All Three Morning Shows Skip Charge: Obama Attempted Delay of Iraq Deal

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All three morning shows on Friday skipped an exclusive Washington Times report which asserted that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama attempted to delay an agreement by the Bush administration to maintain a military presence in Iraq.

Writing in the October 10 edition of the Times, Barbara Slavin explained, "Iraqi leaders purported to The Times that Mr. Obama urged Baghdad to delay an agreement with Mr. Bush until next year when a new president will be in office - a charge the Democratic campaign denies." ABC's "Good Morning America," NBC's "Today" and CBS's "Early Show" all skipped any mention of this story.

Slavin, who is the paper's assistant managing editor for world and national security, goes on to write:

Mr. Obama spoke June 16 to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari when he was in Washington, according to both the Iraqi Embassy in Washington and the Obama campaign. Both said the conversation was at Mr. Zebari's request and took place on the phone because Mr. Obama was traveling.

However, the two sides differ over what Mr. Obama said.

"In the conversation, the senator urged Iraq to delay the [memorandum of understanding] between Iraq and the United States until the new administration was in place," said Samir Sumaidaie, Iraq's ambassador to the United States.

[Emphasis added.] Considering the intense scrutiny over the so-called October Surprise allegations that the 1980 Ronald Reagan campaign attempted to delay the release of American hostages in Iran in order to help boost the candidate's chances in the presidential election, it will be interesting to see how the mainstream media react to serious charges against a Democrat. (Those allegations against Reagan were thoroughly discredited in two separate congressional investigations.)

See the Washington Times article for more on the subject.

—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.


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Just had to get the facts straight....

It will lead this evenings news.

 

"I need more cowbell!" SNL

The Logan Act....Felony

Lets's talk about pissed

October 10, 2008 - 14:48 ET by sjanus11

barry tries to keep troops in country longer..............read article then read link about the FELONY he commited.....This story broke 2 weeks ago and died, Maybe MSM is doing their job for once....Pass it every where....we thought this was nail in coffin 

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/10/obama-sought-to-sway-iraqis-on-bush-deal/

The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.

The text of the Act is broad and is addressed at any attempt of a US citizen to conduct foreign relations without authority. However, there is no record of any convictions or even prosecutions under the Logan Act.[1][2]

 

If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill

I never watch the 6 o'clock

I never watch the 6 o'clock news, but I may tonight, just to see.

This is just outrageous.  My bet is it will be spiked everywhere. 

Nothing to see here....Obama said no.....move along.....

Serve him papers from U.S. Attorney General - Ignore this

The Iraq War is a "Do not mention"for the MSM.
HUSSEIN LOSES VOTES on the discussion of anything Iraq...ya know ?

The Republican Revolution will not be Televised

They would

They would have something too big to ignore then.

Angry people

Much is being made by the media about the so-called angry people at McCain/Palin rallys.  Saying that they are close to inciting riots, yelling racial slurs (someone was called boy, big deal) yelling "kill him" (funny, no one got that on tape though), "terrorist" (they were talking about Bill Ayers).

But the media thinks McCain & Palin are inciting riots, like I said.  What they are mad at is that the media has not been doing their job, just as in the article state on this website, and they are mad, and they are not taking it anymore.

The media is so in the tank, they don't see any different.  They all need deprogramming after this is all over.

Susan... You ain't seen

Susan...

You ain't seen nothing yet... Get A Job!

 

 

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wait till the MSM sees the Angry Mobs march on DC and friends

Code Pink gets a pass to march on Pennsylvania Ave., why not a few Angry Republicans ? ?

Pelosi, Grab your Ankles, we want to Drill in DC !!

 

The Republican Revolution will not be Televised

No one has ever been

No one has ever been prosecuted under the Logan Act, but it really needs to be looked into.  There is a direct statement from a credible source, and this has been floating arounf for a couple of weeks now.

I am sick of this double standard, and I am sick of the Marxist getting away with danged near anything. It is time to hold his feet to the flames!

Kudos to the Washington Times.   

 

"We just want truth, we want fairness. We want that balance." ~ Sarah Palin (re: hypocricy of the press)

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Obama is dangerous

 Today it seems that America is like a ship sailing in
very rough seas.  The ocean that she is
sailing is full of people, Americans, ready to make a difference and put their
shoulders to the problems facing America.  However, as we all know, oceans are full of
sharks and this ocean is so infested with sharks that it is named the Media Ocean.  Consider: The Good Ship America,
The Media Ocean and The Obama Iceberg at: http://zachjonesishome.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/the-good-ship-america-the-media-ocean-and-the-obama-iceberg/

zachjonesishome.wordpress.com

This should be huge news,

This should be huge news, should of been about a month or so ago when this first came out...breaking news in fact...

Nope...silence...

We all know why.

I detest the msm with everything I've got in me.

Enemy within at work as always.

Mums the word.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

0bama dealing over W in Iraq,,,

,,, is an act of TREASON.

Ain't holding my breath, though.  All things fraud about 0bama is automatically ignored by the legacy media.

 

Scott... All good

Scott...

All good liberals know you can't believe any story in the Washington Times. Now if it had been the WaPo, maybe.

Obama’s First Cabinet Member

 

 

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These Criminal Democrats

These Criminal Democrats must be stopped. If they get into office by cheating and breaking the law, what would be the reason to not start an armed insurrection to bring down the illegitimate government? I mean we obviously are not able to get the government to enforce the law against people like Barack and organizations like ACORN. If any registration from ACORN is allowed to stand, the whole thing is a farce.

Look at the numbers, ACORN has been caught this year submitting over 250,000 known fraudulent registrations. Now if you assume that when you catch a crime organization in the act, that you're only seeing maybe 5% of the real volume of what they're doing, we can extrapolate that ACORN has likely submitted more than 5,000,000 fraudulent registrations nation wide. The total spread in the last election that elected Bush was just over 3 million. We can also guess that the fraud rate probably increases 10 to 15% per year, so that in 2004, they probably got a total of 3,000,000 fraudulent registrations past inspectors, which means that George Bush's likely victory was more than 6 million rather than 3 million... and this year, they may very well elect Obama with fraud if we do not act fast and harshly.

ACORN should be shut down until the investigation is over. All registrations by ACORN should immediately be thrown out and every registrant called to re-register. Anyone who does not answer the call will not vote... period!

____________________________________________________

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." ~ Ayn Rand

Bug Zipper This sets up a recount Scenario, known Fraud

Since these ACORN Felons are Forging signatures and creating False Registrations, it sets up the Republicans asking for Recounts and verification to avoid fraudulant votes . . . Throw the dead people votes OUT !! 

Rezco can't VOTE, he's an incarcirated Felon . . !!!  Sorry BHO . .

The Republican Revolution will not be Televised

Scott. "Oct Surprise" spin is still in the news

Scott. What would we do without you? (;~>

Our MSM has on many occasions continued to play that false Carter/Reagan era "October Surprise," which you connected to your post. The MSM loves the conspiracy that suggests to them that Reagan did what Obama is accused of here. Even though it appears that the media may understand that it was proved not true, they continue to use the story, much to their own delight.

Here, in an AP article by Glen Johnson, dated Oct. 2, 2008, Johnson tells the story through the words of others.

Republican Ronald Reagan was challenging Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980. Precisely a year before Election Day, a group of Islamic radicals had stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and seized American hostages.

President Carter worked throughout the campaign to secure their release, including launching an ill-fated rescue mission in April 1980 that killed eight U.S. servicemen. Critics say the Reagan team was so concerned that Carter would gain a boost by winning their release just before the election, that his campaign manager and others negotiated privately with the Iranians to ensure that did not happen.

And how does Glen Johnson see this scenario playing out today? Goodness - he goes to John Kerry for advice. 

Kerry said any surprise deliberately engineered by one of the campaigns would be a risky endeavor.

"I think the media has grown much more suspicious of it because of the recent experiences," he said, "so I suspect there'll be a lot of scrutiny and maybe even some backlash."

Like Scott is presenting here, Sen. John K., the media is only suspicious, when the story is about possible treason on the Democratic side of the isle. Then, censorship is the normal order of the day.

Also, it quite interesting to remember back to the Johnson and Nixon Vietnam days; the charge was that Agnew and someone else had made the case to the Vietnamese that they'd be easier to deal with than a Johnson administration. Charges of treason filled the air. Johnson saved the day and dropped out.

UPDATE (I love this - updating a comment): The problem here in the world for the US, of course, is that our baised media keeps certain untruths alive and in the news for all to see, over and over again as the years go by. As I was closing my Google search for the above, I caught this scary little piece. Look how others get the oft repeated conspiracy theory as factual news:

By Abdullah Al Shayji, Special to Gulf News (9/28/08) - However, we cannot rule out an October surprise - an agreement between the US and Iran, such as the one that was made 29 years ago by Ronald Reagan that ended the US hostages crisis. It too was made in October.

That's not the Gulf of Mexico.

 

AP has no credibility

The rumor about the Reagan campaign urging the Iranians to hold the hostages until the inauguration was discredited long ago.

Forget the AP.  The Weekly World News has more credibility.  Did you hear about Obatma? 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

nkviking75 - JFTR

Just for the record, I did say, "Even though it appears that the media may understand that it was proved not true, they continue to use the story, much to their own delight."

And, I certainly agree that it was not true. The story has been kept alive all this time by the MSM and by the left. That was my point. Now others belive it to be true. For comparison, I suspect that what Obama has done has more truth to it, and the media will hide it from the public. Censorship by the media. (;~> gary

 

 

 

It looks like the

It looks like the "messiah" is relying on the stupid and misinformed to get him into the WH.

Three cheers for the "unbiased" media!

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

Dwayne  P.  Theriot

I'm surprised the MSM would pass up a story to highlight Obama's foreign policy experience.  Just goes to show you can't please these people.

ALERT!!! PALIN "ABUSED" POWER REPORT RELEASED!!!

ETHICS PROBE RELEASES REPORT SAYING PALIN "ABUSED" HER POWER!!!

H&C, and MOOCOW talking about this NOW!

Ster.

Ster

It's coming out as a bit of a grey-area quasi-abuse, and good thing it's a shut case now, 3 1/2 weeks before vs. the last few days before November 4th.

The trooper was quite unstable, by all accounts. 

Meanwhile, Obama still has some half-dozen foul-smelling associations to answer to -- honestly. And then, of course, the many illegality questions surrounding ACORN and his and his party's connection to it.

 

NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun

 

Like his fondness of

Like his fondness of terrorists?  

Obama’s First Cabinet Member

 

 

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Hey CT......Nice to run into ya LOL

Nice pics, Makes a Mom proud for her little angel       Barf..... I think Mr Ayers will be wonderfull at Education, Maybe We could put Mumia at Justice              LOL              Steve

"If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill

Nice FRIDAY NIGHT DUMP!!!

Morris and Colmes going at it NOW!!

Ster.

Read this...Barry is a Felon

Lets's talk about pissed

October 10, 2008 - 14:48 ET by sjanus11

barry tries to keep troops in country longer..............read article then read link about the FELONY he commited.....This story broke 2 weeks ago and died, Maybe MSM is doing their job for once....Pass it every where....we thought this was nail in coffin 

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/10/obama-sought-to-sway-iraqis-on-bush-deal/

The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.

The text of the Act is broad and is addressed at any attempt of a US citizen to conduct foreign relations without authority. However, there is no record of any convictions or even prosecutions under the Logan Act.[1][2]

 

"If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill

How about Obama's recent Kenyan conspiracy ...

inserting himself into Kenyan presidential politcs as a U.S. senator.  The Obama/Odinga connection is a huge story!  A senator conducting covert ops on behalf of a hopey changey cousin who makes agreements with Mohammedans!  And when Odinga loses the election he unleashes hell on christians and usurps a "co-presidency" by claiming voter fraud.

http://www.stoptheac...

ALERT!!! Hannity is interviewing Corsi on MON!!!

Don't forget Jay...Odinga wants to install SHARIA LAW!!  The MSM will not touch that with a 10 foot pole!! 

The LIB media will be SPINNIN' HARD to wack this down!!

This week was Ayers...Next week...ODINGA!!!  Hannity and Rush will BLOW THIS SCANDAL UP!!!!

I can't wait!!!

Ster.

You threaten to shoot my Father....

And trust me......I don't fire your supervisor, what a load of Political Crock, Led by Dems in Alaska senate...............the Trooper threatened a citizen, tazered his own kid and still has a job,   where I come from, we deal with that on our own, nice and quick..........you hurt a kid.............BYE BYE...........no apeals to your Union, and Dem controlled hearings, What an effin joke. I am sick of it all . Please someone somewhere, make some sense of this cause we are 1 step from the fall of Rome.............Steve

 

"If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill

Hey TheSter...........you causing trouble

 Cause it's Fri night and I don't need any Bull from a looney leftist. If I am mistaken please forgive.........If not Please engage.........Targets Locked and Loaded                          Steve

 

"If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill

Ummm...Sj...U must be new here...

I'm one of the MOST CONSERVATIVE  POSTERS HERE!!!

Soooo... I hope your excuse is you are 5 beers ahead of me...BECAUSE I NEED TO CATCH UP!!!!

BTW - I do "Alerts" for breaking LIBERAL news.  I'm watching Morris TEAR APPART Alan Colmes!!!

<gettiing new beer>

Ster.

<gettiing new beer>

Ster,

LOL-When I first saw that, I thought it was near beer.

Damn middle age dyslexia!  :-)

-Dave

If this nation is to be saved, it will be libertarian principles that save it.

Dave...

Hmmm...151 and Coke glasses on Dave???

Brent just posted about the Family Guy episode denigrating Jesus and the lack of MSM outrage...and he is MAD!!!

I made the first post...CHECK IT OUT!!!

Ster.

Shy has no life and is wondering about opening a chat.

sjanus11

Welcome sjanus11.

TheSter is by no means a looney leftist.

A looney rightist, perhaps, who we all love, but Ster = Leftist .... does - not - compute.

:) 

NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun

 

CHAT??? oui? non?

Since I have no life outside of being Oz to my Mr. Shy, shall we fire up the chat ?? 

Of course, this invitation extends to people WITH lives, which is the general population of NB, but perhaps those with some time to kill... :)

 

NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun

 

Shy!!! No FRENCH SPOKEN HERE!!!

Si je savais parler français… je vous giflerais amont la tête avec votre clavier ! ! !  Vous Américain stupide ! ! !

Use to translate:

http://www2.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html

Le Ster.

I did put disclaimer in message

"If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill

My appoligies to The Ster

Sorry, just hard to read off of head line...........My bad       Steve

"If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain"    Sir Winston Churchhill