
One thing about Republican presidential nominee John McCain: He’s no slave to public opinion polls. With about 60 percent of Americans thinking the invasion of
Here’s McCain, as recently, as today, on a visit to see George H.W. Bush in
McCain also categorized Barack Obama as “someone who has no military experience whatsoever.” This was precisely the kind of critique that Bush Forty-One, a Navy flier shot down in the Pacific during the Second World War, refused to level against Bill Clinton. Perhaps McCain thinks that Forty-One was too genteel back in 1992. Or maybe McCain is a tougher candidate. Anyway, the man his North Vietnamese jailers called “Mack Kane,” continued: “When you win wars, troops come home. He [Obama] has been completely wrong on the issue. ... I have been steadfast in my position.”
McCain's steadfastness is not in doubt. In terms of historical accuracy, however, I might point out that
Meanwhile, Obama finished visiting
The second way of looking at the situation is that the U.S. media’s tilt toward the Democrats is so pronounced in the 2008 election that we risk falling over (on our faces?). The three major
Barack Obama is indeed a compelling figure, but sometimes one gets the feeling that the majority of the members of the elite media have already made up their own minds about this election, and aren’t necessarily waiting for the formalities—like the actual voting. That’s not our job. Our job is to wait.
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