CNN's Kyra Philips helps spread McCain's Iraq-Al-Qaeda meme

BurtWorm

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Thu Mar-20-08 09:16 AM
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CNN's Kyra Philips helps spread McCain's Iraq-Al-Qaeda meme

Edited on Thu Mar-20-08 09:17 AM by BurtWorm

According to TPM:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/184386.php

Maybe John McCain gets his foreign policy briefings from CNN, or maybe it's vice versa. In any event, CNN's Kyra Phillips was interviewing Gen. David Petraeus today and repeated McCain's gaffe from yesterday, touting a connection between Iran and al Qaeda in Iraq. Later in the interview, Petraeus gently corrected her, noting that Syria is typically the path for weapons and fighters for AQI:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kps7kxnhjLU

(Thanks to TPM Reader JS for the tip.)

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elfin

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Thu Mar-20-08 09:24 AM
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1. She is SO stupid

and SO transparent as a brainless Rethug, laboriously following her RNC memo.

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Supersedeas

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Thu Mar-20-08 10:11 AM
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2. that's how it begins...a McCain nudge...a CNN tweak...a Media deluge to come

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