Wash. Post’s Murray: ‘Just wait’ until after the primaries for media to scrutinize McCain.
Wash. Post’s Murray: ‘Just wait’ until after the primaries for media to scrutinize McCain.
In a Washington Post discussion yesterday, Post reporter Shailagh Murray inadvertently admitted that the media is currently scrutinizing Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) less than they potentially could:
Q: Will we see more scrutiny of his campaign finances and practices, or will Obama/Wright continue to suck up all the oxygen?
MURRAY: This is driving Democrats crazy right now, but just wait. Once the primary battle is over, Sen. McCain will get his fair share of scrutiny.
Asked about the statement from Murray in his weekly discussion, the Post’s Howard Kurtz said this attitude is the wrong one:
KURTZ: We don’t have unlimited resources, but I think we need to be covering McCain as vigorously now as in the fall. I mean, it’s not like he’s laying on a beach somewhere, he’s out there campaigning. One pet peeve of mine is when reporters don’t cover an issue because the candidates are avoiding it, thus allowing them to set the agenda.
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McSame is the beltways choice for President. For some wierd reason, they have embraced his hot dogs, rather than ask him about substantial issues affecting America.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:10 pmYeah, I have high expectations that they will find the time or the balls to cover McBBQ.
We have the AP to thank for this little gem.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:12 pmAnd keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting…it’l never happen, Obama has a target on him and that is all will will ever see.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pmWankers.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pmAnd, of course, if TP, Media Matters etc quote, word for word, the idiotic things McCain says? They get labelled “anti-american-traitorous-dangerous-communist-atheist-terrorist sympathizers”.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pmHoward Kurtz is a pandering, reichwing fool for the tools. He cashes his check and sends the extra to Israel. He’s just another unloyal American.
And that’s why he’s on the air and has a column and no soul!
Need a Reichwing tool?… call Howie baby!! He can deliver on a bagel!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 6:29 pmHere are 2 revealing tidbits of Murray’s “genius” ……..
Washington: What can possibly be gained by congressional hearings into the Libby commutation? Clearly Bush had the authority to do this, and he did it. Q.E.D. I’m old enough to remember when President Ford appeared before a congressional committee to explain his pardon of Richard Nixon. But Bush is no Ford, and unlike the Ford pardon, I don’t think this action is going to look better over time.
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Dodd Makes Play on FISA Legislation
Here’s a first for a Senate presidential candidate: blocking a bill that doesn’t exist yet.
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) announced in a breathless press release this afternoon that he would block the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) “from being considered by the full Senate and from receiving a vote on the Senate floor.” The statement came as the Senate Intelligence Committee met to consider the legislation — and weeks before it is likely to reach the floor.
On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of Senators and the Bush administration reached a compromise on the politically charged bill, which governs the federal government’s domestic surveillance program, including a highly controversial grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies. Civil libertarians oppose the compromise as going too far to protect telecoms that were revealed to have participated in a warrantless wiretapping program, and because the legislation wouldn’t establish warrants for each individual wiretap.
Dodd said he would place a “hold” on the FISA bill, a device available to any senator to stop legislation from moving forward. “By granting immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the president’s terrorist surveillance program, even though such participation may have been illegal, the FISA reform bill sets a dangerous precedent by giving the President sweeping authorization to neglect the right to privacy that Americans are entitled to under the Constitution,” Dodd explained in a statement outlining his concerns.
The rhetoric got hotter with every paragraph. “It is unconscionable that such a basic right has been
violated, and that the president is the perpetrator,” Dodd said. “I will do everything in my power to stop Congress from shielding this President’s agenda of secrecy, deception, and blatant unlawfulness.”
Assuming the bill clears the intelligence panel, where debate continued this evening, the next stop is the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it could well run into problems. Assuming all goes smoothly, the legislation could hit the floor in mid-November, although senior Senate aides said late November or early December is a more likely time frame.
Whenever that big day comes, Dodd — as the keeper of the “hold” — must return from the campaign trail to officially block debate on the bill. That entails standing around on the Senate floor, forcing procedural votes, avoiding the furious glares of colleagues who don’t share the same concerns. The standard duration of such showdowns is about a week — time that Dodd, who is trailing badly in early primary polls, can scarcely afford.
–Shailagh Murray
Shailagh Murray: YAAWWN. That’s my view of the Libby flap. What on earth did people expect Bush to do?
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What a d-bag this empty headed pig is………………..
April 29th, 2008 at 6:34 pmWhy wait? The fool McCain needs to be examined now and throughout the summer. No free passes, please.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:44 pmYes, they’ll scrutinize McCain for not doing enough to go after Obama.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:46 pmYeah, they’ll scrutinize McCain.
Here’s Fox’s evening television agenda:
The great white sharks are all of the above commentators.
April 29th, 2008 at 6:58 pmOnce the primary battle is over, Sen. McCain will get his fair share of scrutiny.
If by scrutiny you mean a journalistic tongue bath that washes away all of McCain’s character flaws… then, yeah.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:01 pmOh, and according to an in-depth news investigation by Raw Story, the chairman of the San Diego republican party is a soft-ware pirate.
Let’s see how many media outlets cover this story.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:04 pmbarfly Says:
If by scrutiny you mean a journalistic tongue bath that washes away all of McCain’s character flaws… then, yeah.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Oh my god, pass the brain bleach…
April 29th, 2008 at 7:07 pmbarfly Says:
Oh, and according to an in-depth news investigation by Raw Story, the chairman of the San Diego republican party is a soft-ware pirate.
Let’s see how many media outlets cover this story.
The republican fish stinks from the head down. It seems everything they do and everyone they touch turns into a criminal enterprise. Why is that?
BTW, I live in San Diego – so this really makes me proud…NOT!
April 29th, 2008 at 7:19 pm“We don’t have unlimited resources…”
…otherwise we might be able to invent some kind of device that stored almost everything a politician ever promised or did, like a sort of collective memory, that we could just ask questions of and it would answer, without us having to leave our desks and go on buses and BBQ’s–but if even such a devoce were possible we’d probably be all to busy flying around with our personal jetpacks and taking vacations on Venus to bother sitting around all day looking things up.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:23 pmWhere have I heard the ‘just wait’ line before..hmmmmm. McLame speech writers are lining up the excuse papers NOW.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:56 pmDon’t hold your breath waiting for the facts on McCain to ever see the light of day except places like this.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:58 pm“Just wait” for an outbreak of journalism.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:00 pmJohn Sidney McCain III obviously picked up a ‘get out of scrutiny’ card when he landed on Chance.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:12 pmThe Media’s Worst Nightmare is a Blowout Election, with the Democratic Candidate trouncing Sen. McCain in the polls as we approach November. Kind of like a 20 pt. lead in a playoff game….viewers tune out.
Afterall, Sen. McCain’s answer to War, Recession, Bankruptcy, Foreclosures, The Shrinking Dollar, and the taunts of Bin Laden is to Protect the Voters from the Government, and give American’s Choices. When the choices become purchasing either Gas or Food, even the press won’t be much help to Sen. McCain.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:15 pmI’ve been waiting nine years for them to scrutinize Bush-Cheney and I ain’t seen much yet!
April 29th, 2008 at 9:14 pmI wouldn’t expect an outbreak of journalism, just of attention. Which makes me wonder if this Shailagh Murray’s response isn’t a good thing.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:41 pmWash. Post’s Murray: ‘Just wait’ until after the primaries for media to scrutinize McCain.»
You’ll hear this lame and pathetic excuse again after the primaries are done, after he is elected and every year he is in office.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:55 pmThe MSM is already scrutinizing him. This piece is misinformation. CNN/MSNBC etc. all regularly scrutinize him. He wishes he would get a free pass. It’s not true, he isn’t.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:51 pmWith so much obsession with Pastor Wright’s story by the media, who cares to scrutinize McCain, talk about war,or cover the economy.!!
April 29th, 2008 at 11:17 pmMeanwhile, the McCain-Hagee Armageddon Watch is now at 62 days.
It’s been 62 days since John McCain said he was “very proud” and “honored” to have Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement. But McCain still has not answered – or even been asked – the question: Does John McCain agree with Pastor Hagee that war with Iran is the fulfillment of the biblical prophecy of Armageddon?
For the details, see:
April 29th, 2008 at 11:46 pm“The McCain-Hagee Armageddon Watch.”
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MURRAY: This is driving Democrats crazy right now, but just wait. Once the primary battle is over, Sen. McCain will get his fair share of scrutiny.
So who exactly is Senator McSame running against in the Republican field, because we can’t scrutinize him now?
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April 30th, 2008 at 1:20 amMcCain has been a public figure through 4 decades and has been fully vetted. We’re just beginning to learn about Obama.
Dream on.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:47 am