The New York Times, while fawning all over Barack Obama's European sojourn, just couldn't resist taking potshots at John McCain who remained here in the United States -- you know, campaigning for the votes of people that can actually vote for him:
On Thursday evening in a glittering Berlin, cheered by as many as 200,000 people, Mr. Obama delivered a tone poem to American and European ideals and shared history. In contrast, just before he spoke, Mr. McCain, was sitting in Schmidt’s Sausage Haus und Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, having a bratwurst, and saying grumpily that he would prefer to speak to Germans when he is president, not before.
And if that wasn't enough, on a back page story of the previous day's edition, the Times ignored their own story located elsewhere in the paper, and in the process impugned John McCain's call for more oil drilling (along with taking a few more cheap digs at the GOP presidential nominee):
Then, too, Mr. McCain was plagued by bad luck and his own synapses. He was supposed to have a dramatic campaign stop on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. But then along came Hurricane Dolly. And an oil spill that closed a long stretch of the lower Mississippi River on Wednesday undercut his message that offshore drilling was desirable and safe.
It would? Why? After all,
The 61-foot barge that has been leaking heavy fuel oil for nearly two days could be seen underneath the mammoth Crescent City Connection bridge. It was carrying 419,000 gallons of the heavy fuel it had just picked up from an oil distributor when it collided with a 600-foot tanker ship around 1:30 a.m., just off this city’s Uptown neighborhoods. The tanker did not leak.
That's right -- not only did this accident have not a thing to do with oil rigs/offshore drilling, the actual tanker didn't leak a drop. It was simply the barge leaking its own fuel.
(h/t to the excellent Wolf Howling blog.)
—D. S. Hube is an educator and a member of the National Association of Scholars. He blogs regularly at The Colossus of Rhodey.
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"cheered by as many as
July 26, 2008 - 10:25 ET by kg"cheered by as many as 200,000 people"
The other day it was "over 200,000 people"
In actuality it was 20,000 people as reported by the German press not to mention a concert prior to Obama.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Let's be honest...The NYT is the PR arm of the DNC
July 26, 2008 - 10:43 ET by c5thenThey have been masquerading for years as a news organization to circumvent the FEC and the election laws.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
Campaign Missing Another Opportunity
July 26, 2008 - 11:08 ET by Copperhead RidgeMcCain's campaign missed a great opportunity to counter Barak's big European adventure. McCain should've barnstormed through America making a point that he was campaigning in the United States. He could've even gone to places in the U.S. sharing European names. Of course, he'd run the risk of being the Chevero-let set and not the jet-set, but a good campaign could even spin that into a positive.
"Our steak and martinis is draft beer with weiners."
Heck, they could campaign in Mullinville, Kansas.
The McCain campaign could still counter the Barak's Excellent Adventure. Instead they'll let Johnny be photographed looking frumpy in the golf cart of the president who lost to the last Democrat idol.
Uh,,,he was doing exactly that
July 26, 2008 - 11:25 ET by c5thenIt's just that the media failed to cover it because they were swooning over their Obamessiah.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
I'm reading conflicting
July 26, 2008 - 20:24 ET by dmntd1I'm reading conflicting stories, maybe someone can help....
This entry states it was a 61 foot barge, but I read elsewhere it was a 200 foot barge, carrying, as it's load, #6 fuel oil.
Finally, a tug was pushing the barge, piloted by an unlicensed crew. This means that the barge did not leak its own fuel, as barges are unpowered vessels.
Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his imminent relationship with a superior law and with an objective will that transcends the particular individual - Mussolini
"...-- you know,
July 27, 2008 - 03:10 ET by crshedd"...-- you know, campaigning for the votes of people that can actually vote for him...'
i'm sorry, could you point out the article you wrote mocking mccain for his trips, speeches and fundraising in london, canada, mexico and columbia? i can't seem to find it.