Posted on 08/04/2006 6:47:03 AM PDT by doug from upland
Jed Babbin, Undersecretary of Defense for Pres. George HW Bush, is subbing today for Laura Ingraham on her syndicated show. Babbin is all over the story of what happened in hearings yesterday in which Hillary Clinton confronted Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Babbin is claiming that it is totally manufactured news. The AP set this up with her and the payoff was an inclusive interview. It sold papers and made them money.
Babbin says that "this is manufactured news. She is their great white hope."
HERE IS THE AP BLURB:
War in Iraq
Hillary to Rumsfeld: Quit
August 4, 2006
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, hours after ripping him at a public hearing over what she called ''failed policy'' in Iraq.
''I just don't understand why we can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late,'' the New York Democrat and potential 2008 presidential contender said in an interview. ''I think the president should choose to accept Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation.''
Asked about Clinton's comments, Pentagon spokesman Eric Ruff said, ''We don't discuss politics.''
AP
What is frightening is this unholy convergence of Hillary and the media to take over this country via any sinister mean necessary, be it subterfuge or outright disinformation.
For once I agree with Hitlery. Since we've had her as POTUS for 8 years, we certainly don't need her 4 more.
All three old media networks led off with this story as well. Brian Williams on NBC was breathless as he described it--oh-the-humanity type breathless.
I turned back to Fox News after barfing up supper.The picture of Hillary on the barf bag makes it go much quicker.
Hey Doug--let's sell airlines barf bags with Hillary's picture on 'em! We can do an infomercial, and you can write the jingles......
The AP is exposed as leftist biased.
They can no longer be trusted to tell factual news.
this also sounds alot like the "Cana" Fake News.
Did AP also set that up?
When does the MSM start reporting about the 95% of Iraq that's stable?
It certainly is a constitutional crisis to determine if Bill and Hill can EACH serve ANOTHER 8 years as "co-presidents".
What's there to stop Bubba or any former pres. from remarrying (for convenience) and evading the 2 term limit?
The Clintons came up with this "co-president" bunk. And Hillary was hands on (remember the closed door health care meetings?).
She must be talkin' about that new offensive they intend to launch from Okinawa.
I don't work for you bee - otch!
Actually, Donald Rumsfeld has too much class to ever respond such, but someone should put this witch in her place.
Are you surprised? crAP is to the Rats to what Pravda was to the old Commies in the USSR.
LOL!
I'm completely befuddled by this post. What was set up in advance? How did AP and Clinton collude? When did AP start selling papers?
I'm Shocked, Shocked to find that the MSM in bed with Democrat politicians...
''I just don't understand why we can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late,''
Some other politician (Kennedy?) was railing against the administration because this war was "taking so long". He cited WWII (clocking its beginning at 12-7-1941 and ignoring the major troop deployment of Allies). We ended WWII "early" by dropping 2 nuclear bombs. We have that option this time around, is that what the Democrat solution is again?
I'm in.
For a day of outstanding a memorable photos, taken in conditions of substantial danger, the Lebanon photo team of:
AP reporter,
CNN reporter,
MSNBC reporter,
ABC reporter,
FOX reporter,
WP writer,
NYT reporter
Any Democrat talker
Each will share this week’s $500 Beat of the Week award.
/ sarc
AP sells its content. They knew what Hillary was going to do, promised to give it favorable coverage, put in just the right statements to make her look good, and they got their exclusive interview. Babbin is convinced that Hillary handlers discussed the strategy with the AP before the event.
I don't work for you bee - otch!
Laughed so hard I almost peed myself
I've posted on this before about the AP - it's painfully obvious with every headline they use regarding Senator Clinton. It's always "blasts this, attacks that, rips him, slams him" Aggressive, masculine terms, military terms.
Objective headlines would be "criticizes this, chastizes, chides, etc. But those would appear nagging to the American public, so they are not used.
The campaign started long before that - it began once she won the New York senate seat.
The Abu Ghraib details were leaked to Democrats in 2003 (including Hillary).
When that didn't generate attention, that same guy (one of the accused soldiers) contacted the media (through Ramsey Clark).
Michael Moore was upset because I've been led to believe that he has similar imagery in his movie F911 amd it killed his "exclusive" and "surprise".
The media hammered that story (over 30 days continuous on the front page of the NY Times) and it resulted in the murder of Nick Berg (but not the kidnapping, which had already transpired).
The media is a tool of the DNC. Party before country.
She makes me barf.
Hey, I'm glad she did what she did. She showed no ability to think on the fly. If/When she has an debate against anyone of substance, she will look weak. All of her news conferences and interviews are well scripted. If it weren't for Rick Lazio invading her space, she could be cleaning the back seat of Bubba's limo of used condoms.
I second that. Their complicity is so obvious.
Unfortunately, there is still way too much trust in the dinosaur media by a huge segment of the (sheep) population.
How does a first term senator acquire this much power? For those who don't know, she has compromised every branch of our government. She has gotten away with the biggest campaign finance fraud in history. No mainstream media source has reported her defendant husband's court date in Paul v Clinton or that she will soon be deposed.
Hillary Clinton is the second most powerful person in the country. If the RATS take control of the Senate and House, she may well become the most powerful.
I don't think he wants her to win--the scrutiny would make it harder for him to bird-dog chicks!
Fox shower her for 2-3 minutes uninterrupted.
"When did AP start selling papers?"
AP makes money by selling subscriptions to their news service to newspapers.
And hillary and the AP coordinating is a surprise how?
If they are obviously so slanted why not cut off their access for interviews to senior Pentagon officials?
Nothing should stop them from writing any story any way they want, but without access, aren't they marginalized?
I watched the entire exchange. Hillary looked like a complete idiot. Rummy smacked her stupidity out of the room. It was good theatre.
Listen to Babbin on the net -- www.krla870.com has a feed.
But that is not how it is reported.
AP does sell its content but not story by story, so this one story would not have sold more papers. The AP story in my paper mentions Clinton in one paragraph at the very end. Do you have a version with more?
I would like to have seen Rummy answer her questions with;
“I don’t recall”
“I have no recollection of that’
“I don’t remember”
“I have no memory of that”
Of course not. But more than a few freepers obviously trust the NY Times and the APs version of events. They are idiots to do so.
And then someone like Evan Bayh, who will probably NOT be coordinating/manipulating stories with the media, will come out and debate her and others, and have dozens of bullet points on unsavory, contradictory behavior she's exhibited from '04 to '08, or '06 to '08 and she'll be finished.
Look at all the damning things about Hillary which we do know. I'm sure her peers are ready to spill a lot more, but are saving it for '08.
Maybe I should be worried about a potential Hillary Clinton White House, but I'm really not. I just don't see it happening. Doesn't seem like a true threat.
A moderate/centrist Democrat running against a rather conservative Republican would get me antsy. Someone like a Bayh, but other than him, I can't think of another electable Democrat for POTUS (at least not at this time).
Babbin wants to challenge AP bureau chief Sandra Johnson to reveal how many meetings Hillary staffers had with her reporters and editors.
"AP makes money by selling subscriptions to their news service to newspapers."
I understand that. I used to work for UPI. But one little interview with Clinton is NOT going to sell more papers or subscriptions to AP.
They sell content. Did I say they sell story by story?
You don't think the grilling of Rumsfeld by Hillary and her demand that he resign would sell more papers? Are you kidding?
Stories like this will ultimately enable the AP to charge more for their subscriptions.
I really dont know why Rumsfield didnt answer every question with; "the previous administration cut our navy in half.....we dont have enough equipment for our troops because the previous administation used them to put Al Quaida in kosovo and never replaced damaged equipment...we had to tear apart perfectly good planes because the previous administartion cut our airforce in half and never replaced spare parts....etc....
"I'm completely befuddled by this post. What was set up in advance? How did AP and Clinton collude? When did AP start selling papers?"
I don't get it either.
Bill Sammon on FOX right now: "She had to shore up her left flank".
Listening. I have been urging all the talkies to spend more time whacking the media but seems like most don't understand how dangerous the MSM is.
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