On March 19's Verdict with Dan Abrams, Dan has a difference of opinion with gpuke strategist Brad Blakeman:
Abrams: It's time for our new segment: "Teflon John." Much of the media has been giving John McCain what sure feels like a free ride, barely going after him for flipflops and a host of issues from torture and taxes to abortion and gay marriage. The press just loves his image: the maverick from Arizona riding around on a bus called the "Straight Talk Express." That's why we're calling this segment "Teflon John."
Tonight, the tepid response to a major McCain gaffe, the kind of mistake that would have devastated Clinton or Obama, and we would have called either of them out on it too -- but Teflon John walks away unscathed. It happened yesterday during McCain's Mideast trip, a press conference in Jordan, he needed fellow Senator Joe Lieberman to bail him out..
All right, Brad, first, let me ask you this. If this had happened to Obama or Clinton, wouldn't the media have been all over it to the point that this would have been a huge issue for either candidate?
Blakeman: I don't think so. I --
Abrams: Really?
A thing of beauty.Tonight, the tepid response to a major McCain gaffe, the kind of mistake that would have devastated Clinton or Obama, and we would have called either of them out on it too -- but Teflon John walks away unscathed. It happened yesterday during McCain's Mideast trip, a press conference in Jordan, he needed fellow Senator Joe Lieberman to bail him out..
All right, Brad, first, let me ask you this. If this had happened to Obama or Clinton, wouldn't the media have been all over it to the point that this would have been a huge issue for either candidate?
Blakeman: I don't think so. I --
Abrams: Really?
2 comments:
Yep, Dan's been getting a little testy lately on his show with people who try to pull this kind of stuff. It's making for great entertainment. I'm starting to crush on him big-time. :)
It's nut-crushing time! And on the public airwaves, too.
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