Posted on 07/25/2008 4:33:14 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Are reporters in the business of reporting facts or rumor? Andrea Mitchell, for one, has no problem sending along "scuttlebutt" that if true would be deeply damaging to John McCain.
Barack Obama's cancellation of plans to visit injured military members at bases in Germany has drawn considerable attention and criticism. On today's Morning Joe, Mitchell passed along a rumor that McCain used his Pentagon connections to sabotage the Obama visit.
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Andrea mongers rumors on McCain ping to Today show list.
I heard a rumor that Silky Pony had a squeeze and that he’s a BabyDaddy. Wonder when Mrs. Greenspan’s gonna look into that?
Oh please.... like Obama wouldn’t have stated that as the reason from the beginning. He had to know this would look bad for him. Sounds to me like they are scrambling for an excuse now.
If McCain can do this, who needs Rove?
Details Andrea, details often tell the tale:
UPDATE: A very interesting email from a source I must protect suggests that Obama’s visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center had the green light until a campaign staffer raised a stink about going with Obama. (There are rules meant to ensure candidates do not use soldiers or military bases for campaign purposes, and they state that personal and committee staff may accompany a sitting senator on a visit but campaign staff may not.) I am told that when one of Obama’s campaign staff was told he or she would be denied access, the visit was canceled.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDhkOGFiYTg3MWIxZTEyZGM4MDNiNDE0MTI2NmFkY2E=
Andrea Mitchell - what a loser.
No rumors about Obama, of course.
Feeling white guilt Andrea (like many of my liberal friends)?
1st Rule of BS.
When you step in it, start slinging it.
Why would John McCain do that? Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., the charismatic, messianic Magic Negro, is perfectly able to sabotage himself, with no assistance whatsoever from McCain.
The problem lay with the ratio of white to black servicemen who were to be found at the military hospital in Landstuhl. It is roughly the same as the whole ethnic makeup of the frontline combatants.
There were simply too many whites being held at the Landstuhl facility. Not good for photo op purposes.
"My husband always provides me with economic 'information' to damage America.
That is our Job One at the National Barack Company."
Now who might such an all-important staffer be.
The notion that McCain interfered in this is simply ludicrous.
I heard that one of his political advises threw a hissy fit when told no advisers or reporters would be allowed to film, making sure it was not used for political reasons.
This sounded very reliable. Wish I had bookmarked the link. I think it was Ed or Hugh but not sure.
Strawberries!
If media hype was as good as the media thinks, Katie Couric would be the No. 1 newscaster.
Wonder if any advertisers have considered that point in making decisions to cut back on TV ads?
There is NOTHING, nothing that Obama can say, do, etc to get me to vote for him. I don’t care if McCain vomits at a town hall meeting with the man, any sane person will not vote for this guy.
He is not anything special in my mind. In fact, he’s less and I’m expecting that soon the lid is going come off this guy’s facade.
He’s done nothing in the Senate up till now, and is lack of experience shows.
Obama’s excuse for not visiting the troups was that it would be ‘inappropriate’.
Team McCain responded by chiding Obama for using that excuse.
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If the rumor pans out and McCain was behind the Obama/Pentagon cancellation, and then Team McCain chides Obama, that will show McCain as petty and vindictive and manipulative.
It will be interesting to see how this story and the ‘rumor’ develops.
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If McCain is behind it, he is going to lose a great deal of respect.
If McCain is NOT behind it, HE (not his staffers) needs to be out squelching this rumor THIS morning.
It’s all beyond absurd. Obama wanted to bring a CAMPAIGN staffer with him. That would turn it into a political “event”. There was no good reason why Obama couldn’t go alone with his secret service.
This is at least the 4th spin on this and I’m getting dizzy.
None whatever. I think we all know that Obama has no concern or care for our military men and women. Remember, he wants his own "civilian" corps, as well financed and as powerful as the military. Isn't that the oddest thing you ever heard?
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