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McCain Flashes Temper at Reporter
AP via SFGate ^ | 3/7/8 | LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 03/07/2008 1:22:30 PM PST by SmithL

New Orleans (AP) --

Republican Sen. John McCain, showing a flash of the temper he is known for, repeatedly cut off a reporter Friday when asked whether he had spoken to Democratic Sen. John Kerry about being his vice president in 2004.

"Everybody knows that I had a private conversation. Everybody knows that, that I had a conversation," McCain told the reporter. "And you know it, too. No. You know it, too. No. You do know. You do know."

The reporter, Elisabeth Bumiller of The New York Times, was following up on a question McCain had answered at a campaign event Friday morning in Atlanta. Asked if he might consider Kerry as a running mate, since Kerry asked him in 2004, McCain said no.

Afterward, on a campaign flight, Bumiller said she looked in the Times' archives and that McCain had denied talking with Kerry in a May 2004 story.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asspressbias; mccain; msm; nyt

1 posted on 03/07/2008 1:22:30 PM PST by SmithL
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Showing anger to a New York Times reporter?

McCain must be trying to win over conservatives.


2 posted on 03/07/2008 1:23:20 PM PST by SmithL (That's my story & I'm sticking to it!)
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To: SmithL

So the answer to the question was?....


3 posted on 03/07/2008 1:24:25 PM PST by icwhatudo
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To: SmithL

Temper - most unnatural human emotion. Can’t wait till Liberals take over the country and possess every soul, so all Males who display this vile emotion can either be locked up or neutered.


4 posted on 03/07/2008 1:24:50 PM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: icwhatudo

Then he should have called him a Major League Clymer.


5 posted on 03/07/2008 1:25:30 PM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: SmithL

Corner the RAT and it will bite!


6 posted on 03/07/2008 1:26:57 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: SmithL

John McCain, acting like the Democrat he is.


7 posted on 03/07/2008 1:28:03 PM PST by EternalVigilance ("What fellowship has light with darkness?")
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To: SmithL

Oh I forgot. McCain can’t get angry, and he can’t get “testy”, or even “irritated” by reporters from the NYTimes. Otherwise the Manchurian Candidates posts start appearing.

As for answering the question, he did. He said he doesn’t have to answer the question because it was private. He should have asked the reporter what did her lesbian lover whisper in her ear last night.


8 posted on 03/07/2008 1:29:51 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: SmithL
We've already got an interesting thread on this same story going on over here.
9 posted on 03/07/2008 1:30:14 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: SmithL
McCain punches reporter: Wins 2008 Election in Massive Landslide Victory!
10 posted on 03/07/2008 1:30:28 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: SmithL
Again? He did that earlier today too.
11 posted on 03/07/2008 1:30:50 PM PST by ASA Vet (Only a suicidal fool would have Hillary as VP)
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To: SmithL

It’s kinda irrelevant at this point, isn’t it? He’s the nominee. The reporters had their chance to make this a big issue, but decided not to. Too late now.


12 posted on 03/07/2008 1:30:51 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

46 seconds.


13 posted on 03/07/2008 1:31:44 PM PST by ASA Vet (Only a suicidal fool would have Hillary as VP)
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To: SmithL

He was questioned about his conversation with John F’in Kerry where Kerry asked him if he’d consider being his running mate.

I think he was irritated because he doesn’t want that story being brought up whilst trying to win over the conservative vote! At least that’s my take on it....


14 posted on 03/07/2008 1:33:00 PM PST by SoCalConservative
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To: SmithL

Big deal. I wish everyone would get angry at these self-righteous liberals.


15 posted on 03/07/2008 1:33:20 PM PST by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: icwhatudo
"Everybody knows that I had a private conversation. Everybody knows that, that I had a conversation," McCain told the reporter. "And you know it, too. No. You know it, too. No. You do know. You do know."

I think the answer to the question is pretty clear.

16 posted on 03/07/2008 1:40:16 PM PST by marron
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