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leapinlizzard13 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:47:47 +0000

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Michael Wolraich — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:39:00 +0000

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when do you plan on writing

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:26:28 +0000

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when do you plan on writing the article on nelson? i would be interested to hear what you think. are you affiliated with the college?

Please take my name off this

John Kelly — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:48:18 +0000

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Please take my name off this article. Jeff Nelson never said those words, and I never said that he said them.

John Kelly

Interesting post, but I doubt

Enkidu222 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:17:01 +0000

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Interesting post, but I doubt the conservative movement is too worried about the president of a college with 65 students.

No. He was set to donate

deminizer — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:03:21 +0000

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No. He was set to donate actually to help an inner city youth get an education. He found out about the problems at the school, the mismanagement of funds etc. and rescinded the offer then "mysteriously" caved in and donated the money anyway. Nelson is pretty influential inside the conservative movement, and flaunts this, also has a lawyer that was in the Romney campaign. My guess is that Novak was afraid that the influence inside conservative circles outweighed whatever might happen to the donated money. Novak makes his living from being in that circle, rocking the boat and unearthing a can of worms that might expose that circle for what it is might be bad for him. Nelson has definitely gone to great lengths to stifle this story and has had some success in doing so for quite some time. I will post an article about Nelson next week!

Interesting. So you think he

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:55:12 +0000

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Interesting. So you think he made the donation in an attempt to cover up the mismanagement? It seems possible, though I'm skeptical that Novak would care if Nelson fries. He's always struck me as the kind of guy whose priority is Robert Novak.

I'm curious about your runins with Nelson. Could make a good blog post.

I think more along the lines

deminizer — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:40:12 +0000

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I think more along the lines of a threat that he'd be harming the conservative movement itself. Exposing the fact that they "mismanage" funds when that's their main gripe against the democratic party would prove the hypocrisy of their constant cries. Like the fact they all take earmarks and then cry about earmarks doesn't. In this case Nelson wields a big stick inside the party. I have run into that influence several times myself already.

Thanks for posting this. Yet

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:16:29 +0000

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Thanks for posting this. Yet another stain on Novak's already dirty coat. I'm curious who twisted Novak's arm and how they did it. The guy's a journalist, so it's not as if he needs political favors. Maybe a threat to deny access to leads?