The man running for Duke Cunningham's seat in San Diego seems to possess some good Republican values and fits right in with 'blame the media' Party. A little more publicity and Bush might find ol' Howie a cushy job in the White House. That OMB job is open.
GOP Candidate to Succeed Duke Cunningham Falsified Evidence of Media Bias Against Iraq War
Before he was disgraced today by liberal bloggers, you had probably never heard of Howard Kaloogian. But here in California he is a notorious GOP operative who made his mark in the 2003 campaign to unseat Gov. Gray Davis.
Kaloogian said the photo of peaceful Baghdad proved the media lied about conditions in Iraq because "journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism." A one-time back-bencher in the Assembly, Kaloogian was a mastermind of the recall election that removed Davis from office and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Now, as a candidate in the special election in San Diego to replace former Rep. Duke Cunningham, who recently began serving time for bribery and corruption, Kaloogian has been nailed trying to defraud the public and with an attempt at classic Bushista disinformation meant to prop up support for the war:
[Kaloogian] posted on the official Web site for his campaign a picture [see above] taken in "downtown Baghdad," he said, during his visit to the city, which supposedly indicated that the media was wrong about the level of violence in the city. “We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq,” he wrote. “Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism."
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
"Downtown Baghdad" is looking pretty peaceful!
The man running for Duke Cunningham's seat in San Diego seems to possess some good Republican values and fits right in with 'blame the media' Party. A little more publicity and Bush might find ol' Howie a cushy job in the White House. That OMB job is open.
GOP Candidate to Succeed Duke Cunningham Falsified Evidence of Media Bias Against Iraq War
Before he was disgraced today by liberal bloggers, you had probably never heard of Howard Kaloogian. But here in California he is a notorious GOP operative who made his mark in the 2003 campaign to unseat Gov. Gray Davis.
Kaloogian said the photo of peaceful Baghdad proved the media lied about conditions in Iraq because "journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism." A one-time back-bencher in the Assembly, Kaloogian was a mastermind of the recall election that removed Davis from office and replaced him with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Now, as a candidate in the special election in San Diego to replace former Rep. Duke Cunningham, who recently began serving time for bribery and corruption, Kaloogian has been nailed trying to defraud the public and with an attempt at classic Bushista disinformation meant to prop up support for the war:
[Kaloogian] posted on the official Web site for his campaign a picture [see above] taken in "downtown Baghdad," he said, during his visit to the city, which supposedly indicated that the media was wrong about the level of violence in the city. “We took this photo of downtown Baghdad while we were in Iraq,” he wrote. “Iraq (including Baghdad) is much more calm and stable than what many people believe it to be. But, each day the news media finds any violence occurring in the country and screams and shouts about it - in part because many journalists are opposed to the U.S. effort to fight terrorism."
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