Press having a love affair with McCain
Press having a love affair with McCain
Published:Thursday, January 24, 2008
By PAUL F. CAMPOS
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
One of the curiosities of American politics is the media’s ongoing infatuation with John McCain. A bit of this is based on things such as McCain’s opposition to torture (unfortunately, we can no longer treat opposing torture like opposing child molestation, i.e., something one assumes is standard equipment in a presidential candidate rather than a luxury upgrade). Yet most of the journalistic love affair with the Republican senator from Arizona is based on other factors.
Consider this typical endorsement from the Orlando Sentinel: While McCain “has stuck to his principles at the risk of sinking his campaign,â€