[dmb] > >From the very same article in the Cleveland Leader... > > "Thus far it has not been determined who exactly checked up on > Wurzelbacher, or why. Direct assess to driver's license and vehicle > registration information through BMV computers is restricted to only > legitimate law enforcement and government business. The timing of the > inquiries into Wurzelbacher's records is curious, and investigators are > now seeking to find out whether whether or not they were legitimate. > Paul Lindsay, the Ohio spokesman for McCain said, "It's outrageous to see > how quickly Barack Obama's allies would abuse government power in attempt > to smear a private citizen who dared ask a legitimate question." > Isaac Baker, Obama's spokesman in Ohio, denounced Lindsay's statement: > "Invasions of privacy should not be tolerated. If these records were > accessed inappropriately, it had nothing to do with our campaign and > should be investigated fully." > The attorney general's office is investigating, said spokeswoman Jennifer > Brindisi.. "We're trying to pinpoint where it came from," she said. The > investigation could become "criminal in nature," she said." > > Obviously, if it has not yet been determined who checked up on Joe the > plumber then Cleveland Leader no basis for "smearing" the Democratic > Party. And neither does Platt. He'll believe anything as long as it serves > to bolster his hateful prejudices.
Of course you, by contrast, are totally objective. > And isn't it infinitely more reasonable to believe that reporters are the > ones who checked up on Joe? That's what they do. That's what they're > supposed to do. There is nothing sinister or criminal about that. If > invasion of privacy is the issue, I think a fair-minded person would be > more concerned about Bush's warrantless domestic wire-tapping program than > they would about journalists. Besides, it was McCain that put Joe on the > media's radar. If any politician deserves to be blamed for the media's > interest in Joe, it's McCain. The only basis for the reporters "checking up" on a private citizen is that they are in the tank for the candidate of the Democratic party and try to intimidate anyone who dares question the Messiah. And don't try to tell me the media isn't biased: "MSNBC.com identified 143 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 16 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties." Your holier-than-thou self-exalted status as "fair-minded" would make Rigel proud. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
