Re: New York Times Finally Publishes Bombshell McCain/Lobbyist Story

ed wrote:
> 'NYT' Finally Publishes Bombshell McCain/Lobbyist Story
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> By E&P Staff
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> Published: February 20, 2008 8:30 PM ET
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> NEW YORK It had the story back in December, rumor had it, but The New
York 
> Times did not run with it until tonight: detailing some kind of
relation****p 
> between Sen. John McCain and a lobbyist more than 30 years his junior.
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> The rumors last December died down after other re****ts suggested that
that 
> McCain and the unnamed woman had hired Wa****ngton lawyer/fixer Bob
Bennett 
> to strong arm the Times. Howard Kurtz of The Wa****ngton Post re****ted
then 
> that Bennett had dealt with specific issues raised in the re****ting. 
> Whatever went down, the story never ran. Until tonight.
> 
> The relation****p from back in 2000 is part of a much longer story on 
> McCain's ethic that carries multiple bylines: Jim Rutenberg, Marilyn 
> Thompson, David Kirkpatrick and Stephen Labaton. Both McCain and the
woman 
> deny the re****ts, so it is interesting what changed to make the paper
carry 
> the story, quite prominently, now, at www.nytimes.com.
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http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003713474
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> www.mccainalert.com
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"For whom the gods will destroy, they first make mad." Euripides