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More on the Cone of Not-So-Silence
ABC News ^ | 8/18/08 | Jack Tapper

Posted on 08/18/2008 12:28:43 PM PDT by mngran2

UPDATE: ABC News' Ron Claiborne, traveling with the McCain campaign, reports that McCain senior adviser Charlie Black would not say whether people around McCain while he was en route to Rick Warren's forum had access to blackberries and cell phones from which they could have tipped off Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., about the questions.

"There's no reason we would do that," was all Black would say, though quite obviously there is a reason.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: charlieblack; cone; coneofsilence; desperatedems; jaketapper; mccain; nobama08; obama; propagandawingofdnc; rickwarren; saddleback; warren
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1 posted on 08/18/2008 12:28:44 PM PDT by mngran2
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Obama lost. That’s the story here.


2 posted on 08/18/2008 12:29:35 PM PDT by rogue yam
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The drive-by’s are scrambling to give The Chosen One cover for losing this debate.
3 posted on 08/18/2008 12:29:54 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
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To: mngran2
Questioning McCain's Integrity is going to be a major mistake by the left. get the popcorn ready.
4 posted on 08/18/2008 12:32:44 PM PDT by txroadkill (Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
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To: colorado tanker

They might as well get some practice in, they’re gonna need it.


5 posted on 08/18/2008 12:32:47 PM PDT by Snurple
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To: rogue yam

The additional story is that Obama is a sore loser and instead of accepting the fact that McCain wiped the floor with him, he is whining instead.


6 posted on 08/18/2008 12:32:51 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: mngran2

Liberal playbook 101, if confronted with defeat let loose the dogs of injustice and cry conspiracy!!! For example, liberals never lose elections, they are cheated by voting machines or police with dogs or whatever the liberal imagination can conjer.


7 posted on 08/18/2008 12:33:26 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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though quite obviously there is a reason

There's only a reason if you have no core beliefs and no real opinions and are an empty suit and can't talk without a script. This is why all the left finds it so easy to say that McCain must have cheated. Because *they would have*.
8 posted on 08/18/2008 12:34:07 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us -nature photography desktop wallpapers)
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Face it, libs: except for a certain specialized sort of genius for furthering his career, Obama is as dumb as a box of rocks.

Related thread Turns Out Obama Had More Prior Knowledge of Warren Questions Than Did McCain - Byron York

9 posted on 08/18/2008 12:35:19 PM PDT by cake_crumb (Terrorist organizations worldwide endorse Obama.)
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To: colorado tanker

Actually, they’re cooperating with Team Obama to move the “Obama strongly supports infanticide” story off page one. That’s what’s really behind this.


10 posted on 08/18/2008 12:35:26 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: colorado tanker

Maybe it’s just me and I’m too sensitive, but.......

It seems like this is part of a pattern, where the Obama campaign complains about this or that, and says that something is unfair. Here it seems we’re hearing more stories about how the process of the Rick Warren meetings somehow was unfair to Obama, rather than hearing more about the content of what Obama said.


11 posted on 08/18/2008 12:35:26 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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They really need to give this a rest. It is pathetic. What a bunch of whining losers. Now that it has come out that Obama actaully had one more question in advance than McCain did, I imagine this cry of “cheating” will probably quickly go away.

Talk radio should just keep replaying the soundbite of Obama saying, “I actually cheated on this one” over and over again.


12 posted on 08/18/2008 12:36:15 PM PDT by Shelayne (After seeing Obama without teleprompter, I think the tingle on Chris Matthews' leg is probably pee.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yeah, McCain and his blackberry made Obama sound like a stuttering fool more interested in covering up his core values than answering questions.


13 posted on 08/18/2008 12:36:24 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: rogue yam
Obama lost. That’s the story here.

That's why the MSM is now pushing the meme that the 'real' story is not that lil' Barry lost, but McCain must have cheated! He broke the cone of silence! He must have had a shoe phone!


14 posted on 08/18/2008 12:36:59 PM PDT by 6SJ7
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This McCain camp response needs to get repeated and repeated:

Calling the charge a "blatant falsehood" Davis said "1.) There's not one shred of evidence that it's true; 2.) In his official correspondence to both campaigns, Pastor Rick Warren provided both candidates with information regarding the topic areas to be covered, which Barack Obama acknowledged during the forum when asked about Pastor Warren's idea of an emergency plan for orphans and Obama said, 'I cheated a little bit. I actually looked at this idea ahead of time, and I think it is a great idea;' 3.) John McCain actually requested that he and Barack Obama do the forum together on stage at the same time, making these kinds of after-the-fact complaints moot."

Obama is coming off as a crybaby, whining and screaming "cheater!" in order to hide his own shortcomings and lack of connection to average folks.

15 posted on 08/18/2008 12:37:05 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day ("Above all else, let us think straight." -- Melvin J. Ballard)
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To: mngran2

Mr. McCain answered his questions straightforwardly; Mr. Obama did not. He never does.

He lost.


16 posted on 08/18/2008 12:38:16 PM PDT by RexBeach
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To: mngran2
What the left is trying to deflect is the fact that even if McCain knew the questions and had the answers, Obama still performed well below their expectations. So sad.
17 posted on 08/18/2008 12:38:48 PM PDT by Melinda
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I can understand where the In The Tank Media is coming from.

Their young inexperienced ninny guy got his crock cleaned by an old fart and it just has to stick in their craw.

However, all their gnashing of teeth and wearing of race card sack cloth and ashes will take away from Obamas major gaff “Above My Pay Grade” comment.

People with common sense will see through the medias In The Tank for Obama moments that this guy is a novice when it comes to his core values.

Shame on you Obama media, ABC, NBC, PMSNBC, CNN and others.

18 posted on 08/18/2008 12:40:46 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (OBAMA aka Post Turtle the Forest Gump of American Politics ABORTION -Liberal Child Abuse.)
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Obama is tripping over his own...

This thing is percolating nicely. Let it hit the news tonight, then hit back with a LOUD townhall meeting challenge tomorrow. Any time, any place.


19 posted on 08/18/2008 12:41:38 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (My friends, I am voting against Obama because he is white.)
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Yeah, hi, I'll take a cone of silence please...thanks"

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20 posted on 08/18/2008 12:42:14 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, we're still retarded.)
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