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Meet The Press Carries McCain's POW Water

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Gosh, who needs campaign surrogates when the mainstream media will only too gladly suffice? Tom Brokaw continues in his role as Republican concern troll by citing an anonymous email from a military man (who is "not crazy" about McCain, natch; that only increases the credibility, right?) objecting to Biden's crack yesterday about seven kitchen tables because, after all, McCain was a POW. And Chuck Todd agrees, that while Democrats–citing Maureen Dowd, who has never met a Democrat she didn't metaphorically castrate or feminize– don't like it, it still works with voters.

BROKAW: Chuck Todd, a career military person-who is not crazy about John McCain-immediately emailed me about that crack about seven kitchen tables, saying, "Wait a minute, that's pretty gratuitous. Here's a guy who spent five years in prison, not knowing where his next meal was going to come from."

TODD: It's interesting that..that Democrats are getting a little more upset by that line of defense now. Coming, there's a column this morning by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times sort of laying out this case that you know, is the McCain campaign using the…using that defense too often to pushback everything, but it does work, I think, with voters.

You know, I normally think Todd's fairly astute, but this is just ridiculous. I'm ready for Brokaw and Todd to appear in a YouTube video complete with smearing mascara, screaming "Leave McCain alone!" The reason that Democrats are getting upset is not that McCain is using it too often, it's that being a POW IS NOT A LINE OF DEFENSE. Jumpin' Jiminy, these guys are clueless.

McCain gets pulled over for speeding: "But Officer, I was a POW!"

McCain misspells 'onomatopoeia' at the National Spelling Bee: "But judge, I was a POW!"

McCain forgets to pay taxes on one of his multiple homes: "But Mr. IRS Auditor, I was a POW!"

That's how ludicrous McCain's "defense" is, and yet the media sees nothing wrong with it. In fact, they're shocked by those who point out that being a POW isn't a "get out of gaffe" free card. It's not working with the voters, you McCain Media types, it's working with you. You're just not on the ball enough to know you're getting played.

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State Sues Large Mortgage Lender

from IamFacingForeclosure.com (news)

Indiana has sued Countrywide Home Loan Inc., claiming deceptive and misleading practices in thousands of loans issued in the state. ... "People have been led to believe they can get a 1.75 percent rate good for five years -- quite a deal -- but, in fact, that rate has been adjusted after three months," Carter said. "Hopefully this is a warning to some degree to lenders in Indiana that we want them to be fair with Indiana consumers." ... Four additional states have also taken action against Countrywide -- Connecticut, California, Illinois and Florida.

McCain's All-Time Greatest Dodge?

from The Jed Report by Jed Lewison

Here's a gem of a video clip from the archives. During the January 30 GOP debate at the Reagan Library, Janet Hook of the LA Times asked John McCain why he was more qualified than Mitt Romney to manage the economy. In response, McCain managed to:

Say nothing about the economy
Say he was more patriotic than Mitt Romney
Cite his experience as a POW
Argue that "radical Islamic extremism" is a more important issue
Criticize a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq
Did I mention, say nothing about the economy?

It's truly a hall-of-fame moment in the annals of chronic dodgery.

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Transcript:

JANET HOOK, LA TIMES: What makes you more qualified than Mitt Romney, a successful CEO and businessman, to manage our economy?

JOHN MCCAIN: Because I know how to lead. I know how to lead.

I led the largest squadron in the United States Navy. And I did it out of patriotism, not for profit.

And I can hire lots of managers, but leadership is a quality that people look for.

And I have the vision and the knowledge and the background to take on the transcendent issue of the 21st century, which is radical Islamic extremism. I've been involved in every single major national security crisis since -- in the last 20 years. I'm proud to have played a role in those, and I'm proud to have played a role in making sure that we didn't raise the white flag and surrender in Iraq, as the Democrats wanted us to do and we would have done if we had set timetables for a withdrawal.

So, the fact is -- so the fact is that I have the qualifications and the knowledge and the background and the judgment. I don't need any on-the-job training.

I had the great honor of serving this country in uniform for 22 years.

I had the great honor of being inspired while I was in the prison camps of North Vietnam by the news of a governor and his wife who cared very much about those of us who were in captivity.

And when I came home, I was inspired by him, and I voted for him, and I supported him, and I was proud to be a leader in the Reagan revolution -- I mean, a foot soldier in the Reagan revolution, as we fought these wars together with unshakable courage and principle. And I'm prepared to follow in his tradition and in his footsteps.

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