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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:53 PM
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Diana DeGette Asks For "Town Hall" Investigation.
Denver Congresswoman Diana DeGette is apparently pushing for an investigation into the removal of three people from President Bush's "town hall" event in Colorado. It'll be interesting to see if this gets anywhere, because the results could affect Colorado's 2006 elections.

Here's the press release:

DeGette, Grijalva Call for Investigation into Exclusion of Citizens from Presidential Events

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) formally requested the House Government Reform Committee to investigate recent incidents in which American citizens were denied entrance to or were removed from taxpayer-funded Presidential events open to the public because of their political beliefs. They released the following letter to Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) and Ranking Member Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA):

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http://coloradopoliticalnews.blogs.com/
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:57 PM
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1. Time to start holding these SOB's accountable!
Way to go!

Peace!
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 03:25 PM
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2. Well its about frickin' time
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 03:28 PM
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3. Pressure. Equal. From all sides. The word will get out there.
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F.Gordon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:54 PM
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4. Thanks for keeping this forum going cd2005
I've been staying out of the loop by choice. Need a break, but I appreciate you taking the time to keep us up to date and moving this forum.

Did you see how Nein News played this story? "No big deal... all Presidents do this". They showed a clip of Clinton in Colorado. It's incredible to watch how the local repuke media has spun this story. They report it, but there's always a big....BUT....
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 11:03 PM
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5. I try to avoid watching them.
Actually, news in general. I can get my info off of the internet.
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