**ACTION ALERT** MCCAIN'S HAMAS TIES - The Mission, if you choose to accept it......

[FrenchieCat]

We have Exclusive Video in where John McCain is interviewed and asked about Hamas.
In the Video, he states clearly that the U.S. would need to talk to Hamas.

Video: Run time: 00:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icooZ4PTM60

Yet, for several weeks now, McCain has attempted to link Hamas to Obama ...and this video shows clearly shows McCain for what he is; a hypocrite and a flip flopper.

There is also an article on Huffington Post:
Exclusive Video: McCain Was For Talking To Hamas Before He Was Against It...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/15/exclusive-video-mccain-wa_n_102031.html

and an Op-Ed in WAPO:
Hypocrisy on Hamas
McCain Was for Talking Before He Was Against It
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503306.html?hpid=opinions

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The media loves John McCain, so we have to take the fight to the media, and force this information to loudly get to mainstream. We have to help spread the message, in otherwords.

Below is a bunch of media folks to send the information to. If they receive this information from enough people, they can't help but deal with it.

Your mission is to email a letter that includes the 3 news sources above to as many contacts as you wish that are provided below.......and tell them that this needs airing ASAP.

You need to do this today, Friday, so that by the Sunday Shows, most won't be able to deny that they have this information.

If you choose not to accept this mission, who knows if anyone else will? So this is the time to get active, so that McCain can be defined for what he is, and not what his base, the press, decides.

Also, we will be competing with a Osama Bin Laden fake tape for airtime, so the more folks below you send this information, the better off we are; otherwise, they win.

We represent the netroots, and as much as we like to type, here's the perfect job for us to do.

Thank you, good luck, and keep kicked..........


Ben Smith - Politico
e-mail: [email protected]
aim: benobserver

Rachel Maddow -- Air America Radio
Title: Co-host
Department: Unfiltered
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

E-mail Ed Schultz during the show!
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STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW
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Randi Rhodes
E-mail: [email protected]

Keith Olbermann -- MSNBC
Title: Host
Department: Countdown with Keith Olbermann
E-mail: [email protected]


Chris Matthews -- MSNBC
Title: Host
Department: Hardball with Chris Matthews
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Dan Abrams -- MSNBC
Title: Host
Department: The Abrams Report
E-mail: [email protected]

Tim Russert -- NBC News
Title: Host; Senior VP; Washington Bureau Chief
Department: Meet the Press
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Bob Schieffer -- CBS News
Title: Anchor & Moderator - FTN; Interim Anchor - CBS Evening News; Chief Washington Correspondent
Department: Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
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Jill Abramson -- New York Times
Title: Managing Editor - Newsgathering
Department: Headquarters
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Robin Toner -- New York Times
Title: Political, Congressional Correspondent
Department: Washington Bureau
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Phone: [phone]
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Dirk Mathison -- Los Angeles Times
Title: Online Political Editor
Department: LATimes.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Doug.Goodall]

1. He is also claiming his 100 year war will be over by 2013

The old man's brain is burned out. He probably will not live to see 2013 anyway.

[FrenchieCat]

4. But please write......

The conversation to be had on the Sunday Shows cannot benefit John McCain in anyway.

[Alexander]

2. K&R

:thumbsup:

[FrenchieCat]

3. You are welcome to post a sample of your letter in this thread........

But know that if you don't do it, maybe it won't get done.


Here's mine:

Dear ___________________

I watched a video on the youtube last night in where John McCain discusses his support for talks with Hamas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icooZ4PTM60

This interview is relatively recent, and based on what John McCain states clearly in the video in reference to Hamas, what was John McCain talking about yesterday? I am forwarding this link to you, as well as a couple of stories already out in the media.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503306.html?hpid=opinions
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/15/exclusive-video-mccain-wa_n_102031.html

Please get this story out as the video is quickly becoming viral.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Respectfully,

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[GoldieAZ49]

8. barely 200 views is "viral"?????

:rofl:


yes, show McCain saying we have to deal with Hamas 'one way or another' and their dedication to violence. That will help promote McCain and his national security platform.

[DearAbby]

32. So you are not going to work against McCain?

Just what are your intentions?

[FrenchieCat]

5. Kick

once more.....

Let's work against McCain.....K?

[mmonk]

6. It would make a great commercial for the fall.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Yes it would.......

:)

[quantass]

7. Frenchie..once again your amazing!

[FrenchieCat]

10. Will you accept this mission?

Cause we need you!

[FrenchieCat]

11. It took me 5 minutes to send my same letter to all of the sources below.....

Which was only taylored a bit for the last three sources, because they are newspapers.

Copy and paste, copy and paste, copy and paste. That's all there is to it.

;)

[Pryderi]

12. wellllll....he did say, "we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another", but

didn't say say he'd "talk to them"

[jefferson_dem]

15. Looks like the old codger might have some wiggle room in parsing his statement here.

We know what he meant - deal with them in terms of diplomatic relations. But, if it reaches the boiling point, watch him say "deal with them means crush them as we should all terrorists."

The Straight Talk Express has a broke down engine.

[The Ghost]

17. I agree completely

You know what 'deal with them one way or another' means, in GOP talk. Sorry, but this is really stretching what McCain said, as much as I dislike him. Hes basically saying we need to bomb the shit out of them, like he says about everyone else there.

[Pryderi]

13. deleted

[alteredstate]

14. MSNBC just aired the video.

n/t

[jefferson_dem]

16. Rubin has a WaPo piece this morning. "Hypocisy on Hamas"!

McCain Was for Talking Before He Was Against It

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503306_pf.html

Bwhahahahahahah...

[npincus]

26. Yes- he was on MSNBC "Monring Joe" today & discussed it

and showed the video clip- it was his interview at Davos 2 years ago.

[1776Forever]

18. Accepted - I made a Distribution List in my Outlook from the email addy's you gave us - Instructions

How to Create a distribution list -

On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List.
In the Name box, type a name. (I just copied and pasted them into the box)
Click Select Members.
In the Show names from the list, click the address book that contains the e-mail addresses you want in your distribution list.
In the Type name or select from list box, type a name you want to include. In the list below, select the name, and then click Members. Do this for each person you want to add to the distribution list, and then click OK.
If you want to add a longer description of the distribution list, click the Notes tab, and then type the text.

The distribution list is saved in your Contacts folder by the name you give it.

Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message

In the e-mail message you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.).
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List.
In the Name box, type a name for the distribution list.
Click Select Members.
In the Add to distribution list list, right-click, and then click Paste on the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.).

.............

Then when you want to send an email to all the members in the group you just select it from your list and voile you have them all in one message!

Hope that helps!


:hi:

[irish.lambchop]

19. Done!

And the clip was just aired on morning joe.

[1776Forever]

20. FrenchieCat I had 3 delivery problems from the list of the emails reported in my reports..

I have it set in my email to give me reports on success or failure of the emails I send. I had the following return with delivery problems. Thought everyone might like to know. It may be because the mail box is full or they just aren't accepting emails:

Here are the 3 reports:

The following addresses had delivery problems:

<[email protected]>
Permanent Failure: 550_<[email protected]>..._User_not_known
Delivery last attempted at Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:35 -0000

<[email protected]>
Permanent Failure: 550_5.1.1_User_unknown
Delivery last attempted at Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:40 -0000

Delivery to the following recipients failed.

[email protected]
......

Maybe someone can give us updated emails.

The rest went through OK!

Thanks!

[Meshuga]

21. LOL - McCain is such a buffoon

Winning in November is going to be easy.

[Jensen]

22. You are with it FrenchieCat !!! We must fight against the M$N or it will be 2004 all over again!

Done K&R and :thumbsup: to You!:kick:

[sfam]

23. I'm "Shocked, Shocked" that McCain is a hypocrite!!!

Great post!

[Aloha Spirit]

24. Obama accepted your mission.

[pompano]

27. If this is a preview....

of things to come in the fall give McHundred a consolation prize for playing and the WH keys to Obama.

He can't keep his stories straight even this early?

He didn't pick up the nickname "Weather vane McCain" for nothing.

:rofl:

[npincus]

25. James Rubin was on "Monring Joe" today and played this clip

and discussed McCain's flip-flop. It's already hit the teevee... and Obama just mentioned it in his SD speech (though did not get specific).

[redqueen]

28. Thanks, FrenchieCat!

:woohoo:

[pompano]

29. Now watch something interesting.....

unfold. Now that we have a presumptive nominee watch all these Republicans that Hillary thought were in her corner drop her like a hot potato and come to McCain's defense full speed ahead.

Was McCains latest waffle or flip-flop part of this lifetime of experience you so proudly bolstered for McLame, huh Hillary?

[FrenchieCat]

30. Keep sending emails. And there are a couple that were incorrect.....

But here are the sites where you can get the correct ones for MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18616878

and for CNN - http://www.cnn.com/feedback/cnntv/

Fuck Fox!

[FrenchieCat]

31. I don't know if those who chose the mission and accomplished it

made a difference......but we can assume so, considering that it was all over the news. :)

This is something DU can be really good for during the GE. After all, the media will be McCain's base this election.....

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[DerekJ]

34. They played this video on MSNBC 200 times.

[FrenchieCat]

35. Kewl!

:thumbsup:


Can't wait to really organize for Obama here at DU.

I really do think that we will be able to make a difference.

[eridani]

36. In a sense that wasn't a flipflop

At Davos, McShame was talking to people he perceived as grown-ups. The other schtick is for the general population of voters, whom he sees as bedwetting toddlers to try to scare the bejeezus out of.