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'Today' Buries McCain, Celebrates Obama's Union Stunt |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 1:20 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, double standards, barack obama, david gregory, john mccain, lee cowan, matt lauer, nbc, today |
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On this morning's Today show it was a tale of two candidates who have fallen behind in the polls. One was eulogized and left for dead, the other one was glowingly profiled. Can you guess which one was a Democrat and which one was the Republican? First, Sen. John McCain sat down on the Today set and had to endure NBC's David Gregory burying his campaign in a set-up piece that was so tough Today co-host Matt Lauer awkwardly apologized: "It's always strange for me to be sitting here with a guy and we're running a tape that's a little bit like a political obituary there." In contrast, NBC's Lee Cowan showed Sen. Barack Obama playing health care worker for a day as he swept cobwebs from ceilings and fixed breakfast for an elderly man as part of a labor union staged photo-op meant to highlight the inability of health care providers to earn "a living wage." While both candidates have fallen behind the frontrunners in their respective parties it was McCain who [ Full article ] |
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