Sep 12th, 2008 at 11:09 am
The Rules
John Mercurio for National Journal:
An exaggeration, you say? The senseless ravings of yet another Obama-loving member of the media elite? Consider this: The absurdity has grown so absurd that FactCheck.org, a widely respected, nonpartisan, truth-telling fact-checker, was forced to issue a statement Wednesday saying the McCain campaign was being “less than honest” in a new TV ad citing the group’s own work. It’s now an objective observation: McCain’s campaign is playing by its own rules, with its own facts.
McCain is certainly playing with his own facts, but he’s playing by the rules laid out by the major cable networks.
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September 12th, 2008 at 11:12 am
MY:
When were you going to tell us that you were interviewed for today’s installation of Glennzilla’s Salon Radio?
September 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I thought these were the rules created by Sen. Joe McCarthy, and someone just fished them out of the attic for all Republicans to play with c. 7-10 years ago.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:20 am
spot on, matthew. cheers.
September 12th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I don’t know why everyone thinks Factcheck is so middle ground.
I would like to point out that the #2 person at Factcheck is Viveka Novak. During the Plame investigation she leaked information to Karl Rove about what her then co-worker Matt Cooper was going to say to the grand jury.
http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2005/12/few-questions-for-viveca-novak.html
I believe having a right-wing operative/tool as your #2 person qualifies you as a right-slanted operation.
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