10/14/2008 03:17:19 AM EST

Make Believe Maverick

posted by Cenk

This is the Rolling Stone article I referred to in the show on Monday. It is an excellent summary of John McCain's life and what a fraud he is.

If I was running a political campaign against McCain, this is the story I would make sure the American people knew about my opponent. Obama ran a different campaign, and it looks like it's working for him. But Democrats always leave their opponent standing.

If you read this article, you see that a guy like this should be ripped down and exposed as the classic politican opportunist that he is.

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Journalists have to stop helping politicians build these myths about their lives. They have to show us the realitities of these people, as Tim Dickison did here. Obviously, I highly recommend this read.
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Make Believe Maverick | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 hidden)
Slate on the RStone McCain Article (none / 0)
The cover story attempts to tear down the "myth" of John McCain, taking his "maverick" trope and tenets of "country first" and "straight talk" head on...

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by sfinneganus on 10/14/2008 05:49:49 AM EST

more and more like someone we know (none / 0)
I am starting to see stricking similarities between Sarah Palin and McCain. They both seem to present themselves as people they are not. Palin is not the friendly folksy person she wants herself to be seen as and McCain is not the heroic maverick veteran. They are just both upper class rich spoilt brats.

by India on 10/14/2008 06:05:43 AM EST

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Pappagutt (none / 0)
is what I would call him in my language, "daddy's boy".

It was a good article, loooong, but well-written, informative.

Thanks, Cenk.

by Scandinavian Chef on 10/14/2008 07:04:15 AM EST

At the heart of it... (none / 0)
John McCain failed to live up to the standard set by his Father and Grand-Father, his only chance is to achieve the one rank that they didn't, "Commander-In-Chief".

by CptRich on 10/14/2008 08:14:30 AM EST

I'm disappointed Cenk (none / 0)
When I read the subject line of this thread (Make Believe Maverick), I thought you had created a Children's Pop-Up Book that exposed McCain.

Instead it was just some Rolling Stone article.

:(

by Tom Hanc on 10/14/2008 12:25:13 PM EST

pop up McCain--he's too old to pop up (none / 0)
I'm just disappointed he didn't notice that we blogged this out a week ago.  Cenk, where ya been?

by desertpear on 10/14/2008 03:06:44 PM EST

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To be fair (none / 0)
McCain's pop up section is also in the Viagra section.*









*Cheesy? Yes. Obvious? Yes. Had to do it on principle? Yes.

by Tom Hanc on 10/14/2008 04:11:02 PM EST

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You are a very bad person. (none / 0)

I'll try to be more like you.

by EveningStarNM on 10/14/2008 07:17:43 PM EST

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I have my faults, no question (none / 0)
But hey, sometimes life is more fun that way.

;)

by Tom Hanc on 10/14/2008 07:57:22 PM EST

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