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Title: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: Don't care on October 31, 2008, 10:13:18 AM: It appears that a campaign reporter from the Dallas Morning News has been bumped from Obama's campaign airplane -- along with reporters for the New York Post and The Washington Times. As Drudge points out, all three newspapers editorially endorsed John McCain......

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2008/10/obama-bullies-unfriendly-press.html
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: Fly320s on October 31, 2008, 02:40:44 PM: Saw that this morning on Fox during my workout. It made me smile.

I've got no problem with that. It is a private charter, after all. I wonder if the Obama campaign vetted the crew to make sure they are voting for BHO.
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: slingshot on October 31, 2008, 03:24:16 PM: Obama, that arrogant sob. Wait until he is president if you think this is bad?
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 31, 2008, 04:30:37 PM: wonder whose idea that was the fellers in the press might lose their love for him
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: Scout26 on October 31, 2008, 05:09:10 PM: Hey this is just a preview, first they'll trample the 2A, then the 1A......
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: Paragon on October 31, 2008, 09:26:40 PM: Hopefully the McCain campaign takes advantage of this and grabs those guys up to get him some good press in these last few days.
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on October 31, 2008, 09:28:46 PM: Quote from: Paragon on October 31, 2008, 09:26:40 PM
Hopefully the McCain campaign takes advantage of this and grabs those guys up to get him some good press in these last few days.
Those reporters would probably stab McCain in the back, just to get back on Obama's good side.
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: MechAg94 on October 31, 2008, 09:49:33 PM: Yes, I doubt those newspapers sent their pro-McCain reporters to follow Obama around.
Title: Re: Obama campaign kicks out "unfiriendly" press
Post by: Monkeyleg on October 31, 2008, 11:15:57 PM: The McCain campaign has also booted reporters from newspapers endorsing Obama. The real story in this is that there were newspapers that endorsed McCain.