It’s good being John McCain right now. That is, unless you watch Jon Stewart,
who seems to be the only one able to go at this guy.
Bob Somerby’s post today has some fine examples of the similarities between 2000 and today, catching our fine traditional media at work on John McCain:
… .. It seemed like a rerun when we read it: Now, as then, the journalists simply run out of questions, McCain is willing to answer so many. This is odd in one way, of course; when you think of all the obvious things you’ve never seen this candidate forced to discuss, you might be surprised to read this from Lizza. But uh-oh! Lizza gives a hint of a deeper, more comic reality in the following passage, which is also familiar. Minor point, thrown in for comic relief: Note the way the rising star now uses the McCain bus’s nick-name!
LIZZA: Conversations on the Straight Talk are not always about McCain’s views on Iraq or tax reform or, really, substantive issues of any kind. Rather, the scene consists of long stretches of banter punctuated by short, intense discussions of politics and policy. A rotating cast of characters—the loyalists who have stuck with him, some without pay—provide comic relief and distraction when McCain becomes bored or wants to change the subject.
Huh! Most of the time, the scribes aren’t asking real questions at all! Instead, they engage in “long stretches of banter!” Do the journalists “run out of questions?” You can’t know how foolish this whole construct is until you go back to the 2000 profiles and see the types of ludicrous questions these nincompoops actually ask.
McCain is willing to be fully candid—when asked to name his favorite tree! … ..
Obama get’s close to this type of coverage. If he ends up being the nominee it will be a bruising battle between he and McCain with the press. Obama might actually have the advantage with them. That would be a first for Democrats, though I’m not holding my breath. The hack pack press seem to eventually always take out after the Democrat. “Effete” has already been utilized for Obama by Ms. Dowd.
As for Clinton, she can’t buy good press. It’s been that way since she walked into Washington.
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