Comments on: Grasping at Straws: The NY Times on McCain

By: Roger’s Rules » ” . . . a pro-Obama advocacy organization that every day attacks the McCain campaign”

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:00:20 +0000

[...] back in April, when the Times published another non-story–this one about Mr. McCain’s completely legitimate use of a corporate jet owned by a company run by his [...]

By: buzz

buzz — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:33:41 +0000

So, Bill Tammelleo. You had a problem with Bill Clinton’s two terms then?

By: Nick K.

Nick K. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:29:44 +0000

The NY Times doesn’t have to mention McCain’s use of his wife’s airplane to highlight his hypocrisy on campaign finance reform.

All the Times (or any news outlet) has to do is just mention the many fat cats who have contributed to McCain’s campaign, and then describe how McCain has paid them back with favors by wielding his clout in the Senate.

McCain doesn’t just represent people like Charles Keating (his most famous supporter).

He represents wealthy Arizona land developers (who contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to his campaign) by greasing land deals for them–at the expense of ordinary citizens.

He will represent almost ANY corporate executive who will contribute to his campaign, just like George Bush does.

A straight talkin’ reformer?

McCain is just another corporate tool who doesn’t know much about the economy.

No McCain in ‘08!

By: yuen

yuen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:10:32 +0000

NYTimes actually had another item:

How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania – Frank Rich, New York Times

about the republicans that voted for Huckebee and Ron Paul in the Penn primary; it did not seem to occur to the author that, since McCain’s nomination is already certain, the people who still bother to vote are more likely to be doing it as a form of protest, thus exaggerating the anti-McCain percentage, above what it would be if the vote had an impact on the nomination

By: AG

AG — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:10:28 +0000

Charlie! Loved the comment! New York Times is as good as The National Enquirer. How low can they go?

By: Mightycline

Mightycline — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:29:37 +0000

Nice article. Thanks. Too have you noticed that slowly, that the obambibloggers are dropping out slowly as they turn to toast in disappointment found emerging for their cadidate It’s called hero burn-out. Also by the end of the D-Convention in Demodenver, there may be no NYT as we now know it. I,too, was once was a subsciber before selecting the WSJ as my mainpage reading source. Market forces in a market driven economy…………
that’s all folks.

By: Armando

Armando — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:04:37 +0000

Bill,

Obama is the only adolescent in the race.

You’re intellectually disqualified from discussion.

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:48:34 +0000

Well Bill, if you do not want megalomaniacs in the White House you’d better mae sure neither Hillary nor Obama (whose creepy devotees remind one of some fascist movement) gets in, for they are far worse than McCain in this respect. For example, both are demanding the nomination and subsequent election almost entirely on the basis of their sex or race, for neither of them has any significant accomplishments to boast of.

Indeed, the most humble and least megalomaniacal presidents we have had in recent history were Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43, so you’d better look for someone like them. But of the three you’ve got to choose among, McCain is the least megalomaniacal, so you’d better be content with him, if you are really worried about that problem.

By: SCSD

SCSD — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:44:47 +0000

At least the NYT dropped the story, after realizing it was wrong. “like a barbell at midnight” Unlike some issues/tall stories the wingnuts have beatten to death. Just go back 10 years, and look at the right wing rumor mill about the Clintons, stuff that stood up as well as a slug to a steam roller, after being investigated. Oh I get it you certainly don’t mind when your not accurate, but it’s a different story when the liberals are wrong. At least the wingnuts have control of the media to nip it in the bud.

By: bill tammelleo

bill tammelleo — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:03:54 +0000

Mc Cain is emotionally disqualified for the office he seeks. It amy not matter to him or his supporters that he can flaunt his megalomania with his media pals and get away with it–the nation cannot afford another adolescent in the Whitehouse.