Well shucks, FO. You even posted that carefully excerpted piece here on FR, and gleefully pinged it to the world with a message reading "read it and weep."
Unfortunately, you left out the important parts (like the intro) where McClintock went on record saying it didn't happen. I don't need to call Burton a liar; Tom already did. Note that Burton was also acting as the party operative to force McClintock out of the race. Hmmmm... might he have an incentive to be errrrrr... less than truthful?
A Phone Call in Need of Instant Replay *
State Sen. Tom McClintock took a call Wednesday from powerful Republican Congressman Dan Burton, asking him to clear the GOP field for Arnold Schwarzenegger by pulling out of the race.*The above excerpts (which FairOpinion carefully omitted) were retrieved from the LA Times database available free online with a Los Angeles County library card. (www.lapl.org)What happened next is a matter of dispute.
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The state senator also denied that he was embracing a strategy in which a failed Democratic governor would create a groundswell for a Republican.
McClintock claimed that Burton is supporting him.
Burton didn't like that Tom lied about his support and came out, making a statement, that not only he didn't support McC, but he urged him to drop out of the race, and he relayed more of the conversation. Burton only spoke out, to correct McC's incorrect statement.
The truth hurts.
They'll do anything to smear Tom Mc Clintock; (the "Big Tent" Republicans I mean) he must be offering us a significant choice that they can't compete with on an open field.
They'll do anything to smear Tom Mc Clintock; (the "Big Tent" Republicans I mean) he must be offering us a significant choice that they can't compete with on an open field.