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Now I would have thought that after glorifying the ignorance of one jackass, and seeing the devastating effects that he has had on the country, they may be just a little less forgiving of a Republican Presidential candidate who is...well...ignorant. And who lies. And cheats. Apparently not. Democrats who know shit are boring(see Maureen Dowd on Gore and Clinton and Kerry), freewheeling Republicans who act like dumb high school jocks are great (any and all articles enjoying McCains BBQ and bullshit about beer with Bush)! What the hell do they think this is, election for class president? Apparently, if all those high school metaphors are anything to go by.
March 24, 2008
McCAIN'S CRED....Via Steve Benen, MSNBC analyst Chuck Todd tells us why John McCain can get away with routine demonstrations of abject ignorance, like his recent proclamation that Iran is supporting al-Qaeda in Iraq:
Remind me again: where does all this cred come from? And what window do Democrats go to to get the same treatment the press gives McCain?
—Kevin Drum 5:24 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (89)
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. I mean, the irony to this is had either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama misspoke like that, it'd have been on a running loop, and it would become a, a big problem for a couple of days for them.Italics mine. Let's recap. Foreign policy cred lets him get away with wild howlers on foreign policy. Fiscal integrity cred lets him get away with outlandishly irresponsible economic plans. Anti-lobbyist cred lets him get away with pandering to lobbyists. Campaign finance reform cred lets him get away with gaming the campaign finance system. Straight talking cred lets him get away with brutally slandering Mitt Romney in the closing days of the Republican primary. Maverick uprightness cred allows him to get away with begging for endorsements from extremist religious leaders like John Hagee. "Man of conviction" cred allows him to get away with transparent flip-flopping so egregious it would make any other politician a laughingstock. Anti-torture cred allows him to get away with supporting torture as long as only the CIA does it.
Remind me again: where does all this cred come from? And what window do Democrats go to to get the same treatment the press gives McCain?
—Kevin Drum 5:24 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (89)
Now I would have thought that after glorifying the ignorance of one jackass, and seeing the devastating effects that he has had on the country, they may be just a little less forgiving of a Republican Presidential candidate who is...well...ignorant. And who lies. And cheats. Apparently not. Democrats who know shit are boring(see Maureen Dowd on Gore and Clinton and Kerry), freewheeling Republicans who act like dumb high school jocks are great (any and all articles enjoying McCains BBQ and bullshit about beer with Bush)! What the hell do they think this is, election for class president? Apparently, if all those high school metaphors are anything to go by.
