Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Presidential candidates defeated in a landslide are rarely heard from again. They are usually mocked and ridiculed for their humiliating loss by a media which takes pleasure in doing so and often claims credit for their defeat. Not so John McCain.
The McMedia loves John McCain. They are his political base. One would never know that McCain suffered the worst ppresidential landslide defeat at the hands of a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson beat the last conservative crank from Arizona, Barry Goldwater. It's almost as if the media collectively said "never mind," and continued its infatuation with John McCain. Daily Kos: If it's Sunday, it's McCain Day:
Republicans don't like John McCain, and Democrats certainly don't. But don't worry, the DC Beltway media just can't quit him. Just watch Meet The Press, announcing its Sunday guest:
This Sunday: Exclusive! Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Exclusive! Wow!
Benen:
I especially enjoyed the "Exclusive!" with the exclamation point, as if this were a rare, special occurrence — instead of McCain's fourth "MTP" interview since March.
For those keeping score, this will be McCain's 20th appearance on a Sunday morning talk show since Obama's inauguration. That's an average of 1.5 appearances a month, every month, for over a year — more than any other public official in the country.
Since the president's took office, McCain has been on ABC's "This Week" three times (9.27.09, 8.23.09, and 5.10.09), "Fox News Sunday" four times (12.20.09, 7.2.09, 3.8.09, and 1.25.09), CNN's "State of the Union" four times (1.10.10, 10.11.09, 8.2.09, and 2.15.09), and CBS's "Face the Nation" five times (1.24.10, 10.25.09, 8.30.09, 4.26.09, and 2.8.09). His appearance on "Meet the Press" this weekend will be his fourth since Obama's inauguration (2.28.10, 12.6.09, 7.12.09, and 3.29.09).
Quite the schedule for a backbencher with no power base within the party, a loser whose re-election to the Senate — heck, survival in his own primary! — is in serious jeopardy.
When I was on Meet the Press in December, David Gregory asked me what he could do to make the show better. I said, "stop having John McCain on". He and his producers nodded, seemingly acknowledging the ridiculousness of McCain's incessant appearances.
And yet there he is again. They really just can't quit him.