Posted on 12/20/2007 7:47:55 AM PST by sitetest
Edited on 12/20/2007 9:24:12 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
MEDIA FIREWORKS: MCCAIN PLEADS WITH NY TIMES TO SPIKE STORY
Thu Dec 20 2007 10:56:57 ET
Just weeks away from a possible surprise victory in the primaries, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz has been waging a ferocious behind the scenes battle with the NEW YORK TIMES, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, and has hired DC power lawyer Bob Bennett to mount a bold defense against charges of giving special treatment to a lobbyist!
McCain has personally pleaded with NY TIMES editor Bill Keller not to publish the high-impact report involving key telecom legislation before the Senate Commerce Committee, newsroom insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
The paper's Jim Rutenberg has been leading the investigation and is described as beyond frustrated with McCain's aggressive and angry efforts to stop any and all publication.
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The drama involves a woman lobbyist who may have helped to write key telecom legislation.
The woman in question has retained counsel and strongly denies receiving any special treatment from McCain.
Rutenberg, along with reporter David Kirkpatrick, has been developing the story for the last 6 weeks.
Rutenberg had hoped to break the story before the Christmas holiday, sources reveal, but editor Keller expressed serious reservations about jounalism ethics and issuing a damaging story so close to an election.
McCain campaign officials Rick Davis, Charlie Black and Mark Salter are also said to have met with the NEW YORK TIMES in an effort to halt publication.
Developing...
“Rudy/Romney needs McCain’s supporters”
Can I play your game? Fred needs McCains supporters. Gee that was easy, all I have to do is make something up that I have no knowledge of. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander!
I do not trust McCain at all, I have not trusted him ever since he showed us how he holds a grudge. Now this picture of him smiling at Hillary is just too much, it makes me sick, why this man is even out of the single digits is beyond me. The Fred supporters are mad at the wrong candidate. They should stop fussing over Mitt and start raising hell about McCain, that would make more sense!
Then perhaps that explains why Fred supporters around here never mention a word about McCain, I bet they have already been chosen to be Fred’s delegates. Well, that would certainly explain alot!
LOL!
Not sure what this is all about exactly.
But I know that of all the GOP candidates, McLame
is at the very BOTTOM of my list to support!
And..., this is news how???
Get a grip on the real world, legislation is typically proposed by interest groups and presented by lobbyists. The proposed legislation is then forwarded to the federal agencies which would be impacted for comment and refinement!
Been there..., done that..., ad nauseum!
and everyone here hates Rudy more?
MONEY!!!!
Not everyone, but I know what you mean.
Not only that, but the DEA was after McCain’s wife for stealing drugs from her company. So McCain cut a deal with clinton, agreed to work with him, and clinton called off the dogs.
Not an admirable business. If she has reformed, all to the good. I’m not concerned about her faults; I’m concerned about McCain, because he’s the guy who is a senator and a presidential candidate—and a corrupt crook.
The only reason the NYT didn’t run this already was that they want to save it to hit him if he is the nominee.
Bump.
There are folks who were critical of this thread when it was originally posted, because they thought it unfairly besmirched Sen. McCain. If it turns out that the NY Times has been holding something on the Senator, and will now release it once he has the nomination sewn up, I wonder how those folks will then feel? I wonder how they will feel knowing that if whatever this is about had come out before Mr. McCain sewed up the nomination, he wouldn’t have gotten the nomination?
Can we all say “President H. Clinton”?
sitetest
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