John Edwards For Big Brother
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in Democrats | Opening Mouth And Inserting Feet — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
This has to be one of the most ridiculous plans imaginable in getting attention for one's Presidential campaign:
A UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor said John Edwards' presidential campaign tried to kill a student's video story about his campaign headquarters.
Associate Professor C.A. Tuggle said two top staffers for the former North Carolina senator demanded that the school drop the segment from the student-run television program "Carolina Week." They also asked to have the video removed from the YouTube Web site.
Tuggle said they threatened to cut off access to Edwards for UNC student reporters and other student groups if the piece aired.
"My gosh, what are they thinking?" Tuggle said. "They're spending this much time and effort on a student newscast that has about 2,000 viewers? They're turning a molehill into a mountain."
A spokeswoman for the Edwards campaign said it had no problem with student reporters.
"This is silly," campaign spokeswoman Colleen Murray said in a statement. "We love all reporters, the problem is the feeling isn't always mutual."
The campaign would not answer questions about the incident.
The story points to the YouTube video, which you can find here:
Decide for yourself whether this was the kind of thing worth drawing attention to. Though I must say that if John Edwards's campaign implodes over errors like these, I will find it hard to shed any tears.
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"This is silly," campaign spokeswoman Colleen Murray said in a statement. "We love all reporters, the problem is the feeling isn't always mutual."
Would I be misrepresenting her words if I thought she meant to say:
"This is silly," campaign spokeswoman Colleen Murray said in her head. "We love all reporters, unless, you know, they say something negative about us. Then we crush them."
Hahn (or Han or Hon or however you spell his name) FIRST says that the location shows that he "cares about people outside Washington DC"...AND THEN...when asked about Chapel Hill being too rich...
"I don't think where you set up your headquarters is emblematic of where you stand on the issues."
Wait...
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"Liberty in your lifetime"
I caught that also, there were another statement the kid made contradicting himself.
...as Silky Pony himeself.
--furious
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." -- Darth Vader
I just want it known that that guy 'Hahn' with the Edwards campaign is a distant relative of Barack Obama. He is no relative of mine.
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