The Media's Manchurian Candidate

With most of the primary elections still to come, the media have anointed John McCain as the inevitable Republican candidate.  That's understandable--McCain has been in the pocket of the mainstream media for years.  Especially since 2000, he's been the Republican they could always count on--along with Senators Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and Dick Lugar (Ind.)--to say something negative about President Bush's policies.

        But McCain has done more than simply bash President Bush.  He's spent years stabbing conservatives in the back, and working against conservative principles in exchange for fawning press from the New York Times--which has now endorsed him along with Hillary Clinton.  I guess the editors couldn't make up their minds.  

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