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Both quotes (none / 0) (#30)
by andrewwm on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 03:01:19 PM EST
are just brief AP-style summaries of what the candidates said. I think you're reading way more into the meaning than what is possible from these short quotes.

And it's clear that our rift with Europe started because of Iraq. Saying that we want to hear their opinion, especially on an issue we've been shutting them out on, is now considered a bad thing?

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Here's how AP treats quotes: (5.00 / 1) (#44)
by echinopsia on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 03:56:02 PM EST
If it's between double quotes, it is exactly, verbatim, what the person said.  There are strict rules about this - to misquote, summarize, or invent anything between double quotes and attribute it as a direct quote is forbidden and potentially actionable.


 Saying that we want to hear their opinion, especially on an issue we've been shutting them out on, is now considered a bad thing?

No, but saying we want to hear their opinion, when one has not made the effort to hear them by holding Senate subcommittee meetings on Europe because one is too busy campaigning for president, is highly hypocritical.

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top of the list (none / 0) (#33)
by p lukasiak on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 03:06:13 PM EST
Saying that we want to hear their opinion, especially on an issue we've been shutting them out on, is now considered a bad thing?

no, saying its at the top of the list is a bad thing....completely tone deaf, because it says that US priorities will determine the agenda.

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You know (none / 0) (#35)
by andrewwm on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 03:09:46 PM EST
there are still quite a few coalition of the willing countries still left in Europe. For starters, our main ally, the UK. So I would assume that they still have things they want to say about Iraq.

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A European (none / 0) (#56)
by Warren Terrer on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 05:28:58 PM EST
agrees with you.

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Obama Adds Nato and Europe to Campaign Speeches | 68 comments (68 topical)

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