McCain's affairs - at what cost?

[BigPapaVol]

limited cost. America has repeatedly shown that it does not care about marital fidelity.

[MG1968]

Originally Posted by notverycrucial

At what point did it become clear that Edwards was lying?

At 245am when he ran from the NE reporters and hid in a hotel restroom. However, more mainstream media outlets like the NYT refused to cover the story until it became obvious that the NE was correct. They refused to cover for so long because Edwards was thought to be on the list of potential VP candidates.

[superdave1984]

Originally Posted by notverycrucial

Despite what some of you may think, the press doesn't usually make stuff up.

Exactly. There is always complete, documented, photographic proof that those aliens abducted that lady from Oklahoma and conducted sexual experiments on her using a cloned half lizard, half vampire bat.

[TennNC]

Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

limited cost. America has repeatedly shown that it does not care about marital fidelity.

Makes sense - McCain's affairs mirror what a good portion of the country has and is doing right now.

[TennNC]

Originally Posted by superdave1984

Exactly. There is always complete, documented, photographic proof that those aliens abducted that lady from Oklahoma and conducted sexual experiments on her using a cloned half lizard, half vampire bat.

Good point. Seeing as the NYT has run that story somewhere between zero and zero times.

[superdave1984]

Sorry you didn't recognize sarcasm. The National Enquirer has been referenced on this thread and I am 100% positive they have run a similar story.

[MG1968]

Originally Posted by TennNC

Makes sense - McCain's affairs mirror what a good portion of the country has and is doing right now.

what evidence is there of more than one affair?

[allvol123]

He has resorted to his NY Times type of posting.

[notverycrucial]

Originally Posted by MG1968

At 245am when he ran from the NE reporters and hid in a hotel restroom. However, more mainstream media outlets like the NYT refused to cover the story until it became obvious that the NE was correct. They refused to cover for so long because Edwards was thought to be on the list of potential VP candidates.

Look I'm not one to defend the mainstream media, but are you saying they should have covered the story before it was "obvious that the NE was correct?" Because, it only became "obvious" that the NE story was correct after Edwards publicly admitted it. Before that, there was no story -- only innuendo. You see, unless and until it can be independently verified, no respectable news org should be running such a story. As it turns out, none did. Now they're all running it. Yay, Edwards is a hypocrite. He's a lying adulterer. Yay, we win!! Except, what did we win exactly? Nothing.

In fact, it's now more likely that the same press that you say was unwilling to cover Edwards is now going to turn around and no go after John McCain. After all, (they'll say) he too admitted to having an affair, and he is after all running for president, etc, etc.. Now, all of a sudden, the heat is on our candidate -- for something he's already openly admitted doing, but that won't matter to these press jackals. They'll go after him looking for something more recent-- and they'll go after Obama, too -- but the problem is, they don't have anything on Obama (that we know of), but they have already shown that they might have something on McCain.

Of course, you may argue, it's not fair, or it's not the same as Edwards, or the NYT is trying to help Obama, but none of that matters in the real world. What matters is: will this harping on Edwards help John McCain beat Barack Obama, or is it just a stupid sideshow that will eventually backfire in our faces?

[KB5252]

I still think the media will hurt Obama with that as much as they hurt McCain if they try to go after Obama with it. Water too far under the bridge IMHO.

[allvol123]

Originally Posted by notverycrucial

Look I'm not one to defend the mainstream media, but are you saying they should have covered the story before it was "obvious that the NE was correct?" Because, it only became "obvious" that the NE story was correct after Edwards publicly admitted it. Before that, there was no story -- only innuendo. You see, unless and until it can be independently verified, no respectable news org should be running such a story.

Did you just recently awaken from a coma?

[TennNC]

Originally Posted by MG1968

what evidence is there of more than one affair?

Here's one source:

Arizona, the early years

"McCain needed a divorce from Carol, his wife of 14 years from whom he was separated. After McCain's dramatic homecoming from Vietnam, the couple grew apart. Their marriage began disintegrating while McCain was stationed in Jacksonville. McCain has admitted to having extramarital affairs."

[TennNC]

Originally Posted by allvol123

Did you just recently awaken from a coma?

If he did, then I guess I did too.

[KB5252]

Originally Posted by TennNC

If he did, then I guess I did too.

You don't think the media knew about that affair and chose not to dig into it? They sure did some digging into McCain's affair rumors but I guess they just didn't seem to think there was much to the Edwards affair story, how convenient.

[allvol123]

Originally Posted by TennNC

If he did, then I guess I did too.

You're an Obama supporter, I already know you have been out of it for quite a while.