Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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Is It a Friend Thing?
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Posted by:
Carol Platt Liebau at
10:09 PM
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Both James Robbins at The Corner on NRO and James Taranto at Best of the Web Today have observed that Martha Raddatz of ABC News somehow managed to find American soldiers fighting in Iraq, all of whom just happened to support Democrats -- with fully 80% for Obama. This is noteworthy, of course, because (as Brent Baker at Newsbusters recalls) President Bush and Republicans enjoyed solid support from the military in 2004 . . . not that the media reported it.
So how was Ms. Raddatz able to locate such an outspoken group of Obama supporters? Could be that the army is riddled with them, of course . . . or is there another explanation?
I do not know Ms. Raddatz. I do know that as of 1991, Julius Genachowski -- a good friend of Barack's from The Harvard Law Review and, it seems, currently a technology expert and advisor to Barack -- was engaged to her. And from this item, it appears that the marriage went through and produced a child, although the relationship is apparently no longer intact.
Given Barack and Julius' friendship, it seems reasonable that Martha Raddatz would have known Barack quite well, at least back in the early '90's and for some period thereafter. Were they friends, and are they still?
Obviously, there's nothing inherently unethical about Ms. Raddatz covering Barack even if so. But it might help to explain her remarkable ability to find this group outspoken Obama supporters in Iraq.
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You admit you don't have the foggiest idea if Raddatz's sample was random or not, but then you try very hard to convince us it was biased. On the other hand, we know for a certainty that your own views and wishes are biased. So what's the logical inference? |
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Paul DID gather the most campaign contributions from soldiers, but so what? Does that mean there is a large outpouring of support for him from the military? Or does it mean that those who do support him believed in him enough to speak with the pocketbooks.
John McCain, was, at the time, the number two recipent.
So, if anything, going by that, it would seem as if the military is pretty much split like the rest of us.
As to the current polling, I would be curious to know if it's scientific or informal. And how many officers were asked vs. how many enlisted men. |
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According to the Paulians, the military overwhelmingly supports the racist nut Ron Paul! Which group of liars to believe...I'm so confused. |
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maybe the military vote won't be disenfranchised by the Democrats like in all the other recent elections! |
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Carol,
On the flip side of that coin, if only Martha Raddatz could do some investigative reporting to locate that small contingent of Democrats who support our troops ! |
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