A different kind of Republican sex scandal: It involves a man and a woman
February 21st, 2008 at 12:23pm Pat Cunningham
OK, we’re not sure yet that this is an actual sex scandal, but I wanted to crack wise in the headline anyway.
As I said HERE last night, I don’t know what to make of this deal about McCain and the lobbyist woman. I expect that there will be more shoes to drop before we’ve heard the last of the matter.
Whether it ends up hurting McCain’s presidential candidacy remains to be seen, but I don’t see how it does him any good. At the very least, it puts new focus on his having dumped his first wife and then having very quickly moved on to his second wife, which makes him look like a lothario (see HERE).
Reaction among the mainstream media and prominent bloggers seems to be all over the place. At least one liberal blogger SAYS the piece in the Times was a hatchet job.
Daily Kos has a summary of the “scandal” right HERE.
UPDATE: Politico REPORTS that right-wingers are rallying to McCain’s side.
UPDATE II: The New York Times has RESPONDED to criticisms of its McCain story.
UPDATE III: Kevin Drum of the Washington Monthly has THIS.
UPDATE IV: Oliver Willis SAYS this case reminds him of the media firestorm over Bill Clinton’s sexual escapades.
UPDATE V: ABC SAYS Mitt Romney saw this one coming and had hoped it would break sooner.
UPDATE VI: More HERE on the right-wing response.
UPDATE VII: What if this story was about a Democratic presidential hopeful? Let’s just IMAGINE.
UPDATE VIII: The New Republic has a behind-the-scenes PIECE about how The New York Times handled the McCain story.
UPDATE IX: Some of Mike Huckabee’s backers see the McCain story as the WORK OF GOD in the interest of a greater good. Yeah, sure it is.
UPDATE X: McCain says he doesn’t take money from special interests. But, in fact, HE DOES.
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5 Comments Add your own
1. real1ami | February 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
The snark in the title of this post had me cracking up! I think I’m going to have to visit here frequently!
2. Mike Carroll | February 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Now why would I suddenly be reminded of the Dan Rather/60 Minutes report on W’s service with the Texas Air National Guard.
3. Pat Cunningham | February 21st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Yeah, that damned Dan Rather. All that stuff about little Georgie Bush shirking his military duty was nonsense, right? We all know now that Georgie was a war hero. What a man!
4. Mike Carroll | February 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Where is Trenchcoat Dan these days? That’s right-he’s suing CBS. I would just love sitting in on those depositions.
5. Kaus | February 21st, 2008 at 7:02 pm
This story is lacking names and details…just like the Hillary lesbo scandal….Huma Abedin? Go ahead … Google the name. You’ll find no shortages of stories suggesting that Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin have been engaged in a long-term lesbian relationship but will you find THAT in the New York Times?
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