Sunday, March 23, 2008

Master Maverick McCain

I've finally come to my senses. I've decided that the corporate media is Right in their belief that John McCain can do no wrong, particularly in foreign policy matters. I mean, hasn't he convincingly demonstrated how Very Serious he is by repeatedly expressing his willingness to bomb Iran, not to mention stay in Iraq 100 years? And didn't he put to rest - period, full-stop - any lingering doubts we skeptics may have had when he made this profound utterance?
"One of the things I would do if I were president would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, 'Stop the bullshit.'"
I rest my case.

Think Progress
This morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, host Tim Russert asked NBC political director Chuck Todd if Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) false claim that Iran is training Al-Qaeda — which he has made on at least three occasions — will “hurt” his candidacy for president. Todd said probably not because McCain has “enough” national security credibilty “in the bank with media that he can get away with it”:
RUSSERT: Does that kind of stumble hurt a McCain candidacy? […]

CHUCK TODD: Even if he gets dinged on the experience stuff, “Oh he says he’s Mr. Experience, doesn’t he know the difference between this stuff?” He’s got enough of that in the bank at least with the media that he can get away with it.
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