Florida paper blasts John Sidney McCain

By GottaLaff

Via an editorial from the St. Petersburg Times:

McCain's straight talk has become a toxic mix of lies and double-speak. It is leaving a permanent stain on his reputation for integrity, and it is a short-term strategy that eventually will backfire with the very types of independent-thinking voters that were so attracted to him. [...]

McCain's faux chivalrous outrage over Obama's purported insult is beneath him. He has been a serious public servant willing to say unpopular truths when he thought it best for the country, but he's more than willing in this election to put his name on campaign lies. The leader who says he would rather lose an election than lose a war now risks losing his reputation in an attempt to win the White House.

The headlines in every paper, as well as editorials like this one, should reflect J Sid's lies and underhanded methods, rather than lauding his equally dishonest running mate and her momentary burst of celebrity. Unfortunately, too many Americans glance at the headlines and believe that that's the whole story.

We had a misleading headline in the L.A. Times today: "Guess who was tougher: Sarah Palin or Charles Gibson". Based on those words alone, Mr. Laffy thought it was a puff piece about Palin.

But it wasn't. The author opined about invertebrate interviewers, praising Campbell Brown for her insistence that Tucker Bounds respond to her questions [video of that here].

The media needs to start doing its job instead of creating a situation in which bloggers, editorial writers, and commenters do it for them.