Murdoch-WSJ Hit Piece Destroys Kucinich Presidency

http://wonkette.com/339637/murdoch+wsj-hit-piece-destroys-kucinich-presidency

Dennis Kucinich was this close to winning both the nomination and the presidency when Rupert Murdoch’s evil new Wall Street Journal brazenly brought up that whole UFO incident, which everybody had completely forgotten because it was only a widely reported and heavily mocked part of a nationally televised Democrat debate a few months ago.

On today’s front page of the WSJ, you’ll find this terrible outrage:

What Kucinich Saw:
Witnesses Describe
His Close Encounter
Candidate’s Pals Recall
Three Throbbing UFOs;
Outed by Shirley MacLaine
Jesus, what are they going to do next, call his wife a red-headed hippie with a tongue stud?




http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003690286
Murdoch's 'WSJ' Greets New Year -- With Front-Pager on Kucinich's UFO

NEW YORK It's too early to say what changes are really afoot at the Wall Street Journal, in its first weeks after the Murdoch/News Corp. takeover, but a front page article today might raise a few eyebrows. Was there really any pressing need to cover Dennis Kucinich's old, and much laughed over, UFO encounter, especially with him about to poll about 1% of the vote in Iowa?

Here is how the Michael M. Phillips story opens. It's up at http://online.wsj.com.
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The 2008 presidential race has raised many questions about the candidates' personal histories. Will Barack Obama's past drug use preclude a White House future? Will Christian conservatives forgive Rudy Giuliani his two divorces? Will voters forgive Hillary Clinton for forgiving Bill?

And what exactly did Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich see hovering above actress Shirley MacLaine's house 25 years ago?

This fall, Ms. MacLaine revealed in her new book that the Ohio congressman had seen a UFO and felt "a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind." In a Democratic presidential debate in late October, Mr. Kucinich acknowledged seeing something airborne that he couldn't identify and then defused the issue with a joke about opening a campaign office in Roswell, N.M., the capital of unexplained sightings.

Since then, the long-shot candidate has refused to elaborate on the experience.

Now, after keeping quiet about the incident for a quarter of a century, the two people who say they were at Mr. Kucinich's side that evening have come forward to describe an event which they say left them convinced that there's intelligent life in outer space.


THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119923872081461417.html?mod=blog


PAGE ONE


What Kucinich Saw:
Witnesses Describe
His Close Encounter
Candidate's Pals Recall
Three Throbbing UFOs;
Outed by Shirley MacLaine
By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS
January 2, 2008; Page A1

The 2008 presidential race has raised many questions about the candidates' personal histories. Will Barack Obama's past drug use preclude a White House future? Will Christian conservatives forgive Rudy Giuliani his two divorces? Will voters forgive Hillary Clinton for forgiving Bill?

And what exactly did Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich see hovering above actress Shirley MacLaine's house 25 years ago?

This fall, Ms. MacLaine revealed in her new book that the Ohio congressman had seen a UFO and felt "a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind." In a Democratic presidential debate in late October, Mr. Kucinich acknowledged seeing something airborne that he couldn't identify and then defused the issue with a joke about opening a campaign office in Roswell, N.M., the capital of unexplained sightings.


Since then, the long-shot candidate has refused to elaborate on the experience.

Now, after keeping quiet about the incident for a quarter of a century, the two people who say they were at Mr. Kucinich's side that evening have come forward to describe an event which they say left them convinced that there's intelligent life in outer space.

"At no time did I feel afraid, even though I felt very small," says one witness, Paul Costanzo. "I sensed that I was in the presence of a greater technology and intelligence."

The close encounter, says Mr. Costanzo, took place in September 1982 at Ms. MacLaine's former home in Graham, Wash. -- an expansive estate on a ridge above the Puyallup River, with a view of Mount Rainier.

how a candidate who never got within spitting distance of a double-digit finish, either in past primaries or in current opinion polls, was "this close" to winning the primaries and the fall elections?

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It's a fascinating study in "fair and balanced" journalism. :puke:

Let's see... having dinner and seeing an unexplained phenomenon in the night sky. That's serious!
Snorting cocaine and deserting the Air National Guard due to drug abuse? That's oh-hum.

Corrupt? Ubetcha.