McCain: ‘I Do Not Complain About The Media’
McCain: ‘I Do Not Complain About The Media’
Yesterday during an interview with Fox News’s Carl Cameron, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) astonishingly claimed that he has not had any complaints with the way the media is treating him or his campaign:
MCCAIN: I do not comment on the media treatment of me or Sarah. Complaining about something we are doing voluntarily that we want to do and get done I think would just not be productive. [...] But I do not complain about the media and I will not complain because that’s not appropriate for me to do so and frankly it doesn’t do me any good if I did.
Watch it (beginning at 1:15):
Anyone paying any attention to anything in recent weeks knows that this claim is beyond absurd. In fact, McCain himself just recently railed against “gotcha journalism” when CBS News’s Katie Couric asked about Sarah Palin’s recent claim that the U.S. should “launch cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan to, quote, ‘stop the terrorists from coming any further in‘” — a position that McCain opposes and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) supports.
The McCain campaign has been waging a well-known and well-documented war against the media for what they consider to be biased coverage. Some of the battles:
– McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer blasted a recent interview Couric conducted with Palin as “a series of trapdoor questions.”
– Top adviser Steve Schmidt accused the media of being “on a mission to destroy” Palin by displaying “a level of viciousness and and scurrilousness” in pursuing questions about her personal life.
– Schmidt attacked a New York Times article about how Palin was vetted before becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee as “a complete work of fiction.”
– Schmidt said of the Times: “This is an organization that is completely, totally 150 percent in the tank for the Democratic candidate. It is an organization that has made a decision to cast aside it’s journalistic integrity to advocate for the defeat of John McCain.”
– During her speech at the Republican National Convention, Palin hit the media, saying “if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.”
– McCain himself recently canceled an interview with Larry King because a CNN reporter conducted a challenging interview with campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds.
– The McCain campaign demanded that the media treat Palin with “deference.”
Also, just today, McCain complained that PBS’s Gwen Ifill would be moderating today’s Vice Presidential debate because she is writing a book that is perceived as favorable to Obama.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 pmMcCain: ‘I Do Not Complain About The Media
OK, he seriously needs to release his medical records. This is way past the point of being ridiculous.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:38 pmMcCain is digging a deeper and deeper hole.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:38 pmI have a couple of competing theories, and maybe someone could help me choose between them:
1. During his long years of incarceration and torture, John McCain was cloned by his captors. When John returned to Vietnam so many years later, he liberated his clone, who now serves him as a loyal stand-in.
2. During his long years of incarceration and torture, John McCain lost his mind.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:40 pmDon’t forget about the changes to the “Straight Talk Express”!
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/13/new-route-for-the-straight-talk-express/
Wow, so much has happened this summer, it’s hard to remember it all.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 pmHuh?
I coulda sworn McCain was complaining about the press.
I must have imagined it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:43 pmEvery word out of McCain’s mouth is a lie–including “the” and “and.”
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:44 pmWe’ve now officially entered the Twilight Zone
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:48 pmWTF!?!?! He’s utterly lost in the foggy wilderness of his mind.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 pmWhy should he? Most of the time they have their hands firmly planted on his waists and their lips wrapped around his tiny flaccid…..
OOOOOOOP!
I can’t post that here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 pm“But I do not complain about the media and I will not complain…”
That may very well be true but I will sure as hell direct my a$$ lickers to do every bit of it they can dream up. Besides, no senile sociopath has ever had the sense of reality to know what “complaining” is. Even if I am paranoid etc. “I am not complaining, I am exercising my Constitutional Right of free speach to express my discontent about unfair treatment.”
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm**banging head on desk**
Ow, a splinter…
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pmAnonymouse – you don’t rise through the ranks of the stinking goo that now makes up the repug party unless:
(1). You are seriously compromised
(2). Willing to say/do whatever is demanded to serve the criminal cabal that brought us dur chimpfurher
Mclaim was not a hero – he spent his so-called “POW” years being serviced by prostitutes and finking on the REAL POWs.
He stood aside in 2000 so the most unqualified presidential nominee in US history could be annointed pResident – and AWOL and abuside alcoholic/cocaine addict.
He offered his wife up for a biker strip party – that is who this man is.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pmThis is priceless! MCain does nothing but complain about the fact-based media. The only media he admires is Fox, with its propaganda, bias, lies, & smears. He’s pathetic.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 pmBible Spice is good at contradicting logic, wisdom, and common knowledge but? Nobody can contradict themselves like, (still the champion), Flippy McSpin.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:56 pmComplain? Hell No!
Just
Whine, wheedle, simper, snipe, throw em off the plane, bluster, bully, attack and cajole.
But no complainin. Aint no cryin in campaignin McIIIrd!@!
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 pmAnonymouse (#4)
An alternative is that during his long years as a POW he sang so loud and so long that he became accustomed to being rewarded for his lies and his treason and he is having a flash back. Comrade Sarah looks as good as those slant-eyed companions he lived with in Hanoi Hilton.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 pmZoo, better get some Bactine on that right away.
But I figured it out, with Crusty’s help — McSame himself doesn’t complain about the media. He leaves that to his surrogates. See, since he’s not authorized to speak for his campaign, he doesn’t need to complain about the press. But Nancy Pfotonhaier IS authorized, and she rips the media a new one.
Bingo! They get the benefit of a compliant press, without their candidate getting his manicure messed up.
Of course, he looks like an ass, but he’s not technically lying. And Lord knows, he’s done enough of that the last few months that we know what it looks like.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 pmdasm – the kicker is that these are not “fact-based” media.
They “catapulted the propaganda” that he was a “maverick” in the first place. They carried the stinking water that this was the “straight talk express.”
This same media told us that there were WMD in Iraq and that Sadam was behind 9/11, which was an inside job.
They told us that chimpy won in 2000 and 2004 and that we should “get over it”
The mighty wurlitzer has played their tune consistently over more than the last decade.
And he still cannot take the mild treatment he gets when people ask reasonable questions.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 pmSeriously? Age should be the sole issue for the rest of the campaign. He can’t stay on message for more than 20 seconds and he seems utterly unaware of the campaign that HE’s run for the past 12 months.
I for one am tired of it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 pmAnother Joe (#14),
So you were there too! You know him like I do!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 pmsatirev – what we are seeing is the perfect tool to stand in front of the cameras while the real criminals loot what is left of this nation’s treasury.
Eventually, we will have to talk about more than the latest compromised moron that stand in front of the criminal parade.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 pmSorry, Joe I meant #13.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 pmHe just won’t let them on his plane. Maureen Dowd was banned from the McCain-Palin plane by Steve Schmidt. Yes, that very plane John offered to fly Barack Obama to their joint town hall meeting!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 pmsatirev – did you see the clips of him lusting after palin’s ass?
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 pmWish we could play the videos of that ol’ man offering his wife to a biker stripping contest and lustin’ after palin’s ass to all the “value voters” out their.
Oh wait – those are often the same kind of evangelicals that rape their daughters too – might over-stimulate them.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:06 pmAnother Joe,
Things may wilt and die but the memory lingers on. His lust is called living in the past.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:07 pmIs it just me or is the dementia becoming more and more apparent every day?
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pmIn fact, chimpy’s “value voters” don’t exist – just another meme used to “catapult the propaganda” that people turned out in impossible numbers and voted for dur chimpfurher – even while voting YES for legalized prostitution.
You can’t make that crap up – did happen in 2004!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:09 pmThis pathological lying thing is no longer funny. I truly think McCain has come Dr Strangelove unhinged.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pmMr. Evil – yup, but that didn’t stop them in 2000 and 2004. Chimpy was not any more rational and certainly did not actually win either election.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 pmMcSame is insane or maybe just senile.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pmOff thread but on target: a maxim for Joe Biden tonight—
When you argue with a fool make sure she isn’t similarly engaged!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pmOT Dennis Kucinich speaking on house floor now about the rescue bill.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:20 pmDementia.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 pmAnchorage Daily News by MARTHA MENDOZA:
“In an interview last week with CBS News anchor Katie Couric, Palin suggested that her contact was more than just awareness of Russia’s nearness. When Couric asked Palin if she’d “ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians,” the governor replied, “We have trade missions back and forth.”
But Steve Smirnoff, the Russian Federation’s honorary consul in Anchorage, said Palin never accepted his invitation to open a dialogue with Alaska’s neighbor.”
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm– Top adviser Steve Schmidt accused the media of being “on a mission to destroy” Palin by displaying “a level of viciousness and and scurrilousness” in pursuing questions about her personal life.– During her speech at the Republican National Convention, Palin hit the media, saying “if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.”
-It wasn’t MSM it was Alaska media way way waay back in late July when no one had ever heard of Palin. MSM has finaly caught up to troopergate. Uh and Palin, don’t you worry your little head. You’ll never be confused with the Washington elite.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pmMcCancer says – My friends I do not comment on the media treatment of me or Sarah you vicious media question asker, how dare they ask questions that would show me to be a smarmy, condescending, grumpy old man and Nazi Bible Barbi as a freak of nature, why back in the day the Media know how to throw us republicans nothing but softball questions, but now that we are out of favor you ask real questions once in a while and that my friends is not what we need, no the American people need to see me as I see me, as a POW and war hero, never mind that being shot down has nothing to do with being a hero and by the way did you know that Nazi Bible Barbi is a good shot? …..Opps sat on a lobbyist again.
Only someone with very poor judgement would vote for a vile, creepy, cancer ridden, gonna die soon old fart like you John.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pmThese last thirty days will be interesting, especially with Obama pulling ahead in the polls. No telling what the oldest man ever will start shoveling from one day to the next. He ought to at least take credit for slicing bread since he must’ve been there.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pmI find it amazing that McCain is able to talk out of both sides of his mouth or in most cases every side of his mouth…He just won’t stop. I’m from San Fran originally and it wasn’t too long ago I was told by a former employer that I shouldn’t be allowed to vote, something about being to radical. Bush and his administration made it very clear with their “you’re with us or against us” rhetoric that any dissent would lead to trouble and it’s obvious that he and Cheney meant it. McCain is employing the same tactic…tossing a reporter (Dowd) off his supposed straight talk express and then tossing several dissenting conservative columinists under their straight talk BS bus….One can only think/know it will get worse if McCain and his victim “everyone is picking on me” Palin get into the Oval office. Truth be damned and please don’t think for yourself…anymore…
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 pmWhat a liar!
He admitted he does complain to the repug msm but it doesn’t do him any good.
WTF?
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 pmhaha
Satirev, I like the way you think, everyone here for that matter. I know we’re preaching to the choir, but still ….Awesome!
I stood in line for over two hours to listen/see Obama in Clearwater recently…he IS a leader…I love working on his campaign….I was able to stand behind him as he spoke and shook his hand, no great feat, but still and I have great photos. It was inspiring to see 20,000 ppl come out for him…His message is clear
BARACK THE VOTE
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 pmOn a related topic, I found this gem (grammar and spelling as is)in a story about tonight’s upcoming debate. Flippy might claim he doesn’t complain but, his minions do enough for everybody. And doesn’t their paranoia reflect a firm belief that Bible Spice isn’t up to the task?
Loise Barnard : Ms. Eifil works for you according to PBS. Ethical behavior demands an ability to discern right from wrong. Ms Eifel, or anyone who defends her position does not understand her failed judjment has compromised her (lack of) moral position. Liberalism is easy. Do whatever you want and to whomever you wantand make it up as you go along. No consequence.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:01 pmIncredible baldfaced mendacity!
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 pmGood link on the POW stuff satirev, thanks.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 pmI love the irony…The McCain camp has the audacity to speak of Ethics and morality, failed judgement! Who excactly are they trying to kid? Joe Six Pack?!?!!?!? OH PULEEEEEEZ!! Someone get me a tissue, and a shot of tequila :) What a nite this is going to be!!!!
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:23 pmIfill is also good friends with Condi Rice, isn’t she?
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 pmEvery morning, bright and early, say about 10 AM, Old Johnny arises and realizes that his memory of yesterday and the days before is basically a blank. So it’s a Brand New Day for Old Johnny, and he can assert anything and everything he wants to… Ain’t senility great?
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 pmI’m sure Maureen Dowd will be happy to hear McCain’s statements.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pm