White House Accidentally E-Mails Story On Iraqi PM Backing Obama Withdrawal Plan To Reporters

As Reuters reported earlier today, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki has voiced his support for Obama's withdrawal plan. Needless to say, such support is not a PR victory for the Bush administration. And so it was no doubt embarrassing when, according to ABC's Jake Tapper, the White House sent the article--accidentally--to reporters:

The White House this afternoon accidentally sent to its extensive distribution list a Reuters story headlined "Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan - magazine." [...}

The White House employee had intended to send the article to an internal distribution list, ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports, but hit the wrong button.

The misfire comes at an odd time for Bush foreign policy, at a time when Obama's campaign alleges the president is moving closer toward Obama's recommendations about international relations -- sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, discussing a "general time horizon" for U.S. troop withdrawal and launching talks with Iran.

Comments

[firewmn]

Maybe it was MCInternet learning PC 101- sending emails... he says- Ooops- my bad..!

[apogee2perogee]

Maybe he fell asleep and his head bounced off of the keyboard?

[ErnestineBass]

Was Conan present?

[scouserinlondon]

Hey, great minds think alike!!!!!! See my post below.

[IMissAmerica]

All I can say is LMFAO!

[TroubleNYC]

Fox News:

"The terrorist PM of Iraq wants Obama to win!"

[salidon]

Accidentally pushed the wrong button? Hmmmm. I hear guffaws in the background.

[Rotwang]

Good thing, too. The "Send Embarrassing Email" button us right next to "Nuke England."

Dodged a bullet there.

[FeelinGroovy]

Not every person working at the WH is a repug. I suggest someone "accidentally on purpose" sent this out. How does one "accidentally" click on "Press" instead of "Internal Distribution"?

:>)

[apogee2perogee]

Mmmm. Maybe if they are adjacent on the drop-down menu?

[ErnestineBass]

It was an inside job perpetrated by a commie mouse.

[scouserinlondon]

Probably McCrumblie made a mistake having his second computer lesson.

[MACS]

.
Is jeff gannon back in the white house???
.

[scouserinlondon]

Never thought anything else, but then I'm sneaky.
Golly gosh, pushed wrong button, oh dear, what a shame, never mind......­. whoops!!!
Hope they get away with it.

[WatchIt]

bless the gods of the random universe!!! Sooooo funny....

[Ajegunle]

LMAO!!!!

This just like the McBushies, they cannot get their act together!

LOL!!!

[personalpolitical]

And of course here was McCain back in 2004:

QUESTION: Let me give you a hypothetical, senator. What would or should we do if, in the post-June 30th period, a so-called sovereign Iraqi government asks us to leave, even if we are unhappy about the security situation there? I understand it's a hypothetical, but it's at least possible.

McCAIN: Well, if that scenario evolves, then I think it's obvious that we would have to leave because— if it was an elected government of Iraq— and we've been asked to leave other places in the world. If it were an extremist government, then I think we would have other challenges, but I don't see how we could stay when our whole emphasis and policy has been based on turning the Iraqi government over to the Iraqi people.

http://www.thepersonalispolitical.com/2008/07/iraqi-pm-supports-obamas-iraq-plan-not.html

Ouch, I can't wait to see him try to spin his way out of that. Oh wait, he won't have to, because the media won't call him on it because they are I love with him.

[AmbroseChapel]

I don't buy this for a second. If they did actually make this mistake the excuse for doing so completely contradicts all WH behavior. No way.

[incontempt]

Watch the backdoor..­. it is a diversion.

But i'm just suspicious of all.

[mnash]

I wonder if this was "accidental" or there is something behind it???

[MissKaren]

I can imagine Keith Olbermann getting hold of this and yelling "Calling Dr. Freud."

[ErnestineBass]

Ayep. A Freudian Slip And Hit The Wrong Button.

[Jazz42]

I don't think for one second that it was an accident. I'm sure there are some out there will believe it was an honest mistake.

[metsfan1]

I wondered why CNN had a story about the White House praising Obama's plan. Must be they are sugarcoating it as usual. Sounded kind of weird and now I know why. Must make McCain really happy, huh?

[GeoLee]

Considering this is all coming out as Obama is on his way to Iraq, I am suspicious of the timing of all this. I really feel badly that htis 8 years has taught me to be even more on guard than my normal cynical outlook on our government at work..

[Tobiasism]

It must have been divine intervention

[ErnestineBass]

Naw......t­hat usually involves a lightning bolt or two, followed by frogs raining out of the sky.

[Counterglow]

The French are invading? Sacre Bleu! Why was I not told?

[Underthematrix]

Hmmm. I gues blood is thicker than water. Obama is related to both Cheney and Bush.

[luckyoldson]

Are these people inept or what?

Good lord...

[pathenry]

Nearly everyone who believes in Barry fears for his safety abroad, and at home.

This so called "leak" is unforgivable! The WH and establishment claques will do *anything* to keep their elite in power and maintain their dominance over the American People. Shame on them!

This is *exactly* what our Founding Fathers feared would happen.

Barack is plenty tough, but no one needs a Brutus or a Judas conspiring against him amongst the most powerful in Washington!

[firewmn]

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This PHOTO says it ALL... PURE EVIL...

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[ssg13565]

You can't say that. It is almost the same as calling him the devil, and we know how the US reacted when Hugo Chavez said that. Oh, he wasn't a citizen so he can't talk that way about our President. The press still includes the phrase "once called him the devil" whenever they report a story on Hugo Chavez.

[alieninvader]

Oh please. GWB used to throw the word "evil" around like it was nothing.