Comments on: McCain Scandal Reignites The Issue Of Political Favors

By: Republican Party = Anti Christ « …a kingdom of conscience…

Republican Party = Anti Christ « …a kingdom of conscience… — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:30:36 +0000

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By: Lean Left

Lean Left — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:04:22 +0000

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By: Yes, Virginia, Liberals Do Live in Tennessee « The Crone Speaks

Yes, Virginia, Liberals Do Live in Tennessee « The Crone Speaks — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:46:01 +0000

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By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:31:11 +0000

A couple of thoughts on this….

The standard a politician has to meet to win a libel case is so high that it wouldn’t be practical for McCain to file one. Besides, at that point, the NY Times can then play the game where they go from irresponsible outlet printing unsubstanciated sexual rumors, to victim of meaney politician trying to squelch free speech via lawsuit. McCain won’t fall in that trap.

Not too original a thought here, but it bears repeating that the Times managed to pretty much unite conservatives by throwing in the sexual innuendo. It’s too blatant a hit piece to have that stuff in when there is no real backing. Actually, assuming there is no there… there, the Times just did McCain a huge favor.

By: newscoma

newscoma — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:50:14 +0000

Vaughn, not a bad point.
Demo, you’re right. There is always a holdback. Wonder how this will impact the debates this evening, if at all.

By: Vaughn D

Vaughn D — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:44:09 +0000

Hey McCain, please tell us this isn’t true – but words are empty, so show us with a libel suit!

By: democommie

democommie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:35:59 +0000

Newscoma:

They always have a holdback, so when the news gets slow they can goose it up again.

I haven’t liked John McCain for quite some time, so I don’t have a problem with him getting drilled. I’m sure there will be some juicy bomblets to drop on Ms. Clinton or B. HUSSEIN O’bama whenever the nomination process ends. It would be nice if they (the NYT and everybody else) would publish the straight news and at least put the opinion portion in a sidebar or italics so that the credulous boobs would know which was which–oh, sorry, my bad, they don’t want to know.

By: pshaw

pshaw — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:17:59 +0000

Oh boy. A few weeks ago on the Cognitive Daily blog, the story was about the psychological issues with political scandals. Once it has been leaked to the general public that McCain has an affair, then McCain really did have an affair, and no amount of evidence or testimony is going to convince people otherwise. You are right. The real story will be about the political favors, but that's not what the pundits will be talking about this week.