{"id":2800,"date":"2006-05-08T15:45:28","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T19:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2007-09-08T21:15:02","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T04:15:02","slug":"full-frontal-attack-on-john-conyers-launched-over-the-weekend-by-gop-and-their-friends-in-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2800","title":{"rendered":"Full Frontal Attack on John Conyers Launched over the Weekend by GOP and Their Friends in the MEDIA&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Edwards picked up on these over the weekend, but didn&#8217;t have the chance to get them all posted here.<\/p>\n<p>A full frontal <i>coordinated<\/i> attack on John Conyers was launched over the weekend by the GOP as their newest last-ditch attempt to save their asses this November. The tactic has now come down to the rather sad: &#8220;Vote for us or we might lose!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the GOP&#8217;s pliant cohorts in the media, including Russert, Stephanopolis, Matthews, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/05\/08\/washington\/08stakes.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\">front page of the <i>New York Times<\/i><\/a> and, of course Fox, were all too happy to lend a hand to their efforts. Here&#8217;s a round-up of a few of the most obvious efforts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_mtp_abc_tw_bash_conyers_060507a_320x240.flv&amp;width=320&amp;height=240&amp;OrigWidth=320&amp;OrigHeight=240\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/RussertAttacksConyers_050708.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"><\/a><b>Russert and Stephanopolis do GOP Duty&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><A href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_mtp_abc_tw_bash_conyers_060507a_320x240.flv&amp;width=320&amp;height=240&amp;OrigWidth=320&amp;OrigHeight=240\"><IMG src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/bb_play_video-a.gif\" border=0><\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_mtp_abc_tw_bash_conyers_060507a_320x240.flv&amp;width=320&amp;height=240&amp;OrigWidth=320&amp;OrigHeight=240\">Video in Streaming Flash format&#8230;<\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_mtp_abc_tw_bash_conyers_060507a_320x240.wmv\">Video in Windows Media format&#8230;<\/A><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_cms_dem_boogeyman_conyers_060507a_320x240.flv&#038;width=320&#038;height=240&#038;OrigWidth=320&#038;OrigHeight=240\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/MatthewsAttacksConyers_050708.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"><\/a><b>Chris Matthews Takes His Turn&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><A href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_cms_dem_boogeyman_conyers_060507a_320x240.flv&#038;width=320&#038;height=240&#038;OrigWidth=320&#038;OrigHeight=240\"><IMG src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/bb_play_video-a.gif\" border=0><\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_cms_dem_boogeyman_conyers_060507a_320x240.flv&#038;width=320&#038;height=240&#038;OrigWidth=320&#038;OrigHeight=240\">Video in Streaming Flash format&#8230;<\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/nbc\/nbc_cms_dem_boogeyman_conyers_060507a_320x240.wmv\">Video in Windows Media format&#8230;<\/A><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/fox\/fox_ff_attack_conyers_060508a_320x240.flv&#038;width=320&#038;height=240&#038;OrigWidth=320&#038;OrigHeight=240\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/FoxAttacksConyers_050708.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"><\/a><b>Fox, Reliably, Brings up the Rear&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><A href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/fox\/fox_ff_attack_conyers_060508a_320x240.flv&#038;width=320&#038;height=240&#038;OrigWidth=320&#038;OrigHeight=240\"><IMG src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/bb_play_video-a.gif\" border=0><\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/video\/flvplayer\/FlvPlayer.html?file=http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/fox\/fox_ff_attack_conyers_060508a_320x240.flv&#038;width=320&#038;height=240&#038;OrigWidth=320&#038;OrigHeight=240\">Video in Streaming Flash format&#8230;<\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/www.ameratsu.com\/media\/vid\/fox\/fox_ff_attack_conyers_060508a_320x240.wmv\">Video in Windows Media format&#8230;<\/A><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> David Swanson has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/node\/10060 \">a few choice words<\/a> on the organized Conyers attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Edwards picked up on these over the weekend, but didn&#8217;t have the chance to get them all posted here. A full frontal coordinated attack on John Conyers was launched over the weekend by the GOP as their newest last-ditch attempt to save their asses this November. 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