Saturday, July 24, 2004
The Incredible Shrinking Berger
How does the New York Times describe Sandy Berger's relationship with the Kerry Campaign?
Let me count the ways.
1. So were two of Mr. Kerry's top foreign policy advisors: former Defense Secretary William Perry and former national security advisor Samuel R. Berger.
--Times reporter David Sanger, June 15, 2004
2. From the Democratic side, Samuel R. Berger, the national security adviser under President Clinton and now a key adviser to John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, told the committee that "more troops and more money is not a strategy."
--Times reporter David Sanger, April 21st, 2004
3. The disclosure of the investigation forced Mr. Berger to step down as an informal, unpaid adviser to Senator John Kerry's campaign
--Times reporter David Sanger, July 22nd, 2004
I can just imagine some Kerry press rep on the phone with Sanger, telling him just how to spin this.
Of course, I don't have to imagine Sanger spinning it. Because it's there in black and white.
Sure, 'key advisors' don't have to be formally on staff, receiving a paycheck. James Baker's not receiving a salary these days, either, from the Bush Administration.
Yet if it were James Baker who got caught stealing classified documents which then somehow 'disappeared' of their own accord, I can't imagine the New York Times--or anyone else--playing up the fact that he wasn't on the payroll at the time.
James Baker is a "key adviser," period.
Sanger and the Times rolled over like a puppydog for the Kerry campaign on this one.
Just look at the headline!!!!
A top Kerry prospect for a cabinet level post, and a former National Security Advisor to the Clinton Administration gets caught committing a felony against the American people, and the Times plays up the idea that the Kerry campaign is miffed at the White House.
This is news?
Maybe Sanger's 'informally' on the Kerry staff, too. He writes like a mole.
Splash, out
Jason
Let me count the ways.
1. So were two of Mr. Kerry's top foreign policy advisors: former Defense Secretary William Perry and former national security advisor Samuel R. Berger.
--Times reporter David Sanger, June 15, 2004
2. From the Democratic side, Samuel R. Berger, the national security adviser under President Clinton and now a key adviser to John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, told the committee that "more troops and more money is not a strategy."
--Times reporter David Sanger, April 21st, 2004
3. The disclosure of the investigation forced Mr. Berger to step down as an informal, unpaid adviser to Senator John Kerry's campaign
--Times reporter David Sanger, July 22nd, 2004
I can just imagine some Kerry press rep on the phone with Sanger, telling him just how to spin this.
Of course, I don't have to imagine Sanger spinning it. Because it's there in black and white.
Sure, 'key advisors' don't have to be formally on staff, receiving a paycheck. James Baker's not receiving a salary these days, either, from the Bush Administration.
Yet if it were James Baker who got caught stealing classified documents which then somehow 'disappeared' of their own accord, I can't imagine the New York Times--or anyone else--playing up the fact that he wasn't on the payroll at the time.
James Baker is a "key adviser," period.
Sanger and the Times rolled over like a puppydog for the Kerry campaign on this one.
Just look at the headline!!!!
A top Kerry prospect for a cabinet level post, and a former National Security Advisor to the Clinton Administration gets caught committing a felony against the American people, and the Times plays up the idea that the Kerry campaign is miffed at the White House.
This is news?
Maybe Sanger's 'informally' on the Kerry staff, too. He writes like a mole.
Splash, out
Jason
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