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Coakly Is A Bully, and on the take by lobyists for health care
« on: January 13, 2010, 02:08:00 PM »
http://bostonherald.com.nyud.net/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1225332&cache_interval=13130

A Weekly Standard reporter says he was roughed up last night outside a Washington, D.C. fund-raiser for Attorney General Martha Coakley by someone he believes is associated with her U.S. Senate campaign.

John McCormack, the magazine’s deputy online editor, writes about the incident outside the Sonoma restaurant in an online dispatch entitled: “We Report, We Get Pushed.”

According to McCormack’s account, Coakley took two questions from reporters after the event, but declined to respond to his question. McCormack wrote he asked Coakley whether she stood by statements she made during Monday’s debate about terrorists in Afghanistan.

He provided the following transcript of what happened:

“TWS: Attorney General Coakley, you said last night that there are no terrorists in Afghanistan--that they’re all in Yemen and Pakistan. Do you stand by that remark?

COAKLEY: I’m sorry, did someone else have a question?

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Re: Coakly Is A Bully, and on the take by lobyists for health care
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2010, 02:10:51 PM »
Just check out how the MSM is spinning the story...

http://www.wggb.com/Global/story.asp?S=11814211&nav=menu1460_2

Reporter takes stumble chasing Mass. candidate
Associated Press - January 13, 2010 12:14 PM ET

BOSTON (AP) - A reporter trying to question Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley was involved in a scuffle with 1 of her aides.

John McCormack of the Weekly Standard fell Tuesday night as he tried to speak with the Democrat while simultaneously videotaping her and trying to pass a metal grate on a Washington sidewalk.

Photos and video of the incident show Coakley aide Michael Meehan trying to help McCormack up. A scuffle broke out as Meehan tried to block McCormack and determine if he was an operative of a rival campaign.

Coakley is seen ignoring McCormack. The trip prompted criticism, since Coakley was in Washington seeking money from lobbyists while polls show a tightening race.

Republican Scott Brown and independent Joseph L. Kennedy are also seeking to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

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Re: Coakly Is A Bully, and on the take by lobyists for health care
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 02:28:59 PM »
Coakly.....the voice of Corruptocrats
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 02:41:58 PM »

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Re: Coakly Is A Bully, and on the take by lobyists for health care
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2010, 02:43:43 PM »
Is the line between journalism and the paparazzi blurring?