McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence (Washington Post Front Page)

[Cali_Democrat]

McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence

By Michael D. Shear and Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 30, 2008; Page A01

For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take reporters with him, despite no evidence that the charge is true.

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McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said again yesterday that the Republican's version of events is correct, and that Obama canceled the visit because he was not allowed to take reporters and cameras into the hospital.

"It is safe to say that, according to press reports, Barack Obama avoided, skipped, canceled the visit because of those reasons," he said. "We're not making a leap here."

Asked repeatedly for the "reports," Bounds provided three examples, none of which alleged that Obama had wanted to take members of the media to the hospital.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/07/29/ST2008072902360.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. The Big O's Team must come out with an ad to refute McSames hospital charges

or they gonna keep doing it...and you know what happens when they repeat it enough times...

[Enrique]

2. McCain's strategy didn't take this into account

he assumed, reasonably, that the media would not call out the lie, but first Anrea Mitchell and now the WP.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Hopefully this bullshit "story" will be buried once and for all

However, I won't get my hopes up.

[madeline_con]

4. Hold on...

Tucker Bounds said, "according to press reports..."

Didn't the press reports begin, "according to McCain"?

Are Repugs that dumb?

[DFW]

5. It needs to be on the front page of papers like the Dallas Morning News

The WP won't reach the people that need to see this

[C_U_L8R]

6. And here is the indisputable evidence that McCain is a liar

and a louse

[Alter Ego]

7. The WaPo is actually doing their homework?

Well paint me blue and call me Shirley.

[niceypoo]

8. Bushes third campaign