Correction, Corrected

My original correction was a bit tentative as I didn't know the facts. I wrote that Jake Tapper had said --

Obama is the first President since Washington to step down into the presidency.

Having now read/searched the transcripts of ABCNews' inaugural day coverage, I can say that Tapper did not say this, or anything even close to this. He actually didn't say very much throughout the day, and it was all standard reportage. I didn't even see anything praising Obama at all.

In fact, a search for "George Washington" doesn't pull up a quote from anyone else, either.

He simply didn't say it, and I was slapdash to write that he had.

What probably happened is that someone interviewed said it, or it was said on another network. Drew really never sent this as a "tip," just as chatter in email as we seethed throughout the day, so he didn't work hard to pin down the time or precise details about it -- he didn't expect me to pull it out of an email and parade it around as a fact, and I shouldn't have done so. He was flipping through channels and remarking casually about the coverage, not in reporter/blog-tipping mode.

It's not Drew's fault, it's mine. And right now I'm working to correct this. I have reported something in error and it seems to be getting spread further. Not only am I embarrassed about getting it wrong, but Tapper really does try more than most to keep it fair.

As some have noted, and I thought myself at the time -- this really never sounded like something Tapper would say. You don't spend years working up a reputation as an impartial reporter just to piss it away indulging a Matthews-esque thrill up the leg puffery.

Posted by: Ace at 06:30 PM

Comments

1 Heh, I was just going to fix the i-tag but someone beat me to it.

First!

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 21, 2009 10:00 PM (Ygf78)

2 Dind't sound like Trapper. He's been the only Obama sceptic in the MSM.

But it did sound MSM.////

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at January 21, 2009 10:01 PM (oWAHQ)

3 Did Tapper say whether he'd yell a question or two at Rahm Emanuel about his contact with Blagovevich? Or by arguing with you is he just haggling over price rather than what he is.

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:01 PM (1g+FW)

4 Just asking...

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:02 PM (1g+FW)

5 Obama stepping down to the Oval Office gives me a tingle

Posted by: Chrissy Matthews at January 21, 2009 10:02 PM (miw86)

6 Please don't change the name of the blog to "Ace of Loose Shit HQ". It might be accurate, but AoLSHQ just doesn't look right.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2009 10:02 PM (MKNSy)

7 Did Tapper say whether he'd yell a question or two at Rahm Emanuel about his contact with Blagovevich? Or by arguing with you is he just haggling over price rather than what he is.

That "unwelcome distraction" has just disappeared.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 21, 2009 10:02 PM (XUAzl)

8 OT - but more important. Am I the only person in the world who missed the issue of Spiderman where he revealed his dark history of sex abuse???

Thanks Stan Lee, now I can never enjoy a Spiderman comic again.

Posted by: chad98036 at January 21, 2009 10:03 PM (Fdmhw)

9 Obama gives me that jungle fever

Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at January 21, 2009 10:03 PM (miw86)

10 Those window treatments are entirely out of place for an ascended being's office. Technically he is "stepping down" if he's retaken human form, right?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 21, 2009 10:05 PM (Ygf78)

11 Was, um, obviously off my nut today. See the last post. Or, like, the massive three post effort I put in. Was, actually, kinda sick

The Age of Obama has left me off my nut and kind of sick as well. I expect I'll feel that way until the day he is impeached, or surrenders to our Muslim overlords.

/viva la Resistance!

Posted by: shibumi at January 21, 2009 10:06 PM (tZB/c)

12 Quiet,

What Blago visiting Jimmy Hoffa or something or Tapper and his buddies just decided to paper it all over?

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:06 PM (1g+FW)

13 You have communications with Tapper? Ask him why he's such a chickenshit that he deletes comments over there that challenge his ,,ahem,,,oh so witty remarks. Tell him to strap on a set of balls and delete some from the crazy lefty nutholes that frequent that place instead.

Posted by: Annie at January 21, 2009 10:06 PM (g+A6A)

14
You say what...?
Olde soldier sucks the cat off!

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 10:07 PM (/H+4I)

15 Agreed, it didn't sound like something Tapper would say, except maybe in jest.

Posted by: flenser at January 21, 2009 10:07 PM (Lg6zo)

16 8 OT - but more important. Am I the only person in the world who missed the issue of Spiderman where he revealed his dark history of sex abuse???

So much for his "gentle Uncle Ben"

Posted by: kbdabear at January 21, 2009 10:07 PM (miw86)

17 I agree that it never sounded like Tapper. My first response reading the quote was, "Did the pod people get Tapper too?" I'm glad that there will be at least one reporter covering Washington who isn't flat out in love with Obama.

Posted by: Gadfly at January 21, 2009 10:07 PM (Go0YX)

18 Even better invite Tapper over here to read the comments he's going to get on this thread.

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:08 PM (1g+FW)

19 Hey Ace! Get well. And, if you happen to have tossed Friskies today, I hope you took a picture of it. Michelle's designer needs some fresh ideas.

Posted by: Y-not at January 21, 2009 10:09 PM (P9xCZ)

20 Gocht, are you an old soldier, or an old ex-soldier? I think you're being deceptive.

Posted by: flenser at January 21, 2009 10:09 PM (Lg6zo)

21 #12,

No, it's been dropped as a story. No one asks Rahm about it and in Chicago there haven't been any stories about Blago in a while. It's like none of it ever happened. If it were a Republican Pravda would have hounded the story to death.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 21, 2009 10:10 PM (XUAzl)

22 @ shibumi

God, do I agree. I mean I want Obama to be successful enough that all the foreign nutjobs don't think it's ok to start fulfilling their religious duty to kill Americans and that China doesn't surplant us as the dominant economic power, but at the same time all this unwarranted Obama worship make me hope that every thing he touches turns to shit. Kind of a reverse Midas touch.

Posted by: chad at January 21, 2009 10:10 PM (Fdmhw)

Or somebody's been hitting the Val-U Rite too hard

Posted by: blackrockmarauder at January 21, 2009 10:10 PM (GvgvT)

24
Posted by: Annie at January 21, 2009 10:06 PM (g+A6A)

Holy Jesus, Mary and Joseph...!
You dah babe....!

Posted by: J_gocht at January 21, 2009 10:11 PM (jKhW+)

25 No, Tapper isn't flat out in love with Obama. He just pines for him from afar...which, admitted, compared to all the rest is superlative self-control. Got to congratulate him for that...being a political operative without making it so obvious he's a political operative.

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:11 PM (1g+FW)

26 It was me who said that, peasant.

Posted by: Queen Michelle Obama at January 21, 2009 10:12 PM (5DhtJ)

27 Quiet,

Blago's going to pop back up eventually. I don't think any thing will ever splash on Obama, but what the Hell there will be more entertainment in the story. BTW Ace you are a better man than I...being fair to the hideously, unrepentantly unfair is ...well, almost christian.

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:14 PM (1g+FW)

28 hmmm...antichrist anyone?

Snopes says "false", but any decent antichrist should be able to out wit Snopes.

...insert popcorn munching noise here...

Posted by: torabora at January 21, 2009 10:15 PM (kR0LH)

29 Was, actually, kinda sick

Veterinarians in the US generally don't treat Ewoks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2009 10:16 PM (MKNSy)

Tell Jake Tapper to go fuck himself . Useless cunt.

Posted by: Barack Barry Hussein Soetero Obama Dunham Fuckhead bastard spawn of a white whore. at January 21, 2009 10:21 PM (Z/cjd)

31 BBHSODF,

You can get by with that. Journalists will do anything for you. The rest of us humans, we aren't so lucky. Fortunately Paul Revere O'Reily is looking out for us...we are so screwed.

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:24 PM (1g+FW)

32 ace, perhaps you should note the correction / apology in the original post containing the "error"???

Posted by: slackmac at January 21, 2009 10:24 PM (ynL91)

33
13 You have communications with Tapper? Ask him why he's such a chickenshit that he deletes comments over there that challenge his ,,ahem,,,oh so witty remarks. Tell him to strap on a set of balls and delete some from the crazy lefty nutholes that frequent that
place instead.

TO sends all my best...!

Posted by: Annie at January 21, 2009 10:06 PM (g+A6A)

Holy beejeebuss, Annie...you didn't have to grab my bits...!

Insignificant you say...!

tiny bits...

roll 'em over...!

Damn...mmm I say...!

You dah BABE...!

Hugs and Kisses...!

TO... sends all my best...!

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 10:26 PM (iMqeM)

34 slackmac,

Maybe Ace should just call it accurate but false and let it ride? I hear that's an accepted practice in journalism circles...

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:27 PM (1g+FW)

35 Barack Barry Hussein Soetero Obama Dunham Fuckhead bastard spawn of a white whore.

What are you trying to say here? i'm confused

Posted by: allahallahoxenfree at January 21, 2009 10:27 PM (tolXP)

36 Hey-you're still more reliable than the MSM! I know, damning with faint praise.....

Posted by: Alex at January 21, 2009 10:30 PM (2hcV2)

37 8 OT - but more important. Am I the only person in the world who missed the issue of Spiderman where he revealed his dark history of sex abuse???

Ummm.... it was the aunt, wasn't it?

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 21, 2009 10:31 PM (iafWn)

38 I Tappered that.

Posted by: mesablue at January 21, 2009 10:31 PM (5yNaE)

39 Posted by: allahallahoxenfree at January 21, 2009 10:27 PM (tolXP)

You Sir...
Remain in a total haze of complete confusion...!

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 10:32 PM (fqCzl)

40 KLINGON FUCKER!

Posted by: if i close my eyes shes Halle Berry at January 21, 2009 10:33 PM (tolXP)

41 Andrea Mitchell wishes she would be tappered by the president it appears...

Posted by: The Obvious at January 21, 2009 10:33 PM (1g+FW)

Feel better soon, Ace. And, everyone flubs now and then. The difference, is that you don't bury the correction/apology way down in tiny print on page 16.

On a totally different, yet totally absurb topic, Agent Bedhead just posted this. Apparently, the real culprit responsible for the mortgage crisis isn't even a resident of the U.S.

Posted by: jmflynny at January 21, 2009 10:34 PM (F5aSZ)

43 @37

It was a previously unrevealed childhood friend Skip. Of course Skip was about 37 years old and hung around in the children's section of the public library and lived with his mother, so maybe that should have been a hint something was wrong.

Posted by: chad at January 21, 2009 10:38 PM (Fdmhw)

44 I'm glad to see the False-But-Accurate<sup>tm</sup> stuff doesn't fly with you Ace. Nicely done squaring away your house.

Posted by: brando at January 21, 2009 10:38 PM (gNIlp)

45 Is this the overnight thread?

Posted by: solitary knight at January 21, 2009 10:39 PM (mJqAN)

46 OT: In a thread regarding the designer of the first woman's exquisite... uh... gown, it appears that Ace's biggest fan has gained a Jewish, Israel-supporting concern troll. Has that been done here yet?

Posted by: Herr Bl�cher at January 21, 2009 10:40 PM (Fknuz)

47 If you guys don't start giving my veteran status respect, I'm going to get my nerf gun and show you who's the real military hero here.

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 10:41 PM (fqCzl)

48 8 OT - but more important. Am I the only person in the world who missed the issue of Spiderman where he revealed his dark history of sex abuse???

I'm a victim too. I got fingerfucked by Wolverine

Posted by: maryjane rottencrotch at January 21, 2009 10:41 PM (tolXP)

49 Fuck, I read that as "steps DOWN from the presidency"...

Posted by: Unclefacts at January 21, 2009 10:43 PM (M+Vfm)

50 But it's ok, my hymen got magically replaced Tuesday

Posted by: maryjane rottencrotch at January 21, 2009 10:43 PM (tolXP)

51 It'll be interesting to see where Drew got that from.

Don't think he'd make it up.

Posted by: mesablue at January 21, 2009 10:44 PM (5yNaE)

52 Guys, you can mask your cynicism in snark all you want, but going from godhood to the Presidency IS a step down.

Posted by: RedFox84 at January 21, 2009 10:46 PM (9H4sW)

53 Obama is the first President since Washington Clinton to step go down into for the presidency.

FIFY

Posted by: MikeH at January 21, 2009 10:46 PM (zqzYV)

54 I think Tapper said Andrea Mitchell was naughty...filthy naughty. That's what I heard anyway.

Posted by: Winston at January 21, 2009 10:47 PM (LaDmj)

55 STILL a Klingon Fucker

Posted by: Oh god whats that lump? I'm too scared to open my eyes at January 21, 2009 10:49 PM (tolXP)

56 Look at this shit in the era of post election healing - Jay-z and other idiots

http://tinyurl.com/7jxkax

Posted by: Penguin at January 21, 2009 10:51 PM (oaI8w)

I heard Keith Olberman say there were dancing peanuts in his head and if he hit himself in the head with his stapler, the dwarves from Ulgathoook will show him the magic doorway to Shangri-la.

Anyone wanna dispute that?

Posted by: El Kabong at January 21, 2009 10:51 PM (41KxF)

And as for the correction:

"Ace of Spades HQ: Now only slightly more accurate than the New York Times"

Just write that Greg Packer said it and be done with it.

Posted by: El Kabong at January 21, 2009 10:54 PM (41KxF)

59 Posted by: mesablue at January 21, 2009 10:44 PM (5yNaE)

I definitely heard it during the parade coverage.

As Tapper is adamant that he did not say it, I have no reason to disbelieve him. I am willing to accept that I misidentified the speaker in my email and apologize to Mr. Tapper and Ace for any error.

Posted by: DrewM. at January 21, 2009 10:55 PM (hlYel)

60 No one interested in Rudy's comment about de-emphasizing social conservatism? This is double plus un-good. #1 it's a bad idea and #2 who the hell thinks Rudy is the messanger of fiscal conservatism?

Posted by: John Galt at January 21, 2009 10:55 PM (Ylv1H)

61 For he so loved the world he sent his only son?

Posted by: Winston at January 21, 2009 10:55 PM (LaDmj)

62 Romney or Palin in the Whitehouse in 2012?

Posted by: allahallahoxenfree at January 21, 2009 10:59 PM (tolXP)

63 Another completely OT item but I have to know - How many of the female readers are going to rush right out and buy one of these.

The pitch:

You love your candidate let him love you back!

Stands 71/2 inches tall, nearly 2 inches in diameter
Weighs approximately 14 oz
Made in the USA (very important in my estimation)
Made from fine, TPR, Phthalate-free rubber
Waterproof
No batteries required

personally I may feel like I am going to get fucked by Obama I don't want it to be literal

Posted by: chad at January 21, 2009 10:59 PM (Fdmhw)

64 I put a carrot in my naughty hole.

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 10:59 PM (jKhW+)

65 Well, that makes more sense then. The comment was kinda hard to figure out in the first place, and didn't sound like something Jake Tapper would say.

I believe Tapper is something unusual in the field of MSM journalism these days - someone who thinks for himself, and doesn't seem to be particularly afraid to say what he thinks.

Posted by: Alana at January 21, 2009 11:03 PM (JE2zV)

66 It's my birthday, jerkbahs...!

JERKSTORE! the line is JERKSTORE!

Posted by: allahallahoxenfree at January 21, 2009 11:06 PM (tolXP)

67 For my birthday, Mother got me a new pair of GI Joe underoos!

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 11:08 PM (3ZUJz)

68 I'm the bravest pretend soldier on the internetz!

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 21, 2009 11:12 PM (fqCzl)

69 Does anyone give a "shit" that it's my birthday...?

My birthday was two days ago. Did you even send a card...? No. You're dead to me.

Posted by: nickless at January 21, 2009 11:12 PM (MMC8r)

70 Whos up for a remake of Deliverance? Murtha can play Ned Beatty.

Posted by: allahallahoxenfree at January 21, 2009 11:13 PM (tolXP)

71 Happy birthday! and yes I shat several times today after hitting the chinese buffet.

Posted by: John Galt at January 21, 2009 11:14 PM (Ylv1H)

72 Tapper works for ABC? He's a tappin' fuckheel, then. Who cares what he said? Chances are it'll be something fucking stupid.

Posted by: jaleach at January 21, 2009 11:16 PM (gHrZU)

73 I am willing to accept that I misidentified the speaker in my email and apologize to Mr. Tapper and Ace for any error.

Kerfufflemaker.

Posted by: mesablue at January 21, 2009 11:16 PM (5yNaE)

74 MOTHER does NOT approve of this BLOG!!

Posted by: J_gocht at January 21, 2009 11:17 PM (lf14X)

75 Happy Bday J may you have many more.

Posted by: Tee866 at January 21, 2009 11:19 PM (zSzrz)

76 Lets go to the videotape! (there is a tape; find it) Tapper is a tool, I guarantee he was slobbering with the rest of them.

Posted by: james23 at January 21, 2009 11:22 PM (Vc/xe)

77 OK, but let's just keep this straight:

Garrison Keillor is still the same douchenozzle he's always been, right?

Posted by: notropis at January 21, 2009 11:24 PM (Q/yna)

Jake Tapper can SUCK MY NUTS.

Here's a tip Tapper - the first journo to write a book about 'O's real background and associates will be set for life.

btw- I've never heard of you before this but you still sound like a right royal whingeing cunt.

Posted by: Barack Barry Hussein Soetero Obama Dunham Fuckhead bastard spawn of a white whore. at January 21, 2009 11:26 PM (Z/cjd)

heh heh. I said 'Tip Tapper' .

Posted by: Barack Barry Hussein Soetero Obama Dunham Fuckhead bastard spawn of a white whore. at January 21, 2009 11:28 PM (Z/cjd)

Re: obama dildo

I should send one to matthews and olbermann. I already sent them some KY Jelly.

Posted by: Ginger at January 21, 2009 11:28 PM (bThRJ)

81 I just read in the NYT that Garrison Keillor, Andrea Mitchell and that giant rancid liberal douche Helen Thomas are all performing in an off-off-off-off Broadway tribute to Obama. The show title is still TBD.

Posted by: Winston at January 21, 2009 11:30 PM (LaDmj)

82 @ ginger

I just spewed beer thinking about them opening the packages. I think it would be funny if the entire moronosphere sent them like the send brick campaign during the immigration reform debate

Posted by: chad at January 21, 2009 11:31 PM (Fdmhw)

83 Penguin,

That's the kind of thing that will make Obama a one-termer. Gonna be hard to "Sister Souljah" the likes of Jay-Z, but if he doesn't, and doesn't sound sincere, next round he's gonna lose Virginia, NC, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and maybe even Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nevada and Colorado, almost no matter whom the Republicans run.

But if he does dump the hip hoppers under the bus, they won't be nearly so accommodating as Rev. Wright. In fact, he'll become mighty white, mighty quick.

It's a rough sort of triangulation he's tried. It wouldn't have lasted this long without a full court press by the press. I don't think it can hold.

Course, I thought Obama'd be easier to beat than Hillary, so I don't know shit when it comes to politics.

Posted by: notropis at January 21, 2009 11:33 PM (Q/yna)

84 Happy birthday, J_Gocht.

Posted by: Methos at January 21, 2009 11:40 PM (LqLye)

85 Relax Ace.

This just in:

Former network anchor and current moon-bat emeritus Dan Rather has declared the Tapper story "fake but accurate."

Posted by: Barrack at January 21, 2009 11:44 PM (2bYlb)

86 That doesn't sound like something Jake Tapper would say, based on previous stuff I've read of his. He's got a pretty good blog.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 21, 2009 11:44 PM (PQY7w)

87 Notropis, Kanye west wasn't enough? When he doesn't deliver and Carters For-Pol, white guilt will indeed disappear. Especially if he's courtside w/spike lee, Taking the kids to the BET awards etc..

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 21, 2009 11:44 PM (9aAKh)

88 Ace, I used to rely on you and your band of demented misfits for hard news and even harder (perhaps turgid) analysis.

Now it's all fucked up. And what/who the fuck is/are "small dead animals."

You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

Posted by: nutmegory at January 22, 2009 12:06 AM (2bYlb)

89 i wondered, 'cause tapper (my nickname back when i was pre-op living in a sorority house) seemed to be someone not afraid to speak truth to the mess-eye-uhh

Posted by: cts22 at January 22, 2009 12:07 AM (Wplsa)

So if I understood you to said, Drew, a guy who calls others here liars, claims he never backs up, and a guy you give co-blogger status to, was flat wrong in what he said and refuses to back down.

Fuckin' imagin' that.

You came in second this year, right?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2009 12:13 AM (VW9/y)

91 hutch1200,

I don't know from white guilt.

I do know a lot of white folks who voted Obama, but don't personally know a one who voted for him from "white guilt." Basically, these were people who thought that Bush had fucked up big time, were not impressed with McCain, and decided that Obama sounded pretty reasonable, intelligent, and on-the-ball.

They're the 3rd leg of Obama's triangulation:

Minorities: Intellectual Liberal Urban White-Guilt Types: Middle Class Working Folks sick of Bush and looking for something different.

That's the leg that the continued antics of the hip-hoppers and their ilk will quickly disillusion.

I'm guessing the Garrison Keillor crowd will "wave their hands in the air like they just don't ~~care~~ have any rhythm," and take it as a sign that they were even guiltier than they first believed.

Posted by: notropis at January 22, 2009 12:17 AM (Q/yna)

92 I can fit four pairs of testicles in my mouth at once!

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 22, 2009 12:20 AM (jKhW+)

They're the 3rd leg of Obama's triangulation:

Yeah. The tripod leg, if you get my drift.

Posted by: andycanuck at January 22, 2009 12:47 AM (5pWa5)

94 My naughty bits are very SORE today, but MOTHER won't rub lotion on them, even though I said please. I hate MOTHER.

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 22, 2009 01:00 AM (jKhW+)

95 Hey, now. That was unnecessary. It's the man's birthday, after all.

Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2009 01:01 AM (LqLye)

96 Huh, ... nope, J_Gocht. I figured I'd go with civility since you're a regular and it is/was your birthday.

Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2009 01:03 AM (LqLye)

97 happy birthday to meeeeeee!!!!

happy birthday to meeeeeee!!!!

Oh, God. I'm so lonely.

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 22, 2009 01:15 AM (O5bmW)

98 Sooooooo lonely......

Oh, MOTHER. Why didn't you let me make friends?

Posted by: J_Gocht at January 22, 2009 01:22 AM (3ZUJz)

99 Jackstraw,

post #59. Drew isn't refusing to back down. A lot of people are genuinely afraid for their country and in that situation, normal people make mistakes.

I seem to recall you disappearing back in the day when challenged on some point you wouldn't back down on, so maybe we should cut eachother some slack.

If the tent ain't big enough for Gabe, Drew, and even Allah, then we're fucked.

Posted by: Shill at January 22, 2009 01:59 AM (8jYMc)

100

I should send one to matthews and olbermann. I already sent them some KY Jelly.

Posted by: Ginger at January 21, 2009 11:28 PM (bThRJ)

We should set up a website where people could one to any mediadouche they want with a personalized message. Like "DO IT, FAGGOT! STICK IT IN UR POOPAR!1!!! YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!"

Posted by: ol-dirty-/b/tard at January 22, 2009 02:04 PM (IoUF1)

101
Phew! Our long national nightmare is over.

Posted by: Darling at January 22, 2009 06:37 PM (k7Adz)

102 It's not that big a deal. Like someone said, you didn't bury it on page E23. It's pretty cool what you did.

If this ain't good enough for him, he can kiss our collective ass. (asses?)

Posted by: Dan at January 22, 2009 06:44 PM (53iqM)

103 This is why I value bloggers more than much of anything on TV or the newspapers - the good ones fess up when they have reported something wrong. It's integrity and these days, it is hard to come by.

Thanks for being honest. And yes, I'm still a fan.

Posted by: Deana at January 22, 2009 06:44 PM (hXlZR)

104

Ace, you should start a "Cool Facts About Jake Tapper" thread to make it up to him.

Speaking of which, did you know that "Tapper" is not his real last name. The guys started calling him "Jake the Tapper" in high school for his exploits around both the ladies and the keg. True story.

Posted by: Andy at January 22, 2009 06:48 PM (WsTw8)

105 OT: Obama calls for Israel to open Gaza border.

My take: Israel should do it, very loudly and very publicly. Get the film crews to cover some symbolic opening up of a gate.

After the first terrorist attack, Israel should then very loudly, very publicly, repudiate Obama's Gaza policy, and call into question Obama's competence on the Middle East border. Reclose the border, and do whatever is necessary.

This will establish Obama as a fool when it comes to Israel/Palestine issues. This is the way for Israel to go, even though it will cost lives.

Posted by: Indythinker at January 22, 2009 06:50 PM (WiIQi)

106 What do you owe really owe Tapper? Arrange a date for him with Andrea Mitchell and be done with it.

Posted by: Winston at January 22, 2009 06:50 PM (C5cn+)

107 Can I blame Drew anyways? Just because.

Posted by: pajama momma at January 22, 2009 07:01 PM (kWQTL)

108 I understand trying to placate Tapper to avoid a larger kerfuffle.

What I don't understand is the hand-wringing on this thread over whether Tapper is a liberal. I mean come on. That man is a journalist. He's in the same category as Couric, Olbermann, Brian Williams, Rachel Maddow, Stephanopolous and the rest. We all know the truth.

Posted by: Indythinker at January 22, 2009 07:01 PM (WiIQi)

109 Now Tapper knows how Palin felt.

Posted by: nickless at January 22, 2009 07:04 PM (MMC8r)

110 Now Tapper knows how Palin felt.

Ouch.

Posted by: toby928 at January 22, 2009 07:06 PM (PD1tk)

111 Burn him anyway

Posted by: Allah Gator at January 22, 2009 07:11 PM (Cy5K8)

112 What kind of a name is Tapper, anyway.

Nobody is named Tapper. Who is he really?

Posted by: SlaveDog at January 22, 2009 07:11 PM (H6Jyg)

113 When I was watching the inauguration, I heard Tapper say "Man. That Michelle Obama has a big ass, even for a black woman."

I heard it. I'm pretty sure it was Tapper too.

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at January 22, 2009 07:12 PM (oWAHQ)

114 110 Now Tapper knows how Palin felt.

>>Ouch.
---

Zing.
Boffo.
Pow.
Wham.

Seriously, I hope Ace isn't getting grief over the misquote. If it turns out Tapper is whining about this, I'll lose any respect I have for him.

Posted by: Y-not at January 22, 2009 07:12 PM (P9xCZ)

115 On reading the statement, I immediately assumed that Tapper was tweaking the cultists. Perhaps in response to some messianic rhapsodizing by one of his colleagues. As noted above, he is better than most of the ToadySM.

Now I'm kind of disappointed that he didn't say it. If I'd been quoted saying that, even if I didn't, I'd have claimed it. Proudly. Maybe thrown in a "He has Arisen to the top of the stairs, and is about to Ascend to the podium so that me may receive His Address", just to make it painfully obvious that I wasn't buying into the Word made Lightworker ecstasy of the genuflecting press corps.

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116 that is something you won't find in other places... a person with enough integrity to do front page full headline corrections. that's why I trust him, when he says something.

Good on you Ace...

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117 Ace might want to start another Princess Caroline thread. According to HA, the Princess's marriage is on the rocks. From AP's post: "The gossip site Gawker.com has reported rumors that she�s been linked to New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger."

Pinch Sulzberger? Of all the strange plans to save the NYT, hooking up with Princess Caroline has got to be the weirdest.

Posted by: PA Cat at January 22, 2009 07:31 PM (Oc7bG)

118 I will say this: unlike some institutions I could name, you issue your corrections in a timely and very public fashion. No one could honestly do more to rectify a mistake.

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119 Wow imagine the bearded hobbit Ace getting something wrong.

Posted by: Brian at January 22, 2009 07:44 PM (YrCzB)

120 Wow imagine the bearded hobbit Ace getting something wrong.

Being wrong isn't as easy as you make it seem, brian.

Posted by: toby928 at January 22, 2009 07:53 PM (PD1tk)

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Being wrong isn't as easy as you make it seem, brian.

Oh snap!

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123 Pinch Sulzberger? Of all the strange plans to save the NYT, hooking up with Princess Caroline has got to be the weirdest.

I hope notorious Jew-hater and all-around cockmuncher Joe Kennedy is forced to watch DVDs of this in Hell while having his poop-chute filled with the barbed cock of Satan.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 22, 2009 08:52 PM (ZW5eD)

124

Correct quote:

"Obama is the first President since before Washington to have his Vice-President go down on him."

Posted by: Tinian at January 22, 2009 09:00 PM (Ohodx)

125 Classy correction, Ace. I knew Tapper couldn't have said it. He's like, the LAST real reporter out there. He really does try to keep it fair. I respect him.

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Oh snap!

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127 Tapper Grilled doughboy Robert Gibbs today in the WH presser. Wouldn't let him off the hook, it was great.

Posted by: robtr at January 22, 2009 09:48 PM (uJzOr)

128 I have to admit that was a good putdown toby. I felt that ice burn.

Posted by: Scandi Dirt at January 23, 2009 12:07 AM (x47Ed)

129 You give good correction Ace - kudos.

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130 Slapdash?
You're not turning homo on us are you Ace?
Just axin'.

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JackStraw, #90: So if I understood you to said, Drew, a guy who calls others here liars, claims he never backs up, and a guy you give co-blogger status to, was flat wrong in what he said and refuses to back down.

Ace was wrong. You know how I know this? Because he said so. He published, front and center on his blog, a correction. Before that, he did the same thing when he suspected that he might be wrong. In terms of credibility, that puts him over Dan Rather by a couple orders of magnitude.

"Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days." Learn that, and try to internalize it. When you're ready, we can build on these philosophical underpinnings by advancing past the song lyrics of Hannah Montana.

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