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Seriously, dude, what did you expect? The sacrificial lamb baaaas for his reputation:John McCain denied a romantic relationship with a female telecommunications lobbyist on Thursday and said a report by The New York Times suggesting favoritism for her clients is "not true."I really hope the gentleman from the Canal Zone is not surprised that, now that he is the presumptive Republican nominee, the Times has started to treat him like any other Republican nominee. The thing* I've always hated about McCain has been the fact that he has made his career of playing to his press peanut gallery. And the reason he has been able to do so has been that he has always been willing to go against the current trend of the GOP in the most public fashion possible. There seems to be nothing the press likes better than an anti-Republican Republican with a big mouth, or what they call a "maverick**". But it's going to fun*** to watch McCain as all the perquisites he has come to count on from the press are withdrawn en todo as soon as he becomes the Republican nominee. He is no longer the maverick Republican who is willing to work with Russ Feingold or Ted Kennedy****. He is no longer the principled statesman who is willing to stand up for the public good against those evil Republicans. He is now The Republican. Capital "The." Capital "Republican." It's his party now, so he's going to get the same press Reagan and Nixon and Bush(s) got, and for the same reason. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure he will be surprised by that. * OK, the thing I want to talk about in this post. We'll save The Keating Five and McCain-Feingold for another day. ** Ron Paul is a real maverick, a lone dissenter, yet a Google search for "Ron Paul maverick" gives fewer than 100 returns. "John McCain maverick" returns more than a quarter million. *** My stomach already hurts from laughing so hard. How am I going to survive until November? **** To give them exactly what they want. Labels: republicans |
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