Last week I made a post as I watched Fox News. I noted that Obama deserves criticism, but that Fox totally overlooked anything McCain had been up to (whether good or bad).
The folks at AlterNet released the following today: “10 McCain Gaffes from This Week That Should Have Damaged His Chances”
Here’s a few of my favorites. Again click HERE to read the whole thing.
1. McCain unambiguously called Social Security “an absolute disgrace.” This is not a quote taken out of context. John McCain called one of the most successful and popular government programs, which uses the tax revenues of current workers to support retirement benefits for the elderly “an absolute disgrace.” This is shocking — and if uttered from Obama’s mouth would dominate the news coverage and the Sunday shows, as pundits would speculate about the massive damage the statement would cause him among retirees in Florida.
3. Iraqi leaders call for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal, McCain gets caught in a bizarre denial and flip flop. The Iraqis now want us to begin planning our withdrawal — McCain however wants to stay foooorrreeevvveerrrr. So what does McCain say — First, he refuses to accept Maliki’s statement as being true. Then he concedes that it was an accurate statement, but was probably just a political ploy to curry favor with his own people and WOULD NOT influence his determination to keep US troops in Iraq indefinitely. Yet, McCain in 2004 at the Council on Foreign Relations said that if the Iraqis asked us to leave, we would have to go. No matter what. But that was apparently a younger and less experienced John McCain.
7. McCain makes a joke about killing Iranians. Haha… that’s just McCain being McCain. I am sure that is exactly how it is being reported in Tehran. This guy is running for President not to become a talk radio pundit. Yet according to the AP this was just a humanizing moment between candidate and spouse — I am not sure when joking about the deaths of civilians became humanizing.
8. McCain denies, flatly, that he ever said that he is not an expert in economics. Are you kidding?
Anyone wanna send Fox a copy?
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I don’t understand why this blog wastes its time calling out Fox News. Nobody younger than 50 actually watches that network and everybody knows it has a right-wing bias. Try focusing on a relevant network, like CNN or MSNBC. Criticizing Fox News is like winning a medal in the Special Olympics.
If McCain’s gaffes were really that bad, why are they not reported by other media sources? Get AlterNet or whoever to be more public about this nonsense!
CNN or MSNBC are no more relevant than Fox News, really. Fox News is the #1 Cable News Network, so by calling them out, we are doing our job as responsible media consumers.
I agree with you about Fox being blatantly right-winged, but not everyone is smart enough to realize this. Many people (under 50) get most of their political info from the channel since it is the #1 cable news network. They really do believe it’s fair and balanced.
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