Wash. Post uncritically reported Romney's attack on Pelosi's "partisan" trip
In an April 12 article on Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) April 11 speech at the Virginia Military Institute, The Washington Post reported that "McCain's pro-war rhetoric is largely matched by his chief rivals for the GOP [presidential] nomination," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.The article then quoted from Romney's April 10 speech in which he called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) recent trip to Syria " 'one of the most partisan, divisive and ill-considered' decisions by a public official in the past 10 years." But in reporting Romney's characterization of Pelosi's trip to Syria as "partisan," the Post failed to note that a Republican -- Rep. David Hobson (OH) -- was part of Pelosi's delegation. Nor did the article report that a Republican-led delegation met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad three days before Pelosi's visit and that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) met with him a day after.
As Media Matters for America documented, several print outlets uncritically reported Romney's selective criticism of Pelosi in his April 10 speech. Further, media figures have repeatedly reported on Pelosi's trip -- and Republican criticism of it -- while ignoring the Republicans who also traveled to Syria and met with Assad.
From the April 12 Washington Post article:
McCain's pro-war rhetoric is largely matched by his chief rivals for the GOP nomination, Giuliani and Romney.
In a similar speech Tuesday night, Romney pledged his support for the effort in Iraq and blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her recent unsanctioned trip to Syria, calling it "one of the most partisan, divisive and ill-considered" decisions by a public official in the past 10 years.
"The troop surge has a real chance of working, and early signs are encouraging," Romney said, echoing McCain's theme. "It is time for Congress to follow the lead of the commanders in the field and the commander in chief."
"The troop surge has a real chance of working, and early signs are encouraging," Romney said.
He followed this statement by screaming at somebody not visible to anyone else in the room, then urinating in his pants.
Mitt Romney / Warren Jeffs 2008
It's a little early to br projecting vote counts, isn't it?
Warren Jeffs Is The Kind Of Hardcore Religious Lunatic That Would Kill In The Republican Primaries.
"Early signs" apparently ignore the repeated breaches of the Green Zone - for example, the bombing today in the center of the Zone, that killed two Iraqi legislators - in favor of the "Occupation at any cost" mantra of the Repugnants and the Media.
Encouraging for defense contractors, fearmongers and other war profiteers.
This administration has "turned the corner" so many times they don't realize they're just running in circles.