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Sore loser: Obama and Obamedia accuse McCain of “cheating”
michellemalkin.com ^ | August 18, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 08/18/2008 9:23:49 AM PDT by the anti-liberal

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 18, 2008 12:52 AM

No, really. The Obama camp and its media water-carriers are seriously accusing John McCain of “cheating” in his appearance over the weekend at Rick Warren’s Saddleback church forum because he was in his motorcade when the program started– and then escorted to an empty room without media hook-ups. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell spread the unsubstantiated rumor that somehow McCain heard Obama’s questions while on his drive. The nutroots went, well, nuts. The NYTimes piled on (“Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t In a ‘Cone of Silence’“). The McCain camp has protested.

And now we have the spectacle of the Democrat presidential nominee and his press entourage bleating about the “cone of silence” because he didn’t fare as well as his opponent.

Yes, the Obama has just confirmed that it is operating in a cone of abject stupidity. Maybe a little less fun in the sun next time, eh, Barry O?

The event wasn’t even head-to-head. How is the Obama team going to behave should The One wipe out in an official debate this fall? The wah-mbulance will be working overtime.

Oh, and I think we know where the Left is headed again. Remember “Is Bush Wired?”

Predicting a massive run on tin foil from now until November…

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More:

Warren told CNN Sunday evening, “we flat out asked him” if he heard any of the questions. The McCain campaign “confirmed that McCain did not hear or see any of the broadcast” in the motorcade or after he arrived, Ross said.

When asked if McCain overheard anything, Charlie Black, a McCain adviser who was with him at the time, told CNN: “We were in motorcade until 5:30 p.m. ET; then a holding room in another building with no TV.”

Warren said, “I trust the integrity of both” candidates, and said he “knew they would abide by the rules.” He joked McCain may not have been in the cone of silence, but “he was in the cone of a Secret Service motorcade”.

Scott Ott: Har. How McCain breached the cone.



TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; again; coneofsilence; elections; malkin; mccain; nobama; nobama08; obama; obamedia; projection; rickwarren; riggeddebates; riggedelection; saddleback; saddlebackchurch; sorelosers
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The Scrappleface (at the end) is good!
1 posted on 08/18/2008 9:23:49 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal

Obe’s from the Weatherman wing of the ‘rat party. Party on dude!


2 posted on 08/18/2008 9:25:24 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president! (it ain't over 'til it's over))
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To: the anti-liberal

Look for Obama to try and wriggle out of the debates or at least structure them so he wont have to think for himself.


3 posted on 08/18/2008 9:26:50 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: the anti-liberal

The whining coming from the Obama camp is so completely uncool.


4 posted on 08/18/2008 9:28:00 AM PDT by KansasGirl ( b/c Obama is just creepy.)
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The good news is that this type of garbage will not carry weight for most of America. The only types that will eat it up are the liberal lapdogs and Obamaphiles who already are in his pocket. Americans hate whiners and they know McCain won this “debate”.


5 posted on 08/18/2008 9:31:19 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: KansasGirl

Wait until the whining in November when the Obama campaign loses. Waaaa... I can just hear it now. Worse than Algore in 2000.


6 posted on 08/18/2008 9:31:30 AM PDT by kevinm13 (The Main Stream Media is dead! "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: kevinm13

“Racists”!


7 posted on 08/18/2008 9:32:34 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: Arkansas Toothpick

How can you cheat when someone is asking for YOUR opinion/beliefs?


8 posted on 08/18/2008 9:32:38 AM PDT by wilco200 (Typical White Person)
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To: the anti-liberal

Another “they stole the election/ we wus robbed” moment from the Dems.


9 posted on 08/18/2008 9:32:50 AM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: the anti-liberal
McCain should take it as a compliment and run with it. If Barry had any class he would have never publicly accused McCain of cheating.

Scott Ott is spot-on. Hysterical!

10 posted on 08/18/2008 9:33:05 AM PDT by Redgirl
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To: the anti-liberal
Our daughter used to accuse other people of cheating when she was much younger. Children cannot understand why they don't win so automatically they assume that someone cheated.
11 posted on 08/18/2008 9:33:41 AM PDT by misterrob (Obama-Does America Need Another Jimmy Carter?)
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To: kevinm13
"Wait until the whining in November when the Obama campaign loses."

But just think of the excellent entertainment value!

12 posted on 08/18/2008 9:34:00 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal
Andrea Mitchell has proven once again that she is a left-leaning nitwit in need of medication.

John McCain answers proved the guy has no pretenses.

Is it McCain's fault that Obamassiah opened mouth and inserted foot. It's common knowledge that unless the Obamy is reading it from a teleprompter, he is unable to ad lib. He has no substance much like all the DUmmies when quizzed on the hard stuff.

13 posted on 08/18/2008 9:34:49 AM PDT by xtinct
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To: the anti-liberal

I’ve been looking forward to the debates for a while now and watching whatever liberal nutjob that the DNC put up against ANY of the RNC hopefuls.

Now that we are down to Obama and McCain I’m not um sure if um um I want to watch the um debates um um um because it’s just um um going to hurt my um ears um um listening to Obama um um talk without a um tele-um um teleprompter.


14 posted on 08/18/2008 9:34:57 AM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: misterrob
"Children cannot understand why they don't win so automatically they assume that someone cheated."

Exactly - how about a campaign ad pushing the 'adults in government' angle? Nancy Pelosi, Boxer, Reid, etc... whining children.

15 posted on 08/18/2008 9:36:21 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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What was the “looking ahead....cheating” comment from OBAMA then?


16 posted on 08/18/2008 9:36:47 AM PDT by combat_boots (She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
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To: the anti-liberal

I think Obama had some of the questions in advance. At one point, he is aske by Warren about helping third world orphans and Obama says “Well I kinda cheated and looked into that already”.


17 posted on 08/18/2008 9:38:09 AM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: the anti-liberal

Andrea Mitchell proves once again that leftist MSM hacks are far inferior to the National Enquirer — at least the NE troubles itself to do some serious investigation — Andrea Mitchell just spewed Obambi camp talking points into the Mediastream without bothering to do the slightest inquiry as to whether the claim makes any sense.

The MSM only wishes it could be as competent as the National Enquirer.......


18 posted on 08/18/2008 9:38:38 AM PDT by Enchante (Obama-cons: Trying to fool America, one media dupe at a time!)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
This is now the time for Mccain to start pushing his proposed townhall format even more aggressively, with the caveat that it would be impossible to cheat since questions would be posed by individuals and questions not vetted beforehand. Chicken little would not agree to this.
19 posted on 08/18/2008 9:39:53 AM PDT by pennboricua
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To: Domandred
"I’ve been looking forward to the debates for a while now"

I really wanted them to do those 'townhall debates' McCain invited Obambi to - that would've been hilarious.

But if the 'um' factor was bad before, it would likely be unbearable at a townhall style debate (questions from audience members).

20 posted on 08/18/2008 9:41:28 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: Obadiah

I can just imagine our “fierce and powerful leader” facing the world as Prez after whining about this....what a DORK


21 posted on 08/18/2008 9:43:12 AM PDT by saltnlemons (Shell's Dad!)
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To: KansasGirl

Isn’t it about time someone posted that Official Seal of The Democrat Party?


22 posted on 08/18/2008 9:43:42 AM PDT by ClaudiusI
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To: KansasGirl

“The whining coming from the Obama camp is so completely uncool.”

You can expect this from the liberals. They don’t think like we do. They think everyone is like them—liars. Why would they have a sane thought, maybe “OOOOOOOH—you mean they don’t lie”.


23 posted on 08/18/2008 9:43:45 AM PDT by DaltonNC
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To: pennboricua

And if they did, and if they held the debates - get ready for accusations of ‘planting audience members.’


24 posted on 08/18/2008 9:44:18 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal; All

Y’all should read the hysterics at Kos. The nuts are going age over this.

(Of course, you will need to be deloused after a visit with Kos Kooks...)


25 posted on 08/18/2008 9:44:30 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: the anti-liberal

ROVE!!!!!!

26 posted on 08/18/2008 9:45:51 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Enchante
“Andrea Mitchell just spewed Obambi camp talking points”

Well, she is very old, maybe she is suffering from dementia.

27 posted on 08/18/2008 9:46:49 AM PDT by DaltonNC
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To: the anti-liberal

Because McCain was the big winner in this event, the MSM/Team Obama never reported it. How can the MSM now accuse McCain of cheating at an event on which they never reported?


28 posted on 08/18/2008 9:47:14 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: the anti-liberal

Left-handed compliments in these smears. All the howling admits McCain did well and their candidate didn’t.
And why not? McCain had a couple decades more time to think about his answers. :)


29 posted on 08/18/2008 9:48:26 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (My spiritual advisor is a lawyer.)
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To: the anti-liberal

Is this Indonesian fellow Barry Obama-Soetoro ever a strong and admirable leader or does he always whine and play the victim card?
People might relate to that on the South Side of Chicago but Americans usually reject “Girly Men” that have been emasculated by their overbearing feminazi women.
Michelle is one angry woman and she must ride his beanpole butt every day and night just so she can “finally be proud of her country”.
Obama-”Vote for me, because I look different and my wife wants to be the next Hillary!!”


30 posted on 08/18/2008 9:51:34 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (What do Obama and Osama have in common?-They both have friends who bombed the Pentagon! - Bill Ayers)
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To: the anti-liberal

Remember back in 2004 when the nutroots were certain Bush wore an electronic ear piece during the debate? Remember Bush won that debate and the Dems spent the next month analyzing pictures of Bush’s coat jacket for a hidden transmitter wire??

Yeah, McCain cheated. He had the questions before hand!

Bwahahahahahahaha!


31 posted on 08/18/2008 9:51:38 AM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: the anti-liberal
Obama and Obamaniacs accusing McCain of cheating is tantamount to admitting that Obama is a loser.
32 posted on 08/18/2008 9:53:01 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: misterrob

Obama isn’t a child, though...he’s the “One we’ve all been waiting for” the “annointed” the “Obamassiah”. How could he possibly lose to the “Old Geezer”? Logic dictates, McCain must have cheated. Obviously, Obama is but a greek-level-god with limitations on his powers to overcome such subversive acts.(sarc)


33 posted on 08/18/2008 9:53:38 AM PDT by downtownconservative (Intelligence sans reason is vainglorious pulp)
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To: the anti-liberal
Can't believe nobody has posted it yet...


34 posted on 08/18/2008 9:55:24 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, we're still retarded.)
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To: the anti-liberal
Obama is a chump sleaze bag.
35 posted on 08/18/2008 9:56:31 AM PDT by boomop1
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To: JerseyDvl
I always figured Michelle wears the pants in that household - and I imagine she'll continue wearing them in the White House should they move in.

Imagine how Obambi will deal with overseas crises - maybe he'll whine rogue nations into compliance; you never know, it might work!

36 posted on 08/18/2008 9:56:36 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal
Obama-ites are saying that McCain's handling of the topic of Supreme Court Justices proves he had listened to Obama's portion of the forum.

For starters, those folks need to prove McCain wasn't in the "cone of silence" at 7:31 CDT, which was the time at which Obama began to talk about the Justices.

37 posted on 08/18/2008 9:57:56 AM PDT by syriacus (They often call me BARRY, but my real name is MISTER SCHMOOZE. [by B.O. + the Faddish Hacks])
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To: the anti-liberal

I think this all stems from Americans not being used to our politicians answering a question. We are so used to hot air that we have forgotten the standard, you ask a question, you get an answer.


38 posted on 08/18/2008 9:59:04 AM PDT by ushr435
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To: the anti-liberal

Does this make Kos = Operation Kaos?


39 posted on 08/18/2008 9:59:54 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: the anti-liberal

SEN. OBAMA: "I cheated a little bit. I actually looked at this idea ahead of time"

40 posted on 08/18/2008 10:06:43 AM PDT by weegee (The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
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To: ovrtaxt
I'm not at my own pc so I can't do this, but I really love to see the picture of the 'O' hand symbol with the word 'sore' underneath - that would be good!


41 posted on 08/18/2008 10:06:51 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: KansasGirl; kingattax
Photobucket"Johnny cheated."

Photobucket"It's not fair!"

Photobucket"Leave Barry alone!"

42 posted on 08/18/2008 10:10:41 AM PDT by taraytarah
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To: Soliton
Obama Admitted Cheating at Saddleback

REV. WARREN: Okay. This one is dear to my heart. Most people don't know that there are 148 million orphans in the world. One hundred forty-eight million kids growing up without mommies and dads. They don't need to be in an orphanage, they need to be in families, but a lot of families can't afford to take these kids in. Would you be willing to consider and even commit to doing some kind of an emergency plan for orphans like President Bush did with AIDS, almost a president's emergency plan for orphans to deal with this issue?

SEN. OBAMA: I cheated a little bit. I actually looked at this idea ahead of time, and I think it is a great idea. I think it's something that we should sit down and figure out working between non- governmental organizations, international institutions, the U.S. government and try to figure out what can we do.


43 posted on 08/18/2008 10:12:23 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: the anti-liberal

Hey, McCain: Call him out. Demand that BO agree to townhall meetings or SHUT UP!


44 posted on 08/18/2008 10:12:54 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (My friends, I am voting against Obama because he is white.)
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To: xtinct
He has no substance much like all the DUmmies when quizzed on the hard stuff.

That's because none of their positions is based in logic.

45 posted on 08/18/2008 10:13:43 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: the anti-liberal

I thought it was unfair from the outset. I didn’t hear any questions about Black Liberation Theology.


46 posted on 08/18/2008 10:14:39 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes
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To: the anti-liberal
They are in full DEFCON-4 Delta Force Red Alert panic mode as their plastic messiah Obama continues to implode. It's like when Dorothy throws water on the Wicked Witch at the end of The Wizard of Oz.

Because Obama, the Harvard genius who will solve all world problems, was supposed to win, they have to come up with reasons like "McCain cheated" to cover this up. This wasn't supposed to happen so they have gone into denial. It's silly but then this is the media.

47 posted on 08/18/2008 10:15:04 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Jeff Chandler
"Hey, McCain: Call him out. Demand that BO agree to townhall meetings or SHUT UP!"

Scheduling conflicts, you know, like surfing or something.

(a group wanted to schedule a conference or something and was told Barry already had something scheduled for that day - turns out it was surfing)

48 posted on 08/18/2008 10:18:00 AM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: KansasGirl

John McCain DID INDEED CHEAT!!! He used his brains and experience. That is not fair to the empty suit.


49 posted on 08/18/2008 10:19:17 AM PDT by LetsRok
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To: Obadiah
Remember back in 2004 when the nutroots were certain Bush wore an electronic ear piece during the debate?

NOTE that this photo was NOT from the Warren "debate". BUT it has been discussed in recent weeks as an example that Obama may be hearing "voices" in his head when he speaks... (click photo for an FR thread)

50 posted on 08/18/2008 10:19:17 AM PDT by weegee (The higher taxes that Obama demands of Americans are 'Above my Pay Grade'.)
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