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Dept. of pre-emptive outrage
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Also, McCain's camp confirms he wasn't in the cone of silence, though there was no TV in the car. (There were, presumably, blackberries; though in fact, no evidence has emerged that McCain had the (obvious!) questions early, and Warren, not McCain, made the claim that he was in a sealed room.) ...
Despite Assurances Of Fairness, NY Times Lies
Pirate's Cove —
... Because, according to her story, he was. But, you know that is not the way it will be spun by the Nutroots. And, perhaps I am just reading a bit too much in to it, but, know liberal bias and a liberal predilection towards conspiracy, Katherine may be saying “hey, they were lying about McCain being in the cone of silence, what else are they lying about?” Such as this MyBarryObama thread.
Anyhow, the Left is all upset over Obama getting waxed, and, from Camp McCain
Now we know why the Obama campaign has been so ...
NYT, Andrea Mitchell, Obama supporters/surrogates imply McCain “cheated” at Saddleback forum
Sister Toldjah —
... Michael Goldfarb, who blogs for McCain, repeated an earlier challenge McCain has made to Obama on several occasions: ...
Despite Assurances Of Fairness, NY Times Lies
Stop The ACLU —
... , and, from Camp McCain Now we know why the Obama campaign has been so reluctant to put their candidate on the same stage as John McCain. The difference between the two last night was striking. While Senator Obama ...
The Navy Doesn’t Make Whiny Babies
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Here’s the McCain camp aggressively using the same quote to attack Obama, with no insinuation whatsoever that it’s unfair towards them. The reason all this comes up is that despite Rick Warren being under the impression that McCain was in the green room during Obama’s presentation, McCain ...
John McCain’s Cross In the Dirt: Faith Of Someone Else’s Father
Firedoglake —
... John McCain hath decided he would rather spend the media cycle talking about the Cone of Silence, and thus Andrea Mitchell getteth hauled before the brass by Rick Davis today. ...
More on the Cone of Not-So-Silence
Political Punch —
... while Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, answered questions from Pastor Rick Warren, a couple points…. 1) The McCain campaign's vitriol against NBC's Andrea Mitchell is odder still when you consider that the McCain campaign's blogger Michael Goldfarb was quoting her very same reporting approvingly as evidence that the Obama campaign was a bunch of whiners. 2) The McCain campaign's responses so far are entirely focused on McCain's geography and whether or not he himself could hear and see Obama being questioned. To wit: McCain adviser ...
Eric Schmeltzer: Senator John Complain
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Secondly, let's note here that the McCain campaign OPENLY ADMITS that he wasn't in any "cone of silence" at the forum, but does not say whether the candidate was passed on any info, on his way to the event. (Oh, and by the way, if you dare ask, the ...
