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Blog-Obama: Barack over McCain in Bobblelection
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... • No wonder, since THE BIG LEAD realized that John McCain likes to go back on promises made to talk to sports bloggers . • Meanwhile, MEDIA GENERAL tunes in & learns that South Carolina football games will be ...
John McCain Knows Not Of Your Sports Blogs [Afternoon Blogdome]
Deadspin —
... tried to score an interview with John McCain. It's a roller coaster of emotion, as McCain's camp agrees, then ignores, then agrees and ignores again requests to have their candidate chat with Lamothe on sports issues of the day. Conclusion: "After more than 10 weeks, I’m throwing in the towel publicly on attempting to get 15 minutes of the presidential candidate’s time — something I am well aware is no easy task." [The Big Lead] ...
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Obscure Sports Quarterly —
... Remember when John McCain’s campaign said they wanted to get sports blogs to interview him? Yeah, not so much. (The Big Lead) ...
Someday, Mr. McCain. Someday
Red Sox Monster —
... that they were interested in the presidential candidate talking to sports bloggers since it would "humanize" him. You might say things didn't exactly go according to plan . ...
The Hub: August 14, 2008
Comcast SportsNet New England » Wicked Good Sports —
... Dan Lamothe, the Red Sox Monster, tried for 10 weeks to get an interview with John McCain, and now says he’s had enough of the Potomac two-step. McCain’s people said they wanted him to speak with sports bloggers, to “humanize John McCain as something other than a carbon-copy politician running for office, delivering talking points.” So much for that, as McCain’s never followed through. ...
