All aboard the Straight Talk Express! John McCain has re-launched his (struggling) candidacy and he's going to tell it like it is! Oh wait...
Mr. McCain at first only hinted that on Thursday he might call for the resignation of Mr. Gonzales. Asked by reporters if he still supported Mr. Gonzales, he responded, "I'll tell you tomorrow," explaining that he did not want to "step on my message."
I'm hereby renaming the bus "The Straight Talk (When It Doesn't Step on My Message) Express." Between the pandering to the right and the obviously parsed language, the McCain mystique is going to quickly die out. He's just another politician, folks. Sorry to shatter everyone's illusions.
PS The pitiful interviewing of Larry King eventually lured McCain into revealing his view on Gonzales:
In fact, Mr. McCain stepped on his message hours later when he sat down to tape an interview with Mr. King for CNN. When Mr. King asked if he thought Mr. Gonzalez should step down, Mr. McCain responded, "I think that out of loyalty to the president that that would probably be the best thing that he could do."
Your blog entry is overboard. The media should be shifting its focus away from petty political moves (which this clearly was, he wanted to announce on Larry King because it is a larger audience, whose clips are recognizable and trusted) and towards real media substance. Mccain is right. You are writing this petty article because YOU got your feelings hurt. Was it a little bit honest? Maybe, but is it relevant at all to the nation as a whole? NO! Wake up media! You choose to attack a man for a small deviation from the truth who is known for his straightforward approach. Please find something better to do with your time, like real investigative reporting!
Posted by: Tyler Hotchkiss | April 26, 2007 at 08:19 PM