panders to power, trading favors. They will self censor some stories for various reasons. The press in the UK is far different. Libel laws are very strict there too, unlike the U.S. If the UK press publishes something that is not true they can get sued for libel without the plaintiff needing to prove "actual malice".

[cosmik debris]

12. And you believe Rawstory?

Hmmmm???

[splat]

13. 'Assuming' adds nothing; we slam MSM for 'assuming'; wait for facts

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

14. Oh for fuck's sake.

Let's see... they're doing a good job of protecting the Republicans so far. Just ask Randall Tobias

[acmavm]

15. If someone does something like this and gets caught, then they

deserve what they get.

Doesn't matter which party.

[AX10]

17. Most likely that will happen.

On the other hand, the Democrats never claimed to be the Puritans which the GOP historically has claimed to be.