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It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.
Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. “Turns out it was Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, who has come forward today to identify himself as the source of the leaks,” Shuster said.
Trouble is, Martin Eisenstadt doesn’t exist. His blog does, but it’s a put-on. The think tank where he is a senior fellow — the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy — is just a Web site. The TV clips of him on YouTube are fakes…
There were videos showing him driving a car while spouting offensive, opinionated nonsense in praise of Rudolph Giuliani. Those videos attracted tens of thousands of Internet hits and a bit of news media attention.
When Giuliani dropped out of the presidential race, the character morphed into Eisenstadt, a parody of a blowhard cable news commentator.
Gorlin said they chose the name because “all the neocons in the Bush administration had Jewish last names and Christian first names.”
So, uh, where did Fox News get the original story about Sarah Palin?
#20 – Lyin’ Mike
>>Just one guy at 60 Minutes II would have saved
>>them from disaster.
What you continue to be in denial about, Lyin’ Mike, is that the 60 Minutes II story was ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE, as it related to Dumbya’s military “service”.
If he were anyone other than Poppy’s boy, he’da done hard time, and been given a dishonorable discharge. He was a deserter. During wartime. He’d have been lucky not to be shot.
The hoaxer’s success fooling the media just points out alot of gullibility out there among in both the conservative and liberal press, since one passed it to another unchecked. Needing a scoop before the other guy, they don’t have the journalistic integrtiy to detect BS before they stamp their news label on it and send it off to us as fact, thereby brainwashing us into a state of chaos, so those at the top can carry on with their consolidation of power.
#22 Get ready, ’cause lib’s are never wrong
#21, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE?
So you think those memos are real then?
Even if the underlying story is true, 60 Minutes got duped by fake memos, and having a more balanced staff would have caught that.
#24 – Lyin’ Mike
#25 – Lyin’ Mike
>>So you think those memos are real then?
The authenticity of the memos remains unproven, one way or the other.
The important issue here is the underlying one: Dumbya was a deserter during wartime, and so far NO ONE has called that unassailable fact into question.
The man’s a natural-born liar.
And I am STILL waiting to have someone explain what the unidentified “rectangular object” under his jacket at the debate was. If there were a plausible, innocent explanation, we would have heard it by now.
They have been proven to be forgeries, but even if you’re right unproven, one way or the other, is that the standard the media should use for what goes on the air?
Again one conservative in that newsroom would have prevented those memos from going on air.
“Dumbya was a deserter during wartime, and so far NO ONE has called that unassailable fact into question.”
Hmm, except his CO signed his completion of duty papers & it’s documented that he applied for combat duty & was turned down.
Other than those facts, you’re right.
LOL.
#28, Cow-Paddy, Ignorant Shit Talking Sociopath and Mall Rent-A-Cop,
Don’t you ever quit with the trolling? The CO has died.
1) Prove the CO’s signature is on the paper.
2) Prove the CO knew that Bush had / had not completed his duty in Arkansas.
3) Prove that Bush had completed his duty.
4) Prove that Bush didn’t know he needed a current medical in order to volunteer for Vietnam.
5) Prove you’re not a troll.
#28 – Paddy-RAMBO
>>Hmm, except his CO signed his completion of
>>duty papers
Do you imagine that would be the first time that someone covered for Silver Spoon’s character flaws? He has spent the better part of his life fucking things up, and somebody (usually Poppy) always has his back. The fact is, nobody has any recollection of him being where he was supposed to be, and there are no records verifying that he was where he was supposed to be. In fact, he was spotted by many folks over in ‘Bama, carousing and working on campaigns.
>>it’s documented that he applied for combat
>>duty & was turned down.
Haw haw! LOL! ROTFLMAO! LOLOLOLOLOL!! I’m going back to Paddy O’Pinocchio for you. You have a problem with the truth, son.
In fact:
“Among the questions Bush had to answer on his application forms was whether he wanted to go overseas. Bush checked the box that said: “do not volunteer.”“”. http://tinyurl.com/792u (note the picture of Dumbya in the link…he may not have been good at many things, but he sure could blow a damned good bubble with his chewing gum!)
Later on, when he “volunteered for combat duty”, as you so bravely (and inaccurately) put it, he was a slam dunk for a REJECTION, and he knew it. Only pilots with over 1000 hours flying time were accepted for the “Palace Guard” assignment (he wasn’t even close), and the only kind of plane he knew how to fly (F-102) was being retired from service when he “volunteered”. So there was exactly 0.00000% chance that he would be accepted; this was a perfect way to look like a “combat-ready” soldier, when in fact, it was just his cowardice coming to the fore yet again. Bawk, bawk bawk bawk bawk…for a guy named RAMBO, you sure do love them chickenhawks. I guess I’ll stick with Paddy O’Pinocchio as your moniker. It fits you better, in spite of your one-time offer to start “piling up liberal bodies” like a latter-day Sylvester Stallone.
Gee, Cow-Paddy loses another one.
So every fact you don’t like has to be proven down to the last detail, but facts you like are true unless disproved. Excellent.
Mike, when your side trots out such weak arguments as your final proof, I reserve the right to ask for equal silly proofs. In the end, there is no proof that Bush completed his required duty. While another rich kid was getting preferential treatment, other less advantaged kids were being killed.