[...] of both candidates as we approach the fall election for President of the United States. On Monday, we learned that the NY Times had refused to print an op-ed submitted by John McCain after publishing an op-ed [...]

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[...] of both candidates as we approach the fall election for President of the United States. On Monday, we learned that the NY Times had refused to print an op-ed submitted by John McCain after publishing an op-ed [...]

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check my blog for latest reaction by Obama regarding NYT censorship.

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The Other Ed writes on the op-ed:

I’d reject this for publication if I ran a newspaper also. It’s pedantic, written at a 8th grade level and since there is no equal time provision requiring the NYT to print a response, it should at least be interesting and say something of value.

It’s coming from a rival presidential candidate. That in itself should qualify for “interesting” and “something of value”, even if it were badly written, because it reflects back upon the candidate. After all, I read Obama’s op-ed as lame, and yet that didn’t stop the NYT from embarrassing the good Senator from Illinois by printing it anyway.

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Conservative commentator Ben Stein (a regular NYT contributor) just agreed this is not an unusual request from the editors.

But the substance of the request does sound unusual Obama-esque in “shaping the battlespace”:

It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama’s piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq. It would also have to lay out a clear plan for achieving victory — with troops levels, timetables and measures for compelling the Iraqis to cooperate. And it would need to describe the senator’s Afghanistan strategy, spelling out how it meshes with his Iraq plan.

“Compelling Iraqis to cooperate”?! Iraqis have been bleeding and dying to move things forward. “Timetables”?! Sounds straight out of the Obama-mindset. And how on earth has Senator Obama laid out a “plan for achieving victory defeat” in “concrete terms”?

Mark Levin’s website asks: “How to get your op-ed in the NYT”

and answers back

Label it ‘U.S Government: Top Secret’”

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Back to this faux Times outrage…

The NYT has published over seven of McCain’s OpEd pieces. They said they would publish this one with a rewrite. Conservative commentator Ben Stein (a regular NYT contributor) just agreed this is not an unusual request from the editors.

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Maybe Fit Fit was thinking of McCain’s confusion regarding a border between Iraq and Pakistan. Or maybe it’s just a case of great minds thinking alike.

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Why not? McCain does…

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Um, er, Mr Fit fit,
Unlikely that there’ll be a flare-up of violence on Iraq’s border with Pakistan. In fact I’d say it’s impossible.

Iraq borders Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and has a small coastline on the Persian Gulf . To get to Pakistan, you’d need to go through Iran from the West border to the east, about 1300 km travel.

But, by all means, comment even if you are unaware of the lay of the land.

Thanks
Papa joe
minneapolis usa

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Authored a post about your last sentence just a few hours ago, Tony… funny that you mention that. (The Where Obama Fears to Tread…. one)

However I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for some fluorescent lightbulb bright media to ask him about that. They are as clueless as he is.

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