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AP, Wash. Post fail to report ties between Swift Boat Vets, ad attacking Obama
Summary: The Associated Press and The Washington Post quoted a spokesman for the American Issues Project, which has produced an ad attacking Sen. Barack Obama, without mentioning that he was employed in 2004 by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that led a smear campaign against Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 election.
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Posted by snoopy
That may be big, but this has got to be the bombshell of the day:
Buchanan accuses 'McCain's neocon warmonger' of treason Stephen C. Webster
Published: Friday August 22, 2008
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Scheunemann's former employer, Orion Strategies, is a lobbying firm with strong ties to Mikheil Saakashvili's administration in Georgia.
Since Georgia attempted to retake South Ossetia by force, triggering a sharp, violent rebuke by Russian forces, Sen. McCain has been by far the most strident advocate of US support for the former Soviet state. And his top adviser, says Buchanan, may well be the next Henry Kissinger or Zbigniew Brzezinski.
"He is a dual loyalist, a foreign agent whose assignment is to get America committed to spilling the blood of her sons for client regimes who have made this moral mercenary a rich man," he wrote.
Posted Friday August 22, 2008 3:23:06 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by eweston8542983 in reply to snoopy
On the occasion I've found myself agreeing with Pat. A bit hyperboloic here, but something that could use some attension.
K. Rove was over there doing what a while ago. Besides evading a congressional supena?
Posted Friday August 22, 2008 3:44:01 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by princeofwheels in reply to snoopy
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Posted by nerzog in reply to snoopy
This Georgia thing stinks like hell.
Posted Friday August 22, 2008 4:23:06 PM EDT / Flag this comment
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Posted by foghornleghorn in reply to Science101
Remember, it's not important who votes, but who counts the votes. And with Diebold, no one knows if the totals have been manipulated. Because Scienceguy, there's no PAPER TRAIL. Welcome to the banana republic you've helped create. Happy now.
Posted Friday August 22, 2008 8:42:31 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by hogprint in reply to snoopy
Wait, hold the phone...
I thought Pat was El Diablo not just, what, four five days ago. Now he's held up here because he's turned on McCain?
Posted Friday August 22, 2008 11:03:25 PM EDT / Flag this comment
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Posted by magnolialover
Yes, of course. A man who donated $200 to an early Obama campaign must be a super duper good friend and Obama must have taken part in the Weathermen movement/terrorist activities.
Reaching I say that these guys are. Reaching.
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Posted by princeofwheels
No idea. But being that it is Fox, they may not run it as a paid ad but may run it up to a hundred times to discuss it fully. They may even use it as a promo and ask "Is the a real ad? And should we run it?"
If it is negative towards Obama, it will show up in some form. Billy O' will rant and rave that he is not permitted to run this ad. And then it will run but only because Fox may be questioning something about the ad. And then his guest will want to see it 10 more times, etc. etc. etc.
Posted Friday August 22, 2008 3:55:38 PM EDT / Flag this comment
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Posted by albertsenj in reply to princeofwheels
This may be a little off-topic but, how can someone be 'fair & balanced' while engineering the 'Stop Obama Express'?
Posted Monday August 25, 2008 3:47:07 AM EDT / Flag this comment
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