Wehhhhhmbulance for Pouty McCrankypants, stat!
McCain Turns Sour on His Onetime Media `Base' as Election Nears
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The longtime love affair between John McCain and what he once called his "base'' -- the national news media -- is on the rocks.
As the relationship has deteriorated, McCain has stopped hosting his once-famous "straight talk'' get-togethers on his campaign plane. He also has abandoned regular press conferences.
Instead, he stops occasionally to read short written statements in front of cameras, like he did Aug. 31 in Jackson, Mississippi; then walks away from questions shouted by reporters. ... He hasn't held a news conference since Aug. 13.
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The longtime love affair between John McCain and what he once called his "base'' -- the national news media -- is on the rocks.
As the relationship has deteriorated, McCain has stopped hosting his once-famous "straight talk'' get-togethers on his campaign plane. He also has abandoned regular press conferences.
Instead, he stops occasionally to read short written statements in front of cameras, like he did Aug. 31 in Jackson, Mississippi; then walks away from questions shouted by reporters. ... He hasn't held a news conference since Aug. 13.
More recently, McCain has accused news organizations of being unfair to him, stealing his strawberries.
He even considered pulling out of one of the presidential debates because it would be moderated by former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw -- until one of his handlers (who has since left the campaign) mentioned he would look like a pathetic WATB chickenshit who wouldn't be able to stand up to al Qaeda.
Honestly, I don't know where Senile McNutso is getting this from, what with all the fawning the MCM has been doing lately. So they've been asking him about Preggers McHighschool? BFD. Weh weh weh. By this afternoon they'll have forgotten all about it and moved on to a rethug blogger's claim that Joe Biden has ties to goat-sacrificing money-launderers or something.
Update from John:
Someone needs to remind the McCain campaign, when they whine to journalists about how terrible it is that the media is reporting on the pregnancy, that none of us knew about Bristol Palin's unwed pregnancy until yesterday morning when John McCain's campaign leaked the story to Reuters.
Ahem.
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