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Originally Posted by Milkman Did Obama really repeat that famous, "I am a Jelly Roll" German phrase? I doubt he did. | No, of course Obama didn't re-utter JFK's phrase. I worded it hastily.
I really wonder how either side can beat this dead horse any further. McCain is old and forgetful. Obama is inexperienced and flip flopping. If it doesn't get more entertaining I may tune out too. However, the McCain getting forgetful thing is more serious. I read a piece that outlined all his slips of the tongue, such as Czechoslavakia etc., and like most people in their 70s, yes, he is guilty of confusion. If that happens during some major campaign moments, he will look bad. Obama impressed me that he made no gaffs whatsoever on his overseas trip, which is impressive for someone so little traveled.
The funniest thing I've heard about McCain lately is how people are wishing he'd quit smiling, because they're calling it the "horror smile." I wonder if he had some plastic surgery that gives him that grimace when he smiles? |
No gaffs because his people have things tightly controlled.
At this hour, Sen. Barack Obama is holding a news conference in Jordan, which the cable news networks are carrying. But last night Newsbusters reported on NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell who let loose some of her frustrations with the lack of access being given to reporters on the trip, specifically in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mitchell's comments came during an appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews.
"You're seeing selected pictures taken by the military, questions by the military and what some would call fake interviews because they're not interviews from a journalist," she said. "Politically, it's smart as can be, but we have not seen a presidential candidate do this, in my recollection, ever before."
When questioned by Matthews about some of the video from Obama's time in Iraq, Mitchell continued. "I can't really say, being a reporter who was not present in any of those situations, I just can't report on what was edited out, what was on the sidelines," said Mitchell. "We don't know what we are seeing."
Mitchell hasn't, so far, landed one of the handful of "exclusive" interviews with Obama.
Mitchell: "You're Seeing...What Some Would Call Fake Interviews" - mediabistro.com: TVNewser