Comments on: Andrea Mitchell (sort of) issues a correction. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:28:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Steve J. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3317941 Steve J. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:27:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3317941 I sent an e-mail to LTC Aberle (Chief, Media Operations Division Public Affairs Office Multi-National Corps-Iraq) and she told me to go to "the U.S. Legislative Liaison Office in Washington D.C. ." Later, I found this in the comments section of my post about Aberle: Sir, Ms. Mitchell misspoke about the caucus, we have contacted her and she agreed and will be making a correction to her statement. The video teleconference Gen Petraeus participated in was for a bi-partisan group of congressmen arranged by the Defense Department Legislative Affairs office. http://www.defenselink.mil/la/ The office cited (OCLL) is the Army equivalent of the DOD office. LTC Joseph Yoswa Deputy, Public Affairs Officer Commanding General Multi-National Force - Iraq # posted by LTC Joseph Yoswa : 3:50 AM http://radamisto.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-on-petraeus.html I sent an e-mail to LTC Aberle (Chief, Media Operations Division
Public Affairs Office Multi-National Corps-Iraq) and she told me to go to “the U.S. Legislative Liaison Office in Washington D.C. .” Later,
I found this in the comments section of my post about Aberle:

Sir, Ms. Mitchell misspoke about the caucus, we have contacted her and she agreed and will be making a correction to her statement.

The video teleconference Gen Petraeus participated in was for a bi-partisan group of congressmen arranged by the Defense Department Legislative Affairs office. http://www.defenselink.mil/la/

The office cited (OCLL) is the Army equivalent of the DOD office.

LTC Joseph Yoswa
Deputy, Public Affairs Officer
Commanding General
Multi-National Force – Iraq
# posted by LTC Joseph Yoswa : 3:50 AM

http://radamisto.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-on-petraeus.html

]]> By: Andrea Mitchell Reports Republican Senators May End Support For War - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3269729 Andrea Mitchell Reports Republican Senators May End Support For War - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:19:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3269729 [...] at Horses Mouth. Think Progress also comments, also noting the question of whether the briefing from Petraeus was open to all [...] [...] at Horses Mouth. Think Progress also comments, also noting the question of whether the briefing from Petraeus was open to all [...]

]]> By: The Non-Correction Correction « Mercury Rising http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3263526 The Non-Correction Correction « Mercury Rising Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:13:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3263526 [...] plug. (Mitchell, no doubt after heavy hammering by her Beltway buddies for giving the game away, later amended her remarks in a non-apology apology that didn’t change the centrals facts much, if at [...] [...] plug. (Mitchell, no doubt after heavy hammering by her Beltway buddies for giving the game away, later amended her remarks in a non-apology apology that didn’t change the centrals facts much, if at [...]

]]> By: Mikef http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3263329 Mikef Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:11:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3263329 I wonder if the Democrat's name was Joe? I wonder if the Democrat’s name was Joe?

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3262958 Phoenix Woman Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:06:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3262958 Why did the GOP Senate Caucus, in the secret meeting with General Petraeus, pick August 2007 as the drop-dead date? Simple: Because the 2008 election season starts in September 2007, and they don't want to be on record as voting for a war that nobody outside Bush and the GOP primary voters want. Especially now that the Democrats have signaled their intent to dole out the funding bills in small amounts, to force the Republicans to vote over and over and over on each one -- and to go on record over and over and over again as backing both Bush and Bush's war. Why did the GOP Senate Caucus, in the secret meeting with General Petraeus, pick August 2007 as the drop-dead date?

Simple: Because the 2008 election season starts in September 2007, and they don’t want to be on record as voting for a war that nobody outside Bush and the GOP primary voters want. Especially now that the Democrats have signaled their intent to dole out the funding bills in small amounts, to force the Republicans to vote over and over and over on each one — and to go on record over and over and over again as backing both Bush and Bush’s war.

]]> By: PoliticalCritic http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3261375 PoliticalCritic Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:50:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3261375 Well at least the GOP will eventually support a withdrawal. The more the polls show that Americans want out, the easier it will be for Republicans to support it. Well at least the GOP will eventually support a withdrawal. The more the polls show that Americans want out, the easier it will be for Republicans to support it.

]]> By: theswan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3260805 theswan Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:44:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3260805 Just more controlled propaganda. Do people really listen to this garbage? I fail to see just how they make a go of it. Meaningless dialogue. Just more controlled propaganda. Do people really listen to this garbage? I fail to see just how they make a go of it. Meaningless dialogue.

]]> By: Keith H. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3253087 Keith H. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:20:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3253087 <i>and give the general and the president until the summer to make progress in the war</i> You <i><b>must</b></i> be joking. This 'president' and the word progress do not belong together. Unless of course you happen to be in the business of disaster capitolism. and give the general and the president until the summer to make progress in the war

You must be joking.

This ‘president’ and the word progress do not belong together.
Unless of course you happen to be in the business of disaster capitolism.

]]> By: Rocks911 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3251771 Rocks911 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:06:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3251771 Yep, And after the summer they'll give him until winter, then summer again... Nice plan fellas, sending your kid off to fight? Yep,

And after the summer they’ll give him until winter, then summer again… Nice plan fellas, sending your kid off to fight?

]]> By: DavidinNYC http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3245075 DavidinNYC Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:48:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3245075 Were the "Senators from both parties" Lieberman and the Republicans? Were the “Senators from both parties” Lieberman and the Republicans?

]]> By: AboveTheClouds http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3243463 AboveTheClouds Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:25:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3243463 Hacks like Mitchell and Matthews and Russert yearn for Bush and the Republicans to give them ANYTHING they can tout as a GOP success--just small token so they hold it up and say, "See, the GOP really isn't all about Karl Rove and Albert Gonzales." Imagine how disappointed they must feel day after day when all they get from Bush is more and more death, debt, and corruption. Then there's that pesky war. . . Hacks like Mitchell and Matthews and Russert yearn for Bush and the Republicans to give them ANYTHING they can tout as a GOP success–just small token so they hold it up and say, “See, the GOP really isn’t all about Karl Rove and Albert Gonzales.” Imagine how disappointed they must feel day after day when all they get from Bush is more and more death, debt, and corruption. Then there’s that pesky war. . .

]]> By: n69n http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3241472 n69n Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:03:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3241472 & remember when Mitchell let it slip that it was <em>"common knowledge"</em> in DC circles that Christiane Amanpour's phone calls were being monitored? & then it was scrubbed from the transcript? & remember when Mitchell let it slip that it was “common knowledge” in DC circles that Christiane Amanpour’s phone calls were being monitored?

& then it was scrubbed from the transcript?

]]> By: n69n http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3236549 n69n Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:01:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3236549 never forget that Mitchell was one of <strong><em>The Cold-Call Six.</em></strong> never forget that Mitchell was one of The Cold-Call Six.

]]> By: extrapol http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3213993 extrapol Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:49:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3213993 So I guess its fine if the GOP makes backroom timelines for withdrawal with the Pentagon; they just don't have the balls to make them in the open forum of our legislature. So I guess its fine if the GOP makes backroom timelines for withdrawal with the Pentagon; they just don’t have the balls to make them in the open forum of our legislature.

]]> By: Shawn http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3210796 Shawn Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:10:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3210796 Seems like Mitchell had a talking to by somebody in the Bush Admin. Seems like Mitchell had a talking to by somebody in the Bush Admin.

]]> By: Zep Tepi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3207530 Zep Tepi Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:35:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3207530 I can't believe the rational of these people. How low can one go? If they didn't support the surge they should have just said so instead of using Petraeus as a flimsy excuse for their fairy tales. We must mislead the constituency, they say, and we must use respect as our excuse to make up fairy tales. Yes, that makes it all okay, they think, that excuses our little white lies and now we can sleep at night knowing that Petraeus has our respect and we will look good in the public eye. Woe is you, woe is you O' tellers of tales. May your sleep be deprived thru nite sweats, may you envision war first hand, may the devil torment your sleep, may you toss and turn and your sickly soul burn, may you never have a peaceful sleep again. I can’t believe the rational of these people.

How low can one go?

If they didn’t support the surge they should have just said so instead of using Petraeus as a flimsy excuse for their fairy tales.

We must mislead the constituency, they say, and we must use respect as our excuse to make up fairy tales. Yes, that makes it all okay, they think, that excuses our little white lies and now we can sleep at night knowing that Petraeus has our respect and we will look good in the public eye.

Woe is you, woe is you O’ tellers of tales. May your sleep be deprived thru nite sweats, may you envision war first hand, may the devil torment your sleep, may you toss and turn and your sickly soul burn, may you never have a peaceful sleep again.

]]> By: Zep Tepi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3205964 Zep Tepi Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:15:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3205964 But Mitchell also repeated her claim from Sunday that ‘moderate Republican senators’ were privately saying they opposed Bush’s so-called troop surge, but would publicly support it out of respect for Petraeus Organized hypocrisy cloaking itself under 'respect'. But Mitchell also repeated her claim from Sunday that ‘moderate Republican senators’ were privately saying they opposed Bush’s so-called troop surge, but would publicly support it out of respect for Petraeus

Organized hypocrisy cloaking itself under ‘respect’.

]]> By: TheGris http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3205379 TheGris Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:08:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3205379 Does "Democrats and Republicans" mean Republicans and Joe Lieberman? Does “Democrats and Republicans” mean Republicans and Joe Lieberman?

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3204272 Raymond Funamoto Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:55:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3204272 Andrea Mitchell, WIFE OF rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderm AND Milton Friedman CRIMINAL SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMIC MAD SCIENTIST Alan Greenspan---OF COURSE SHE IS A CHIMPya SUPPORTER AND ONE OF THE LAPDOGS OF THE MSM WHO ROLL OVER FOR THE MONKEY BOY AND Bushland Uber Allies!!!!! Andrea Mitchell, WIFE OF rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderm AND Milton Friedman CRIMINAL SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMIC MAD SCIENTIST Alan Greenspan—OF COURSE SHE IS A CHIMPya SUPPORTER AND ONE OF THE LAPDOGS OF THE MSM WHO ROLL OVER FOR THE MONKEY BOY AND Bushland Uber Allies!!!!!

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/comment-page-1/#comment-3203279 katy Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:43:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/02/andrea-mitchell-sort-of-issues-a-correction/#comment-3203279 <em>...Matthews asked Mitchell, rather out of the blue, to talk about what Petraeus was telling senators. ‘It’s a good thing you bring that up,’ Mitchell replied...</em> oh, yea... that was so "out of the blue"... nothin' planned about any of that... i'm fading early... g'nite all... …Matthews asked Mitchell, rather out of the blue, to talk about what Petraeus was telling senators. ‘It’s a good thing you bring that up,’ Mitchell replied…

oh, yea… that was so “out of the blue”…
nothin’ planned about any of that…

i’m fading early… g’nite all…

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