The Honorable Saint John McCain
Without putting too fine a point on it, there is literally nothing John McCain can do wrong:
In fact, it’s striking the way McCain simply can’t lose when it comes to media adulation — if he runs a positive, substantive, issue-driven campaign, media personalities will sing his praises. If he runs a negative, dishonest, character-assassination-style campaign, media personalities will still sing his praises, blaming his team of Karl Rove acolytes for steering John The Great in the wrong direction.
We talked yesterday about Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter, in an otherwise great column, falling into the same pattern. McCain, Alter argued, is waging a negative and dishonest campaign, but this is “out of sync with the real guy.” McCain may be on the attack, but his “heart’s not in it.” He’s foolishly taking the advice of “knuckleheads.” It’s that darn Steven Schmidt who deserves most of the blame.
It really is something to watch. No matter what the McCain campaign does (I am curious to see how far it could go, actually), the media will not hold the person whose name is on the campaign responsible.
No matter the lies or sleaze that gets tossed out, Saint John McCain is not responsible.
Via Memeorandum
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