Mark Ritchie On Sen. Coleman's Campaign

Mark Ritchie tells MSNBC that Sen. Coleman's campaign wants to win at any price, but later that same day, denies having said it.

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[AtlasObjectivist]

What an embarrassment for the state of Minnesota.

[charityGSHS]

My last post was meant to be sarcastic. Richie is a flaming liberal from Georgia who will not be honest as overseer of the recount.

[charityGSHS]

Georgia boy Richie is about as non-partisan as they come.

[CaptainGhrei]

Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them...

[spycake]

The most logical conclusion: this is ridiculous political gamesmanship and faux-outrage, the kind that has been on constant display from BOTH major campaigns throughout this race. Nothing more.

[spycake]

Using the plural "they" and "their" when referring to multiple things stretches logic?

Not only does he begin his response talking about political campaigns in general, immediately after saying "their goal is to win at any price" he says "they've invested millions and millions of dollars." Which is clearly NOT specific to the Coleman campaign -- both major campaigns spent a lot of money -- and moreover, indicates his comments do NOT refer to any sort of cheating.

[jboze3131]

He never denied targeting the Coleman campaign, he said he never said they'd do anything to win. If he was talking about both campaigns (which stretches logic), he still said it. Me thinks you're being wilfully blind to this.

[spycake]

Hence, his denial later that he was targeting the Coleman campaign (he wasn't saying anything about any specific campaign, just commenting on campaign practices in general).

I understand the need for any campaign to be vigilant during this process, but pouncing on stuff like this, as if it is evidence of anything, is absolutely ridiculous.

[spycake]

This isn't super-complicated. Yes, the "question" he was asked (which was pretty general and non-specific, as most TV interviews are) mentioned the Coleman campaign.

BUT Ritchie's response clearly begins with a general comment on "normal campaign [practices]", after which he never even refers to a singular candidate or campaign, instead using the pronouns "they" and "their." It's an awfully big stretch to say he was targeting a specific campaign.

[jboze3131]

Wait, I'm confused. You DON'T think it's meant toward the Coleman campaign, but you pasted the transcript where he specificaly answers in reply to "why the Coleman campaign is now questioning the vote counting?"

Maybe I'm missing something here. (??)