Posted by M. Wright | Filed in: McCain, Media
The New York Times rejected John McCain’s Op-Ed on Iraq, a rebuttal to one they published that was penned by BRCK BM.
One reason the Times was forced to reject McCain’s editorial is that it clearly puts shame to their endorsement of him in the Republican primary:
Mr. McCain was one of the first prominent Republicans to point out how badly the war in Iraq was being managed. We wish he could now see as clearly past the temporary victories produced by Mr. Bush’s unsustainable escalation, which have not led to any change in Iraq’s murderous political calculus. At the least, he owes Americans a real idea of how he would win this war, which he says he can do.
One need only skim McCain’s Op-Ed to discover how profoundly wrong the Times editors were about the surge, even as they endorsed the man who helped initiate it.
Ironically, rejecting McCain now is probably the best gift they could have given him.
UPDATE: Welcome, Times editors!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Is the editorial Drudge reprints truly McCain’s? If so, I think I wouldn’t publish it, either. It’s all punch and no footwork. Does McCain have any vision at all of what the Iraq War should be other than “not lost”? Frankly, the editorial reads like it was written by a junior staffer.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
..Does McCain have any vision at all of what the Iraq War should be other than “not lost”?..
What more important vision is there? Obama seems to delight in defeat, although with his earlier prognostications it’s no wonder.