Comments on: About That McCain Story http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Elisabetta http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391924 Elisabetta Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:46:45 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391924 ExiledIndependent Says: "Here’s an interesting possibility: McCain using this hatchet job to bolster his conservative creds. “See? The NYT is attacking me! I MUST be conservative" Hmm.. interesting. It will be more exciting if you stick to the topic, which is. * McCain got smeared by a liberal organization.* Or are you saying that he concocted with the NYT to attack himself, that he might derive an advantage?! ExiledIndependent Says:
“Here’s an interesting possibility: McCain using this hatchet job to bolster his conservative creds. “See? The NYT is attacking me! I MUST be conservative”

Hmm.. interesting. It will be more exciting if you stick to the topic, which is. * McCain got smeared by a liberal organization.*
Or are you saying that he concocted with the NYT to attack himself, that he might derive an advantage?!

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391714 Justin Gardner Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:28:25 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391714 Dos, quit talking about Alan like that. It's not nice. Dos, quit talking about Alan like that. It’s not nice.

]]> By: ExiledIndependent http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391706 ExiledIndependent Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:17:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391706 Here's an interesting possibility: McCain using this hatchet job to bolster his conservative creds. "See? The NYT is attacking me! I MUST be conservative!" Here’s an interesting possibility: McCain using this hatchet job to bolster his conservative creds. “See? The NYT is attacking me! I MUST be conservative!”

]]> By: Dos http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391705 Dos Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:48:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391705 Alan - Thanks for the link to Rove's article. It is spot-on in my opinion. <blockquote>For Mr. Obama, words are merely a means to hide a left-leaning agenda behind the cloak of centrist rhetoric</blockquote> Uumm, that reminds me of an Obama supporter I know...somebody that manages a blog... Alan - Thanks for the link to Rove’s article. It is spot-on in my opinion.

For Mr. Obama, words are merely a means to hide a left-leaning agenda behind the cloak of centrist rhetoric

Uumm, that reminds me of an Obama supporter I know…somebody that manages a blog…

]]> By: Alan Stewart Carl http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391702 Alan Stewart Carl Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:32:26 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391702 There's generally no good time to release a story with its entire substantiation boiling down to "some anonymous sources had concerns." Concerns? Wow. That's newsworthy. If they have more, they should release it now. Looks to me that they spend months on a costly fishing expedition, landed nothing more than a tin can and then decided to go ahead and mount that tin can and call it a 20-pound bass. It's all very distasteful. There’s generally no good time to release a story with its entire substantiation boiling down to “some anonymous sources had concerns.” Concerns? Wow. That’s newsworthy.

If they have more, they should release it now. Looks to me that they spend months on a costly fishing expedition, landed nothing more than a tin can and then decided to go ahead and mount that tin can and call it a 20-pound bass. It’s all very distasteful.

]]> By: Elisabetta http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391675 Elisabetta Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:47 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391675 The NYT is a full-fledged henchman organization for the left. It's interesting the same NYT that barely a month ago endorsed McCain. Most conservatives understood it for the political maneuver that it was. Generate democratic support for McCain in the primaries until a time they would stab him in the back. Very disturbing! I, for one, doubt this story's veracity, despite not caring for McCain as a nominee. The NYT is a full-fledged henchman organization for the left. It’s interesting the same NYT that barely a month ago endorsed McCain. Most conservatives understood it for the political maneuver that it was. Generate democratic support for McCain in the primaries until a time they would stab him in the back.

Very disturbing! I, for one, doubt this story’s veracity, despite not caring for McCain as a nominee.

]]> By: Jason http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391671 Jason Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:39:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391671 The reason I think the timing is suspect is because I think the Times didn't want to hurt McCain, they wanted to hurt Republicans generally. So they held the story until a time when it would damage Republicans prospects of holding the White House overall instead of just short-circuiting McCain's candidacy in December. It is not personal with the Times, it is partisan. I predict with full confidence that the Times will eventually endorse whomever the Democrats nominate. The reason I think the timing is suspect is because I think the Times didn’t want to hurt McCain, they wanted to hurt Republicans generally. So they held the story until a time when it would damage Republicans prospects of holding the White House overall instead of just short-circuiting McCain’s candidacy in December.

It is not personal with the Times, it is partisan. I predict with full confidence that the Times will eventually endorse whomever the Democrats nominate.

]]> By: ExiledIndependent http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391670 ExiledIndependent Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:35:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/21/about-that-mccain-story/#comment-391670 While watching McCain's press conference this morning, it struck me at how weak of a public speaker he is. Should be interesting to see how he mitigates this weakness vs. BHO. While watching McCain’s press conference this morning, it struck me at how weak of a public speaker he is. Should be interesting to see how he mitigates this weakness vs. BHO.

]]>