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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Maybe the stupidest thing I've seen in decades. Bug a Federal Building?...a U.S. Senator's Office??... Commit a Felony?? ... and for what?? ...15 minutes of Breitbart/Fox fame? By doing what he and 3 others did, they have in one fell swoop destroyed any credibility to anything that had preceded this juvenile and absurd stunt. What was the ultimate goal here for them anyway?...To catch Mary Landrieu possibly saying the "f" word on a call, or maybe to videotape her through the bathroom keyhole freshening up?? My God! They have completely sunk far below the level of anything ACORN may or may not have done in the past. It's like Balloon Boy Dad meets The Plumbers, except their punishment will not be some slap on the wrist. They are facing serious charges, and will likely do time in Federal Prison. Great job guys!!

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Maybe the stupidest thing I've seen in decades. Bug a Federal Building?...a U.S. Senator's Office??... Commit a Felony?? ... and for what?? ...15 minutes of Breitbart/Fox fame? By doing what he and 3 others did, they have in one fell swoop destroyed any credibility to anything that had preceded this juvenile and absurd stunt. What was the ultimate goal here for them anyway?...To catch Mary Landrieu possibly saying the "f" word on a call, or maybe to videotape her through the bathroom keyhole freshening up?? My God! They have completely sunk far below the level of anything ACORN may or may not have done in the past. It's like Balloon Boy Dad meets The Plumbers, except their punishment will not be some slap on the wrist. They are facing serious charges, and will likely do time in Federal Prison. Great job guys!!

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Jongsie, you and I need to have a beer. :) It seems there really is much we agree on, and only a few bones of contention where we can't find common ground, and we seem to be gaining ground on those areas.

My understanding is that Landrieu's seat is generally considered to be in jeopardy anyway, it's kind of accepted that she'll likely lose it come election time (I'm not sure if she's up for election this year or not, so I'll have to verify that), so why blow something like this on a seat the Republicans were likely to get anyway?

It makes about as much sense as Watergate, where they tried to bug the Democratic National Committee's office leading into the '72 election, when Nixon was already favored to win in a landslide. There's no upside in it, and lots and lots of downside.

And if it was supposed to be a prank, it was a damned idiotic one. Was there nobody on that "team" that ever stopped and said, "You know, guys, this might not be a good idea, and it just might get us in a LOT of trouble, and end up making all of our supporters look bad."? Where was THAT guy? Every team is supposed to have the guy who plans for the contingencies when it all goes to hell; I guess they forgot to hire that guy, or sent him out for cheese fries that day, or something.

And they may well have handed the seat back to Landrieu, thereby shooting themselves in the foot, reloading, and firing again.

I'm really curious to see what dominoes fall when these guys start flipping on each other and the possible puppetmasters behind this stunt. Is it the RNC? David Vitter? Ray Nagin? Bill O'Reilly? Could be interesting...

Oddly, though, I still haven't heard a peep about this on the mainstream news. Not a word that I've heard from ABC, NBC, or CBS, and I don't expect FOX will cover it, since it's embarrassing to them.

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