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MSNBC's Mitchell did not challenge GOP strategist's false assertion that McCain called for Rumsfeld's resignation
Summary: On MSNBC Live, Andrea Mitchell failed to challenge Republican strategist Trent Duffy's false claim that Sen. John McCain "was one of the first to call for Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation." In fact, as his campaign itself has reportedly admitted, McCain did not call for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation. While McCain expressed "no confidence" in Rumsfeld in 2004, he reportedly "said his comments were not a call for Rumsfeld's resignation."
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Posted by IRONY 101
McCain said, 'I'm the only one that said that Rumsfeld had to go.' A McCain spokesman acknowledged this week that that was not correct.
We have a current Republican president who can't remember if he did cocaine and now the presumptive Republican nominee doesn't even know that he never called for Rumsfeld's resignation. H-E-L-L-O...! Anybody home...?
Posted Thursday May 29, 2008 4:11:05 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to IRONY 101
Debunked, Irony. Annie-Christ was on HANNITY & colmes tonight, and confirmed that nobody was doing coke when Bush was in college except for Eric Clapton.
If I'm following my troll playbook correctly, now I get to demand that you show irrefutable evidence, from a source I find acceptable, that Eric Clapton did not do several hundred kilos of coke single-handedly during the 60s and 70s.
Posted Thursday May 29, 2008 11:20:35 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders
Posted Friday May 30, 2008 2:34:42 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to IRONY 101
Posted Friday May 30, 2008 2:36:25 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by NiceguyEddie in reply to IRONY 101
Posted Friday May 30, 2008 12:14:22 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by JLyons
Posted Thursday May 29, 2008 4:13:13 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by foghornleghorn
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Posted by BottleBlonde
Republican strategist=liar
Media Matters = organization that calls people to account for media disseminations that are not accurate or that forward the conservative agenda.
Posted Thursday May 29, 2008 6:25:01 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wolf kotenberg
Posted Thursday May 29, 2008 9:30:06 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by eweston8542983
Posted Thursday May 29, 2008 10:43:04 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to eweston8542983
these guys have such ego's that it is possible one of their ardent supporters may have cast a bronze statue of the secretary.
Posted Friday May 30, 2008 12:56:49 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by jenhille7316
This is the typical Republican tactic that if you repeat a lie enough times it becomes the new reality. Reporters PLEASE do your homework and verify statements!!
Diplomacy is appeasement....Hillary has the most popular votes (why count the caucus states)... Outing a CIA agent is not treason.....Older white women all support Hillary....Only Republicans support the troops...
Posted Friday May 30, 2008 1:27:01 PM EDT / Flag this comment