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Fact check: What did Obama say about the surge?
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... Barack Obama finds himself stuck between Iraq and a hard place on the surge. Instead of just admitting that he miscalculated the potential effect of the surge when he opposed it in January 2007, he has instead tried rewriting history in order to prove himself correct. ABC’s Jake Tapper looks at the Obama rebuttal — and demolishes it: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on January 10 2007 predicted that the surge of troops in Iraq would fail. “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there,” he told MSNBC. “In fact, I think ...
Barack Obama Watch: Say What About The Surge?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Jake Tapper over at ABC fact checks Barack Obama on Team Obama’s “spin” of his Iraq War policy and The Surge.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on January 10 2007 predicted (watch HERE) that the surge of troops in Iraq would fail. “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there,” he told MSNBC. “In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
Four days later he told CBS’s Face the Nation, that “we cannot ...
Fact Checking Obama on the Surge
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[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS STAY SANE THROUGHOUT 2008: SUBSCRIBE TO NR (50% OFF!) HERE . [image] Tuesday, July 29, 2008 [image] Fact Checking Obama on the Surge [ Mark Hemingway ] Jake Tapper is on the case once again . (via Hot Air ) 07/29 01:49 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This ...
More Calling Of BS
JustOneMinute —
More Calling Of BS ABC's Jake Tapper joins Slate's John Dickerson in calling BS on The One's Iraq claims. Doesn't matter - most folks want to move on with honor from Iraq. How we got to the point where Obama's call for withdrawal is sensible rather than daft is of interest to McCainiacs and historians, but few voters, so it won't be a helpful issue for McCain . Posted by Tom Maguire on July 29, 2008 | Permalink
The Daily Bric-A-Brac: Provocations
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
Matthew Dowd: Obama's biggest advantage today is not his historic candidacy or his
ability to give a speech or this efficient campaign organization, but
the fact he has a D on his back. My guess is any other Democrat running
this year would have at least a five point lead if not larger. Jake Tapper: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on January 10 2007 predicted (watch HERE) that the surge of troops in Iraq would fail As Obama meets with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, this ...
Obama's Surge Revisionism: Deny, Deny, Deny
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Jake Tapper asked the Obama campaign to provide him "with any information of Sen. Obama saying the surge would reduce violence 'during the course of this debate' over the surge." ...
Tuesday Links
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... ACLU Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Home About Us Petitions Email Store Log in Register Tuesday Links Posted on July 29, 2008 Freerepublic: Republican Introduces Bill to Transport Gitmo Detainees to Supreme Court Grounds Wolf Howling has the flying pig report! Sigmund, Carl, and Alfred: Will Obama Apologize to Qaeda? Weasel Zippers: Do you want fries with that? Jake Tapper: Fact Checking Obama! The Strat-Sphere: Democrats In Trouble, Purity War Rages Against ...
What Obama Really Said About the Surge
The New Editor —
ABC's Jake Tapper reports.
Hemingway: Jake Tapper Isn't Letting Go
Articles on National Review Online —
... his job as ABC News White House correspondent. Or it s possible Tapper doesn t want to talk about these things because he s one of the last remaining journalists in America who take the responsibilities of their jobs seriously, and thus place a premium on their credibility. What we can say for certain is that Tapper isn t afraid to go against the grain of the liberal consensus in pursuit of a story. Whether he was pointing out that Barack Obama was a one-man gaffe machine , factchecking Obama on the surge , or chiding him for blaming any and all mistakes on his ...
The One True Journalist
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
... has a piece about him and it quotes Rush Limbaugh as saying, “Jake Tapper is the one guy outside the butt-boy bubble in the White House press room.” Very true. NR says this: What we can say for certain is that Tapper isn’t afraid to go against the grain of the liberal consensus in pursuit of a story. Whether he was pointing out that Barack Obama was a “one-man gaffe machine,” factchecking Obama on the surge, or chiding him for ...
