Saturday, July 05, 2008

McCain: A Rovian sockpuppet

Lying about what General Clark actually said, creating false outrage and dragging out the Swiftboating King Bud Day to swiftboat some more.

Paul Krugman of the New York Times:
The latest fake scandal fit the usual pattern as an awkwardly phrased remark, lifted out of context and willfully misinterpreted, exploded across the airwaves.

What General Clark actually said was that Mr. McCain’s war service, though heroic, didn’t necessarily constitute a qualification for the presidency. It was a blunt but truthful remark, and not at all outrageous — especially given the fact that General Clark is himself a bona fide war hero.

Yet the Clark affair did reveal something important — not about General Clark, but about Mr. McCain. Now we know what a McCain administration would represent: namely, a third term for Karl Rove.

2 comments:

Distributorcap said...

watching the schmoes, including the spineless Mika talk about this non story for days on Morning Joe was enough to push me back to Road Runner and Wile E Coyote

ellroon said...

We need to find out where ACME products come from and send Fox News a free sample...