Why? Are you saying the Bible Belters aren’t smart enough to know when the NYT is trying to put one past them?
No. Only that it will be assuredly proven in the next few months that their initial instincts to not trust him, (and accordingly vote for Huckabee in droves) will be made even more clearer. It is only a matter of time. This is not about the NYT, the scumbags that they are, as it is about John McCain, the scumbag that he is.