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Scarborough: Hillary 'Strong-armed' MSNBC to Kill Story
MSNBC's Scarborough Country ^ | April 29, 2004 | Joe Scarborough

Posted on 04/29/2004 8:36:24 PM PDT by Carl/NewsMax

MSNBC TRANSCRIPT

Scarborough Country

April 28, 2004

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Today, the senator‘s office tried to strong-arm us into retracting that story. . . .

Last night, we showed you comments made by Hillary Clinton that criticized George Bush and America‘s foreign policy in the Middle East. Her complaints run by Arab newspapers and repeated across the Middle East. She said this—quote—

“Their stubbornness and arrogance is breathtaking. And, as a result, we continue to go down a path that I think is fraught with horrible dangers, especially for the young men and women serving in Iraq, but also for Iraqis, for the stability of the region.”. . .

Early this morning, Ms. Clinton‘s office began calling our staff and the president of MSNBC, claiming the statements we reported last night were never made by the senator. . . .

This morning at about 10:00 a.m., we got an angry phone call from Senator Clinton‘s office. They were demanding an apology and a retraction. They said she never spoke to the Arab press. She never criticized the president, and, in fact, never did the interview at all.

Our producers immediately double-checked our sources and we tracked down the reporter who did the interview with Senator Clinton, and by noon we found out that the interview did take place. And the senator‘s press secretary then started to back down.

And by 4:30 this afternoon, the senator‘s representatives admitted that she did the interview. She did know the reporter was writing to an international audience, and she did criticize the president.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: arabpress; asharqalawsat; bullying; censorship; goonsquads; hillary; hillaryknew; hitlary; hrc; intimidation; scarborough; tokyohillary; traitor
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1 posted on 04/29/2004 8:36:24 PM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
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To: Carl/NewsMax
What a sleazy woman.
2 posted on 04/29/2004 8:40:19 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Islamic Immigration is the West's Suicide)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Well! Who'd a thunk!
3 posted on 04/29/2004 8:41:31 PM PDT by It's me
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To: Carl/NewsMax
I'm less shocked that HilLIARy made those statements than by the fact that MSNBC actually fought back.
4 posted on 04/29/2004 8:41:43 PM PDT by martin_fierro ("I actually threw away my medals - before I didn't" -- J Effin' K)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
The truth will set us free. Hitlery and her evil cohorts must be defeated. I would prefer destroyed, but that is up to God.
5 posted on 04/29/2004 8:42:19 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Any day you wake up is a good day.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
psycho b----

She really annoys me
6 posted on 04/29/2004 8:42:19 PM PDT by aragona (Support GWB!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
"This morning at about 10:00 a.m., we got an angry phone call from Senator Clinton‘s office. They were demanding an apology and a retraction. They said she never spoke to the Arab press. She never criticized the president, and, in fact, never did the interview at all.


"Our producers immediately double-checked our sources and we tracked down the reporter who did the interview with Senator Clinton, and by noon we found out that the interview did take place. And the senator‘s press secretary then started to back down."

Typical Clintoon. Just plain un-American if you ask me.
7 posted on 04/29/2004 8:42:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (LESS government please, NOT more.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
CLINTON LIED??? Say it ain't so!!
9 posted on 04/29/2004 8:44:15 PM PDT by Feiny (Happiness is subversive to liberals)
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To: martin_fierro
What did have to lose? Their average daily viewership is so abysmal, Hillary! can't hurt them.
10 posted on 04/29/2004 8:44:43 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
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To: martin_fierro
What did they have to lose? Their average daily viewership is so abysmal, Hillary! can't hurt them.
11 posted on 04/29/2004 8:44:56 PM PDT by lavrenti (I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
demoCommiecRAT party, aiders, abetters, comfort givers to our enemies!!!!:-(
12 posted on 04/29/2004 8:45:44 PM PDT by Defender2 (Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
I think as big a story was Scarborough's first piece about Bush not asking Rumsfeld's opinion about going to war. He amped that story up to such a degree that I had to turn him off. I'm afraid this might be trouble for Bush.
13 posted on 04/29/2004 8:47:06 PM PDT by Zechariah11 ("so they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver")
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To: martin_fierro
"I'm less shocked that HilLIARy made those statements than by the fact that MSNBC actually fought back."

Me too! I'm speechless.
I might just have to write a "nice" letter to MSNBC for a change.

Now is the time to hit Hillary. We need to get the word out to everyone fast.

14 posted on 04/29/2004 8:47:17 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (What a Tangled Web We Weave . .when first we practice to deceive!)
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To: martin_fierro
Being part of the story trumps any story, everytime. They prolly didn't know Hil would have any problem with their reporting her statement. Hil made the whole thing so much juicier, by trying to bully em.
15 posted on 04/29/2004 8:47:34 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Carl/NewsMax
deny, deny, deny, untill your caught, then spin it.

This lying witch will do anything.

I will not comment any more, I will get banned....
16 posted on 04/29/2004 8:47:34 PM PDT by The Mayor (Don't let tragedy steal your trust in God.)
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To: Anubus
She would be a political whore only. In the ordinary sense, Hitlery would have few customers, except for a few 1940's era Germans currently residing in Brazil, who might still go for the massive ankles and thighs.
17 posted on 04/29/2004 8:47:43 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Any day you wake up is a good day.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Ooooh, this is TOO juicy.

It seems to this FReeper that Hillary has been behind the whole Dem nomination process to this point. When Howard the Duck looked "poised" to take the nom and run the Clinton money machine out of town, the Clinton party machine revved up the Kerry campaign. Now that Kerry is the "presumed" nom, we've seen the Clinton FBI files slime machine drip-drip on him to where liberals are already having buyer's remorse.

Now, Hillary has to backtrack on some liberal-traitor red-meat comments she makes overseas, to "Maintain her political viability within the system."

She's running folks, my date in the "Hillary Annointed" pool is Thursday, September 23rd.

18 posted on 04/29/2004 8:48:26 PM PDT by Henchster
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To: Carl/NewsMax
BUMP!
19 posted on 04/29/2004 8:48:40 PM PDT by jmstein7 (Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
I wish Scarborough had great ratings for this one. The trouble is, he doesn't, but thanks for posting it.
20 posted on 04/29/2004 8:49:40 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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