Bradblog reports that Clint Curtis passed a polygraph on 03/03/05.
They have seized on an affidavit Curtis wrote Dec. 6 about his allegations of vote fraud. The affidavit was initially published the same day on bradblog.com. On March 3, Curtis passed a lie detector test given by Tim Robinson, retired chief polygraph operator for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
On 08/03/05 Brad and Clint were guests on BlogCall and Clint was asked point blank if he was willing to take a polygraph.
His response leaves not much wiggle room and raises serious questions about the veracity of the claims.
Blow is the audio link from blog call
Audio
37 min into the broadcast Brad is asked…
“Why wasn’t Clint Curtis ever given a lie detector test because it seems like such an obvious thing, and, is it easy to even get such a thing?”
Skip forward to 42 min for Clint’s answer.
“I’m sure we could find someone qualified to do that. By the end of the month you will have lie detector results.”
This is the second time I’ve caught Brad and Clint being less than credible. Here is another glaring problem. Note that the dead dog part of the Curtis story hasn’t been repeated in quite a while
Mr. Curtis’ Dog Has Been Killed
FYI… Mr. Curtis’ dog was shot and killed a few hours after I published my original story on the BRAD BLOG. This is the second time that Mr. Curtis has been the apparent victim of intimidation through such tacticts. Another one of his dogs was killed in 2002.
Here is part of an emotional note I wrote to my friend at Crooks & Liars just after I’d heard of the incident and while I was unable to post at the main BRAD BLOG site due to the heavy traffic after I published the story.
Now after this juicy scoop on 07/12/04 I asked Brad to post some proof that the dog was dead.
While Brad was pimping his blog and story on DU I asked him to post a copy of a police report considering Clint’s entire story is based on us believing him.
Brad told me it was my job, as a casual reader, to search out the report on my own and would not even provide me with the police station he claims the report was filed at because it might jeopardize Clint’s safety. Even though the shooters must already know where Clint lives if they shot his dog.
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Has some excellent references to diaries at dKos, for the readers looking for additional content.
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Clint Curtis For Dummies only!
by creve coeur Wed Dec 8th, 2004
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
on this?
What kind of background do you need?
I’d be happy to dig up any other info you need to help expose this sham before any more progressives in the media give this story the time of day.
I was just looking for the basic outline of the story. What was alleged, who BradBlog is, etc.
I am familiar with the story, but not the ongoing machinations, if you will.
To be honest that would require more work than this story deserves.
If people don’t know about the story…Great.
I just posted this diary for those that were following the story hopping this latest contradiction might finally put the nail in this story’s coffin. It is a story about a self aggrandizer written by another self aggrandizer.
I think the links I provided about the polygraph document glaring credibility issues and if anyone wants to discuss the merits of that argument I’m in.
But to regurgitate all of their facts, or lack there of, is not something I’m prepared to do.
BradBlog claims he is a progressive blogger. He burst onto the scene with this Clint Curtis story however he occasionally wrote articles for DU before.
Since the collapse of BBV.org he has fashioned himself as a leader of the vote fraud movement and regularly solicits money for his other site “The Velvet Revolution” http://velvetrevolution.us/
Finally I truly believe the election was stolen. I also believe there are a lot of crooks and liars looking to feed of our sorrow.
I haven’t been keeping track of BBV – what happened?
The following is a rebuttal from Brad, of BradBlog. He asked me to post this here to set the record straight, from his perspective.
before you do so in case they have a comment that may help you look not quite as foolish.
Clint Curtis had already taken his polygraph exam by the time we did the Blogcall. It was taken on March 2, 2005. However, Lucy Morgan of St. Petersurg Times had been promised an exclusive on that story. And thus, we couldn’t mention it on the Blogcall as a courtesy to her.
Hence, Clint’s response that “there would be results by the end of the month” or whatever it was that you quoted him as saying.
Had you bothered to check with either him, or me, or even Lucy Morgan you would have found the answer and wouldn’t have had to post something which you ought to now correct on your website. We’ll see if you do.
Furthermore, if you still have difficulty deciphering the difference between folks figuring out where CC lives on their own (so they can harm him if they (wish) versus posting that information on the World Wide Web for all to
easily find, then I don’t know what to tell you.
Clearly, you’re not a reporter, blogger, investigator who bothers to make even one simple phone call before reporting misleading information on your blog. So I understand why you’d not attempt to figure out what Police
Station might have the report of Curtis’ dog being shot on the day the original article about his affidavit was posted on my Blog.
Do some work before you call others out. Or not. It’s up to you. If you are simply hoping to discredit, you may do so at will. But be careful you don’t end up simply discrediting yourself. Which is, unfortunately, all that you have accomplished by your silly blog item.
I’d have posted this comment on the blog item in question, but I don’t particularly feel like signing up for an account here. Feel free to post the text of this item as a response and/or correction to the blog item by Anonymous Army as you wish.
This is BooMan again. I have no opinion on this matter because I am not familiar with the facts in question. It is my policy to allow the publication of diaries and comments without editing or review. This sometimes results in injury or inaccurate information being published about individuals. Anyone who feels they have been treated unfairly by a writer on BooTrib has the freedom to create an account and defend themselves. In this case, Brad would prefer not to create an account. So, I have published his defense for him.
If AnonymousArmy would care to continue this discussion with Brad, he can contact him through his website.