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Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 2:00 PM

Crooks and Liars: ‘A surprisingly immature politician’

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John McCain has always seemed to revel in the sycophantic adulation he’s enjoyed among the media elite, so it’s kind of fascinating to see McCain’s one-time media fans realize that he’s not the man they thought he was. The first, and probably most notable, was Time’s Joe Klein, who conceded last week that he was wrong to believe McCain is an “honorable man.” Soon after, writing on the inanity of McCain’s attacks against Barack Obama, Klein’s headline read, “ The Scum Also Rises .” It looks like Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter has joined the club, noting with noticeable regret that he “ misread McCain .” In the middle of John McCain’s dopey Britney Paris attack ad, the announcer gravely asks of Barack Obama: “Is He Ready to Lead?” An...
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