americablog.com - 8/23/2008
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Ron Fournier, the Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press, interviewed for a job with John McCain a couple years ago. He is featured in the infamous Liz Sidoti donuts video . Fournier is also the reporter who told Karl Rove to "keep up the fight" during the 2004 campaign. Today, he's out with an "analysis" of Obama's choice of Biden as his running mate. Sounds like it was written by ...
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If I Ran the Zoo —
... douchebag Ron Fournier has a recycled McCain press release piece titled Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence. The title is obviously one of those wingnut Mad Libs type deals, with the template "Analysis: _____ pick shows lack of _______" ready to fill in as soon as Obama gave them a name (Bayh/principle, Hillary/cojones, Gore/sanity, etc.). And if you think I'm being overly harsh on poor Mr. Fournier, I suggest you read the backstory at AmericaBlog and Media Matters. Fournier may not have taken that job with the McCain ...
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As recently as last year, Ron Fournier considered working for the McCain campaign . Instead he took a job as Washington bureau chief for the AP, but it looks like he's still working for McCain.
Fournier say in a new AP piece that the Biden ...
McCain calls Biden —
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(CNN) – John McCain has called Joe Biden to congratulate him on being named Barack Obama's running mate, two GOP sources tell CNN's John King.
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Barack Obama finally let the cat out of the bag Saturday in announcing Joe Biden as his vice-presidential pick for the Democratic ticket — which now turns the focus of speculation back on John McCain and whom he will choose as a running mate.
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