NY Times Comments On McCain Op-Ed Rejection
After The Drudge Report broke the news that The New York Times had rejected an opinion piece submitted by John McCain on his views on the military situation in Iraq, the newspaper issued the following statement:
"It is standard procedure on our Op-Ed page, and that of other newspapers, to go back and forth with an author on his or her submission. We look forward to publishing Senator McCain's views in our paper just as we have in the past. We have published at least seven Op-Ed pieces by Senator McCain since 1996. The New York Times endorsed Senator McCain as the Republican candidate in the presidential primaries. We take his views very seriously."
The New York Times' rejection of the McCain piece on Friday came less than a week after it published an op-ed on Iraq penned by presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
McCain's submission to the Times touted the success of the troop surge and also heavily criticizes Obama, according to The Drudge Report.
"Senator Obama has said that he would consult our commanders on the ground and Iraqi leaders, but he did no such thing before releasing his 'plan for Iraq.,'" McCain wrote. "Perhaps that’s because he doesn’t want to hear what they have to say."
"It is standard procedure on our Op-Ed page, and that of other newspapers, to go back and forth with an author on his or her submission. We look forward to publishing Senator McCain's views in our paper just as we have in the past. We have published at least seven Op-Ed pieces by Senator McCain since 1996. The New York Times endorsed Senator McCain as the Republican candidate in the presidential primaries. We take his views very seriously."
The New York Times' rejection of the McCain piece on Friday came less than a week after it published an op-ed on Iraq penned by presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
McCain's submission to the Times touted the success of the troop surge and also heavily criticizes Obama, according to The Drudge Report.
"Senator Obama has said that he would consult our commanders on the ground and Iraqi leaders, but he did no such thing before releasing his 'plan for Iraq.,'" McCain wrote. "Perhaps that’s because he doesn’t want to hear what they have to say."
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See all 72 CommentsThe McCain/Bush plan has been:
Create a false need to invade Iraq.
Don%u2019t send enough Troops to secure the entire population.
Don%u2019t provide the necessary protective equipment.
Disband the Iraqis Military forcing them into armed rebellion.
Don%u2019t use Iraqis to rebuild their own country and use foreign contractors instead
leaving everyone unemployed with nothing but time to fight the occupation.
Mismanage $Billions in Federal Treasury Funds, and deliver funding to the insurgency.
Drop the number, or over extend the US forces ability to maintain troop levels.
Then, implement an increase or %u201CTHE SURGE%u201D of Troop levels 5 years after the original occupation began.
Call for a successful VICTORY when told to leave by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
Thus, it has been create a problem, broaden the problem, implement a fix and then call it a success?
And, the American People are strapped with a devalued $dollar, higher Energy Prices, and $1Trillion Dollars in debt.
Victory?
The McCain/Bush plan has been:
Create a false need to invade Iraq.
Don%u2019t send enough Troops to secure the entire population.
Don%u2019t provide the necessary protective equipment.
Disband the Iraqis Military forcing them into armed rebellion.
Don%u2019t use Iraqis to rebuild their own country and use foreign contractors instead
leaving everyone unemployed with nothing but time to fight the occupation.
Mismanage $Billions in Federal Treasury Funds, and deliver funding to the insurgency.
Drop the number, or over extend the US forces ability to maintain troop levels.
Then, implement an increase or %u201CTHE SURGE%u201D of Troop levels 5 years after the original occupation began.
Call for a successful VICTORY when told to leave by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
Thus, it has been create a problem, broaden the problem, implement a fix and then call it a success?
And, the American People are strapped with a devalued $dollar, higher Energy Prices, and $1Trillion Dollars in debt.
Victory?
The McCain/Bush plan has been:
Create a false need to invade Iraq.
Don%u2019t send enough Troops to secure the entire population.
Don%u2019t provide the necessary protective equipment.
Disband the Iraqis Military forcing them into armed rebellion.
Don%u2019t use Iraqis to rebuild their own country and use foreign contractors instead
leaving everyone unemployed with nothing but time to fight the occupation.
Mismanage $Billions in Federal Treasury Funds, and deliver funding to the insurgency.
Drop the number, or over extend the US forces ability to maintain troop levels.
Then, implement an increase or %u201CTHE SURGE%u201D of Troop levels 5 years after the original occupation began.
Call for a successful VICTORY when told to leave by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
Thus, it has been create a problem, broaden the problem, implement a fix and then call it a success?
And, the American People are strapped with a devalued $dollar, higher Energy Prices, and $1Trillion Dollars in debt.
Victory?
Talk about whining, this very unseemly for an Old man to cry foul that the media prefers Obama to his old tired rhetoric!!
McLame needs a pacifier!
That quote alone by McCain should disqualify him from submitting anything ever again. He''s as McCrazy as Bushit.
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That quote alone by McCain should disqualify him from submitting anything ever again. He''s as McCrazy as Bushit.
That statement alone by McCain should disqualify him from submitting anything ever again. He''s as McCrazy as Bushit.
Thank God McCain has the courage to stand up for Americans with his ads.
Just one of many issues surrounding Obama is enough for me and my community.
Obama has minimal government experience, an anti American Pastor as a mentor, many co workers that are radical leaders, a non practicing Muslim father and an Atheist as a mother. Obama is a fast talker, flip flopper and a racist man running for President: The media and the authorities should be investigating this man.
Just knowing that Louis Farrakhan, anti Semitic, radical, Nation of Islam leader supports Obama should be enough to make our hair stand up on end.
Watch Louis Farrakhan and his followers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QUftErt_M
Farrakhan held a rally with 20,000 Islam members in Chicago just a few months ago.
Many questions need answering. Obama''s father was a non practicing Muslim. How do the Muslim nations view Obama? Aren%u2019t we at war?
Why shouldn''t that be a proper question to ask Obama?
Obama is risky and scary. The media should be talking about Obama''s relationships with radical leaders and anti American supporters as much as they should be reporting about a nominee that was being supported by the KKK.
What are they afraid of?
Thank God McCain has the courage to stand up for Americans with his ads.
Just one of many issues surrounding Obama is enough for me and my community.
Obama has minimal government experience, an anti American Pastor as a mentor, many co workers that are radical leaders, a non practicing Muslim father and an Atheist as a mother. Obama is a fast talker, flip flopper and a racist man running for President: The media and the authorities should be investigating this man.
Just knowing that Louis Farrakhan, anti Semitic, radical, Nation of Islam leader supports Obama should be enough to make our hair stand up on end.
Watch Louis Farrakhan and his followers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QUftErt_M
Farrakhan held a rally with 20,000 Islam members in Chicago just a few months ago.
Many questions need answering. Obama''s father was a non practicing Muslim. How do the Muslim nations view Obama? Aren%u2019t we at war?
Why shouldn''t that be a proper question to ask Obama?
Obama is risky and scary. The media should be talking about Obama''s relationships with radical leaders and anti American supporters as much as they should be reporting about a nominee that was being supported by the KKK.
What are they afraid of?
Thank God McCain has the courage to stand up for Americans with his ads.
Just one of many issues surrounding Obama is enough for me and my community.
Obama has minimal government experience, an anti American Pastor as a mentor, many co workers that are radical leaders, a non practicing Muslim father and an Atheist as a mother. Obama is a fast talker, flip flopper and a racist man running for President: The media and the authorities should be investigating this man.
Just knowing that Louis Farrakhan, anti Semitic, radical, Nation of Islam leader supports Obama should be enough to make our hair stand up on end.
Watch Louis Farrakhan and his followers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QUftErt_M
Farrakhan held a rally with 20,000 Islam members in Chicago just a few months ago.
Many questions need answering. Obama''s father was a non practicing Muslim. How do the Muslim nations view Obama? Aren%u2019t we at war?
Why shouldn''t that be a proper question to ask Obama?
Obama is risky and scary. The media should be talking about Obama''s relationships with radical leaders and anti American supporters as much as they should be reporting about a nominee that was being supported by the KKK.
What are they afraid of?
Thank God McCain has the courage to stand up for Americans with his ads.
Just one of many issues surrounding Obama is enough for me and my community.
Obama has minimal government experience, an anti American Pastor as a mentor, many co workers that are radical leaders, a non practicing Muslim father and an Atheist as a mother. Obama is a fast talker, flip flopper and a racist man running for President: The media and the authorities should be investigating this man.
Just knowing that Louis Farrakhan, anti Semitic, radical, Nation of Islam leader supports Obama should be enough to make our hair stand up on end.
Watch Louis Farrakhan and his followers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QUftErt_M
Farrakhan held a rally with 20,000 Islam members in Chicago just a few months ago.
Many questions need answering. Obama''s father was a non practicing Muslim. How do the Muslim nations view Obama? Aren%u2019t we at war?
Why shouldn''t that be a proper question to ask Obama?
Obama is risky and scary. The media should be talking about Obama''s relationships with radical leaders and anti American supporters as much as they should be reporting about a nominee that
What are they afraid of?
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