Not Sure There Is A Real McCain
Don Hynes
The US Presscorps and the American public are giving McCain the same free pass they gave the Great Pretender 1980. No hard questions, no peeks behind the screen, just pass the jelly beans.
Analyzing McCain for what he is or might be versus his photographically shallow image is becoming another third rail of Media anointed Taboo: let he/she who touches the Idol beware the horrified wrath of Talking Heads.
This did us a lot of good in 2000 when we almost elected a brat who couldn't get to first base on an intentional walk.
Here's a McCain sampler for those yet resisting the Kool Aid:
McCain as POW
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0523,schanberg,64705,6.html
Top Cop Says McCain Was Never Tortured
http://www.jonesreport.com/article/02_08/070208_mccain_tortured.html
John McCain's Navy Flight Instructor Weighs In
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8695
John McCain: War Hero or North Vietnam's Go-To Collaborator?
http://www.counterpunch.org/valentine06132008.html
McCain Calls D.C. 'City Of Satan'
http://www.nbc4.com/news/15532242/detail.html?dl=headlineclick
McCain and Iseman
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/02/mccain_and_iseman.php
The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html
Don Hynes