torrmoz

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:19:14 -0800

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_03/013394.php Let's recap. Foreign policy cred lets him get away with wild howlers on foreign policy. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtqD_x9yYIuq_7S2dimSjMV5qRmg Fiscal integrity cred lets him get away with outlandishly irresponsible economic plans. http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=what_is_mccains_economic_agenda Anti-lobbyist cred lets him get away with pandering to lobbyists. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022101131.html?hpid=topnews Campaign finance reform cred lets him get away with gaming the campaign finance system. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&year=2008&base_name=the_pete_rose_of_politics Straight talking cred lets him get away with brutally slandering Mitt Romney in the closing days of the Republican primary. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_01/012981.php Maverick uprightness cred allows him to get away with begging for endorsements from extremist religious leaders like John Hagee. http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/the_mccainhagee_connection_1.php "Man of conviction" cred allows him to get away with transparent flip-flopping so egregious it would make any other politician a laughingstock. http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/02/the_mccain_shift.php Anti-torture cred allows him to get away with supporting torture as long as only the CIA does it. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_02/013122.php Remind me again: where does all this cred come from? And what window do Democrats go to to get the same treatment the press gives McCain?

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