McCain Lectures Roomful of Reporters on Journalistic Conduct

“The dynamics of the avail, in my opinion, tend to produce more heat than light. Reporters have one, maybe two shots at me, and they want it to count, by which I mean they would like to catch me in a mistake.”

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April 14, 2008 at 2:46 pm - CNN
Dateline: Washington DC
JimBo   April 14th, 2008 - 3:18 pm

Let’s see…shot out of the sky, 5 and a half years at the Hanoi Hilton and now having to deal with the liberal press.

None of those seem very pleasant to me.

[...] a gloss, watch this video of Maverick addressing his base and bemoaning the sort of gotcha/soundbite journalism that frightens candidates into bloodless, [...]

Rover   April 14th, 2008 - 4:51 pm

Nice little talk from McCain. He seems to be in stark contrast with say Cheney’s attitude. But Cheney is already in office so he does not have to give a s*** anymore.

SoCal Patriot   April 14th, 2008 - 5:06 pm

My 7 favorite Rover quotes:
“I am 47 years out of the God given womb myself…”
“I am semi-retired at 44… My internet business is in the black in my first year :D”
“I am 47. Power engineer (can’t spell).”
“OK, so you got me, big deal your smarter than a 14 year old. Are you happy now?”
“If he was a nig, we would lynch him for sure”
“No!!, Low Cal Patsy, “I” am the anti-Semite! You just got dragged into it because you were standing next to me in cyberspace.”
“Ok, to Hell with the constitution!”

47, 44, 47, 14, racist, anti-Semite, traitor and he’s an admitted democrat. (Go figure)

Too funny…

Nick Kasoff - The Thug Report   April 14th, 2008 - 8:33 pm

Senator McCain has a better relationship with the media than any Republican Presidential candidate since Eisenhower. With that, and the fact that either of the Democratic front-runners are unelectable, you lefties had better get used to saying President McCain.

Nick Kasoff
The Thug Report

ken   April 15th, 2008 - 12:37 am

i bet he learned all that in vietnam. can’t wait till he doesn’t get the nomination. wake up people!

Terry   April 15th, 2008 - 4:10 am

McCain is a traitor to this country. This senile nitwit thinks he has the nomination when he doesn’t and he isn’t funny. This sounds very scripted – he can’t think on his feet to save his life.

Go to Mexico you filth – that is where you obviously want to live. He can move in with his gay pal, Lyndsy Graham. What a pair.

JimBo   April 15th, 2008 - 4:29 am

Terry… so then you are an ardent McCain supporter?

Or are you supporting Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife?

Or is it Obama the I won’t put my hand over my heart during the National Anthem ’cause it’s such a violant song guy?

Larse   April 15th, 2008 - 4:42 am

The senile ignorant piece of crap McCain is all that is left of the Republicon party anymore. I suppose he appeals to the retarded shut in right wingers who are left out there. But real Americans are sick of this simplistic lying lip service paid to real problems of our day. McCain is a born looser and I guess he is a hero to the others of his type.

America has some real deep problems these days brought on by the present fools in the administration. It is going to take a lot of work by decent people to clean up the mess they have made. If McCain is afraid of the press he should just hide from them in a nursing home.

So we have a useless $500+ billion dollar war, a doubled national debt (Remember when the cons cried about a ‘balanced budget’ until Clinton achieved it), America supports torture and it is too weak to handle war criminals properly. We should send McCain down to Guantanamo for 5 years and then see what is left of him.

McCain would like it if no one brought up issues like 895/899, adultery, temper, Keating five, useless/endless war, his self inflicted POW mess, lobbyists, etc. But simply, McCain is the Repulicon’s looser, not ‘ours’…

There is a lot to be fixed to return America to the country it should be again. McCain is incapable of that. It is now just a matter of the Hillery vs. Obama thing. Either would do fine.

And to all you voters that elected Bush, “Heck of a job”!!! It’s all ‘YOUR’ fault really…

Amos   April 15th, 2008 - 5:48 am

These “journalists” are a waste of space. They get a rare chance to question a candidate for President and they don’t ask the big questions that everyone who votes wants to know and are waiting for anyone, someone to ask.

Instead they spend the chance trying to get a “gotcha” on the candidate or make stupid political statements of their own. The voters are the losers since the important questions and the responses don’t get the light of day.

Anne   April 17th, 2008 - 11:10 am

Wow, I am impressed with McCain’s speech but not so much with the comments so far — they either bash McCain or bash the journalists. What’s up with that?
I admire the heck out of McCain because he chose to speak at the AP meeting in the first place. This is a busy time, and he certainly didn’t have to.
I also admire him because I got the chance to interview him myself, one on one, several years ago in Arizona. It went just like he said he likes it to go: he was willing to answer questions long past the time I was able to think of the easy ones. It was an amazing and humbling experience, where I got memorable access to an important and famous person, and was inspired to think more deeply as a journalist — after the fact, I’m afraid, because I was struck pretty dumb in the moment. I really appreciate his openness and I hope he stays that way. It has the potential to better serve him, the journalists and the readers/viewers.

Juan   June 22nd, 2009 - 2:40 am

Hello. We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
I am from Croatia and now study English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: “Kroger announced a discount generic drug program on october in terbinafine.”

With best wishes ;), Juan.

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