aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, February 10, 2007

The Real McCain explained

Cliff Schechter, co-creator with Robert Greenwald of The Real McCain, tells Jeff Jarvis why he picked McCain:

I chose McCain . . . very simply, because his level of hypocrisy rises above that of all the others, whether Democrat or Republican. He runs on the fact that he is a “maverickâ€Â� a “straight talker” a “principled independent.” It is simply not true.

He has switched positions on Bush’s tax cuts, the number of troops needed in Iraq, evolution, ethanol subsidies, Jerry Falwell as an “agent of intolerance,” lobbying reform, even recently on campaign finance reform (presidential matching funds). . . .

I decided it was incumbent upon me to do this, because he is handled with such kid gloves by the media-see Joe Klein’s most recent blog at Swampland, where he says nobody can argue that McCain has not been consistent on the war, something that could not be more false. In fact Chris Matthews has joked that the media is “McCain’s base.” Anybody who watches and reads the fawning coverage, knows this to be true.

Jarvis and Greenwald will be on CNN Sunday Morning tomorrow at 7:30 to discuss “the YouTube campaign.” I’ve set my TiVo.