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Title: REPORTER CONFINED IN CLOSET DURING VEEP'S FUNDRAISER (Biden's Gitmo)
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Drudge Report
URL Source: http://drudgereport.com/flash7.html
Published: Mar 26, 2011
Author: Drudge
Post Date: 2011-03-26 18:23:21 by Hondo68
Keywords: Orlando Sentinel reporter, a Democratic fundraiser, philanthropist Alan Ginsburg
Views: 5542
Comments: 4
Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an Orlando Sentinel reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with high-powered guests gathered for a Democratic fundraiser. Reporter Scott Powers was the designated "pool reporter" for the vice president's Wednesday visit to the massive Winter Park, Fla., home of developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg. The veep hadn't arrived yet but most of the 150 guests (minimum $500 donation) had. They were busy noshing on caprese crostini with oven-dried mozzarella and basil, rosemary flatbread with grapes honey and gorgonzola cheese and bacon deviled eggs, before a lunch of grilled chicken Caesar and garden vegetable wraps. Not so for Powers. A "low-level staffer" put Powers in a storage closet and then stood guard outside the door, Powers told the DRUDGE REPORT. "When I'd stick my head out, they'd say, 'Not yet. We'll let you know when you can come out.' And no crustini for Powers, either. He made do with a bottle of water to sip as he sat at a tiny makeshift desk, right next to a bag marked "consignment." Powers was closeted at about 11:30 a.m., held for about an hour and 15 minutes, came out for 35 minutes of remarks by Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and then returned to his jail for the remainder of the event. Powers' phone didn't work in the closet, but his Blackberry did, so he fired a picture of his impromptu prison to his editors, who posted a short blog item on the lack of freedom of the press under the veep's control. Powers didn't mention his confinement in either of his pool reports that day, saying only that "press coverage was limited to a single pool reporter, filing on behalf of all local media, who was allowed to listen to the remarks but not given an opportunity to talk with anyone at the event." On Friday, Powers said, the home's owner called him. "He said he had no idea they'd put me in a closet and was very sorry. He said he was just following their lead and was extremely embarrassed by the whole thing."
The Joe Biden detention facility
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
So, is this illegal detention or was he proud to do his part?
Well, [W.A-R.'s] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... The latter. Some more "pretend" opposition.
And the sheep will bleat their submission, Burma Shave.
This is the closet administration. No wonder W.A-R. is all over what message boards that'll still have him.
Well, [W.A-R.'s] got to do something for attention, his multiple personalities aren't speaking to him any more, and his imaginary friends keep finding excuses not to come over.
#2. To: Rudgear (#1)
developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg
Alan Ginsburg's first Democratic fundraiser
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#3. To: Rudgear (#1)
So, is this illegal detention or was he proud to do his part?
Seeing the others as fools,
Not knowing nor even caring,
They've become no more than tools.
#4. To: Wood_Chopper (#3)
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