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John McCain, who was a prisoner of war and is therefore immune from any and all criticism, is really really mad that the bad mean liberal media is saying that someone else said something bad about him.

On Sunday’s Meet The Press Andrea Mitchell wondered how in the hell the bumbling John McCain had been able to keep from sticking his foot in his mouth at Pastor Rick Warren’s goatee convention presidential forum on faith. She then explained that one theory being floated by “some Obama people” was that maybe he could have caught some of the questions Obama answered, thereby gaining an unfair advantage.

Mitchell reported that some “Obama people” were suggesting “that McCain may not have been in the cone of silence and may have had some ability to overhear what the questions were to Obama. He seemed so well prepared.”

That crosses a line Andrea Mitchell! Take back what those other people said!

Since he was over a half an hour late to the live, televised forum, it does sound conceivable that McCain could have had the opportunity to cheat. I’m not saying he did cheat. It would be good to know if they get CNN in that golf cart George H. W. Bush drives McCain around in. But it probably isn’t the classiest thing for the Obama camp to be bringing up. So how does the fun loving, joke-a-minute McCain Camp respond?

They ran and cried to daddy.

The same day that Mitchell made her comments (about someone else’s comments) McCain campaign manager Rick Davis wrote a letter to her boss demanding a meeting to discuss their “deep concerns about the news standards and level of objectivity at NBC”. In the letter they slam Mitchell for “irresponsible journalism” and her pattern of “simply repeating Obama campaign talking points”.

So, to recap, Andrea Mitchell says that the Obama people think their guy sucked ass so they are trying to say McCain cheated and just mentioning this on air is irresponsible journalism

This, of course, is classic GOP media management. Attack the Pro-McCain media for being too liberal and watch them become even more Pro-McCain to avoid appearing partisan. I’m curious to see if this strategy works, or if reporters like Andrea Mitchell have simply had enough of this kind of ham fisted bullying.

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