Oops: WSJ.com Ad Calls McCain Win Before Debate


	Oops: WSJ.com Ad Calls McCain Win Before Debate

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b6e57311-2ec7-4265-bc00-39ea0e0bdc33/766179FB-7957-47F2-8E5B-38F4E0D406F9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate" href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webpronews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><H2>Oops: WSJ.com Ad Calls McCain Win Before Debate </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><DIV class="submitted">
     By <A title="View user profile." href="http://www.webpronews.com/user/jason-lee-miller">Jason Lee Miller</A> - Fri, 09/26/2008 - 3:25pm.         </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.webpronews.com/img/0365017E-9B3B-4128-A940-B18184ECC568" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><P>This morning, before Senator John McCain even agreed to attend tonight’s debate, a Web ad paid for by the McCain campaign appeared alongside a Wall Street Journal article boldly declaring him the winner. The foreign policy debate with Barack Obama isn’t scheduled until 9 p.m. tonight.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.webpronews.com/img/64AE4A7E-D46E-4319-8A82-91B9540F0A47" alt="WSJ.com Ad Calls McCain Win Before Debate" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><P><BR />Credit for the <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/images/26Sep_Friday_WSJ.JPG">screenshot</A> goes to a reader of Chris Cillizza’s now aptly titled “The Fix” blog at <A href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mccain_wins_debate.html">WashingtonPost.com</A>. The ad read, “McCain Wins Debate!” unfortunately recalling the <A href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm145.html">Chicago Tribune’s 1948 error</A> declaring Republican Thomas E. Dewey victorious over Harry Truman.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/26/oops-wsjcom-ad-calls-mccain-win-before-debate"><DIV>Another ad, according to the same report but lacking a screenshot, quoted campaign manager <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/politics/24davis.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1222261464-3JsLItEoNcTLAjyGgdFzQA&oref=slogin">Rick Davis</A> relaying that “McCain won the debate—hands down.” The Journal would not confirm this second ad appeared.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/766179FB-7957-47F2-8E5B-38F4E0D406F9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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