HuffPost: Vetting The Candidates: An American Tradition

[SunsetDreams]

{b]Vetting The Candidates: An American Tradition
Adam McKay
Posted April 25, 2008 | 10:40 AM (EST)

America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a "straight shooter" or "the genuine article" when it comes to our leaders. As a nation we can "feel it in our gut" when someone is giving us a bum steer. We have a free press ("Free press" is trademarked by GE and Viacom) and freedom of speech (with the ability to monitor said free speech at the president's discretion). In other words, we vet our candidates thoroughly and with rigor.

We vetted Reagan and found out he was an ex-cowboy who starred at Notre Dame and was able to communicate with primates ala Jane Goodall. And after Reagan was vetted he rewarded our free press (™) by taking away some regulations that were making it hard for them to vet and merge and take over effectively. And the fifteen or so corporations that owned the media were thankful.

~snip~

After thousands of hours of news coverage we have learned that Hillary is a liar and Barack is a terrorist or something. I'm sure there will be stuff about their positions on the war, lobbying reform, the environment, the economy... I'm sure those details will receive exhaustive coverage. After all, that's what the entire job they're running for will be about. But vetting takes time... And Bill is craaazy!

John McCain on the other hand has locked up the Republican nomination and we know he was a war hero. But right now we're too busy looking into Hillary's lies and Barack's weird name to get too deep into McCain. The only other thing about McCain is that he once called his wife the C word in public. Other than that he seems to have a pretty clean--

Wait, what did you just say?

McCain called his wife the C word in public. It's in Cliff Schecter's new book The Real McCain. And three reporters verified the incident. Here's an excerpt:


Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.

Hold on, let me drop the facetious tone I was using for the front part of this piece. John McCain called his wife the C-word (or for people from England: cunt) in front of a bunch of people?!!!!! And we're talking about Obama's preacher? McCain dropped a C-bomb and we're spending hours on Hillary exaggerating a trip to Bosnia?!!!


more here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-mckay/vetting-the-candidates-an_b_98590.htm


While personally, I think that the Bosnia sniper lie was also a huge blunder, in that she flat out lied to the American people on 4 different occasions to embellish her resume, I still can't believe that John McCain is getting aways with this shit.

[Frustratedlady]

1. Page not found

[SunsetDreams]

2. Strange: Try this link

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

It's listed on the left hand side of the page, if you click on the title you can get to it.
I'm not sure why the link above will not work. I checked and it is the same exact address listed in the bar. Not sure why it is saying page not found.

The article is still there.

[MH1]

3. Try this

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-mckay/vetting-the-candidates-an_b_98590.html

Your link in the op is missing the "l" on the end - it should be .html not .htm.

[SunsetDreams]

4. Thank you, it's too late to edit though :(

Hopefully people will see the posts below the OP.

Thank you so much :)