Media Fireworks: McCain Pleads With NY Times To Spike Story

[brooklynite]

Source: Drudge

Just weeks away from a possible surprise victory in the primaries, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz has been waging a ferocious behind the scenes battle with the NEW YORK TIMES, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, and has hired DC power lawyer Bob Bennett to mount a bold defense against charges of giving special treatment to a lobbyist!

McCain has personally pleaded with NY TIMES editor Bill Keller not to publish the high-impact report involving key telecom legislation before the Senate Commerce Committee, newsroom insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

Read more: http://www.drudgereport.com/flashnyt.htm

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Love it when they eat their own...

[aquart]

1. Bite they little heads off. Nibble on they tiny feet.

[iconoclastic cat]

2. Kilban! I love those fat cats. nt

[tularetom]

5. Love to eat them mousies. Mousies what I love to eat.

[jpak]

17. LOL!!!

n/t

[independentpiney]

3. drudge is ok as an lbn source? n/t

[LeftHander]

12. Apparently yes, more republicans here now....nt

[Heywood J]

15. If he's going to tear a potential Republican

front-runner's throat out, I'm for it and I want to know. Any scandal ammunition he can give for use against Republicans, subject to fact-checking, is useful, and potentially more so if right-wingers read his site and become even more disgusted with their candidates.

[krkaufman]

18. I would think not.

But the fact that it's about a Republican may have someone's monitoring dialed-down a bit.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Love it--good stuff. Hope it brings him down, the filthy warpig.

[truthisfreedom]

6. I'm pleading with the Mods to spike this (and any) story from Sludge.

This is NOT lbn.

[brooklynite]

7. If he's going to take a swat at the righties...

...I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

[Zorra]

8. Oooo, another possible republican money, sex and power scandal?

Rife with an arrogant presumption of entitlement to engage in unethical conduct and corrupt, possibly illegal activities?

Yowsah! "Days of Our Lies", the long running republican soap opera, is set for a new season.
:popcorn:

[JDPriestly]

9. This is another stupid Drudge Report that will amount to nothing

in the end. So what if McCain gave special treatment to a lobbyist. That only proves he is a corporatist. As if we did not already know that. This is just more proof of the terrible corruption in D.C. today.

[Tempest]

10. It depends what kind of special treatment McCain gave

Some special treatment is illegal.

[rocktivity]

13. Could the story possibly dovetail into the FISA telecom immunity fight?

Asking an editor to spike a kill a story is one thing, hiring a lawyer to help you do so is quite another.

:shrug:
rocknation

[Tempest]

19. The FISA and FCC decisions was my first thought

McCain has his lips planted firmly on the asses of the telecom and media industries.

He sucks up their money like a vacuum cleaner.

[AndyTiedye]

11. It Will Amount to Nothing Because the NYT Will Spike the Story and Make it Go Away

[acmavm]

14. McCain proves once again that a whore can't change his, er...

once a whore always a, eh..., can't teach an old whore new, oh hell, won't get fooled again.

[Doctor_J]

16. Two questions: 1. Why is Sludge trying to sink McCain, and 2. Why are DUers reading and posting

Sludge here?

[xxqqqzme]

20. Is there another link somewhere?

Would hate to go to that site.

[gettieyjoblack]

21. McCain Diagnosed with New Contagious Skin Cancer Strand

Senator John McCain is believed to be carrying the new
Contagious Skin Cancer  strand and many members of the
Republican party as well as fellow senator Joe Lieberman, who
recently endorsed McCain, are steering clear of him because
they fear contracting it.

This new type of contagious skin cancer is believed to be
responsible for the spike in 2007’s reported skin cancer
incidents. It is reported that both the ADA and CDC are
remaining silent on it fearing a public panic.

“Fairskinned people are the agents carrying and transmitting
this new skin cancer nightmare,” a leading oncologist wishing
to remain unidentified says. “We’ve found it is only
transmittable between fairskinned people. Carriers can be
identified by a change in their skin color. Exposed areas of
their bodies, like their face, hands, arms and neck inflame
and become very red.

“We’re finding as long as this skin condition lasts they will
trasmit skin cancer to other fairskinned people with whom they
come into contact with.”


“This is a nightmare, one public health administrator said.
There is currently no vaccination for it and is transmittable
by simple touches like handshake.

http://andgodmadelight.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/lieberman-endorses-mccain-but-distances-self-for-fear-of-rare-contageous-skin-cancer-strand