Kaloogian: "It’s one itty-bitty picture"

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12071317/site/newsweek/

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Kaloogian is no stranger to controversy. He was one of the architects of the successful recall drive against former California governor Gray Davis. But he seemed annoyed at the sudden onslaught of attention. “Journalists weren’t interested in our trip for nine months afterwards, and now they’re trying to find one picayunish mistake ,” he complained to NEWSWEEK. “It’s one itty-bitty picture. The Associated Press gave us a Mark Twain Award for a broadcast we did from Iraq, and nothing was written about that at all.” (Kaloogian is not named on the Web site of the Associated Press Television and Radio Association of California-Nevada as a Mark Twain Award winner, although several radio talk-show hosts who accompanied Kaloogian on the Iraq trip are named. “We invited these talk-show hosts to go with us, it was our trip, but they were on it,” Kaloogian told NEWSWEEK.)

[tocqueville]

1. www.howardisaliar.com/

http://www.howardisaliar.com/

[ima_sinnic]

10. hey, this is great from that site: he posed w/boxes of "petitions"

to recall Grey Davis but "The LA Weekly revealed that the boxes of petitions were just props and contained no signatures."
This after he paid himself from money that had been raised supposedly for the recall campaign but instead went into his and his friends' pockets.

--I don't know if this is old news I'm repeating here, I'm far from California and never did know too much about the Gray Davis recall thing -- but I sure find this guy entertaining.

[Canuckistanian]

18. This site needs some updating, stat!

C'mon, this is one of the best stories of the year! This should be the home page!

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. And intent to mislead, and outright LYING!

You got caught, you asswipe... :rofl:

[wtmusic]

Actually, Howard, it was your lie about the photo

which people found interesting.

[KingFlorez]

3. Who the hell says itty-bitty?

Why must they always minimize their wrongdoing? An itty-bitty picture you tried to scam people with.

[K8-EEE]

14. Teensy-Weensie Lie That Iraq Is Calm.

Sorry, that's a whopper, fool, I agree.... Why can't they ever take responsibility for ANYTHING?

[TomInTib]

4. "one picayunish mistake" - that's Howard...

walkin' like a crab, now.

[stillcool]

5. Why doesn't he just call it a glitch?...

...that word dismisses everything.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

30. mistakes were made. Glitches happen. but Picayune?

[johnfunk]

6. Kaloogian's one itty-bitty dissembling Wingnut legislator

... not to mention a great big Turkey. Oh, sorry -- that was a pun.

Kaloogian would make some nice FReep-roadkill come Election Day in November.

[Bob3]

7. jerk - it was the centerpiece of your screed about the press

don't you think they might be more than a little amused to find out you used a fake picture? Make that a whole lot amused? Don't you think that having to use a picture of Turkey to show how peaceful Iraq is cuts your case off at the knees?

again. Jerk. Boy do I love it when they get exposed. They sound like 17 year olds. "Well it was only one beer."

[SeattleVet]

20. The whole gang of them seem to have problems with phony Turkey

pictures, don't they?


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[file83]

27. LOL - Seems that Mr. Kalool-Aid is serving LEFTOVERS!!!

[file83]

24. EXACTLY! Well put.

[wicket]

8. Oh this is BEAUTIFUL!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hissyspit]

9. "The press sucks because they are not giving a true picture,"

he is basically saying. Then he says when he BLATANTLY DELIBERATELY does not give a true picture, it's just an itty-bitty thing?????

THE VERY DEFINITION OF HYPOCRISY!

Idiot.

[K8-EEE]

15. The PRESS Doesn't Give A True Picture...

HE CAN'T EVEN GET THE RIGHT COUNTRY FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!! He's one to talk about "true pictures." Jesus what morons these guys are.

[yellowcanine]

11. "one itty bitty picture" and "only 16 words" in the SOTU = FAKE WAR.

A lie is a lie, be it a little picture or 16 words.

[AwakeAtLast]

12. Taken directly from the pages of the Rovian tome

"How To Do What You Want and Get Away With It, Every Time!" ;)

I'm surprised he doesn't have a cabinet position already!

[K8-EEE]

13. Post Another Itty-Bitty One That Shows Fab Cafe Life In Baghdad

LYING LIAR!

[Nothing Without Hope]

16. For those joining late - here's a ***list of DU threads*** on this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x776401
thread title (3-28-06 GD): Fake photo of Baghdad used to bolster GOP's claims?
Howard Kaloogian (R) has posted a photograph on his campaign website which he claims to have recently taken in downtown Baghdad, to show how "calm" and "stable" the city was during his visit. But the photo is actually from Istambul, TURKEY!!! Long thread with additional finds all confirming Istambul ID. Now up at Huffington Post and other blogs too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x785305
thread title (3-29-06 GD): Oops...Kaloogian Blames Iraq Photo Error on Staffer
Says there were “hundreds and hundreds” of photos taken on his Iraq trip, and they had a layover in Istambul. His campaign site says “Baghdad is calm and secure. I know. I’ve been there.” So egregious!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2194954
thread title (3-29-06 LBN): Baghdad, Turkey Baghdad photo scandal
See Reply #17 – It’s not the first time Kaloogian “got lost” like this. What a lying slime. Good composite photo showing obviously NOT in Iraq but Turkey.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x784983
thread title (3-29-06 GD): More photos of things going great in Baghdad
Hilarious! Photos from all over the world – favorite: the “banana burka” from Rio

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x786665
thread title (3-29-06 GD): Kaloogian Slams Press Coverage of Iraq With Bogus Photo (Its made the MSM)
Cites 3/29 Editor & Publisher article on the whole debacle.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x789542
thread title (3-29-06 GD): NEWSWEEK - Baghdad/Istanbul - Blogosphere Nails Kaloogian

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x785264
thread title (3-29-06 GD): Re FAKE PHOTO: It's not just Howard Kaloogian, it's BIG right-wing players
” It's Move America Forward, and it's Russo Marsh & Rogers, the Sacramento-based political public relations firm with major right-wing ties. Move America Forward is an astroturf political action group that RM&R uses to woo big-money financiers of right wing candidates and causes. While it feels good to nail Howard Kaloogian, that phony "downtown Baghdad" photo used on his Web site has a stream that runs right to the heart the right wing ….”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x787933
thread title (3-29-06 GD): UK Guardian now linking to DU thread on the Kalgoolian photo
Excerpt from the Guardian UK: “The Backbencher has been enjoying the spat over a picture, allegedly of Baghdad, that wannabe Republican congressman Howard Kaloogian posted on his website. It purported (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x776401) to show a peaceful street in Baghdad. "Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be," Howard wrote. "But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it". Inevitable, then, that left-liberal blogs would point out that this picture actually shows a street in Turkey. The tight female clothing and non-Arabic signs did give it away.”

[file83]

25. Kick ass. Thanks!

[Canuckistanian]

17. ... and one GREAT BIG LIE.

But they always leave that part out, don't they?

[Catrina]

19. And he's STILL lying on his blog, it seems ~ he says his people took

that picture in Turkey ~ but wasn't it found on the web?

Ballad of Howard Kaloogian (to the beat of Itsy Bitsy Spider)

An itty bitty photograph
Went up on Howard's site
Along came some bloggers
Lookin' for a fight

Howard said the photograph
Was taken in Iraq
But before the day was over
He had to take that back!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Cocoa]

21. that picture was HUGH

the organizer of the "truth tour" couldn't find a pic that supported his "truth" so he faked it. That's not itty-bitty.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

22. Yeah, even the followup, "real" Iraq photo is pretty revealing... the fact

that it's not safe enough for these truth warriors to go down there, outside of the green zone, and talk to anyone and get a pic that doesn't have rubble or blood in it, pretty much says it all.

[file83]

26. Bingo. His "new" photo PROVES he is on the wrong side of the issue.

Oh sweet, sweet irony.

[SoCalDem]

32. the police station in his new pic..(the white one) is now blown up

so much for safe streets eh?

[The_Casual_Observer]

23. Well then, how about a different picture that is real?

Haven't got one? Miserable bastard!

[stickdog]

28. Was it called the LIE TOUR, Howie?

Because it should have been.

[formercia]

29. Kaloogian is like a Night Crawler

You have to catch him unaware (clueless), grab him by the tiny part that shows and keep the pressure on until you can drag him from his hole. From then on, he's nothing but fishbait.

[AlCzervik]

31. if you're willing to lie about one "itty bitty picture" i'm sure you lie

about everything else.

[mzmolly]

33. Mistake? No. LIE, YES.

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