CNN just ran a brief piece implicating Harry Reid with Abramoff.

[Scout1071]

They must be stopped.

Chuck Roberts on CNN said "Senator Harry Reid has lead efforts to portray Abramoff's case as a Republican scandal, but Abramoff's billing records might tell a different story. Over 3 years, Reid has collected nearly $68,000 from Abramoff's firm, partners and clients." That is a direct quote. We know that Reid did not take any money from Abramoff's firm or partners. We know that he did accept money from the tribes, both before and after Abramoff got involved, that had nothing to do with Abramoff.

Go get them DU. We need to stop this lie right now. How many times does this have to be dubunked before they stop spreading this falsehood?

Enough is enough. I hope that every single person on DU today contacts CNN.

Here is the link to the feedback form:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form6a.html?3

The clip ran precisely at 2:47 EST.

If anyone has an email address (I'm probably the only one without it handy on GD!), it would be helpful.

[havocmom]

1. Coporatists sure seem afraid of Harry! They are trying to take him out

like they tried with Dr. Dean.

Seems a fine recommendation if they are trying to destroy him.

[rodeodance]

2. seems he has been attached on this issue lots today (press also)

[DemInDistress]

3. I seen a half dozen threads indicating reid took donations

directly from the Indians and not middled through the thieved from abramoff..so who's telling the truth here?

[Scout1071]

9. Reid and the Dems are telling the truth.

Reid did take contributions from the Tribes. Those contributions started before the Tribes were ever involved with Abramoff. He's the Senator from a state known for gambling!

Reid has done nothing illegal and it's bullshit they are broadcasting like it is so.

[DemInDistress]

32. I agree,,,your preaching to the choir !

[Scout1071]

34. It's the meds. I'm fight the worst sinus infection. Ever! nt

[DemInDistress]

36. alls well...hope you get better soon !!! nt

[blm]

30. Tribe money wasn't dirty UNTIL Abramoff used it for BRIBES. Big difference

This is the media spinning to confuse LEGAL DONATIONS from Indian tribes with Abramoff's SCAMMED MONEY FROM TRIBES that he used to BRIBE REPUBLICANS.

[DemInDistress]

33. Give-em hell Harry !!... hey I am not the enemy here its the

bush crime family and jack the rat...

[rpgamerd00d]

4. argh!

[WilliamPitt]

5. It's in the WaPo today, too

Abramoff Team and Reid's Office Had Frequent Contact, Records Show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020901208.html

[DaveinMD]

8. and

he continually voted against their interests.

[smartvoter]

11. I hate vague terms like "acknowledge contact with Abramoff partners."

Who, exactly, and what makes them a partner?

[ChiciB1]

17. So Is He Going To Be Tarred With This Stuff???

How deep will it go?? How bad is it going to get?? What EXPLANATION should be touted??

You know the looks like a duck, walks like a duck thingey will be the "mo" to keep this going!!!

[Warpy]

6. Reid is the one case where they may be able to prove

quid-pro-quo between him and the Indian tribes who donated, whether or not they donated at Abramoff's suggestion. Reid certainly didn't get the donations before Abramoff was hired by the tribes. Reid certainly voted their way after he got those donations.

Other Democrats the tribes donated to got those donations before Abramoff was hired, and their votes went all over the place. That is why they're focusing on Reid. Whether or not he was actually dirty, they may be able to try him in the press and "prove" to morons that he was.

I have to say that although Reid has shown signs of life from time to time, I won't miss him much. He's far too conservative to be effective.

[Scout1071]

10. I read that Reid's contributions started before Abramoff as well.

Can you link otherwise?

[NYCGirl]

14. Read this, please:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602100001

[LiberalPartisan]

23. Can the MSM be any lazier?

Granted the network owners are corporate pigs but is there not one network reporter, cable included, capable of doing actual research or are they all just reading what is handed to them?

[0007]

22. Harry Reid isn't going any where, so hold on to your britches

Wapy and learn to appreciate the guy. He's not all that bad.

[tridim]

7. Still catapulting the propaganda for BushCo

Same bullshit, different day. They have about 60 different republicans to choose from who took actual money from Abramoff, yet they only report on the one Dem who actually has a real reason to be associated with the tribes.

[fooj]

12. I sent them my e-mail.

I asked them how much they were paid to continue slandering Reid? I asked them to report the news and to help us get our country back. I also told them that they should hang their heads in shame for what they have allowed themselves to become. Report the facts. Remember them?

[Canuckistanian]

13. Well, then, indict him! What are they waiting for?

They control the Congress, the Judiciary and the Ethics Committee. Can't they get a simple indictment?

[caledesi]

31. That's exactly what I thought. Indict him.

This is just a RW talking point.

[BuyingThyme]

15. done

[fooj]

16. I really wish that you people would look into things before you spew

Goodness...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007647.php

Read it and weep, suckers.

Peace.

[Scout1071]

19. I don't think you need to be condescending.

But thanks for the link.

[fooj]

20. I didn't mean to be condescending. I MEANT exactly what I said.

Look before WE leap!!!

Peace.

[Scout1071]

21. Fair enough. But for future reference, "you people" is condescending.

[0007]

18. What else could one expect from CNN?

[tiptoe]

25. "CNN: The Most Busted Name in News"

[Scout1071]

24. They ran it again at 3:03 EST. This time they left out the Abramoff

piece prior to Harry's hit piece.

And Chuck Roberts looks giddy delivering the news.

[Dembo98]

26. Dear Uncle Harry,

It doesn't do us any good for you to throw stones when you are going to attract as many stones as you cast. Perception is reality and we have to be smart about who leads the attack on what. I agree that Harry is too conservative for my taste, he also might not have the smarts to lead. I'm sure he was thinking that the best defense is a good offense, but billing records? C'mon guys lets use our heads, we take every opportunity they give us and screw it up. Crap!

[Generator]

27. Again with all the effort

CNN is pure propaganda. All your letters and e-mails only confirm you are watching them, which is all they care about. Stop watching CNN and giving it legitmacy. It has none. It took me a long time to come to that conclusion-I just to be a cable news junkie. I still love my TV. But I cannot stand being propagandized. CNN to my mind has for a long time been worse than Fox news-precisely because it's supposed to have the credibilty that everyone knows Fox doesn't.

As far as the Abrahmoff scandal-we already lost that in the court of cable propaganda opinion -before any of this about Reid came out.It doesn't matter if you get a four second rebuttal from Matt Laurer-Katie Couric's originial interview will stand. (And more average people will turn into that show than CNN) It doesn't matter how many facts you throw at them-propaganda appeals to the slightest hint of a twisted fact with heaps of emotion. I think Du'ers are again wasting their energy on this. People know the Republicans are corrupt-and the question is always-so what are the Dems going to do about it?

The details of this Abrahmoff thing are too bzyantine for anybody with a life except politics to honestly care about. That's my .02.

[Dembo98]

28. Well said

[caledesi]

29. Done. nt

[1620rock]

35. Yeah, this phony shit was all over RW hate radio today too. n/t