Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. John McCain visited the lower 9th ward of New Orleans this week, claiming that he would do a better job of handling natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina than George W. Bush. Katrina response ‘disgraceful,’ McCain says | www.azstarnet.com ® McCain declared that if the disaster had happened on his watch, he … Read more
Posted by: AzBlueMeanieWhile serious newspapers like the Washington Post and New York Times continue to do in-depth investigative news reports into Sen. John McCain, our local yokel newspapers the Daily Star and Tucson Citizen continue to ignore these excellent investigative reports by not publishing even a news service abridged version, or referencing the articles in an editorial. I strongly encourage them to do so.
Why the news blackout? Are the local papers protecting their favorite son Saint John from public scrutiny? Or protecting their advertising revenue bottom line by not upsetting McCain’s campaign contributors who also happen to purchase substantial amounts of advertising in their newspapers? They would not allow revenue to affect their professional journalistic judgment, now would they?
The Sunday Washington Post ran a front page lead story by Michael Leahy on the volcanic temper of Sen. McCain. McCain: A Question of Temperament Leahy provides the details of several confrontations McCain has had with fellow Senators, other politicians and even a campaign staff member over the years.
Here is a sampling of the report…
by David Safier If the numbers are there, they can be spun how you want them. The press is saying, “Hillary by 10%” because Clinton has 54.6% — round up to 55% — and Obama has 45.3% — round down to 45%. Fair enough. But if we subtract her unrounded number from his, we get … Read more
by David Safier A nervous morning in Philly, with poll numbers all over the place. My position is, if Clinton wins by less than 10, that’s a win for Obama, since Clinton is fighting from way behind. If it’s down around 6, she’s in deep trouble. If she’s in the 14-15 point win range, she … Read more
I don’t know how the rankings are actually generated, but some folks set some stock in BlogNetNews.com’s influence ranking of local blogs. Recently, BlogForArizona.com was honored with the #1 Most Influential Blog in Arizona ranking. Generally, they have ranked Arizona’s Republican blogs as more influential than Arizona’s Democratic blogs, so I think it’s worth mentioning. … Read more