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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ig who wrote (17300)	4/12/2008 3:38:41 AM
From: ig	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

And by the way, before anyone here supposes that my distaste for propaganda is merely partisan, I expressed myself on a conservative forum here on SI that was slinging similar stuff against Obama: Message 24356589 One sees similar calumny about Hillary Clinton. "Unnamed sources" accusing her of terrible language and people repeating the quotes as if they are facts. In this case against McCain, Cliff Schecter claims three unnamed reporters heard McCain say something crass -- so how do we know Schecter isn't pulling this story out of his hat? Then Sam Stein repeats the story on HuffPo as if it's a fact. Then the story gets repeated here as if it's a fact. Not good. It's the kind of politics Obama is trying to change. Can he succeed if his own supporters are taking the low road?

To: ig who wrote (17300)	4/12/2008 6:16:20 AM
From: zeta1961	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

You believe this story to be true just because Cliff Schecter says it's true? I had that story sent to me and held on to it for several days..McCain, as you know, clarified his Renzi interaction talked about in the same Schecter book...he didn't touch this one which tells me that it's true. It's up to McCain to clarify.. I don't know how closely you follow this thread..we highly respect McCain here..for many of us he's been an easy second choice if Hillary got the nomination...but definitely for me, as this campaign unfolds and his policy and lobbyist ties get revealed, his shine loses luster...and quite frankly, I am disappointed.......the media has been his base as he likes to say and that's all I've known..