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David Brooks on the rivalries and tensions in McCain's inner-circle
This week a potential scandal broke out threatening the McCain candidacy. Another hawt blonde: Vicki Iseman. Blondes are deadly to political careers.
One angle that I found interesting involves some remarks by Rush Limbaugh. I usually dismiss him as just someone who throws red meat to the hardcore Republican masses, but his remarks about the lesson that McCain should take from the Times reporting may be telling. He said that McCain should understand that this is why he shouldn't have any dealings with liberal media such as the Times, because they are supposedly just about breaking down conservatives, suggesting that our Culture War may run even deeper than I would have thought. This also explains why Dubya seems to give interviews only to Fox News. In any case, regarding the Iseman scandal, Brooks concludes:
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David Brooks on the rivalries and tensions in McCain's inner-circle
This week a potential scandal broke out threatening the McCain candidacy. Another hawt blonde: Vicki Iseman. Blondes are deadly to political careers.
One angle that I found interesting involves some remarks by Rush Limbaugh. I usually dismiss him as just someone who throws red meat to the hardcore Republican masses, but his remarks about the lesson that McCain should take from the Times reporting may be telling. He said that McCain should understand that this is why he shouldn't have any dealings with liberal media such as the Times, because they are supposedly just about breaking down conservatives, suggesting that our Culture War may run even deeper than I would have thought. This also explains why Dubya seems to give interviews only to Fox News. In any case, regarding the Iseman scandal, Brooks concludes:
At his press conference Thursday, McCain went all-in. He didn’t just say he didn’t remember a meeting about Iseman. He said there was no meeting. If it turns out that there is evidence of an affair and a meeting, then his presidential hopes will be over.The 2008 election just keeps getting interestinger and interestinger.
