Comments on: Disbar this bitch http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/10/22/disbar-this-bitch/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:17:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kathy Hogan http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/10/22/disbar-this-bitch/#comment-1348 Kathy Hogan Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:34:59 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=636#comment-1348 The part of this story you don’t know is that this was a manipulation of the press by political operatives, who purposely fabricated a twisted version of the facts right before an election, to smear Judge Deni’s reputation for political reasons that have nothing to do with the case they used to launch the campaign against her. Once they got one paper to print their twisted version of the facts, the other papers piled on, repeating the false facts from the first story. What you think happened is not what happened, and her political opponents knew they had her over a barrel, because the rules of judicial conduct prevent her from arguing the facts of a pending case in the press. The operatives accomplished their goal, which was to create a public outrage to fan the flames of a public drum beat to remove Judge Deni from office. Some people will not find it easy to accept that they were played. Others who know how politics are played in Philly will acknowledge that what I am saying has a certain familiar ring of truth to it. I have known Judge Deni for better than 30 years, and know her to be a woman of honor and integrity. I am telling you that what you read in the papers, and the firestorm that was created out of it, was a calculated political manipulation that had nothing to do with the truth. The part of this story you don’t know is that this was a manipulation of the press by political operatives, who purposely fabricated a twisted version of the facts right before an election, to smear Judge Deni’s reputation for political reasons that have nothing to do with the case they used to launch the campaign against her.

Once they got one paper to print their twisted version of the facts, the other papers piled on, repeating the false facts from the first story.

What you think happened is not what happened, and her political opponents knew they had her over a barrel, because the rules of judicial conduct prevent her from arguing the facts of a pending case in the press.

The operatives accomplished their goal, which was to create a public outrage to fan the flames of a public drum beat to remove Judge Deni from office.

Some people will not find it easy to accept that they were played.

Others who know how politics are played in Philly will acknowledge that what I am saying has a certain familiar ring of truth to it.

I have known Judge Deni for better than 30 years, and know her to be a woman of honor and integrity. I am telling you that what you read in the papers, and the firestorm that was created out of it, was a calculated political manipulation that had nothing to do with the truth.

]]> By: Steve Signore http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/10/22/disbar-this-bitch/#comment-1263 Steve Signore Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:24:51 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=636#comment-1263 Lindsay, You couldn't be more right. As a '66 Penn grad, I applaud you. She should be fired and disbarred just like Mike Nifong. Keep telling it as it is. Lindsay,
You couldn’t be more right. As a ‘66 Penn grad, I applaud you. She should be fired and disbarred just like Mike Nifong. Keep telling it as it is.

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