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Gibbs Brushes Aside Wiki Threat: ‘Not Scared of One Guy With One Keyboard and a Laptop’

Remember when Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tried to downplay the midterm elections as a referendum on jobs?

Well, Gibbs is at it again, this time refusing to recognize the danger of the recent Wikileaks dump of classified documents. Instead, he wants everyone to believe Wikileaks is only “one guy, with one keyboard and a laptop,“ who ”popped down $35 and bought a web address.” And because of that, Americans should not be afraid.

The comments came on this morning’s “Fox and Friends” after that shows hosts pressed Gibbs on why the president hasn’t addressed the Wikileaks issue:

(via Greg Hengler)

Feel comforted?

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  • pamela kay
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:46pm

    Is he trying to re-invent himself as a manly man. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooh I am getting a tingle……..(not.) Maybe the next time he gives a briefing he will be wearing a cape & mask. THE DEFENDER of justice. Right! Part of a team of fearless leaders that want only to destroy , I mean save this country from the evil conservatives. James Cameron might turn it into a new 3D movie soon to be out in a theatre near you..

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  • Rob
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:40pm

    One guy started WWI, another started WWII, one one killed Kennedy, etc.

    It is good to know that one man must not be feared…

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    • MrObvious
      Posted on December 2, 2010 at 1:33am

      What I don’t get is, why are so many conservatives jumping on the prosecution bandwagon for this guy.

      Did he bribe somebody to get these documents?

      Once he had them, he was under no obligation to keep them private.

      He is not a terrorist.

      On the other hand, if he did bribe somebody, that would be a crime.

      Until he embarrassed the state department, he was one of Soros’s faithful minions.

      I know, back when he exposed the military stuff, many conservatives were calling for his head; and, it’s consistent to continue doing so now; but, even back then, I was not clear on what he did that broke any laws; and, he didn’t directly (or without warning) expose anyone to danger be releasing the information; so, his actions were focused on exposing corruption and issues, rather than just sharing actionable classified information with our enemies; as, he was accused of doing.

      If he bribed people to get the information, he should face time for bribery, like anyone else.

      If he didn’t, then, where’s the beef?

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  • mossbrain
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:40pm

    I wouldn’t doubt that Carl Rove is behind all this, after all who is more practised in dirty tricks to make the president look bad. Obama is the best president the United States has ever had, so the Republicans have to resort to dirty tricks like this to create the illusion that he is doing a bad job. The reason you people don’t have jobs is because big business found out it can make even more money if they layed off lots of employees and worked the ones left even harder. The latest quarter reported record profits for big business.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:53pm

      Yeah we know Obama is wonderful, nothing is his fault and he is the smartest potus we ever had. Shut up and go back under your rock, troll.

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    • OK3Wire
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:55pm

      Don’t stop there. Go for the Big Guy … IT‘S ALL BUSH’S FAULT.

      You know you were thinking it, why not just say it?

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    • dkhartman
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:10pm

      Ok so I wasn’t really sure if this was sarcasm or not?

      If so – HAHAHAHA!

      If not – *chirp – chirp* I’ll leave it at that. Stupidity deserves no attention.

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    • bigbro
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:20pm

      your name says it all.

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  • code green
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:39pm

    Gibbs,this is why most of us think you are an idiot But please don’t resign,we need the laughs , and some one else could bring some credibility to this facist regime.So just hang in there princess .

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  • ThoreauHD
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:38pm

    Beck did a nice presentation on Fox about Assange‘s lawyer working for George Soro’s Org. If this is the case, the Obama is also backing Assange’s release by proxy.

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:46pm

      You nailed it. Obama is not going to do anything against George Soros.

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  • GA_dandelion
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:37pm

    don’t we guard documents anymore? Everything Hillary writes gets posted , and yet the original Roswell documents are off limits. think about it ,that was 65 yrs ago and they are still safe.Have the secure serversin the white house become a big one Facebook?

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  • SgtGGP
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:37pm

    He might be right. For my money (and freedoms) I’m afraid of the guy with the blackberry (POTUS).

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  • MajSmitty
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:37pm

    My late Dad always said “One man by himself can be pretty dumb, but for real bona fide stupidity, there’s nothin that beats teamwork.” Gibbs is both the exception to this rule as well as part of the confirmation of it when applied to the White House as a whole.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:36pm

    Mr. Gibbs wins the “Baghdad Bob” award.

    “There are no American tanks in Baghdad!”

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:36pm

    The worst strategic mistake anybody can make is to underestimate his adversary.

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  • ADDICTED TO TRUTH
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:33pm

    hmmm…..they sure ACT scared.

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  • ladesignlady57
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:32pm

    It’s always easier for the president to let someone else do the talking for him. That way he is never responsible for what they say and he can deny that is what he stands for. When he does speak, he always gets himself in trouble. That‘s why he isn’t saying anything GIbbs.

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  • ChrisBalsz
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:31pm

    “…now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go back to work in the armored mansion guarded by Marines and dectectives with Uzis.”

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  • randy
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:31pm

    Yeah only one guy funded by George Soros (Spooky DUde)

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  • JustUs
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:29pm

    A lot of people with a keyboard and a laptop talking to each other sure made on difference on Nov. 2nd

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  • taxedenuf
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:27pm

    This mental midget dismisses this guy as a clown with a laptop, while ignoring the fact that if this pansy can hack and get these types of documents WHAT CAN THE CHICOMS DO? What can our enemies hack into? What info can they get?

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  • alcarfl
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:27pm

    Another Obama chimp, better named DICK.

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  • time4termlimits
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:24pm

    He is an arrogant, condescending, wise-ass with a license to insult the intelligence of the American people. I am not sure what this guy accomplished to have been given a position in the spotlight. I can’t even watch a press conference he participates in because when he speaks I am unable to get past the nausea to listen to the questions or answers.

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  • Abel
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:22pm

    And yet they are terrified of one guy with a chalkboard.

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    • ADDICTED TO TRUTH
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:31pm

      Good one! :)

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    • StIves
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:34pm

      Exactly!!!

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:35pm

      Perfect! Love that comment. Why would they be afraid when more than likely they knew it was to be released.? What better way to scare the heck out of the American people and use it to convince us that they have it all under control and they will be the ones that seek justice to protect our country. BS. They will risk our security to advance their cause. They fear the TRUTH that our friend Glenn reveals on his chalk board.

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    • spendthrift
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:45pm

      Exactly Right….

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:51pm

      Darn good point!

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    • FedUP
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:06pm

      I agree- there is much more to this and other stories that meets the eye. As an example, (and sorry to change the subject) I have been trying to reconcile Bill S510 in my brain. Are they just that power hungry or is there something we do not know. Have they gotten recent intelligence suggesting a terrorist attack on our food supply is immanent and therefore needs major oversight? Could Obama’s indifference on these leaks be because the information within the documents could lead to major public outrage forcing and allowing him to take yet more of our civil liberties? There is always more than meets the eye. This is a chess game where each move is planned WELL in advance.

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    • Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:01pm

      soooo true Abel!

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    • James
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:24pm

      And a half term governor from Alaska with a fishing pole.

      http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/

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  • Docrow
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:21pm

    So what Gibbs is saying is that all it takes is $35 to hack the government? Wow I feel warm a fuzzy…..

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    • Buck Ofama
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:38pm

      If they (the gov’t.) is spending $35 for a domain name then I’ll sell them to them for $20 a pop and will still make a tidy profit. Oh wait….they won‘t do that because it’s capitalism even though I‘d be saving the gov’t. money. See right there…more gov’t. waste.

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    • cktheman
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:15pm

      Yeah, he’s not too smart if he padi 30 bucks for a .com. GoDaddys got ‘em for around 11 bucks, and the internet savvy can find loads of coupon codes to knock it down under 8. Like the last poster – I’d be happy to sell him one for 20 bucks!

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  • James
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:21pm

    And the Elephant Man just has a little puffiness around his eyes. Is this the understatement of a lifetime or what?

    http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/

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  • @leftfighter
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:18pm

    There’s Baghdad Bob Gibbs, at it again.

    How clueless can a human being get?

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:25pm

      How much time ya got?

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    • squeaker
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:26pm

      That’s what I was thinking….. I believe this guy is related to Barney Fife

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:47pm

      Hey Squeaker, Barney Fife was at least loveable! Gibby the clown sure isn’t. Now, appologize to Barn!

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:17pm

      You know, until this administration I honestly never thought there could be someone worse than Carter; even with Obama as POTUS, this guy makes Carter look nice and in rational control.

      Even Howard Dean looks in control and rational next to the clueless one of the White House speaking room.

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  • cessna152
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:18pm

    Not Scared of One Guy With One Keyboard and a Laptop’
    _________________________________________________________________________

    But a guy with a teleprompter is….

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  • Lesterp
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:17pm

    I thought Gibbs would be gone after Thanksgiving! Oh well maybe it will be our Christmas gift.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:44pm

      I hope he stays, he’s the perfect round rubber ball on the nose of this clownish administration!

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    • James
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:21pm

      Maybe you should make it your Christmas wish. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how the president can make this guy his spokesperson. There are not even words to describe how dumb this is.

      http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/

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    • MrObvious
      Posted on December 2, 2010 at 1:17am

      What do you want him to do?

      Tell the truth?

      “Ah, sorry about the leak, we were fine with it when he was just picking on the military and endangering solders; as, that’s why our leader, Darth Soros, funded him in the first place; but, this whole … exposing state department incompetence and corruption thing … we weren’t really expecting that, he doesn’t seem to realize who made him and who is going to break him; but, don’t worry, we’re out to get him now; and, as soon as the Swiss catch him for us, we will extradite and persecute him as if he were a conservative. We may even let the IRS audit his tax returns, just like we do with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and all those others.”

      Granted, It would be a refreshing change of pace; but, he’d be fired for sure.

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:15pm

    Hey, STUPID! It’s not one guy with a laptop but an international organization.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:31pm

      The Propaganda nonsense of his makes Baghdad Bob look great, like a modern shakespearian play or something like it.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:32pm

      Are we supposed to be comforted that aguy with a laptop and thirty five dollars was able to get his hands on top secret documents? Is that what ol’ Gibbsy was trying to say?

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:37pm

      1 Guy with a laptop who is funded by spooky dude… Through some folks like tides foundation…

      Maybe obummer could ask george to ease up ??

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:45pm

      “Feel comforted?”

      Maybe Gibbs can fool the average American, but we know better. These document dumps are a major embarrasment for the Obama administration and they have the potential to not only waeken us around the world, but may end up getting people killed.

      I wonder how Gibbs would feel about a document dump that included all of his personal financial info, and notes that the Secret Service has in his file about how he got busted as a teenager for drugs or that incident with his neighbors underage daughter. Then to top it off, the info dump includes all the same info on every person in his family, including that embarrasing issue with his Grandfather. Gibbs would be having a nervous breakdown and demanding that this be stopped.

      PatriotShops.com

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:04pm

      Rush had an interesting point on the Wikileaks topic today:

      Nobody’s going to lie to its own cables (meaning they’ll spin, lie and deny in public, but everything going back to Washington is presumed to be the God’s honest truth.). Everything in the cables coming out of the Middle East says Israel & the Palestinians aren’t the major problem in the Middle East, Iran is.

      So why does the American Left constantly harrass Israel for being the biggest problem in the Middle East when everybody in the Middle East knows they’re not a threat, as is evidenced in the wikileaks dump?

      My answer: Despite all the rhetoric they shout, spit, or projectile vomit at us about hating everyone who doesn’t look like us, the Left is now and always has been the real home of racist hatred in America. Period.

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    • Max jones
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:10pm

      My feelings on the wikileaks issue is running contrary to the majority on this site. I welcome any responses.
      The wikileaks should be published. I have not found any evidence of actual harm to any person due to the docs being published, but i have had a bit of satisfaction seeing the bigwigs squirm. I don’t like the government, I don’t like the lies and obfucations that we are being handed…but am in love with the truth. If it takes something like this to help our situation, I say,“publish”. Our way of life has been co-opted and our integrity has been corrupted. Let’s take the United States to confession, and pray for forgiveness. I, personally, don’t put much stock in our leaders…any of them. They are all from the school of “get what you can.”
      If it is God’s will, the nation will make it through. But it won‘t happen if we don’t get ‘straight’. LET US GET STRAIGHT.
      The economic solutions are going to hurt and badly, so are the moral solutions.

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:10pm

      Yeah it’s just a “ laptop ” that “ just ” a few hundred of millions around the world have access now to US secret documents , yeah Gibbs what’s the big deal .

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:15pm

      We weren’t afraid of 19 men of Arab descent on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, but we all know how that turned out, don’t we. Unless, of course, you believe like Van Jones and the rest of the 9-11 conspiracy theorists that it was an inside job. I’m leery of anything the government does (or doesn’t) do in the name of national security, so yes, I‘m concerned about one man with a laptop and government secrets that won’t be secret anymore when he(they)gets done!!! And we all know that Mr. Gibbs would NEVER lie to the public, would he?!

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    • Rogue
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:33pm

      Unfortunately for the administration, they haven’t found a way to blame Bush yet. However, I‘m surprised that the POTUS hasn’t jumped all over this as an excuse to give the FCC even broader powers to police internet content.

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:45pm

      Well absolutly None of it is Bush Era so how you gonna blame him??

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:53pm

      I scared of one guy with a Blackberry and some stiches in his lip.

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    • showourstrength
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:57pm

      How is a man with a state built thermonuclear bunker with food, oxygen, internet servers, hundreds if not thousands of clandestine agents in his employ, and an independent means of energy production. Funding by very powerful entities. And server access in multiple continents “a guy with a laptop and 35$?

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    • john seven eighteen
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:07pm

      @ Max Jones

      As O’Reilly pointed out, the problem is that we MUST have the cooperation of other countries in numerous endeavors, such as fighting terrorism, sharing intelligence and so on. But if the people willing to put their lives on the line for us no longer trust us then they will no longer help us. We nned their help as much as they need our help, so for that reason alone we cannot allow this type of information to get out. The 100+ Afghan citizens who were such a tremendous help to us over there are now in serious jeopardy because their names were published in these documents. That should be enough reason not to want this stuff out in the open.

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    • JayCee
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:21pm

      Not to mention the huge security lapse that allowed Pfc. Bradley Manning to access and copy the data.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:33pm

      Mr. Gibbs, When the premise is false the only arguments that can be used are fear mongering, emotion, sarcasm, ridicule, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reap huge profits from our misery caused by tyranny are experts at these tactics. You, Mr. Gibbs, are certainly a member of that club! http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • showourstrength
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:37pm

      @ Max. I too have struggled on this one. It was wrong to do for the previously posted reason but good things have come of it as well. Here’s where people in the U.S. will truly be affected; When wiki releases the info on the bank, there will be a run on that bank. Anyone with a loan through that bank will suffer, or their will be a massive bailout. Either way, we will pay the price here at home. Not to mention further destabilizing the middle east.

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    • prepper1776
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:14pm

      @max i agree with you , they sure dont have a problem spying on our emails and phone calls so if they havent done anything wrong they shouldnt mind us reading thiers, i guess obama is going to get that transparent goverment whether he likes it or not

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    • jamye
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:45pm

      Willing to bet theDOJ investigation goes nowhere, BECAUSE
      I beleive they [ "un-named source" or obama administration offical ] assisted the wikileaker if he would published old stuff on Bush, to stoke the fires, that where subsiding about Pres. Bush. He enjoyed the 5 min of fame, and then wanted more maybe even cash, or he would start releasing the Obama Files !

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 5:06pm

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEY_Ua1rEl8&feature=channel

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    • pajamash
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:49pm

      Robert, maybe you aren‘t scared cuz’ it is sounding more and more like there is no way that Bradley Manning could have done this on his own. The security measures are just too strong for him to be able to do this without help from farther up the food chain.

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    • pajamash
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:53pm

      Robert! I am not scared I AM OUTRAGED!!!

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    • James
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:16pm

      I could not believe even this tool is capable of such nonsense. He is like a walking SNL skit.

      http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/

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    • James
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:26pm

      People with laptops are nothing to be afraid of. People with telepromters and NSA Crackberries, not that’s scary.

      http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/

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