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Republican_Man
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 Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:24 pm Feinstein Resigns from Senate Subcommittee |
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Michael Savage has been talking about this throughout his entire show. It is the big liberal scandal of the year that has gone virtually unreported and unpressed by Republicans, the latter of which is astounding. And I agree with him that this scandal is bigger than the Abramoff-Cunningham scandal. How it's going unreported and unused by Republicans is beyond me. This needs to be exposed, and the Senator should resign from more than the subcommittee.
| Quote: | Feinstein Resigns
Senator exits MILCON following Metro expos�, vet-care scandal
By Peter Byrne
SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/03.21.07/dianne-feinstein-resigns-0712.html# |
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WeAz
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| Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:56 pm |
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I haven't heard a word of this from either conservative or liberal news stations. Wierd.
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Republican_Man
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:10 am |
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| WeAz wrote: | | I haven't heard a word of this from either conservative or liberal news stations. Wierd. |
I know, it is weird. Savage talked about it and that's where I found out about it. He linked to this article from his website.
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:12 am |
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I never heard about this either...
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Republican_Man
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:16 am |
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And that's the real question, isn't it? Why don't we know about it? Why isn't this out there yet?
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:57 am |
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Their information could be flawed...I noticed it's a local newspaper, not a national one. Just a theory since I didn't see anything on CNN or BBC.
[edit]: Also nothing on her Senate page.
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Republican_Man
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:24 pm |
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| TrekkieMage wrote: | Their information could be flawed...I noticed it's a local newspaper, not a national one. Just a theory since I didn't see anything on CNN or BBC.
[edit]: Also nothing on her Senate page. |
None of that surprises me. What surprises me is that a moderate (to liberals, "conservative") media outlet like Fox isn't broadcasting this.
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:50 pm |
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Again, their information could be flawed. Fox could have done some research and concluded that there wasn't enough information or that it wasn't true.
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:50 pm |
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It is likely that she has simply resigned, and with no scandal behind it, it wouldn't even last the first 24 news cycle, hence, no coverage.
News that isn't juicy, isn't news.
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Republican_Man
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:27 pm |
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| Omok wrote: | It is likely that she has simply resigned, and with no scandal behind it, it wouldn't even last the first 24 news cycle, hence, no coverage.
News that isn't juicy, isn't news. |
But this news is juicy.
Her biography says this, though without giving reason, basically showing that she did resign:
| Quote: | | Senator Feinstein is also a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Interior Department and Related Agencies, and is a member of the Subcommittees on Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Defense, Energy & Water, and Transportation-Housing. She previously served as the Ranking Member of the Military Construction and Veteran Affairs Subcommittee. |
Furthermore, hinting at the corruption, Wikipedia says this:
| Quote: | | The Center for Public Integrity has reported that Feinstein and her husband, Richard Blum, are making millions of dollars from Iraq and Afghanistan contracts through his company, Perini[7]. While on the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her husband's firms[8]. There have also been critics who argue that Feinstein's support of policies that are friendly to the Chinese government are because of her husband's extensive China-related business holdings. |
There are of course links there to back it up, namely:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=45
http://www.bohemian.com/metro/01.24.07/dianne-feinstein-0704.html
I've concluded that she did some illicit stuff on the subcommittee that, so as to prevent it from erupting further, got her to decide to resign, perhaps to say, "Hey, I resigned from this, so don't attack me about it." In other words, to save face before it really got out. This may become a bigger story (as it should), so we'll just have to wait and see, I guess. But I'd say that it's quite clear that she's benefiting from the Iraq war right now, making millions off of it. She should be exposed for this corruption and scandal. The Dems and the liberal media would have done that were it a Republican, yet since it's a Democrat, she's getting off. But I don't get why conservatives aren't exploiting this at the same time.
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Omok
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:35 pm |
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| Republican_Man wrote: | | But this news is juicy. |
Keep in mind, while it's juicy to you, the editors and news directors may disagree...strongly.
Right now, 8 fed attrnies are the soup du jour.
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:42 pm |
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I do think the information is flawed in a way, or bigger outlets would've picked up on it.
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Republican_Man
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| Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:57 pm |
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| Omok wrote: | | Republican_Man wrote: | | But this news is juicy. |
Keep in mind, while it's juicy to you, the editors and news directors may disagree...strongly. |
Oh, of course. What's bad for the Democrats is bad for the liberal media. It doesn't help them when a Democrat is in the water.
Again, the real question is why more conservative outlets aren't out there talking about it more. I want to know more about this story than we currently know.
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:23 am |
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I think its false. Not out of love for Feinstein, but not even conservative news has reported on it.
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Omok
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:37 pm |
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| WeAz wrote: | | I think its false. Not out of love for Feinstein, but not even conservative news has reported on it. |
Wait?
You mean you think it's a made up story?
Wow. Are you really that hard-core politically?
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:07 pm |
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I don't really care about Feinstein. But I haven't seen any hint of this from any other news source.
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Republican_Man
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:21 pm |
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| WeAz wrote: | | I don't really care about Feinstein. But I haven't seen any hint of this from any other news source. |
That doesn't make it inaccurate, and the conflict of interest between her and her husband's business has been well-established. It makes absolute sense that she would resign for this very reason, so I am entirely inclined to believe it.
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Omok
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| Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:48 pm |
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| WeAz wrote: | | I don't really care about Feinstein. But I haven't seen any hint of this from any other news source. |
So, if only one source reports or writes on a topic/incident/subject you don't beleive that it actually happened?
Well, OK, but there is a lot of stuff you might not ever beleive that happens real close to you.
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