The corporate media's affair with John Sidney McWarMonger's "sweet spot"

By GottaLaff

The media loves Pretend President J Sid:


If Obama had bellowed one tenth of what McPresumptuous has, he'd have been simultaneously ridiculed and disdained right off of the airwaves.

– Jill Zuckman, Chicago Tribune: “It’s just sort of a perfect thing for him.”

– Jeff Birnbaum, Washington Post: “This is McCain’s advantage here, advantage McCain. This is right in his sweet spot in foreign policy national security.”

– Mark Halperin, Time Magazine: “I think McCain benefits…this is good politically for John McCain”

Nauseous yet?

Halperin hinted at why many in the media think the Georgia-Russia conflict is a winner for McCain, becuase it “allows him to talk tough on foreign policy.”

But as Josh Marshall notes, “watching John McCain speak about the Georgian crisis […] should deeply worry anyone interested in a sane US foreign policy,” suggesting that a President McCain would have pushed the U.S. closer to war during this particular crisis: “People need to wake up and get a look of the preview he’s giving us of a McCain presidency.”

Chest-thumping, irrational, bumbling, confused, hostile, lobbyist-infested war mongers make the bestest, awesomest presidents ever!