If anybody sees video of the McCain press conference in Baghdad
Apparently it got kind of nasty when McCain repeated his "everything is going well" delusions in front of the US reporters who have been working in Baghdad.
He responded "testily" when asked about his comments a few days ago about Americans safely walking the streets of Baghdad.
In a different AP version, McCain made the point that they drove from the airport rather than flew, so Iraq must be getting better. The AP reporter included this clarification.
I'd be curious, so if you see the video, let me know.
(CNN debunks McCain's and Graham's claims of progress.)
Later: Drudge reports that it was Michael Ware. (It's one of his "flashes" so someone sent this to Drudge to create a characterization of the interaction without attribution. This will be up for awhile to trash Michael Ware and then it will disappear.)
More: A Newsweek blogger points out that their in trip to the market, "McCain and his fellow senators were accompanied to the market by a small army, upwards of 50 soldiers...."
Later: NBC does a pretty good take down on McCain. (It wasn't Michael Ware that first asked the "walk around" question.)
MONDAY: Rawstory has the press conference. Michael Ware didn't say a word.
Also: Snipers back at Baghdad market after McCain visit
He responded "testily" when asked about his comments a few days ago about Americans safely walking the streets of Baghdad.
In a different AP version, McCain made the point that they drove from the airport rather than flew, so Iraq must be getting better. The AP reporter included this clarification.
The delegation was accompanied by heavily armed U.S. troops when they were not in the Green Zone, site of the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government. They traveled in armored military vehicles under heavy guard.
I'd be curious, so if you see the video, let me know.
(CNN debunks McCain's and Graham's claims of progress.)
Later: Drudge reports that it was Michael Ware. (It's one of his "flashes" so someone sent this to Drudge to create a characterization of the interaction without attribution. This will be up for awhile to trash Michael Ware and then it will disappear.)
More: A Newsweek blogger points out that their in trip to the market, "McCain and his fellow senators were accompanied to the market by a small army, upwards of 50 soldiers...."
Later: NBC does a pretty good take down on McCain. (It wasn't Michael Ware that first asked the "walk around" question.)
MONDAY: Rawstory has the press conference. Michael Ware didn't say a word.
Also: Snipers back at Baghdad market after McCain visit
posted by mikevotes at
2:57 PM
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Drudge "reports" that Michael Ware "heckled" McCain at the news conference and that an American official said (off the record, of course) that Ware's "heckling" was "offensive".
I guess by heckling, Drudge means that Ware wasn't accepting bullshit spin from St. John and his merry men.
BTW, Drudge also alleges that Ware is a "drunk".
Right-wing journalism at its finest. It's a shame Mark Halperin, John Harris and the rest of the news media think Drudge "rules the world."
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Reality-Based Educator, at 3:43 PM
I actually picked that up right before reading your comment.
This really is how the slime machine works. Unattributed, unchallenged characterizations on Drudge to control the spin on the story before it really opens up.
I have no doubt that Michael Ware probably was fairly hostile in his questioning, but that's his job.
I really want to find this video. CNN will probably have clips of it up throughout the day. (And if Drudge is talking about it, then you know they'll think it's important.)
Mike
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mikevotes, at 3:51 PM
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