DCCC Apologizes to GOP Donor for Bogus Prostitution Smears – But Still Has Same Smears Posted On Their Twitter Account
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, August 3, 2012, 7:46 AM
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee apologized Thursday to GOP donor Sheldon Adelson after he threatened to sue. In early July the DCCC claimed that Adelson was involved in some kind of Chinese prostitution strategy. They wrote about it and sent the story out in press releases.
After apologizing to Adelson, the DCCC pulled the smears from their website.
But they still have those same smears posted on their Twitter account.
Here’s another one.
Obviously, the DCCC is not yet ready to give up on this smear campaign.
FOX Nation reported:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued an apology to casino mogul and prominent Republican donor Sheldon Adelson on Thursday, after the billionaire threatened to sue the organization over comments insinuating he profited from prostitution at his Chinese resorts.
“In press statements issued on June 29 and July 2, 2012, the DCCC made unsubstantiated allegations that attacked Sheldon Adelson, a supporter of the opposing party,” the DCCC said in an e-mail released Thursday. “This was wrong. The statements were untrue and unfair and we retract them. The DCCC extends its sincere apology to Mr. Adelson and his family for any injury we have caused.”
The June 29 statement released by the DCCC cited an Associated Press story to assert that Adelson “personally approved of prostitution and knew of other improper activity at his company’s properties,” while the July 2 statement from DCCC spokesman Jesse Ferguson blasted House Republicans from accepting donations from Adelson.
“It’s past time for House Republicans to reject the support of these groups funded by foreign money from a Chinese prostitution strategy,” Ferguson said.
PolitFact, an independent fact-checking organization, later rated the claims as “Pants on Fire” because they came from a lawsuit against the billionaire, but had not been otherwise substantiated.
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Granny commented:
Sounds like the Democrats have a HUGE problem with telling the truth. Obama, Reid, the DCCC
HMMMM
Observer commented:
The DCCC is cruising for a justly deserved bruising and Adelson has the wherewithal to deliver the punch!!Go for it Mr. Adelson!!
bigkahuna commented:
People need to stop accepting their apologies after being bullied.
What you need to do is take their apolgy and use it…Sue the piss out of them. Every time. Hit back 3 times harder when they act like @ssholes.
They are using the…It’s easier tobeg for forgiveness than to ask for permission tactic.
MAKE THEM PAY EVERY DAMN TIME. Go on offense and stop always playing defense.
Any interview done on MSM should be done with 2 cameras of your own on Mitt and the reporter.
Aske them why they are failing to report Obama bad news ? etc… then if they fail to report it…You release your interview film.
OldSailor commented:
The DCCC apologized but left the smears up on Twitter … sounds like the apology was anything but sincere.
Adelson should go ahead with the lawsuit and request punitive damages equal to the entire net worth of every Democrat serving in Congress as the DCCC represents every one of those members.
Make it hurt.
kato commented:
It appears it was a “sincere apology” without the sincere part. What can one expect? Liberals are liars.
The only time liberals issue sincere apologies is when they’re purely symbolic and largely empty gestures, e.g. Adolescent Narcissist William Jefferson Clinton wanting to apolgize for slavery.
anti-bho commented:
OT…. this won’t wait…. gotta see
From Fox Nation reporting on Mike Malloy’s coming unhinged and breakdown in it’s entirity.
Liberal Has Epic Meltdown Over Chick-Fil-A – Mike Malloy – Fox Nation
“MIKE MALLOY (01 August 2012) (18:51): Mike Huckabee, this Rupert Murdoch terror broadcast thug, declared today to be Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day! When in your lifetime, boys and girls, have you ever shown your appreciation to a company whose president stands for bigotry, hate, contempt, lies, religious nonsense? ‘Well Mike, I didn’t say any of that – I just said ‘SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN! Yes, you did say that! Uggghhh!
Huckabee urged American to show their appreciation for this bigotry with their wallets! Yes, goddammit, down with the queers! Ain’t no queer ever going to get married in America! Buy a chicken sandwich! This is insanity, this is crazy, this is – this is – the inmates have burst out of the asylum! Give me a chicken sandwich in the name of Jesus! Give me a chicken sandwich to stop the queers! Give me a chicken sandwich uh to let the world know I think – I’m having a heart attack – give me a chicken sandwich because queers shouldn’t get married! Give me some waffle fries! Give me one of them peach milkshakes! AMEN!
By God, amen, ain’t no queer ever going to get married as long as I can buy a chicken sandwich! You morons! You thick-headed idiotic morons! Oh my god! Some people lined up in the summer heat…lines all around the building to get inside a store, while others waited in cars as far as their eye could see for a chance to place their order at the drive-through window. HI, I’M A LARD ASS! And I’m here to stop the queers! Give me two chicken sandwiches! I’m going to eat here every day til either I die or we have a Defense of Marriage Act – goddammit marriage is under assault here! Give me a chicken sandwich, give me another one! Dumb-assery at its peak! People lined up to buy chicken sandwiches! Ughhh! [Mike sighs and crumples a piece of paper to show his exasperation.]
http://nation.foxnews.com/mike-malloy/2012/08/02/liberal-has-epic-meltdown-over-chick-fil
anti-bho commented:
video of this at the link.
Poly Ester commented:
Mitt Romney should start lawsuit proceedings against Harry Ried for slander and defamation. It seems to be the only thing they understand. After all, Mr. Romney is a private citizen. We need to use their own weapons against them.
Sarah commented:
This is what the left does. They lie. Then, sometimes, after-the-fact they apologize in some half-hearted way. But the damage has beed done and that is what they intended all along.
valerie commented:
Where have all the smart Democrats gone? That “press release” would never have seen the light of day, had there been a single adult in the room to ask for the factual support before publication.
The San Diego Union-Tribune continues to characterize the TEA Parties as some sort of far-right group within the Republican party, while the TEA Parties themselves, and their platform, were designed to be supportable by the whole spectrum of United States voters.
The TEA Parties are supported by Democrats.
MicahStone commented:
DCCC to Sheldon Adelson: Hey, sorry for calling you a pimp…
…and all those socialist media sources that plastered “Adelson is a pimp” all over their papers, blogs and “news”-casts will now do the same for the retraction of this phony claim. (NB: please don’t hold your breath waiting for that to happen.)
Patty commented:
OT
Cass Sunstein to Leave WH ‘Regulatory Czar’ Post & Return to Harvard Law School
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cass-sunstein-to-leave-wh-regulatory-czar-post-return-to-harvard-law-school/
Patty commented:
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But there is more on the DCCC front.
DCCC: No room for deadbeat Dems
House Democrats who don’t pay their party dues could be out on the streets at the party’s convention this August in Charlotte, N.C.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) warned lawmakers Wednesday they won’t be guaranteed a hotel room at the Charlotte convention — where hotel space is expected to be tight — unless they pay their required dues. MORE ON SITE
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/217495-dccc-has-no-room-for-deadbeats
Granny commented:
THIS is the reason hotel space in Charlotte is going to be tight -
http://rockthered.com/
Patty commented:
OT But in the same theme, sort of:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Now the Liberals Covet the Corpses of Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan
A whole gang of Body Snatchers has done it with President Reagan, arguing that he really was not that hawkish after all and never meant to challenge the USSR with force. He was all the while outmaneuvering such warmongers as Caspar Weinberger and Bill Casey and keeping things civilized for the likes of the editorial board of The New York Times and other Liberals who were so responsible for the peaceful conclusion of the Cold War. The Liberal Body Snatcher disfigures history.
http://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2012/08/02/invasion_of_the_body_snatchers_now_the_liberals_covet_the_corpses_of_milton_friedman_ronald_reagan
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