A Hole in McCain’s Defense?

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  • Posted By: Hessian.son @ 02/22/2008 5:57:33 PM

    This is such classic beltway journaism, and yes, it does reflect the group-think mentatilty of the East Coast New York/D.C. media cabal First we have a non-story by The New York Times. Instead of possibly investigating what might have led The Times (what a remarkable thought!) to do what it did, we now attack McCain on the second day of the news cycle (hole in his defense) with equally shallow and unsubstantial information. Now THAT becomes the story, trying to cast more doubt on McCain, and it conventiently tries to divert attention from the criticism that should be growing for The Times less-than-professional work. The smear and attack tactics to satisfy the agenda of an increasingly partisan press is going to ruin this country. We are regressing to the era or the "yellow" or muckraking press of more than a century ago. The only good thing from that is that the current trends will accelerate the demise of the big national media that has dominated the news agenda of this country for the last 60-70 years. The internet has diminished the gatekeeper role of this media and we now ALL have a voice. Soon our collective voices may make irrelevent the shoddy tactics of partisan journalists. But the challenge will be for each of us to seek and find the truth, not from some hard right or left rant on the internet, but somewhere in the middle. Interesting, but disturbing times.

  • Posted By: brainon4u @ 02/22/2008 5:50:17 PM

    If you are looking for a President with integridy, honesty, and forthrightness, stop following the old media's choices for President! Who are they to choose the winner when there are still three Republicans running.
    Ron Paul is NOT a politician, but holds public office. He's been a Congressman for 20 years. They call him "Dr. No" as he ALWAYS votes against an unbalanced budget, pay raises, preemptive war, Patriot Act, and ANYTHING NOT in the Constitution. Wake up folks before you buy the bumper sticker, "Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul".

    • Posted By: BryanDB @ 02/22/2008 5:55:50 PM

      Ron Paul is a biggotted racist and dangerous idiot

  • Posted By: daplane @ 02/22/2008 5:03:38 PM

    Boy is it frightening to see how many ignorant Kool-Aid drinking, water-carrying, ditto-heads there are here. You need to stop getting your "news" from Fox. "Why won't NYT or Newsweek cover X story or Y story?" Hmm, maybe they believe in printing things which have some basis in fact. Typical Repugnantcan riposts here--talking points and projecting your own party's sins and crimes onto your opponents. Who has easily fooled ignorant people in their base?! Waving the flag and praising the Lord sure are handy tricks aren't they, Repugs? All the people who keep focusing on the sex aspect and saying "why does everyone focus on sex?" crack me up. Typical hypocrites--if you had a clue at all you'd know the article is about POSSIBLE corruption. Possible, people. My God, if this were about a Democrat you people would be slavering and crying for blood. Oh, and by the way...those comments about the NYT putting Britney on the front page? Who owns the New York Post which does just that, hmmm? Could it be your precious Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox (aka fixed noise)? haahahahahahaa

    • Posted By: ISawYourMommy @ 02/22/2008 5:54:41 PM

      "Typical Repugnantcan riposts." Talk about a comment turning over on itself. Idiot.

  • Posted By: brainon4u @ 02/22/2008 5:45:49 PM

    If you are looking for honesty and integrity, you are all looking in the wrong place. These are the stars old media presents to you and you can't wait to support "their chosen winners". Who are they to choose the President?

    Congressman Ron Paul's record of 20 years of service in the Federal Govt. is squeaky clean and he tells the truth about what is going on in our Government. Wake up people and look at this family man's principles and voting record.

    • Posted By: ChangeRequired @ 02/22/2008 5:54:34 PM

      Ron Pau has good ideas however he couldn't respond to his racist slurs.....besides he is too old

  • Posted By: eabg_22 @ 02/22/2008 5:52:57 PM

    Just google or YouTube "Larry Sinclair Barack Obama". But you'd better do it quickly because Google and YouTube are trying desperatly to suppress this story despite the fact that court documents were filed in Minnesota. No one in the media wants to break this story because of the fire storm it will brew. But once one mainstream media outlet releases the story, the others will be forced to follow. This story is what Mr. Pompus Bill O'Reilly was referring to when he spoke on his show about the story all the insiders in Washington and the media know about but don't dare break yet for lack of proof. But by the buzz on the blogs the proof is coming via polygraph and receipts

  • Posted By: SkidMark @ 02/22/2008 5:09:01 PM

    I don't want Obama (reported muslum), or McCain who is to old, or Hillary who isn't as good as her husband to take office.... ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES NEED TO PUT A STOP TO ALL OF THESE DAMN ILLEGAL ALIENS ENTERING OUR COUNTRY AND GIVING THEM ALL A HANDOUT. WE CANT EVEN PAY FOR OUR TROOPS TO GET PROPER MEDICAL CARE, BUT THESE CANDIDATES WANT TO ALLOW ILLEGALS TO GET DRIVERS LICENSES AND GET FREE MEDICAL CARE.... WAKE UP AND QUIT SUPPORTING THESE CRIMINALS WHO BRING DEBT TO OUR COUNTRY, AND A LOT OF DRUGS..... SECURE OUT BORDERS AND GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS......

    • Posted By: herk123 @ 02/22/2008 5:38:12 PM

      You need to clean up your ast skid-mark (LOL) No illegals in the country is OK, but it's OK to pay people in India 12 cents an hour to manufacture our clothing or $2 to make a pair of $80 Nike sneakers? And the illegals here...they pick or fruits and vegatables at below minimum wage because few of the lazy people in this country would stoop down and do that type of job. We all want to go to college and have$100,000+ jobs. Few want to do those :dirty jobs, so let people who want to do those jobs get some support for doing the jobs few want to do.

      • Posted By: ISawYourMommy @ 02/22/2008 5:52:31 PM

        Or we could give those jobs to the thousands of homeless that prowl our streets.

        And did you see that? "Our." That's how you spell it.

  • Posted By: jimdegree @ 02/22/2008 5:51:06 PM

    Just don't start checking on Hillary's past - that's all we'll hear about up until election time...she's a scoundrel.

  • Posted By: eabg_22 @ 02/22/2008 5:38:36 PM

    Newsweek teams up with NYT to fight the GOP. The bias becomes more obvious with cover stories such as "Obamas rock" instead of "First Time I am proud of my Country". Im no big McCain fan but Im afraid he will be the 44th president of the Untied States when the Larry Sinclair story breaks about Obama. Much like Obama describes his campaign, this story, which many say can be varified, has started as a whisper and will soon turn into a shout which no one can ignore.

    • Posted By: ChangeRequired @ 02/22/2008 5:50:56 PM

      you forgot the word "really proud" there is a difference..but we are not electing a first lady...is this all you have to offer

  • Posted By: RHM555 @ 02/22/2008 5:50:18 PM

    CONSPIRACY?? the only conspiracy i see is the republicans successfully getting obama the nominee.
    they are working overtime to get all of the independants to help sweep the primaries for obama so they can win the white house in november. How soonn we forget, the rules of ingagement are very different until the convention?

  • Posted By: jimdegree @ 02/22/2008 5:50:14 PM

    Just don't start looking at hillary's past - that's all we'll hear about up until election time as she's a scoundrel.

  • Posted By: bradbrucker @ 02/22/2008 5:09:42 PM

    This is such a non-story I can't believe the NY Times is making a story out it. Sensationization is the name of the game in the media business. If it's not sensational... news doesn't sell! Get A LIFE!

    • Posted By: ISawYourMommy @ 02/22/2008 5:48:52 PM

      Wait a minute! You can't believe that the New York Times is making a story out of a Republican candidate for President doing . . . something? Why can you not believe that? Traditional media outlets left the realm of objective journalism some forty years ago, and new media outlets such as blogs were never in that realm. The news you receive from the New York Times or from Fox News is no more objective than the inane comments people leave to the online stories those outlets post.

  • Posted By: ol'school fool @ 02/22/2008 5:33:48 PM

    The type of slander that Mr.wawa engages in is the exact swift boat style campainging that the Republicans have been using for years if this were 2000 or 2004 it might work,it's just that people are finaly doing the looking at the facts,Obama is a Harvard graduate(SCHOLORSHIP) because he's gifted,unlike Dubya the New England cowboy born with the silver foot in his mouth.I like Mr.wawa's soft racial remarks about Jackson and Sharpton as if there not Americans worthy of having there own political discourse.Segregation is over pal and your biggot world is shrinking rapidly,However I'm sure David Dukes could use some company.

    • Posted By: whyarentrepubsembarrased @ 02/22/2008 5:47:05 PM

      Right on! Is it too much to ask that the President of the United States have at least an average IQ? I think an IQ test would've saved us a lot of lost lives. Bush never would've made it!

  • Posted By: meowslitterbox @ 02/22/2008 4:47:07 PM

    The Bush tax cuts were not "for the rich." They were for everyone. You should go to the GAO office website and see how much the rich really pay. If you taxed them at 100%, and cut the middle class taxes in half, you would bankrupt the US. The taxes you think are for the rich include raising the threshold of the estate tax (started by Clinton), and lowering capital gains rates. We all pay capital gains when we sell our homes--this is not for the "rich." You want to lower your standard deduction back down to $6K, like it was 10 years ago? Maybe you should learn about our tax structure a littel bit before parroting the call to "Tax the rich! Tax the rich!"

    • Posted By: catpurrson @ 02/22/2008 5:46:41 PM

      You need to check your facts. The capital gains tax on the sale of homes was abolished in 1997.

    • Posted By: tboone @ 02/22/2008 4:58:20 PM

      Two problems, first if you taxed anyone at 100%, they would be bankrupt. Second, there is a $500,000 exemption per married couple on capital gains for the sale of anyone's principal residence. So if you paid capital gains when you sold your house, you made more than one-half of one million dollars. Clearly we know where your prejudices lie.

  • Posted By: RHM555 @ 02/22/2008 5:44:39 PM

    Conspiracy- here is your conspiracy? Repub;licans are extatic over obama, WHY?
    because they are the reason he is winning. Do not forget, republicans can vote either way in many primaries!
    They choose obamba, because there is no way he can win the white house?

  • Posted By: pucktie @ 02/22/2008 5:19:30 PM

    Wawa's comment is clearly rascist. Obama is a unifier, he does not divide based on race. McCain is a sell-out who wants to continue the awful direction that we are headed in as a country. We need a clean slate, I am voting proudly for Obama.
    P.S. I am a marine who has served 2 tours.

    • Posted By: ISawYourMommy @ 02/22/2008 5:44:22 PM

      What does the fact that you're a Marine with two tours have to do with anything? Does it make your comment carry greater weight or authority? Does it prevent your comment from lacking any substance?

  • Posted By: Jiminy Cricket @ 02/22/2008 5:43:10 PM

    Not only do they think they are above the law they're usually right about it. I won't list all of the Dems and much beloved historical figures that have had "problems" that just went away.

    That being said I must confess I am confused by your comment. Is consensual sex a legal or an ethical issue? "Power mongrels"? I shall try my best to erase that ill-advised combination from my memory over the weekend.

  • Posted By: midwayblues @ 02/22/2008 4:16:34 PM

    someone needs to check out your dealings, how you favior one party over another. why don't you hit on the democrats, Ted Kenndy, for one Clintons water gate, why are you being such a jack A__. Why don't you talk about the many things he has done that is good, and if this is the only thing you can find to tarnish his reputation. You must be a Democrat . Newsweek you suck.. Why aren't you discussin the real issues such Homeland security,Immigration the poor how we are going to take care of the people who are American Citizens

    • Posted By: BryanDB @ 02/22/2008 4:20:48 PM

      Because the REPUBNIKS don't care about those issues. They only care about their rich friends.

      • Posted By: MeLizzard2 @ 02/22/2008 4:44:17 PM

        Yeah, right. I grew up the daughter of a wealthy RepubLICAN seamstress, and the granddaughter of a wealthy RepubLICAN postal clerk. If you think being a Republican is about being rich, you're really pretty clueless.

        • Posted By: whyarentrepubsembarrased @ 02/22/2008 5:42:33 PM

          Really, what IS it about? Aren't you guys just continually embarrassed? I mean, get an IQ, OK?

  • Posted By: Sam Huff @ 02/22/2008 5:42:13 PM

    How do YOU know they are "false accusations" MCDSPLACE? Are you privy to any information that the rest of us do not know?
    Was it a "Right Wing Conspiracy" when Bill Clinton was investigated for hiw inappropriate behavior?
    Be careful folks of a DOUBLE STANDARD HERE........

  • Posted By: catpurrson @ 02/22/2008 5:41:50 PM

    So what is this Larry Sinclair story about Obama? Clue us in.

  • Posted By: MCDSPLACE @ 02/22/2008 5:27:25 PM

    I AM SICK OF ALL THE INNUENDO AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEN. JOHN MCCAIN. REAL JOURNALISM SEEMS TO BE A THING OF THE PAST. TODAY, SMEAR TACTICS BY LEFT WING, NEW AGE, SOCIALIST TYPE PUBLICATIONS FROM THE TIMES, MOVE ON, DAILY KOS, NBC, AND NOW YOU, ARE THE WAY THE "NEWS" IS BROADCAST. DID YOU STOP AND ASK YOURSELVES,"WHO ARE THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THIS GARBAGE WILL BE READ"? THE INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE OF MOST AMERICANS BY ALL THIS BULL IS A DISGRACE. mcdsplace@bellsouth.net Macon, Ga. 2-22-08

    • Posted By: ISawYourMommy @ 02/22/2008 5:40:35 PM

      Is there a reason you feel the need to type in all caps? Do you think we won't see your comment if you don't yell it out? Obnoxious. And stupid.

    • Posted By: indepent2008 @ 02/22/2008 5:34:59 PM

      Fox Noise has made sure no one ever takes journalism seriously again. MSNBC isnt too bad at least that got a mix of republicans/democrats. I am an independent but Iove me some "Morning Joe"

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