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Audacity of Truth
Former Bill Clinton special advisor defends John McCain
Via the Washington Times:
Lanny Davis, a former special adviser to President Clinton and longtime Democratic activist, challenged reports today that Sen. John McCain may have done a favor for a female lobbyist, calling them meritless.
Mr. Davis said the likely Republican presidential nominee did not “yield to a lobbyist” and backed up Mr. McCain’s account that the senator only wrote to the Federal Communication Commission in a routine letter that did not cross the lines of propriety.
The New York Times and The Washington Post this morning both reported on Mr. McCain’s ties to lobbyist Vicky Iseman, and questioned some of Mr. McCain’s efforts on behalf of Paxson Communications, a client of hers in late 1999 which was trying to buy a Pittsburgh television station.
Mr. McCain, at the time the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which had jurisdiction over the FCC, wrote two letters to the commission that year urging them to make a decision, though he said he did intend to take sides in the deal.
Mr. Davis, who emphasized he doesn’t support the Arizona senator’s bid, was also lobbying on the same deal.
“It is sad and unfortunate that facts are not included to make a fair story and that good journalism rules were not followed,” Mr. Davis said. “I am unhappy. I am sad that McCain’s actions are being described as improper when we went beyond the pale to avoid looking like he was violating an FCC rule.”
Mr. Davis said that the Post called him four weeks ago for comment on the likelihood that Mr. McCain had at one time done a “favor” for the lobbyist. Mr. McCain only wrote a “status inquiry letter” to the federal agency, only adding that he hoped the FCC “would address the situation as soon as possible.”
It was a standard procedure, Mr. Davis said, nothing “special.”
The plot thickenz …
Related: The right rallies for McCain.
Also, how did the NYT treat the story of an alleged Kerry mistress back in 2004? Find out here.
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The Times also showed a remarkable reluctance to go after Kerry on the VVAW assassination plot story, and on Christmas in Cambodia as well, waiting two weeks before weighing in on either story, and then predictably burying both deep inside other articles. Of course, they also ignored the Eason Jordan story right up until the day he resigned, which was pretty embarrassing for them.
This lobbyist was always around because she was a…….LOBBYIST. That’s what lobbyists do. And MCAmnesty was chairman of one of the biggest “payola” type committees in Congress. So he got a lot of attention.
Is it just me, or is there something weird about this site whereby when I type something here there is a delay between when I hit the keys nad when it shows up? After I type a sentence I have to wait and watch the letters appear on the screen. I do not get this anywhere else.
Re the post: I’m thinking that the NYT may have done McCain a huge favor. There is nothing worse for a Republican than to bet praised by that paper, and nothing better than to be criticized.
So when the NYT endorsed him (and Hillary), conservatives snickered. Not that it’s attacking him (and I’m sure this is only the first of many), they will feel sympathy to him and move towards him.
I’m hoping the NYT runs more of these stories. This one was journalistic malpractice, and I’m sure the others will be too.
Tom – sometimes the preview thingie can be a little slow. Sorry about that
If you scroll up enough when you are typing, you don’t see the box and I’ve found that helps me. Then I scroll down when I’m done typing to preview.
Fallout Continues—–Subscriptions Cancelled
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I was so disgusted to read your scurrilous and unsubstantiated fabrications, I have decided to cancel my subscription to your paper. This was the last straw that broke my camels back. Your “stories” have more holes in them than my caliphate, and your paperboy can’t hit the broadside of a mountain. Releasing Krugman and Dowd from behind your elite wall of selected readers also added to the cess pool of what your paper describes as “journalism”, and I do not plan on leaving a forwarding address.
Osama Bin Laden
P.S. All of your publications in 2006 concerning my quest to destroy the west were also blatant fabrications that caused my followers to “believe” they were winning when we were in fact getting our asses kicked. We thought your “Betray-us” ad was wonderful until we discovered the General your President sent to our region had far better plans for our demise. How your paper managed to get this information so wrong has set our quest so far backwards that it will take generations to recover —- Allah willing.
P.P.S. Under the circumstances described above, I would suggest you cease your “war” your paper has started with John McCain. The camel-dung your writers attempt to produce will only confirm the ineptness and incompetent folly that displays your continued a lack of judgment.