McCain is disgusting and pathetic, and the MSM twits can't come to grips with that fact

[ProSense]

October 7, 2008
RATIONALIZING MCCAIN'S ANGER AND TOUCHINESS.... It was ironic yesterday when John McCain slammed Barack Obama for being "touchy" and "angry." If the adjectives belong to anyone, it's John McCain.

Today, Mike Allen reported on a possible explanation.

(W)hat friends call "grumpy McCain" is showing up regularly on the campaign trail, and several top advisers worry that it's hurting his campaign by making him appear peevish and hunkered down when the country is looking for a larger and more optimistic brand of leadership. <...>

A close McCain friend said the reason is clear: McCain is miserable about having to run a campaign that's antithetical to his persona.

"He is basically having to be somebody that he isn't," said the friend, who remains strongly supportive. "He is just not a guy that goes on the attack in public. For him to be on the attack constantly, attacking Obama's character ... McCain is uncomfortable with that, and it's made him grumpy."

We've heard this quite a bit -- McCain knows he's running an insulting and cynical campaign, and he's just not comfortable with it. NBC's Andrea Mitchell recently argued, "John McCain also doesn't like this kind of politics." Roger Simon agreed, saying, "McCain really doesn't like attacking...which is why I think he's often uncomfortable with his own campaign."

I see. If McCain runs a positive, issue-oriented campaign, he's a great guy. If he runs a ridiculous, dishonest, character-assassination-style campaign, he's still a great guy, and he's just a reluctant rider on a train falling off the tracks.

Look, McCain knows exactly what he's doing. He hired Karl Rove's acolytes to turn McCain's campaign into exactly the insulting mess we see today. McCain is calling the shots, and if he didn't like his campaign's direction -- indeed, if it were making him "miserable" -- it's within McCain's power to change it immediately. He hasn't, and he won't.

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On edit, they're probably having trouble coming to grips with the fact that giving this jerk a pass didn't help.

[Supersedeas]

1. Kelly O'Donnell have a wink and a knod from the Free Ride Rationalization Express

[ErinBerin84]

2. I agree, the media is in denial.

[Cha]

3. The media are being Whore$..

they know what the fuck is up.

[ErinBerin84]

7. yes, they've always been whores.

But I do think that they held a sweet spot in their heart for McCain.....even if it was just for the media access.

[Overseas]

4. Actually, I think many realize that and bend over backward to prop him up.

That's what drives me crazy. Because McLiar is so very disgusting and has changed into a McBush many in the corporate media try really hard to make him sound reasonable or at least viable.

They cover up for him.
They don't challenge his lies very often.
They pretend his dismal voting record on veterans' benefits doesn't count since he was a POW.
They pretend it is okay that we don't push to get his medical records, even though he has recurrent melanoma and appointed a Christian fundamentalist as his VP.

Etc Etc.

[ProSense]

6. It's what's making them lose their composure.

Look at Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View. Her head is about to explode because her wingnut ass thought McCain had it in the bag.

[Raschel]

8. The good old boys have to be kicking themselves.

Instead of telling McCain to butt out, they gave him his entitlement shot at the Presidency.

How they couldn't have seen that McCain is a TOTALLY unlikeable candidate in every respect is beyond me. He has to be hidden from his own ads. There is nothing positive about him physically or personality-wise.

He is like a gift.

[ProSense]

10. Exactly. n/t

[nc4bo]

5. McCain is miserable about having to run a campaign that's antithetical to his persona?

You have got to be kidding me!!

This IS the real Mccain. The Mccain he tried to keep hidden from public view to the point that those who tried to warn the public about him, were treated like conspiracy theorists, whisper campaigners and sore losers.

This IS the real Mccain, LIVE and UNCUT!!!!

[Raschel]

9. I never liked him, always thought he was a dink.

Why anyone thought he was anythink other that a self-serving jerk is beyond me.