More McCain Flip-Flops

[General Zod]

Senility again?

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. John McCain incorrectly denied this weekend that he had made a remark criticizing media coverage of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid during his election night speech near New Orleans, telling an interviewer that he was “not in the business of commenting on the press.”

But the presumptive Republican nominee had delivered the comment in question.

A Newsweek interviewer asked McCain about whether reporters had been fair to Clinton during her presidential run, pointing out that the presumptive Republican nominee had said during his Tuesday night speech that “the media hadn't recognized, or had overlooked some of the attributes that Hillary Clinton had brought to the race.”

McCain denied making the remark. “I did not [say that] — that was in prepared remarks, and I did not [say it] — I'm not in the business of commenting on the press and their coverage or not coverage,” he responded.

The Arizona senator added, “I can't change any of the coverage that I know of, except to just campaign as hard as I can and try to seek the approval of the majority of my fellow citizens. It is something that the American people will judge, and I won't complain about it and I won't praise it. I will just run my campaign and hope that the American people will make a judgment.”

But in his election night address, McCain had taken a swipe at the press. “Senator Clinton has earned great respect for her tenacity and courage,” he said. “The media often overlooked how compassionately she spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans and she deserves a lot more appreciation than she sometimes receives.” WATCH McCain's comment here.

Some of Clinton's strongest supporters have complained that she received unfair treatment from journalists during her presidential run. McCain's campaign has made a special effort to appeal to disappointed Clinton backers in the days since she ended her White House run.

CNN has asked the McCain campaign for comment.

At this point I'm not sure if Dubya or McCain is the stupider one.

[Mr Bean]

At this point I'm not sure if Dubya or McCain is the stupider one.

A good point was made last night by one of Olbermann's guests. People act like the Inter-tubes and Youtube have been around forever.

It was not until five years ago that we started putting everything on the internet, that it became easy for anyone but the media themselves to go a-ha! You flip-floped on this and said something different.

Even in 2000 politico's like McCain could say bat-shit crazy things and get away with it unlike now whevever he's being recorded 24/7.

It's not that he's stupid, he's not not grasped the fact that everything you say will be used against you. Everything even when talking to hard-core Neo-con's SOMEONE is going to record it with a cell-phone if nothing else.

[General Zod]

It was not until five years ago that we started putting everything on the internet, that it became easy for anyone but the media themselves to go a-ha! You flip-floped on this and said something different.

Even in 2000 politico's like McCain could say bat-shit crazy things and get away with it unlike now whevever he's being recorded 24/7.

It's not that he said something different, it's that he denied saying it altogether. There's very little room for distortion in the article.

It's not that he's stupid, he's not not grasped the fact that everything you say will be used against you. Everything even when talking to hard-core Neo-con's SOMEONE is going to record it with a cell-phone if nothing else.

Shouldn't his advisers have picked up on this trend by now, though? It doesn't speak a whole lot for his ability to adapt if he hasn't. Politicians should be held accountable to what they claim in public anyway, since they're public figures. The internet is just one more tool for that accountability.

[TithonusSyndrome]

It's not that he's stupid, he's not not grasped the fact that everything you say will be used against you. Everything even when talking to hard-core Neo-con's SOMEONE is going to record it with a cell-phone if nothing else.

Shouldn't his advisers have picked up on this trend by now, though? It doesn't speak a whole lot for his ability to adapt if he hasn't.

Everything I've observed about good ol' straight-shooter McCain is that he sticks to his guns over certain issues he feels strongly enough about, like his reluctance to give formal speeches, and isn't especially amenable to his advisers.

[CaptainZoidberg]

It's always sort of assumed that McCain got such a low class rank because he was rebellious and didn't put in the time.

But is it possible that he was just challenged by the material?