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Robin Hayes Denies his Denial & Defends Palin's "Honor"
BlueNC - The people's think tank —
... witness this stupidity.
My favorite part the first video I provide is when Hayes says with contempt in his voice that the mainstream media hadn't even picked up the story until some blogger wrote about it. I guess the New York Observer isn't the mainstream media.....or "blogger" is now one of the rabid rights new red meat buzz words.
Please help us get rid of this imbecile. Please.
Update - Ryan Grim at The Crypt has done a much better job on this story. Check it out.
Rep. Hayes denies denying that he said ‘liberals hate real Americans.’
Think Progress —
... Hayes backed down when audio of his comments surfaced:
I genuinely did not recall making the statement and, after reading it, there is no doubt that it came out completely the wrong way. I actually was trying to work to keep the crowd as respectful as possible, so this is definitely not what I intended.
But Hayes is back to his old denial ways. In a debate last night against his opponent Larry Kissell, Hayes denied that he ever denied his comments:
One more time, I did not ...
Robin Hayes Blames it all on Liberal Bloggers - Denialgate Day 4
BlueNC - The people's think tank —
... absolutely denies making the comments found in the Observer article." According to "some blogger", Ryan Grim, of The Crypt, he didn't call Hayes for comment so did not present the context or the exact words found in the Observer. Little contacted Grim. If Hayes was presented with the wrong words or context, it wasn't "some blogger" who made the mistake. It was Hayes' own employee.
All that in mind, the denial of Hayes' denial simply doesn't hold water.
Once the video surfaced Hayes gave this statement:
I genuinely did not recall ...
"Worser Person in the World" attacks my campaign as "Illegal!?!"
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... lie of the week, denying he said any such divisive thing in front of thousands of people... on tape.
Hayes' first mention on Keith Olberman this week as a result went something like this:
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who routinely calls out politicians, aired Hayes' remarks and added, “Congressman Hayes, how does it feel to be revealed to the nation as an unequivocal, indisputable, bald-faced liar?”
Then in our debate Wednesday, Hayes denied denying his divisive remarks earning his spot last night as "Worser Person in the ...
