Comments on: The Media and John McCain: Confusing Ideology With Expertise http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/ Firedoglake weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:13:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: marshen http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356981 marshen Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:21:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356981 <p>I saw a clip on cable news of John McCain giving his mortgage crisis speech in Orange County today. Typical tele-prompter speech where his eyes are following word for word and his head moving slightly left to right as he delivers the prepared sentences. Then the camera swings around and shows the tele-prompter, exposing McCain’s speech giving cheating. It was funny, I have never seen anybody do that to McCain before. If that is the only way he can work, McCain is going to be in real trouble during the presidential debates. McTele-prompter!</p> I saw a clip on cable news of John McCain giving his mortgage crisis speech in Orange County today. Typical tele-prompter speech where his eyes are following word for word and his head moving slightly left to right as he delivers the prepared sentences. Then the camera swings around and shows the tele-prompter, exposing McCain’s speech giving cheating. It was funny, I have never seen anybody do that to McCain before. If that is the only way he can work, McCain is going to be in real trouble during the presidential debates. McTele-prompter!

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356961 wobblybits Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:01:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356961 <p>great strategy but our dinners are chock full of Europeans and they loooove to talk politics (their own country and here). there are disagreements but in the end everyone is still friends</p> great strategy but our dinners are chock full of Europeans and they loooove to talk politics (their own country and here). there are disagreements but in the end everyone is still friends

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356949 Petrocelli Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:49:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356949 <p>Our family dinners are more congenial … all Liberals but we’ve had dustups about Hillary V Barack … until I remind them all that this nomination playing to a stalemate might just give Gore an impetus to step in … *g*</p> Our family dinners are more congenial … all Liberals but we’ve had dustups about Hillary V Barack … until I remind them all that this nomination playing to a stalemate might just give Gore an impetus to step in … *g*

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356948 perris Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:48:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356948 <p>my friends who supported him are still going to support a republican and still think Iran is a threat that needs to be addressed</p> <p>so while they can blame bush for some things, they still believe in the republican party</p> my friends who supported him are still going to support a republican and still think Iran is a threat that needs to be addressed

so while they can blame bush for some things, they still believe in the republican party

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356943 wobblybits Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:45:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356943 <p>I’m sure he didn’t appreciate some fuh-ren-nuh telling him that</p> I’m sure he didn’t appreciate some fuh-ren-nuh telling him that

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356939 wobblybits Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:44:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356939 <p>mr wobbs said to bro in law a few weeks ago that any attempt to defend the administration and really the repug party does little except make him (bro in law) look like an all day sucker who is so tied to loyalty that he would sooner see his own country and constitution destroyed and wear a flag lapel pin while doing so rather than actually do the work of a true patriot and push back against the lies that the repugs are peddling.</p> <p>I’m thinking we won’t be having any more political discussions for a while</p> mr wobbs said to bro in law a few weeks ago that any attempt to defend the administration and really the repug party does little except make him (bro in law) look like an all day sucker who is so tied to loyalty that he would sooner see his own country and constitution destroyed and wear a flag lapel pin while doing so rather than actually do the work of a true patriot and push back against the lies that the repugs are peddling.

I’m thinking we won’t be having any more political discussions for a while

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356935 Petrocelli Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:42:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356935 <p>Most of my relatives now realize that he’s the reason for this clusterf*ck …</p> Most of my relatives now realize that he’s the reason for this clusterf*ck …

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356929 Elliott Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:39:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356929 <p>thank you. I keep hearing this as a right wing terror point but it’s just absurd.</p> thank you. I keep hearing this as a right wing terror point but it’s just absurd.

]]> By: perris http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356928 perris Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:38:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356928 <blockquote><p>I have tons of relatives in the U.S who were Bush/Repub loyalists … they’re not nearly so vocal these days …</p> </blockquote> <p>they might not be vocal but they refuse to believe any of this is bush’s fault</p> <p>it’s known as cognitive dissonance and it is pervasive</p>

I have tons of relatives in the U.S who were Bush/Repub loyalists … they’re not nearly so vocal these days …

they might not be vocal but they refuse to believe any of this is bush’s fault

it’s known as cognitive dissonance and it is pervasive

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356925 Petrocelli Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:36:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/25/the-media-and-john-mccain-confusing-ideology-with-expertise/#comment-1356925 <p>I have tons of relatives in the U.S who were Bush/Repub loyalists … they’re not nearly so vocal these days …</p> I have tons of relatives in the U.S who were Bush/Repub loyalists … they’re not nearly so vocal these days …

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