McCain Campaign Releases Jamie Rubin Video
May 16th, 2008 at 08:26pm Matt DiBari
I’m sure by now everyone has read the Washington Post piece by Jamie Rubin in which he suggests John McCain wanted to meet Hamas without preconditions.
As the day continued, it became clear that Rubin was being somewhat less that forthright.
It turns out that he was flat out lying. The McCain Campaign released a video with the full answer to the question today, including this bit Rubin couldn’t be bothered to include in his piece.
Rubin: “So should the United States be dealing with that new reality through normal diplomatic contacts to get the job done for the United States?”
Sen. McCain: “I think the United States should take a step back, see what they do when they form their government, see what their policies are, and see the ways that we can engage with them, and if there aren’t any, there may be a hiatus. But I think part of the relationship is going to be dictated by how Hamas acts, not how the United States acts.”
The video can be found here.
I like to see an apology from both Jamie Rubin and The Washington Post. Sadly, I don’t expect one.
Entry Filed under: Media Bias, War on Terror
3 Comments
1. Willem van Oranje | May 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
He even talks about being in a relationship with Hamas. What does he want to do, sleep with Hamas?
This doesn’t help McCain in one bit, he’s just repeating what he said in the first answer. Keep digging that hole.
2. ryan2483 | May 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I can’t believe how anyone can view Obama’s blunders over the last couple of days as anything but an embarrassing acknowledgement of his lack of experience on a very vital subject. McCain has proven he is consistent in what he says and that Obama is not, as well as that Obama really doesn’t have a strong leg to stand on in this discussion. The question is, in these next few weeks, will it become apparrent enough so that the superdelegates decide to push Hillary forward instead?
3. Wes Lennon | May 19th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Unfortunantly Matt, the media will never apologize for intentional mistakes, and you will notice that Dem candidates never apologize or publicly put down a TV ad done by a site such as the Daily KOS.
They would rather you not know the truth.