March 26, 2008
Hotline After Dark -- Say A Little Prayer
Most of the political talk last night focused on Hillary Clinton's comments about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and whether they were an attempt to distract from the discussions about her Bosnia trip as first lady:
FNC's Angle: "With the truthfulness of her own statements about a Bosnia trip under intense scrutiny, Senator Clinton, for the first time, leapt into the controversy involving Senator Obama and Reverend Jeremiah Wright which until today was starting to lose steam" ("Special Report," 3/25).
NBC's Russert: "This is an attempt in politics to change the subject" ("Nightly News," 3/25).
CNN's Borger: "It's very clear that she was asked direct questions about the Reverend Wright last week and she refused to answer them. And this week, for some reason, today, she decided, gee, maybe she would" ("Situation Room," 3/25).
Time's Klein: "What we saw, I think, is pretty transparent and a very clear sign of desperation" ("AC 360," CNN, 3/25).
NBC's Todd: "I look at it as a chance for Hillary Clinton to change the subject. She had become somewhat in a many feeding frenzy over this Bosnia story. ... She chose to answer the question. She could have chosen not to -- as the campaign had chosen not to address Reverend Wright over the last week" ("Race For The WH," MSNBC, 3/25).
New York Times' Dowd: "In a way, this whole thing boomeranged back on her, because she was using the 'Saturday Night Live' skit and hectoring reporters to be harder on Obama, thinking he was getting a free ride. And then once they began being harder on Obama, then Obama said well, why don't you be harder on her? And they began investigating all of this foreign affairs claims, which really Obama and Edwards had kind of let her get away with during all those debates" ("LKL," CNN, 3/25).
(EMILY GOODIN)
Posted at 09:00 AM
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My family has been going through a lot. Seven months ago, I received a call from DFS saying that they wanted to speak with me. My wife and I cooperated fully, but DFS never told us what allegations if any were being made. The investigator seemed neutral, but recommended that we let the children stay somewhere else for a few days while the investigation was going on. We agreed, because we didn't know what was going on and wanted to show our cooperation. The next day, the investigator called to tell us that she was working against us to take the children away and put me on a list. She claimed that my oldest daughter had made claims of sexual abuse against me. The next day, my children returned home and my daughter says that she never made such claims. The whole investigation consisted of 10 minutes of vague questions. We asked for an administrative review and it ruled against us, eventhough the report contains contradictions, lies and easy to disprove points. Such as naming my father as my step-daughter's biological father. None of our references were contacted, but they claim to have a confirming report from someone that my wife and I don't know. I've never done any of the things that Kelli (the DFS investigator) claims, and even her report fails to come right out and say that I'm sexually abusing anyone. Still, they want to put me on a list. My wife is the only person with whom I've ever had sex, and I've never subscribed to pornography. We just finished our first appeal but it was outside the legal process. We weren't allowed to question the investigator and my wife and daughter were not allowed to make testimonies on my behalf. I was given only 20 minutes to address questions from a board set up by DFS. All of the members were supposed to be non-DFS employees, but all of them had an affiliation with DFS. The investigator called my whole family and the police officer liars. We had several testimonies from counselors, friends, family, and a second social worker, but they wanted to believe Kelli over all of us. When all of the evidence and testimony, truth and God is on my side, how can they make such aweful claims against me. My wife is depressed and won't get out of bed. My children are sad, and I'm praying for death to deliver me from the pain. Has God foresaken me? When will the truth be recognized? When will my false accuser be punished?
John & Rhonda | 04.08.08 04:21 PM
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