McCain’s ‘Free Ride’

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  • Posted By: gigamick @ 02/24/2008 12:06:39 AM

    In addition to the fact that Newsweek has already caught the McCain camp in a blatant lie with an article they just released: http://www.newsweek.com/id/114505

    I'd urge everyone to read a well-researched analysis of John McCain's (continued) involvement in the Jack Abramoff cover up on the blog DailyKos:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/23/03912/3990


    It is long, but only because it covers the issue in depth and provides both quotes and links to sources for them. If only a formidable media outlet out there had the fortitude to pick this story up, it would really expose how corrupt McCain really is...

  • Posted By: feduo @ 02/23/2008 11:25:12 PM

    TALK ABOUT A FREE RIDE OBAMA BLEW HIS NOSE AND THE CROWD APPLAUDED THE NETWORKS CARRIED IT. IF HE HAD FARTED AND GOT A STANDING OVATION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TOP HEADER FOR THE WEEK. AT LEAST IT'S BETTER THAN HIS SENATE VOTES OR POLICIES.

  • Posted By: feduo @ 02/23/2008 11:12:52 PM

    OBAMA IS A FREE RIDE CANDIDATE. WITH McCAIN'S LONG HISTORY OF PATRIOTIC,BRAVE,HONEST, AND HONORABLE SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY HE AND HIS WIFE CINDY DESERVE TO BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE OBAMA CABINET? LOOK AT THE PEOPLE HE QUOTES AND COPIES. KENYAN POLITICS NEED TO STAY IN KENYA.

  • Posted By: REisman @ 02/23/2008 10:56:00 PM

    A free ride has definitely been given to Obama not McCain. That's the one candidate that's received no scrutiny. We are all going to be in a lot of trouble if he is actually elected. Experience with McCain versus no experience with Obama. I'd love to see McCain win!

  • Posted By: cerebral_but_dull @ 02/23/2008 10:45:21 PM

    "Base your vote on research and knowledge that you can do independently!" - We don't grow our own food or build our own houses any more, and it's impractical for me to do background checks, vetting, and investigative reports on each candidate. I have no opportunity to interview Obama to ask tough followups to see if he can handle them. The media is proudly drinking the kool aid and I won't forgive them, in advance, for refusing to do their job.

  • Posted By: jwwhit @ 02/23/2008 9:26:40 PM

    Has McCain got a free ride? Maybe, but the longets free ride belongs to Obama!

  • Posted By: zabjudah1976 @ 02/23/2008 9:08:15 PM

    Newsweek is asking whether McCain has got a free ride and not their anointed messiah, Obama. What a joke. If anyone got a free ride, its Obama!!!

  • Posted By: zabjudah1976 @ 02/23/2008 9:07:44 PM

    Newsweek is asking whether McCain has got a free ride and not their anointed messiah, Obama. What a joke. If anyone got a free ride, its Obama!!!

  • Posted By: zabjudah1976 @ 02/23/2008 9:04:58 PM

    Baxter

    Newswek is asking if McCain has got a free ride from the media, and not if Obama has got a free ride. What a liberal media joke!!!!

  • Posted By: luckylarry @ 02/23/2008 8:35:01 PM

    Why is the liberal media attempting to steer the election? I am truly amazed about the unethical and careless journalism that stoops to any level to win (ie: The New York Times). It is not the canidates mud slinging but the damn news media. Just report truthful news and let people decide things on their own. No need for half truths and outright lies so their guy can win, lets get this country back on track with honesty and ethics. Why can't people be trusted by their word? Do what you say! Even if it hurts a little. In plain english just be an honorable man or woman.

  • Posted By: TheSage @ 02/23/2008 8:19:16 PM

    Please. This is about trying sell some second rate book that will end up being sold for $1 soon enough. How about investigatng the now almost unverisally ridiculed NY Enquirer, I mean TImes, fluff piece attempting to smear McCain? All the news that's fit to slant. Next thing they will be trying to convince us that Keith Olbermann is a serious journalist!

  • Posted By: TheSage @ 02/23/2008 8:14:15 PM

    Ridiulous - a "left leaning" group analyzing the media? Give me a break. That is like having Clemens analyze baseball drug use. Next thing you know we will be calling Keith Olbermann a serious journalist.

    How about analyzing the now fairly universally discredited NY Enquirer, er I mean, Times piece? If that is the best the press can do to smear McCain, it is pretty said. This is all about trying to sell a book that will wind up on the discount rack in a couple of months.

  • Posted By: Uncle Milty @ 02/23/2008 7:08:15 PM

    Mr Waldman sounds like a man who has been ignored and doesn't like it. He says nothing of substance that would encourage an individual to change their vote.
    uncamilty

  • Posted By: lillea @ 02/23/2008 5:23:31 PM

    Hey, did you see Obama's eyes darting around as he told his "white lie" during the debate last Tues.?? He made up this story about soldiers in Afghanistan. Well, he took bits and pieces of an military training incident that happened in 2003 and tried to make it sound like it was current and in active fighting. Whew. He is naive and careless.
    Don't vote for this guy....he doesn't realize the serious nature of terrorism and what careless words can do to set them off. He needs to open his eyes to reality. (And stay off the dope.)

  • Posted By: girlfriend2 @ 02/23/2008 5:15:09 PM

    Mc Cain distracted the media with the so called "sex" scandle.It diverted your attention away from the real issue, no money ( Fidelity Bank loan to his campaign and the FEC) and no love from the conservative talk show hosts. So while the fickle media focused on the lobbyist , money begin to flow and the love fest begin. Just what Mc Cain needed.And him and Guliani pulled off the "sting of the cetury with New Hamshire and Florida.LOL.Conservatives don't vote against same sex unions and place a conservative on the SUPREME court . That's way you better have a mind of your own ,because the media is as gullible as they can be...

  • Posted By: cerebral_but_dull @ 02/23/2008 3:44:13 PM

    The 'free ride' is for Obama, who is never challenged in the slightest by Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, or even 60 Minutes. Just let the man deliver a speech! To try to catch him in a contradiction, as they do relentlessly with every other candidate, would be racist -- wouldn't it? I liked Obama, I wanted to vote for him! But with the media gulping the kool aid, I just can't.

    • Posted By: Boulder Sue @ 02/23/2008 4:29:51 PM

      cerebral: so now tou are going to let the media decide for you in reverse, so to speak? Base your vote on research and knowledge that you can do independently!

  • Posted By: Rhino26.2 @ 02/23/2008 4:29:47 PM

    I asked Obama people about the issues and instead they gave me their personal testimony about how they "came to Obama."

    Isn't "personal testimony" religious talk? What's it doing in a political campaign?

  • Posted By: Rhino26.2 @ 02/23/2008 4:28:04 PM

    Yes! Of course! After all, what else do you get from 52 appearances on Meet the Press?

    And look how cozy he is with Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingraham, and the rest of right wing talk radio.

    For true objectivity, go to dailykos.com.

  • Posted By: djd1992 @ 02/23/2008 4:17:51 PM

    This , just like the NY Times article, appears to be motivated more by a disagreement with McCain's politics than by a real desire for truth. Otherwise such accusations would have come to light long before he became the presumptive Republican nominee. Sadly, such charges only distract us from the significant policy differences there are between him and the Democrats and they will only further polarize us politically.

  • Posted By: dlaurels @ 02/23/2008 3:35:36 PM

    I think we are going to find that Senator McCain not only has close ties with the press but with the lobbyists also. One does not hire or have so many lobbyist associated with one's campaign if that person has not been a bit too cosy with that particular group of people.

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