[Rhodes22-list] Political - Lipstick

[Brad Haslett]

Rob,

Don't panic yet and don't jump to conclusions, both the writer and the
Iraqi politician involved is suspect (Zebari).  Read "War and
Decision" by Feith and you get a good feel just how quickly the Iraqi
leaders learned "democracy" and playing the press and other
politicians against each other. That said, it will be interesting if
the MSM can spare anyone out of Anchorage to at least do a Google
search on the issue.  I'm still waiting for someone to do a story
about the would be VP's passport stamps vs "The One".  She's never
been to Pakistan - he went during the "missing years" at Columbia
while living with his rich Pakistani friends.  "The One" went to
Germany to make a speech, she went to Germany to visit HER wounded
troops.  Oh well, one can only hope.  Since the press hasn't shown any
responsibility in the last two years, at the least, there's no reason
to expect them to change in the next 50 days or so.

Brad

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> Found that story you mention in the Post.  Agreed, if true not good for
> Obama at all.  But it sounds like the credibility of the writer is
> certainly suspect (some of his stories have had to be retracted) so it
> hard to know if this true or not.
>
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> Yeah, shock treatments and previous depression.  Eagleton was a good
> guy but the McGovern ticket was doomed anyway, not that it mattered in
> the long run, Nixon was out in two years, then Ford, then Jimma.
> Interesting stuff, history. There's an curious article out today in
> the NY Post on "The One" negotiating with the Iraqi's to delay US
> troop withdrawals until after the election this fall.  If we've
> learned anything at all this election cycle it is that the MSM finds
> the "truth" about 1 out of 5 times.  However, comma, if this story is
> true and finds "legs", that would look bad for "The One" in the least
> and would certainly be grounds for prosecution for treason under the
> Logan Act at the worst. We'll see - strange times we're living
> through.
>
> Brad
>
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