Mitchell's comment about McCain touched a nerve...

[americanstranger]

Rick Davis is whining his ass off.

McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis asked Sunday for a meeting with Steve Capus, the president of NBC News, to protest what the campaign called signs that the network is "abandoning non-partisan coverage of the Presidential race."

Davis made the request Sunday in a letter that is part of an aggressive effort by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to counter news coverage he considers critical.

Politico has asked NBC for a response and will post that here when it arrives.

In this case, the campaign is objecting to a statement by NBC's Andrea Mitchell on "Meet the Press" questioning whether McCain might have gotten a heads-up on some of the questions that were asked of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who was the first candidate to be interviewed Saturday night by Pastor Rick Warren at a presidential forum on faith.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12594.html

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[Forkboy]

1. Touchy touchy.

They seem a little nervous about that forum last night. Gee, wonder why.

[dkf]

2. McCain: You can't prove it nanny nanny boo boo.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. The McCain people are firing a shot across NBC's bow.

Kinda reminiscent of what they did to Dan Rather.

But also a dangerous game that could backfire, and could further plant the idea in public awareness that he cheated.

[americanstranger]

6. AKA 'working the refs.'

Hey, it worked for Clinton.

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[Spazito]

4. Gee, I guess little Ricky's letter was sent before the news got even worse!

:rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

5. Well I hope that NBC isn't going to do what it did for the Hillary campaign....

after they complained.....Attack Barack Obama some more.

They've already got the 5:00 am to 4:00 pm. programs attacking him now on MSNBC. :eyes:

[FormerConservative]

22. This is my concern, as well...

[Carrieyazel]

7. Interesting. I'm reading Mitchell's book right now, where she describes

this exact kind of stuff happening to her throughout her career. She's gotten every kind of threat imaginable, mostly from Repukes.

[Youphemism]

8. Uh, Senator McCain? I've seen cars with TVs before...

"In a motorcade" is not a valid excuse. If he wasn't isolated in their green room, it means that he was able to hear the questions and responses.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Cars have radios, too.

[TwilightGardener]

9. It goes to the very heart of his campaign: His honor.

Or clear lack thereof. No wonder they're buzzing like frantic bees in a hive--they must really be worried that this cheat suspicion has legs, especially since it's all on videotape.

[dkf]

12. That is why the Carol story is very very bad for him.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Yep, they used the POW card on his first marriage failure from cheating, and

now they're trying to use it again, to say that it's IMPOSSIBLE for someone held prisoner to ever cheat. Ridiculous. How many times are they going to keep pulling this card out of the deck?

[dkf]

And the thing about his first marriage is because hardly anybody knows about it

it will be all new to them.

Then they will realize they don't know anything about the guy. Honor my ass.

[opihimoimoi]

16. Rudy has 9/11-itis...... now John has POW-itis..they both are one trick ponies

The GOP has seen better days....

[TwilightGardener]

17. His POW story is his sword and shield--he attacks with it, he defends with it.

No honor in this man's body.

[dkf]

18. He has gone to the well one too many times.

Soon enough we will have a nice montage of him using POW! to shout everyone down.

[opihimoimoi]

21. Yup....a weak hand he has...the cards used are low cards...not even Pictures or aces

Once upon a time it was Gold but today/// pitted and frayed down to small patches of glitter///barely shiny...mostly DULL

[nc4bo]

11. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!1111!! nt

[WCGreen]

15. Honey, I have some bad news and some bad for you....

First the bad, I slept with some of your best friends...

The good news, I was arrested once for being Drunken and Disorderly...

That's why I cheat. I can't help myself.

[Botany]

14. Please I hope they keep up complaining

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n83M-jgOaJQ&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/17/02247/6361/368/569146

:rofl:

[SmileyRose]

19. Wait - McCain's campaign manager just admitted NBC doesn't have a liberal bias?

which is why he's all bothered about Andrea Mitchell putting a chink in NBC's journalistic integrity.

Geesh - first there's the links prove McCain voted for the very Supremes he said he would never vote for - now this. I'm going to have to space this stuff out. I can't very well send them all to my inlaws in the same night - their little heads would explode and I don't want to send one of them into an embolism.........

[Chloroplast]

20. Well, a hit dog always hollers.

[Thrill]

23. This what they do whenever someone doesn't walk the line for them. Its a game

Now NBC will feel they need to prove they aren't bias. By attacking Obama hard for two days. They did this while Obama was on the overseas trip