John McCain Accuses Me Of "Trash Journalism" While He Engages In "Trash" Propaganda During The Petraeus Hearing

Apparently some of the straight-talk released from The Real McCain yesterday got Rambo a bit peeved. So I'm glad I'm nowhere in his vicinity, because we know what happens to people when McCain gets a bit peeved at them.

He responded to the factual piece in my book about his calling his wife that four-letter c-word that wives so love to hear from their spouses, with this, according to today's New York Daily News:

McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker brands the book "trash journalism" and tells us, "The story is completely fabricated."

No surprise here. It's far from the first time the "maverick" has made himself into a liar, and today's opening statement to General Petaeus once again showed it won't be the last.

He brought out all the old favorites about those advocating for a "reckless and irresponsible withdrawal," (you know, only 70% of the country). The kind of withdrawal he advocated for in Beirut in 1983, and Somalia and Haiti in the 1990s. Hell, he must have had a lot of white flags in storage then, he was waving them so so darn often! I get into his complete foreign-policy flip-flop over his career in much greater detail in my book that he has seen fit to disparage without even reading (c'mon, it's not like he's George W., he can in fact read above a My Pet Goat reading level, I assume).

McCain then trotted out that old saw about Al Qaeda in Iraq, which is only a miniscule part of the fighting force against us there, and is only there because of people like him took us into this war using the time-tested technique of making stuff up.

He said once again he wanted to "succeed" in Iraq. Definition of success: I don't know, and neither does he, as he didn't give it yet again (once again, I discuss this in greater detail). Maybe it's when he can go back to that market and take a stroll their without the Guns of Navarone protecting him, right before he falsely told us that anyone could have taken the same playful jaunt through town (sans protection).

You get the picture. I have hit McCain with a bit of that old straight-talk. Instead of lying about me because of it, he should try it sometime. How about starting today when we are trying to find a solution to this disaster he helped create in Mesopotamia.

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Comments

[paulfromportland]

Funny thing about serving one's country honorably and with distinction - There once was a young West Pointer, who excelled in battle serving his country honorably and with distinction. Had his career ended with the conclusion of the Civil War, he would have, indeed, been honorable.

However, he chose to go west and massacre women and children.

And, one day, the vainglorious fool took his small command down a ravine into the awaiting weapons and wrath of thousands of foes. Wonder if he was yelling "Stay the course, stay the course" to his star crossed troopers? Yeah, normalcy that day in June, was just that close as Agent 86 might have said, or rather, "Missed it by that much".

[iratior]

While we're on the subject of John McCain, does everybody know that the League of Conservation Voters gives him a rating of ZERO based on his votes in the 110th Congress? ZERO!

[ChimpmasterDJ]

The "Maverick" was deftly turned into the "Gelding" in the 2000 campaign. That he now slavishly brown-noses Cheney and Bush butt, is indicative of an extreme manifestation of Stockholm Syndrome.

Either that, or he's just senile.

[isi]

Getting the MSM to cover McCain honestly is next to impossible. They love him.
That is why Cliff Schecter's book is so important. He's right, if he can get the sales
up, then the press will have to cover some of these details. They will have to cover the real John McCain.


And, yes, these are details voters need to know in order to make an informed choice when voting for president.

[The 13 Colonies]

Did McCain stand up to Bush and Rove in 2000?..............tell the truth.

[Annette]

Not really.

[PalleKuling]

I am certainly no fan of McCain but I believe him to be correct in branding the book "trash journalism".

Also, the reason McCain wanted to pull troops out of Somalia and Lebanon was that they were not a big enough force to do any noticable difference. He likes his wars big... and long.

There is so much BS and trashy journalism out there already. Let's not add to it.

[RogerHWerner]

The three rules of sales: Marketing, marketing, marketing...no marketing efforts succeeds like the kind of free marketing you have received. Kind of like the Papacy black listing a naughty book...great for sales!

[Texas4Obama]

Okay..,,

Let's first bring our troops home then...... let's take Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Rice, McCain and the rest of that bunch and drop them all off in Baghdad with a tank, one old gun, and a non-bullet proof vest and let the Iraqis have them to deal with instead of the U.S. having to spent millions on war crimes trials.

[elbzee]

Hell of a good idea T4O! That right there just may repair a lot of international disdain they've created. Sick as it may be, the drop of and subsequent celebration with the war criminals should probably be tele-cast world wide. (I rarely condone violence, but with these prizes, nothing's too evil.)

[rmreddicks]

Let's do it.

[ihavenobias]

Thank you for writing this book Cliff. You can count on another $10 on the way from me, and much, much more in coming months I'm sure.

[RnR]

I really think the reason McCain gets a free ride from the press is that they're afraid of him going ballistic on camera (which they'd cut, but of course the offending questioner would probably be out of a job).

Mr. War Hero won't vote for an improved GI bill. A true republican in the mold of gwb, cheney, wolfowitz, feith, perle et. al.

[JimmyCrackcorn]

Ok Cliff - I bought one...I hope you make the NYT best seller list.

I also put a new entry on the urban dictionary for the word Trollop. God he's old.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trollop

[maria1253]

The plan to stay in IRAQ is already created. Ed Schultz mentioned this on his show today (Secret US plan for military future in Iraq)so I looked it up:
"A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country."
Here is the link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/08/iraq.usa

Yes, it means 100 years of the occupation of IRAQ.

[bointreau]

"Trash journalism"??

The only trash journalism out there is the controlled reich wing news media and its refusal to pose real questions regarding Bush imperialism and McCain's support of his terrorism.

For months now we have heard how war must now be imposed on Iran because Ahmadinejad has created war on Iraq. In all this time imperialist Bush has not offered a shred of evidence to support his reidiculous claims. To make matters worse, the reichsters in the news media refuses to demand evidence to support that idiotic claim.

Ahmadinejad is no enemy of iraq. In fact, last month he shook hands with al-Maliki and was given the red carpet treatment.

How can people be so stupid as to believe Bush's propaganda???

When is Congress going to put a stop to Bush's imperialism???

[Obamamo]

Thank you! Very well put and you are absolutely right that the focus should be on the history of Iraq and Imperialism.
Here is an article written by Eric Margolis | Toronto Sun | August 4, 2002. It elucidate in a clear why we"re in Iraq.

http://www.why-war.com/news/2002/08/04/georgebu.html

[RnR]

Thank you for that

[Titonwan]

market and take a stroll their without the Guns of Navarone protectin Who proof reads your articles. There are 3 "theres" - they're, their and there. In that sentence it is supposed to be there. There!

[ChiMan1]

Who are you, again?