Just Go Ahead And Give Him The Presidency

4:04 pm EST April 1st, 2006 | Politics | 14 Comments

Once again, the press gives their preferred candidate, John McCain free airtime to campaign for himself for president. Is this going to stop any time soon? Isn’t it time that we start counting the media’s love fest with Any Which Way McCain as an in-kind campaign contribution?

Any Which Way McCain: If you’re for it, he’s for it, if you’re against it, he is too.

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14 Responses to “Just Go Ahead And Give Him The Presidency”

stick says:

April 1, 2006 at 6:04 pm

Finally I find myself on the same side as Oliver. McCain may well be the Ross Perot of the 2008 election. Maybe Oliver should support McCain — the last time a democrat got more than 50% of the vote was the Carter 50.1% win in ’76. If the dems want Kerry, Gore, or Hillary in the White House in 2009 their best chance is to split the republican candidate from his base or encourage a McCain 3rd party run.
Frank_D says:

April 1, 2006 at 7:04 pm

Tim Russert could vote millions of times, and that still wouldn’t give McCain the Presidency.
drpedro says:

April 1, 2006 at 8:04 pm

And we know this hidden media agenda (from a media that is about 80% admitted democrat or left-leaning) did so much for McCain’s initial run at the big house….oh wait, no it didn’t.
factcheck says:

April 1, 2006 at 9:04 pm

I agree, I don’t think that John McCain is the right person for the Republicans in 2008. What they need is a real conservative, one who can galvanize someone around conservative principles, someone who isn’t a closet liberal like McCain.

Someone like Sam Brownback or Bill Frist for example. Then again, Frist flip flopped on stem cell research so he is out. Maybe George Allen, or my dark horse candidate Tom Tancredo. In fact, if Tom Tancredo runs, I will support his primary campaign with my $.
JK says:

April 1, 2006 at 9:04 pm

Say what you want…John McCain would be light years ahead of the moron we have in the Oval Office now.

Then again, so would a chimp.

JK
Diamond LeGrande says:

April 1, 2006 at 11:04 pm

McCain is a definite conservative, more so than George Bush Jr., who isn’t remotely conservative. (Bush Jr. isn’t a liberal or a moderate or a communist or a fascist or an anarchist either; he’s a kleptocrat.) The guy isn’t a closet liberal; there’s almost nothing liberal about him.

The real issue with McCain is that he’s a colossal pussy. The man was the target of the nastiest smear campaign I have ever seen, and instead of fighting back, he put his tail between his legs and quit. At least John Kerry eventually responded to the Swift Boat Liars. Furthermore, not only did he wimp out, but he has been shilling for the guys who slandered him ever since.

In spite of the media love for the guy, he won’t even get through the Republican primary season. Giuliani or Allen will kick him in the shins and he’ll prostrate himself in front of his kicker. The guy makes Newt Gingrich look like he has a backbone.
Frank_D says:

April 2, 2006 at 11:04 am

McCain is a definite conservative

Yeah, riight!

I’d love to hear you expound on that…
Diamond LeGrande says:

April 2, 2006 at 12:04 pm

I’d love to hear how he isn’t. What I always get from you wingnuts is that McCain isn’t 100% in sync with the Bush agenda, which is true (he’s closer to 98% in sync). But anti-abortion, pro-death penalty, pro-corporate, anti-labor, and even more of a hawk than Bush Jr. … need I go on?
factcheck says:

April 2, 2006 at 1:04 pm

Diamond- shhhhh. McCain is the only candidate out there from their side who can win. Let’s look at the rest, shall we?

-Guiliani: A pro-choice, pro-gay rights Noo Yawker who has been married 3 times, once to his cousin?

-Allen: Hard right conservative who hung a Confederate flag and noose in his office? This will scare the hell out of anyone rational.

-Brownback: Hard right conservative, long voting record against working people and minority rights.

-Frist: See above, also flip-flopped on stem cell research, also MAJOR ethical issues with his HCA ownership, and the issue with his staffers allegedly day-trading from his office, based on legislation.

-Condi Rice: “We had no idea that people would fly planes into buildings”. Disqualified. Also conflicts with, how can I say it, the “Southern Way of Life”.

McCain is the only one that doesn’t scare the hell out of average red state Americans. So let’s convince the wingnuts that McCain is a liberal, so they nominate some crazy lunatic. Then the only thing we will have to fear is Diebold.
Rounds77 says:

April 2, 2006 at 1:04 pm

I think the country needs a break from conservatives. Who cares who gets the nomination the next go-around? So long as he or she doesn’t win should be all that matters.
Frank_D says:

April 2, 2006 at 2:04 pm

Diamond: I’m not a wingnut…

At least, I don’t think so…

What exactly is a wingnut?

Is that a flying donut?

Or one of these?
Frank_D says:

April 2, 2006 at 3:04 pm

BTW, Oliver, are you implying that the backing of the Press can propel a man into the White House, or are you saying that the Republican nominee is a sure thing to win the election?

Either one of those is veeerryy interesting…
Oliver Willis says:

April 3, 2006 at 1:04 am

A press that gives the candidate a pass can aid the candidate (George W. Bush), especially when the media is pathologically focused on attacking another (Al Gore). As it stands right now, McCain is the Republican best suited to win the presidency because he appeals to so many Democrats and independents (in the general election I’m almost sure he would do better among Dems and Independents than he would among the religious far right). The rest of the Republican field is not so lucky.
duros62 says:

April 3, 2006 at 11:04 pm

Good thing we’ve got that liberal MSM so conervative candidates don’t get any free passes, huh?