On Conservatives, John McCain, Judy Miller and the New York Times

So now we have conservatives- so many of whom have done a total 180 about John McCain in recent weeks- lambasting The New York Times for their recent reportage casting aspersions about McCain's behavior around some of the lobbyists he has known.

Just listen to what some of these conservatives are saying- between the lines if not directly?

Well, what would you expect of the "northeastern liberal establishment's" chief spear-carrier? Hey, when it gets down to crunch time, The New York Times is liberal and always has been.

Plus, some of these same conservatives think that by releasing the McCain reporting now, rather than say a month ago, they waited until that second coming of Reagan (that'd be Mitt Romney) withdrew and was out of every liberal's harm's way.

Just goes to show you. Can't trust the liberal media.

Funny, though, when former (whew) New York Times reporter Judith "Saddam has vats of anthrax" Miller was writing her now discredited, fear-mongering articles about Iraq earlier this decade, some of the same conservatives who are attacking the Times' McCain coverage now, latched on to her, and to her New York Times articles, as justification for attacking Iraq.

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[mediamarv]

Proof one again that conservatives are nothing more than oxygen wasters.

[Durango]

Blowjob from a lobbyist. That's no story. I thought that was SOP.

Influence peddling. THAT'S A STORY.

[mommadona]

"Conservatives, what DO they really want?"

~play on Dr. Freud's question about women~

[DemandTruth]

Today, Sen. John McCain"s (R-AZ) campaign manager Rick Davis sent an e-mail to supporters attacking the New York Times"s bombshell story on McCain"s ties to lobbyists. Davis claims that "objective observers" view it as a "sleazy smear attack from a liberal newspaper." One of the "objective" sources he cites? McCain"s attorney Bob Bennett. Davis writes:

Objective observers are viewing this article exactly as they should - as a sleazy smear attack from a liberal newspaper against the conservative Republican frontrunner. ¦ Washington attorney Bob Bennett, who was the Democrat counsel during the Keating investigation, said, "This is a real hit job."

Bennett is far from an "objective observer." In fact, Bennett is currently being paid by McCain to help beat back the New York Times story. In December, Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz reported that McCain hired Bennett "to deal with the matter" of the Times"s investigation.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/21/davis-disclose-bennett/

Ha! So it turns out the Right's "reporting" that defends McCain and calls the NYT reporting dishonest is MORE dishonest than the original NYT story itself!

Pot? Hulloo, pot! This is the Kettle calling!

[hopeless277]

That is funny. I know of 3,964 some odd folks who are just laughing themselves to death over all of it.