Part of your duty in electing Obama should include complaining to the Associated Press RIGHT NOW!

[Darth_Ole]

Guys and gals, Keith O. just brought to our attention an AP article by Charles Babington that clearly lies about Obama's speech.

If you're reading this thread, you have time to copy and paste [email protected] and lift your fingers to your keys and BITCH TO THE AP! Lots of people receive their news via newspaper, and we have to hold them accountable. Here is what Babington wrote, and below is my e-mail to the AP.

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They also have a phone number: 1-212-621-1500

Fill up their mailbox! We need to hold the press as accountable as any politician!

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CVN_CONVENTION_A...

Analysis: Obama spares details, keeps up attacks

DENVER (AP) -- Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is "change we can believe in," promised Thursday to "spell out exactly what that change would mean."

But instead of dwelling on specifics, he laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock and the attacks on John McCain that Democrats cheer. The country saw a candidate confident in his existing campaign formula: tie McCain tightly to President Bush, and remind voters why they are unhappy with the incumbent.

Of course, no candidate can outline every initiative in a 35-minute speech - especially one that also must inspire voters, acknowledge key friends, and toss in some autobiography for the newly-interested. And Obama did touch on nitty-gritty subjects, such as the capital gains tax and biofuel investments.


To the AP:

Shame on you for sending this baseless story out to America's newspapers. Babington's story claimed, "But instead of dwelling on specifics, he laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock and the attacks on John McCain that Democrats cheer."

Those are lies. I don't know what speech Charles Babington watched tonight. The majority of Obama's speech included specific policy stances, numbers, and plans. The speech, which Babington says included no specifics, includes this quote from Obama: "So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am president."

Our democracy depends upon a free and independent press. The AP should offer a retraction of this story as well as an apology to the Obama campaign. The McCain campaign will already have its day by naming the VP pick. The Associated Press doesn't have to help them.

Pissed off,

Kris Olson
Lexington, KY