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To: ConservativeGreek
Someone is not telling the truth.
Only the Iraqis know which one.
The Post author should have been more specific about his interview with the Foreign Minister. The article was vague about the when and the where of this encounter.


From the story....

A top foreign policy adviser to Obama sat in on the meetings between the candidate and Iraqi officials this summer and said no such conversations occurred, the campaign said Monday

Ahh... the famous “unnamed adviser” backs up Bambi's story

36 posted on 09/15/2008 2:24:08 PM PDT by az_gila (AZ - need less democrats)
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To: az_gila

top foreign policy adviser to Obama sat........and denied the story.

My concern remains that the POST author needed to provide readers with more details about his interview with the Foreign Minister.


52 posted on 09/15/2008 2:39:43 PM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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To: az_gila

That actually was a very odd part of the story.

Literally, the journalist has written that the Barack Obama campaign says that there was an advisor in the meeting (unnamed) and that this advisor says Obama didn’t say anything.

But I presume the campaign also said that Obama was in the meeting, and that Obama says he didn’t say anything.

But since it’s the CAMPAIGN giving the report, if they were lying about what Obama said, why wouldn’t they lie about what the “advisor” said.

So, why isn’t the advisor quoted? Why doesn’t the article say “the advisor says”?

Worse, why isn’t the advisor named? This isn’t a secret source — the OBAMA CAMPAIGN is releasing the information. So why didn’t the journalist insist on speaking with the advisor, and providing his name?

Very strange.

I doubt any news outlet would debunk a claim against Palin by saying “It’s not true, the campaign says so”.


66 posted on 09/15/2008 2:55:54 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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