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I know the MSM isn’t particularly quick on the uptake, but this one is so obvious even they should be able to get it. I have been hearing for the past 24 hours how this NYT story has really been good for McCain because it finally brought the base back over to his side.
Can we get real here? The “base” meaning Rush, Fox and the lesser wingnut blowhards, were desperate for an excuse to get on board the Straight Talk Express. The man is the presidential nominee of the Republican Party, the electoral arm of the conservative movement. Did anyone really think their animosity for McCain was going to last through November? Please. They are all on wingnut welfare to one degree or another and there’s no way in hell that they could continue to do their jobs in opposition to the Republican presidential nominee. It’s ridiculous. I’m sure they all felt a huge sense of relief that they had finally found a hook to get back down to business, which is demeaning and destroying liberals on behalf of Republicans.
It’s what I was predicting in this cartoon from last week. Clearly the right wing radio nuts were going to have to find some excuse to pull a 180 once McCain became the presumptive nominee. Anyone in the media who didn’t see that coming probably shouldn’t be writing about politics.