This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that McCain's Hillary ads aren't actually airing anywhere in the country. The McCain campaign just said they were so the press would report them. Now they're airing some transparently dishonest ads, leading Marc Ambinder to suggest that the press has a dilemma. "If we want to point out how misleading they are, we air the ad. McCain's campaign wins the point. If refuse to point out how misleading they are, McCain's campaign escapes criticism." It's a little odd that the McCain campaign is treating their friends in the press like idiots, but it's odder still that the press seems okay with it, and isn't responding by talking about all the dishonest negative campaigning he's trying to promote and noting that he needs to use the press because his campaign has a money crisis.
Honest, straight talking, admirable... those words are all antithetical to John McCain the candidate. Maybe he's a better man than this, but his actions have irreparably tarnished his image. It's sad when a Republican liked by moderates becomes a neocon shill, and even his supporters feel dirty.
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