"24 business hours"

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110. best to avoid names to avoid getting hides for callouts

Long story short, back in 2006 a couple of truthout.org reporters--including one who still posts here--posted on a Friday that Karl Rove had been indicted and that he had been given "24 hours to get his affairs in order."

But, then, after 24 hours had passed, and Karl Rove was still living life in his normal and evil manner, with no sign of an indictment, then the spin--pushed at DU by a certain DUer, was that "in point of fact, those 24 hours are "business hours," i.e. starting on Monday.

In other words, presumably, 3 working days starting on Monday of the following week. If one presumes 8 hours in a working day. As if any legal notice anywhere were denominated in business hours, not business days or simply hours (e.g. 72 hours).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027013022#post10

http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/62791:karl-rove-indicted-on-charges-of-perjury-lying-to-investigators

As ludicrous as it seems, a lot of people actually bought the "24 business hours" line--against what should have been their better judgment.

But some began to express skepticism and disbelief over the weekend. Including Skinner, the owner of Democraticunderground.com. Which induced a pretty epic temper tantrum accusing the site owner of being "no better than the cretins who have taken over your site." (post was deleted).

Of course, as history has revealed, Karl Rove was never indicted, and the truthout.org story was a complete hoax.

There's never been any explanation as to who the source behind the hoax was or why the hoax was promoted so vigorously.

But those who were skeptical and called bullshit have never been forgiven for disbelieving the bullshit.