Grampa vs. the young lad. LOL!
Crooks and Liars:
It’s one of those “through the looking glass” moments I get often when watching the news coverage of John McCain. Sitting on a new NBC/WSJ poll that shows that young voters (18-34) preferring John McCain slightly over Barack Obama and significantly more against Hillary Clinton (why???), Chris Matthews poses the question to his panel if they think that McCain can grab that voting bloc.
Their responses really reflect the media’s love affair with John McCain. For David Gregory, McCain transcends the innate skepticism politics that youths have, despite his rather long history of flip-flopping and pandering. For Katty Kay, he represents the security vote, despite the fact that he continues to champion an occupation that the GAO has said is making us less safe. And for Howard Fineman, he suspects that young voters may be attracted to his “feisty grandpa” routine, despite an infamous surly temper. Only Philadelphia anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah notes that the media coverage is helping McCain and that his support for Bush’s policies in Iraq may cost him dearly.
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2 comments:
Tweety is working hard for his money from the Republcian Party. McCain couldn't buy youth votes even in a recession. Now some kids will take the money from the old man but laugh as they spend it and vote for Obama.
Where did they take this poll, outside the Coultergast book signing?
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