Comments on: The Cookies & The Noise Machine http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/22/the-cookies-the-noise-machine/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Oliver Willis » Republicans Do What Republicans Do Best http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/22/the-cookies-the-noise-machine/#comment-13683 Oliver Willis » Republicans Do What Republicans Do Best Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:11:31 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=971#comment-13683 [...] e read on the House floor, when she called John Murtha a coward. The Maryland GOP s lies about Oreos being thrown at Michael Steele has suffered at the hands o [...] [...] e read on the House floor, when she called John Murtha a coward. The Maryland GOP s lies about Oreos being thrown at Michael Steele has suffered at the hands o [...]

]]> By: sooperedd http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/22/the-cookies-the-noise-machine/#comment-13682 sooperedd Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:11:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=971#comment-13682 I wish someone would try and pelt me with Oreos, just as long as they are Double Stuffs. I wish someone would try and pelt me with Oreos, just as long as they are Double Stuffs.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/11/22/the-cookies-the-noise-machine/#comment-13681 Quaker in a Basement Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:11:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=971#comment-13681 It always bears mentioning again that the Washington Times' S.A. Miller has been the one pushing this story hard. As you linked item at Media Matters points out: <blockquote>But WTOP reported that, "[w]hen pressed, Miller said he couldn't swear in court that Steele did get hit with cookies because he didn't actually see it happen." WTOP also reported that "Fran Coombs, managing editor for the Washington Times, told WTOP Miller denies ever speaking to WTOP and said <b>Miller did not attend the Morgan State event.</b>" </blockquote> Miller wasn't there. It always bears mentioning again that the Washington Times’ S.A. Miller has been the one pushing this story hard. As you linked item at Media Matters points out:

But WTOP reported that, “[w]hen pressed, Miller said he couldn’t swear in court that Steele did get hit with cookies because he didn’t actually see it happen.” WTOP also reported that “Fran Coombs, managing editor for the Washington Times, told WTOP Miller denies ever speaking to WTOP and said Miller did not attend the Morgan State event.”

Miller wasn’t there.

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