A Shameful Attempt at Gotcha Journalism From the WaPo |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 12:15 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential race |
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The Washington Post embarrassed itself and its poor victim by attempting to set Mitt Romney up on the issue of health care. A WaPo reporter (term used loosely) went into a diner before Mitt Romney arrived and baited a waitress there to challenge him on heath care. Then the Post was then dumb enough to post the video including the part where they where trying to bait the woman up. They where trying to manufacture a moment where a simple waitress, stewing over the lack of socialized medicine, challenges a Republican candidate and puts him in his place. Because WE ALL KNOW to the modern media, a waitress making 5 bucks an hour plus tips is more qualified to run the country than a dual Harvard grad (JD/MBA) who is a former Governor of a state that passed an extensive heath care reform package. Instead of the waitress putting him in his place, Romney got video he could use in a campaign commercial and she was so befuddled by his replies she was reduced to sniveling that she wasn't [ Full article ] |
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