McCain's campaign call CNN's AIP story "smear"

[ProSense]

SANCHEZ: And we welcome you back to world headquarters of CNN. I'm Rick Sanchez.

We have been getting a ton of your responses on these stories that we are following today involving -- including the one that we are covering now. And that is a story about Sarah Palin and Todd Palin and their association, if any, with the Alaska Independence Party.

We have just received some comments within the last hour from the McCain camp.

And, to be fair, I want to make sure I read it to you in full. Here it is.

Let's over my shoulder, Robert. I put it up here, so you can see it on this board. Can you see it right there?

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"CNN is furthering a smear with this report, no different than if your network ran a piece questioning Senator Obama's religion. No serious news organization has tried to make this connection. And it is unfortunate that CNN would be the first."

This is from Michael Goldfarb. He's a McCain/Palin spokesman who we have been in contact with.

He goes on to say: "We are trying to arrange to have one of the governor's people come on the air and respond in the event you do run this piece."

Well, obviously, we are doing this report. And we would welcome anyone from the governor's office if they want to come forward and give us their side of the story. And if there's any other statement that you would like us to read, we would be happy to read it on the air.

We should note, by the way, that we have been in contact with the McCain people on this story since 9:30 this morning, when we first started going through some of this information.

All right. Let us continue now our interview with David Neiwert.

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[chelsea0011]

1. Truth can't be a smear. They need to show where it is inaccurate.

CNN doesn't run false accusations that Obmam is a Muslim but the McCain people in that response can't help themselves to that lie.

[louis-t]

2. That's it, McDummy, keep complaining.

Keep screaming about how 'unjust' it is and how it's not fair and how you're gonna take your ball and go home cuz everyone's pickin' on you. This needs to be in public view just a few more weeks. Wouldn't want it to die out too soon now, would ya?

[Overseas]

3. Inconvenient truth. Todd belonged until 2002. Sarah gave welcome address

at an AIP convention.

AIP advocated secession from the union.

[The Magistrate]

4. Palin's Association With These Traitors, Ma'am, Is A Matter Of Public Record, And McCain Knows It

McCain chose as his running mate a person who consorts with traitors, and gives aid and comfort to treason.

These are simply facts.

"I don't give 'em Hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's Hell!"

[mscuedawg]

5. Modus operandi....Alaskan Independence Party...

FINALLY!!!! : )

[Alter Ego]

6. And yet they're trying to push the vaporous Ayers connection

like crank addicts.

[phleshdef]

7. No other network? Didn't Keith cover it when it first was coming out?