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Setting the record straight
Submitted by rocketsquirrel on Wed, 2008/03/05 - 2:20pm.
Turns out R. Neal, in his Knox Views post "Obama has a Tell," was played, as many others in the media and the blogosphere were, by a false leak from the Canadian government that was apparently intended to create friction within the Democratic Party.
"The Canadian Embassy here is mortified. The Obama campaign is enraged, and Ottawa is now trying to repair the damage," said CBC reporter Neal McDonald.
Dem strategist Bob Shrum said on Meet the Press: "You've got a right-wing government in Canada that is trying to help the Republicans. They are actively interfering in this campaign."
video link via DKos, which offers additional details and post-mortem.
Submitted by rocketsquirrel on Wed, 2008/03/05 - 2:51pm.
no Randy, no one said the conversation didn't happen. It was taken out of context and leaked by right wingers with a specific agenda--to help Hillary because they know they can beat her, a candidate with more than 50% disapproval ratings, in the fall.
This is not about Obama. This is about not being played by right-wingers.
Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2008/03/05 - 3:35pm.
This is about not being played by right-wingers.
So Obama's campaign shouldn't be taking the word of Matt Drudge, perhaps?
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With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.
Now it turns out that the original leak (although it doesn't appear to have been a calculated one, so he may even have misspoken) was that Clinton's campaign had called the Canadians to tell them the "redo NAFTA" talk was all just campaign rhetoric. Good grief.
Submitted by SteveMule on Thu, 2008/03/06 - 1:04pm.
From the Carpetbagger Report:
"Some Canadian news outlets reported last week that Barack Obama’s campaign had reached out to Canadian officials, telling them to effectively ignore Obama’s concerns about NAFTA, claiming the rhetoric was just political posturing. Those reports turned out to be false. Canadian news also noted that Obama aides had contacted the Canadian ambassador with the same message. That turned out to be false, too. Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain read almost identical talking points, but much of the accusations proved to be unfounded. Nevertheless, given the attention and scrutiny, the largely controversy had a fairly significant impact in Tuesday’s primaries.
Now, a new report out of Toronto suggests the original story may have left out some important details"
So basically, the conversation took place but because reports of who called who were wrong it never happened?
OK, then.
Also, maybe Daily KOS can analyze and debunk this:
Link...
no Randy, no one said the conversation didn't happen. It was taken out of context and leaked by right wingers with a specific agenda--to help Hillary because they know they can beat her, a candidate with more than 50% disapproval ratings, in the fall.
This is not about Obama. This is about not being played by right-wingers.
"fasten your seat belts..its going to be a bumpy ride"
Drink the kool-aid.
Raph Nader for President 2008!
So Obama's campaign shouldn't be taking the word of Matt Drudge, perhaps?
____________________________
With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.
Now it turns out that the original leak (although it doesn't appear to have been a calculated one, so he may even have misspoken) was that Clinton's campaign had called the Canadians to tell them the "redo NAFTA" talk was all just campaign rhetoric. Good grief.
From the Carpetbagger Report:
"Some Canadian news outlets reported last week that Barack Obama’s campaign had reached out to Canadian officials, telling them to effectively ignore Obama’s concerns about NAFTA, claiming the rhetoric was just political posturing. Those reports turned out to be false. Canadian news also noted that Obama aides had contacted the Canadian ambassador with the same message. That turned out to be false, too. Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain read almost identical talking points, but much of the accusations proved to be unfounded. Nevertheless, given the attention and scrutiny, the largely controversy had a fairly significant impact in Tuesday’s primaries.
Now, a new report out of Toronto suggests the original story may have left out some important details"
More here: Link...
I don't know about ya'll, but I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
There's shenanigans going here!
Take Care, Be Good and don't play in the street!
SteveMule
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