Jon Stewart tore John McCain a new one last night.
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It’s not like McCain doesn’t have a few new ones already courtesy of Stewart. The man flip-flops so much in his feeble attempts to placate whatever audience he’s addressing, he makes John Kerry look like the Rock of Gibraltar.
It wasn’t always like that, of course. Those of us who saw McCain as someone who could unite the country back when he rode his “Straight Talk Express” in 2000 were horrified at W’s dismantling of his candidacy in South Carolina, then disillusioned by his sucking up to the man who bested him. Then in ’04 we thrilled at the thought of a Kerry-McCain ticket, but Mr. Country-First seemed to have 2008 in mind instead.
What makes Stewart’s take so compelling is the fact that he was once one of McCain’s biggest supporters and had him on The Daily Show so often that at one time he held the record for guest appearances. At the close of one interview following McCain’s failed candidacy, Stewart shook his hand vigorously and proclaimed “You are my president!” But ever since his presidential run with its pandering choice of a running mate, there’ve been no more McCain appearances on The Daily Show.
I’d wonder if McCain gets the message. But somehow I think he just doesn’t get anything at all anymore. Now he’s fighting for his political future and calling in favors from the person whose political career he fostered, just to save his sorry ass. (And by the way, he’s not really a maverick, folks.) But whenever it was that McCain traded straight talk for double talk, he kissed it all goodbye.
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