Texans for Truth member calls Newsweek/Isikoff a liar

[CatWoman]

Newsweek’s article, “The Secret Money War,” posted today (Sunday, Sept. 12) on its website, is a laughably inept political analysis of the 2004 campaign and the emergence of so-called 527 organizations such as my own group, Texans For Truth.

I was interviewed by Michael Isikoff. In the interest of full disclosure, he bought my lunch. Then, in the story, he attempts to eat my lunch.

His account of my comments is inaccurate, but I’ve been around long enough to put up with that. Isikoff had the same difficulty recently with inaccurate reporting in his stories on Michael Moore. I’m proud to be in such company. I’d just like to correct one small thing, some errors by omission, and point out the story’s obvious and irresponsible anti-egalitarian bias.

I was never furious at John Kerry or his campaign. Never said I was. Isikoff made it up. I did say Americans were being treated to an Alice in Wonderland spectacle of draft-dodger George Bush attacking the war record of decorated military hero John Kerry. And I did say that even if the law allowed coordination between a 527 and a political campaign that I would not have done so because I wanted the independent voices of real Texans and Americans to be heard without interference from any campaign.

Also, Isikoff omits mention of the 20,000 members of my Texas-based organization, DriveDemocracy.org, whose support was also solicited and received for the Texans for Truth campaign.

http://www.bopnews.com/archives/001541.html#1541

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1. ..

[web]

2. good for goose or gander?

the really interesting thing about kerry vietnam/bush national guard
is that the bush administration trashes the official documents in both investigations.........web

[buycitgo]

5. actually, the last I'd heard is, they've accepted the Bush records

as being true

has this changed?

[mia]

8. Welcome to DU, web!

The Republican Swiftboat Veterans have been trashing Kerry's Vietnam record, and here's what the Bush administration has said about the latest Bush NG records. The Repugs will goose Kerry every chance they get.

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3. Congratulations for surviving a true right wing operative writing for a

shameless right wing mag.

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4. Congratulations for surviving a true right wing operative writing for a

shameless right wing mag.

Thanks for your activism.

[Doctor_J]

6. Isawhore IS a liar

so the Texan for Truth lives up to his name

[Supersedeas]

7. Like no other--this election is all about the Corporate MEDIA