Here's Brian Williams on the claim (as Tommy reported earlier) that McCain's Pennsylvania campaign pushed the phony, politically motivated mutilation story from the very start.
So, the questions now, as with all with all "Gate" stories, are: What did McCain's people know, and when did they know it? The campaign denies it spread the story. Reports the day after the alleged incident have John McCain and Sarah Palin both calling Ashley Todd's family to express their support. That was, of course, before the whole story fell apart.
You know David, at this point in the game, don't you hope it's not true? But really, would we be surprised if it was? Desperation is an ugly thing. Side Bar: Have you got anything on the story about Palin's insurgency within the McCain camp?
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Duh!!!
2:30PM Oct 25th 2008
Since they originally didn't know it was false, why wouldn't they push it. You people are silly with your conspiracy theories. I have never seen such spin for a candidate as this election and the mainstream media has had for Obama. Objective, Credible journalism is now officially dead in America.
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PCL
2:39PM Oct 25th 2008
Duh!!:
That's why we have the Internet (LOL). The Internet is the element the Rove Machine didn't count on--we can actually check the validity on all the mud thrown by both sides. We can even check on the validity of the people who do the fact checking. Ain't it a wonderful thing?
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AMABO
2:46PM Oct 25th 2008
WHY OBAMA IS THE CHANGE WE CAN'T BELIEVE!!! OBAMA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH RADICALS. DURING HIS DEBATE WITH HILLARY, OBAMA STATED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BILL AYERS, "HE JUST A GUY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD". AYERS IS A TERRORIST WHO BOMBED THE PENTAGON AND THE CAPITOL IN THE '60s. AFTER 9/11 UNREPENTANT AYERS SAID HE SHOULD HAVE BOMBED MORE. OBAMA LAUNCHED HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN THE HOME OF AYERS! OBAMA'S MENTOR & SPIRITUAL ADVISOR IS REV. WRIGHT. FOR 20 YEARS OBAMA SAT THROUGH WRIGHT'S SERMONS: "GOD DAMM AMERICA" "AMERICA IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN THE WORLD" "THE GOV'T STARTED THE AIDS VIRUS TO KILL BLACK MEN" OBAMA DENIES HEARING ANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL SERMONS! McCAIN ALSO STATED THAT OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN DONATED $800 MILLION TO ACORN. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING ACORN FOR VOTER FRAUD. DID ACORN HELP HIM STEAL THE NOMINATION FROM HILLARY? Lots more links at the bottom of------ SLICKBARRY.COM
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Joynoys
2:54PM Oct 25th 2008
What is dead in America is integrity and honor in the McCain camp. They will say and do anything to win.
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smokey9494
3:49PM Oct 25th 2008
Joynoys2:54PMOct 25th 2008
What is dead in America is integrity and honor in the McCain camp. They will say and do anything to win. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I believe you have that backwards! The Obama camp should be ashamed.
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Duh!!!
3:00PM Oct 25th 2008
Yes PCL the internet is a wonderful thing, but the majority of people do not live on the internet they still get the majority of their news from mainstream media. After this election I am sure that even fewer people will believe what they read or hear. The internet, on the other hand, is also a fountain of misinformation. Unfortunately in our conspiracy driven society, too many people believe too much of what is written. I do not think that there are any credible sources of real, truthful information left. That, unfortunately, is very sad. Then you have people like David Knowles, Tommy Christopher and the sites like DailyKos, Huffington Post, and Drudge which have a real agenda to start with and its all downhill from there. From what I have read from you, you state that you are a moderate who leans left, but that would seem to be disinformation as well. Most of your comments are either very leftist or you just enjoy picking a good fight and playing devil's advocate. Either way, that also tends to be deceptive. I submit that my point that there is really no objective credible media outlet left, stands. Even factcheck.org and snopes have left leaning agendas while newsbusters leans right. When bias is everywhere, credibility is no where.
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Kevin P
3:04PM Oct 25th 2008
Why is it that Palin must suffer so many cruel unfair attacks from the Pro Obama media, but if anyone mentions any of the shady ties Obama has connected to his past (and there are many) everybody freaks out! How dare we say such things about Obama.. We are all just a bunch of right wing nuts to say such things right! Please look into the facts not the news media. You will find that Mccain's plans and legislation perposals for this country are quite different then "Bush". If Obama takes office we are most definitely heading for the path to socialism. You can kiss the free markets, and the principles this country was founded on goodbye! I hope you like giving more of your hard earned money to the government, I hope you like larger government that decides whats best for you, I hope you like "carrying" the team when you are working hard but the other members are dragging their feet. Its ok because you will pay for their health care too. Be careful what you wish for Obama supporters!
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Sally
3:36PM Oct 25th 2008
I feel so sorry for Americans...we have no one we really wish to vote for,...what a shame..America never settled for second best before...our chest stuck out just a little bit more...and we stood a bit streighter when we said we were from America...does anyone give a hoot now ? Bush didn't care for his own country...I feel bad for him and the Legacy he must leave behind somsday ! Even my beloved Brian Williams is way down on the admired "journalists list" now....I believe the worst is yet to come!
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LEE
3:10PM Oct 25th 2008
obama is a true muslim in a christian over coat
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michael white
3:10PM Oct 25th 2008
ok, Duh, here's why you don't push the story. Because it destroys the credibility of everyone who put their credibility on the line. Look, it's not like the story was believable anyway. Anyone who has actually seen a real black eye or a knife wound was not fooled. So, if you're a political blogger who rushed to uphold the hoax, then you're a fool, a jackass like Caleb Howe, and also a potential racist who can't be trusted on anything. Same with presidential candidates. Do you really want to give someone authority who would believe every amateurish whack job who came along? Of course not. That's why McCain can't win and has no chance: because America really has had it up to here with fools in the White House.
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Eve
3:10PM Oct 25th 2008
I'm sick of nasty liberal comments and everyone knows they only poll democrats. By the way, has anyone seen obama's mama nude photos...they are definitely her. After what they have done to Palin, I think the pics are fair game...what goes around comes around.
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Eve
3:12PM Oct 25th 2008
I'm sick of nasty liberal comments and everyone knows they only poll democrats. By the way, has anyone seen obama's mama nude photos...they are definitely her. After what they have done to Palin, I think the pics are fair game...what goes around comes around.
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victorht
3:14PM Oct 25th 2008
The class of the obama campaign is evident, PALIN/mccain pushed this before they knew it was true and the other stories of actual violence towards the democratic canvaser by a republican voter at his door was not. Along with all the petty vandalism stories, slashing tires at democratic events etc. which have also not been reported nor has the Obama/Biden campaign tried to tie it to the other side.
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Dan
4:53PM Oct 25th 2008
Many of the issues regarding Obama's direct connections to all the unsavory organizations and socialist and communist ties are a huge ordeal to us patriot Americans. He was bred by radical parents, raised by extreme liberals, and has been indoctrinated his entire life to become either a socialist or communist so what else should we expect from him. It's just amazes me that all of the American people are willing to let those facts be ignored.
We've all been talking about it amongst ourselves and Fox News has been vocal about all of this, too. It's the left wing liberal news media who are the majority of broadcasters and are covering up or glossing over this information. They are all doing everything they can to get Obama elected.
Us Patriotic Americans can't let them steamroller us over and we need to be sure we all make our voices heard by getting out and voting for McCain. We're not voting for the Bush Administration regardless of how much the Democrats talk about Bush!
Our government needs major reform and cleaning up....that's the change we need. Jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire for Obama is destructive for our country.
Your vote matters, so make sure you cast your ballot for a true American Patriot who is experienced and trustworthy to save our nation. If we are FORTUNATE enough for John McCain to be our next president, even then I will never feel at ease about our country or government again.
It's not all just because the government is corrupt but because I've learned that our citizens have lost the pride and zeal for patriotism and what we've accomplished over the past 200+ years to become and remain a free nation.
People are willing to relinquish everything to the federal government to control almost every aspect of our lives thinking their lives will be so much easier. The federal government should only have limited powers and not own or control us.
My inner soul would never allow me to vote for someone as despicable as Obama. It was a big deal when Bill Clinton admitted to using marijuana (but only inhaled). Now, people are willing to allow a hard core drug user ..... in addition to everything else un-American Obama has done to be elected as President of the great United States of America.
This election will definitely go down in history as being very significant and hopefully it will read that we all stuck together to save our American heritage.
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michael white
6:49PM Oct 25th 2008
Here's something else that's true: Al Qaeda offically backs McCain. Those of you too fearful to even sign your names to your own rants, please take a minute and ponder this fact:
If you know its a fake and you push it, you are certain to be found out and that is even worse. That is why I said that when they pushed it originally they did not know it was fake.
You may make a generalization and think that the are "stupid", but I assure you they are not. They pushed something they thought was true, then it turned out not to be. It happens.
The same way that Obama keeps pushing his tax cut plan, but once he gets in the reality will hit and he will be forced to make changes to it. I have never known a candidate to keep all of their promises and, surprise, surprise Obama won't be able to either.
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OJPA
3:42PM Oct 25th 2008
It's just amazing how the future of millions of hard working dreaming americans will be affected(badly) by the power of the media and entertaining industry (starting with Oprah). They have elevated to the "quality of Mesiah) a totally unknown, inexperienced and arrogant candidate that seems (by the media polls) to be the next nation's leader. This is not the first time in the history of this wonderful country that the liberal media has pushed a "president" down our throats.
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Louis IX KingofFrance
3:29PM Oct 25th 2008
the real give-away was the expression on the girl's face, but no one dared say it. the mirror B and fake looking black eye had to be used for proof instead.
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Len Robertson
3:36PM Oct 25th 2008
The McCain campaign is only sorry that story was debunked so quickly. They were hoping that the story would run for a week or more and be a game changer.
As for the Palins, they are a couple of grifters. They like to say that they are frugal with their money; No doubt, it's true. It's everyone else's money that they spend like water.
After their political ship sinks on November 4, will they shed a tear? Only if you count crocodile tears. Their next stop: Hollywood. After that, Branson.
A year from now, they will have a Christian Show on a cable channel, five ten million dollar houses, thousands of square feet of closets filled with the latest fashions, a garage filled with Benz's Lambos and Scalades and a yacht anchored on the Riviera. And, they will send all their true believers autographed pictures and desperate pleas for donations. It's takes a few bucks to live a life everyone else envies.