re: #581 Taqiyyotomist

Were they separated and allowed/denied entry based on whether they signalled that they voted for Obama?

This is what has been reported. The issue with the cameras is not that they were “bought off” by giving them a free camera. The contention there is that they were given cameras and told to hold them up like they’re taking lots and lots of pics of Obama, so that the PRESS COULD GET GOOD PICTURES of the troops snapping pics of the president, in a mass of military adulation.

I have no reason to doubt that this was done.

OK the camergate link says

“Take a look at the picture at AP and notice all the cameras are the same models? Coincidence? I think not.”
When you go the the link I provided, the camera are different. To believe this one, we have to assume:

The troops would not bring there own camera to a meeting with the POTUS, that the POTUS’
s staff bought and supplied a bunch of different cameras and loaned them to the troops, then gathered them back up.
Out of that whole deal, one soldier sends a e-mail home describing the scam, the rest keep the secret. If the right runs with this story, it’ll turn out badly IMHO.