More Proof Democrats Lie to get elected

'Missing Candidate' Convicted of Faking Post-Crash Disappearance for Attention

A jury in Dover convicted Gary Dodds of falsifying evidence, causing a false public alarm and leaving the scene of the April 2006 crash. He showed no emotion as the verdicts were returned on the first day of deliberations after a 15-day trial.

Dodds, 43, claims he injured his head in a crash on the Spaulding Turnpike and nearly drowned in a river before being rescued 27 hours later from the snowy woods. Prosecutors say he spent part of that time soaking his feet in cold water to make it appear he spent the night outdoors, all to boost his faltering campaign.

"He had a story that he was going to stick to," County Attorney Thomas Velardi said during closing arguments Friday. It would've been a heroic story. It would've been a great story — all the people who hadn't heard of him before ... really would've known who he was."

Except for his shoes and socks, Dodds' clothing was dry when he was rescued. His feet were purple and wrinkled, but the rest of his skin was pink and dry. An expert in cold weather injuries testified that must have resulted from Dodds soaking his feet in cold water for a prolonged period of time.

Prosecutors allege that Dodds was desperate for money after having spent nearly double the amount his wife had agreed to and taking out two mortgages on their home to finance his campaign. But defense lawyers said bank records show the mortgages were used to pay for property renovations and there was no reason for Dodds to stage the crash.

"What the state has done is they've taken innocent facts and infused them with dark and sinister meanings," defense lawyer J.P. Nadeau told jurors Friday.

Nadeau had no comment on the verdict other than to say he was disappointed and that he would consider an appeal. Under instructions from his lawyers, Dodds also left the courthouse quickly without comment.

During the trial, defense lawyers argued that police brought charges against Dodds to cover up their bungled investigation. Aside from a few officers who searched the night of the crash, authorities did not launch a large scale search until the next morning.

Dodds faces up to seven years in prison when he is sentenced in about 45 days. Velardi said he wasn't sure what sentence he will recommend, though he noted that Dodds earlier rejected a plea deal in which he would have avoided prison time had he pleaded guilty to the least serious crime — leaving the scene — and repaid the state the $20,000 it spent on the search.

Dodds continued campaigning for the Democratic nomination in the 1st Congressional District after the crash but came in third in the four-way primary.

The Surge is working ... How embarassing to the Dems

Muqtada al-Sadr extends Iraqi cease-fire

BAGHDAD - Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence.

(But if we don't pull out now why wan't have to come back in 10 years. Or am I the only one that remembers the 1st Gulf war?)

GLOBAL WARMING? IT’S THE COLDEST WINTER IN DECADES

GLOBAL WARMING? IT’S THE COLDEST WINTER IN DECADES

NEW evidence has cast doubt on claims that the world’s ice-caps are melting, it emerged last night. Satellite data shows that concerns over the levels of sea ice may have been premature.

Mrs Slick Willie wants your Money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8mD7YZ0StQ

Slick Willie's Wife trys hard to not answer this question directly? Her Slick Willie ways is why her numbers are falling will be the final nail in the coffin of her campaign. She comes across as being fake as if even she doesn't believe a word she is sputtering

Do not throw mud if it's shaped like a boomerang.

Is anyone else amazed at how Camp Obama has let Team Clinton introduce "Rezko" into the political lexicon?

The issue is legit - (don't get me wrong, Obama is a huge scum bag too)- but what's amazing is to watch the Clintons making insinuations about shady land deals and questionable characters.

The Clintons!

Am I the only American left who remembers the campaign finance scandals of the 1990s?

Marc Rich?

Johnny Chung?

Didn't the Clinton campaign recently have to return close to a million dollars tied to Norman Hsu?

And I can't be certain but I'm fairly sure I remember reading something about someone being impeached?

Man, they must be giggling at HRC HQ.

Do they not have Google in Chicago?

NBC Finds Picture of Hillary Clinton And "Slum Lord" Renzo

I have a real concern how reporters allow her to not answer direct questions. When given a tough question, Hillary always changes the subject and tells the reporter what they need to focus on. No Hillary, we want to focus on you answering the damn question you were given! Someone needs to make her answer questions or she will continue to feed us friggin BS.

All she does is lie over and over again. That's all she can do because she has no real accomplishments. Back when Obama was working in community service, Hillary was a corporate stooge for Wal-mart looking out for corporation's best interests. She thinks if she repeats the lies over and over again, people will eventually start believing them. And sadly, some people have.Hillary's "Experience" LieClinton: "I am uniquely qualified at this moment in our history to be the president we need starting in 2009 … I think it is informed by my deep experience over the last 35 years, my firsthand knowledge of what goes on inside a White House." Thirty-five years takes you back to 1973, half of which Hillary spent in law school. Clinton: "Experience in foreign affairs is critical for ending the war in Iraq, averting war in Iran, negotiating a Middle East peace and dealing with North Korea." During her husband's two terms in office, Hillary Clinton did not hold a security clearance, did not attend meetings of the National Security Council, and was not given a copy of the president's daily intelligence briefing. During trips to Bosnia and Kosovo, she "acted as a spokeswoman for American interests rather than as a negotiator." On military affairs, most of her experience derives not from her White House years but from serving on the Senate armed services committee.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/us/politics/26clinton.html?_r=1&oref=sloginhttp://www.slate.com/id/2182073/pagenum/all/

Clinton lies about Obama's record"He was a part-time state senator for a few years, and then he came to the Senate and immediately started running for president," she says dismissively. But Obama's accomplishments are more substantial and varied than Clinton suggests. And he has a longer record in elected office than she does, as a second-term New York senator. Obama served eight years in the Illinois state Senate and is halfway through his first term in the U.S. Senate. Clinton is about to begin her eighth year in the U.S. Senate. Going by years spent as an elective official, Obama's 11 years exceeds Clinton's seven.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080116/ap_on_el_pr/ob%20...

Clinton Lies About Obama Abortion Record"Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters. The mailer says that seven times during his time in the Illinois state Senate, Obama declined to take a position on abortion bills, while Clinton has been a defender of abortion rights. During his eight years in the legislature, Obama cast a number of votes on abortion and received a 100 percent rating from the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council for his support of abortion rights, family planning services and health insurance coverage for female contraceptives. He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive, a vote that especially riled abortion opponents.

"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ip2G-tP8Bkle1aH%20...

The Clintons are lying about Obama's remarks on Reagan When the Clintons used "better" and "good" in alluding the Obama's remarks, they weren't paraphrasing, they weren't misremembering, they weren't distorting. They were simply lying.

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ez%20...

ABC News Calls Out Clintons for Consistent Lies about ObamaThe ease with which a former President and former First Lady lie to the American people should disturb us. ABC News reviews the lies the Clintons have told voters recently about Senator Barack Obama.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/01/ob%20...

Clinton: "I Never Would Have Taken Us to War in Iraq"Clinton voted to give Bush authority to invade Iraq in Oct. 2002 and that she rejected withdrawal plans for years afterward.

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-usadva0106,%20...

Hillary falsely claims that her mother had actually named her after the famous and intrepid explorer, Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Mount EverestOn a first-lady goodwill tour of Asia in April 1995—the kind of banal trip that she now claims as part of her foreign-policy "experience"—Mrs. Clinton had been in Nepal and been briefly introduced to the late Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Mount Everest. Ever ready to milk the moment, she announced that her mother had actually named her for this famous and intrepid explorer. Sen. Clinton was born in 1947, and Sir Edmund Hillary and his partner Tenzing Norgay did not ascend Mount Everest until 1953, so the story was self-evidently untrue and eventually yielded to fact-checking.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/hillary.asphttp://www.slate.com/id/2182065/

BLACK EYE FOR DEMOCRATS: MORE PROOF THE SURGE IS WORKING!!!!

U.S. military reveals diary of Al Qaeda leader indicating that the terror group may be crumbling.

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This has to be an embaressment to every Democrats that said the surge wouldn't work.