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McCain: Newsweek's 'liberal left-wing trash'
politico.com ^ | 7/30/12 | DYLAN BYERS and MANU RAJU

Posted on 07/30/2012 4:30:23 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

Sen. John McCain today called a Newsweek article alleging tensions with Mitt Romney's presidential campaign "liberal left-wing trash."

In the exclusive article, Newsweek Washington bureau chief and media critic Howard Kurtz reports that McCain has failed in his efforts to counsel Romney and is frustrated with his behind-the-scenes role on the campaign (Kurtz calls him a "caged lion").

"Four years after his own presidential bid, McCain’s luster as a Republican Party spokesman appears to have dimmed: a number of proposed campaign trips on Romney’s behalf have quietly evaporated, and there has been no offer of a speaking slot at the GOP convention,"

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 57states; massachusetts; mediawingofthednc; mittromney; mymuslimfaith; newsweak; partisanmediashills; wimps
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McNuts should get lost.
1 posted on 07/30/2012 4:30:29 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: BarnacleCenturion

McQueeg would know.


2 posted on 07/30/2012 4:31:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

He’s been lost for years...

Someone drives him to his job.

His driver should forget to pick him up. I doubt he’d notice.


3 posted on 07/30/2012 4:32:40 PM PDT by cableguymn (For the first time in my life. I fear my country's government.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Calla te Juan.


4 posted on 07/30/2012 4:33:56 PM PDT by tumblindice (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
In the exclusive article, Newsweek Washington bureau chief and media critic Howard Kurtz

Newsweek "exclusively" published its own article by its own reporter? That's really something.

5 posted on 07/30/2012 4:35:41 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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>> McCain’s luster as a Republican Party spokesman appears to have dimmed

Luster’s dimmed, eh? What’s that old saying... you can’t polish a ... something.

Dang! What was it? Turnip? nah. Turkey? Ha ha, no. Turf? That sounds close but not *quite* right...


6 posted on 07/30/2012 4:38:40 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Love the cult, respect the leader, but I simply can't drink the koolaid and die.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

McCain was a ‘pub spokesman? Who knew?


7 posted on 07/30/2012 4:45:21 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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LOL< what a hoot. One Lefty Republican tweaking another..., this is gettin good.

I’d say drop dead McCain, but I think it’s more fitting that he live long and smolder..., just as unhappy as he can be.


8 posted on 07/30/2012 4:46:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Remove all Democrats from the Republican party, and we won't have much Left, just a lot of Right.)
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...Four years after his own presidential bid, McCain’s luster as a Republican Party spokesman appears to have dimmed

What? - McCain lost in a Landslide of epic proportions!
His luster was dimmed the second after...


9 posted on 07/30/2012 4:47:52 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

What kind of name for a daughter is News-weak?


10 posted on 07/30/2012 4:53:32 PM PDT by skeeter
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There is a magazine named “NewsWeek”??

Funny - years ago I used to subscribe to a magazine with the same name.

Didn’t realize it was still around - I thought they were defunct...


11 posted on 07/30/2012 5:04:24 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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“My Friends”


12 posted on 07/30/2012 5:08:44 PM PDT by evad (It's a tax, it's a tax, it's a tax, It's a tax, it's a tax, it's a tax)
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“'He’s chomping at the bit to do something,' a McCain aide confides."

That's funny! Too bad he didn't do anything for himself in 2008.

Go watch the Olympics, Johnny.

13 posted on 07/30/2012 5:15:45 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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Didn’t realize it was still around - I thought they were defunct...

Back in the day, Newsweek was where you could go to get news and analysis. The magazine was thick, full of stories, photos and ads.

They hid their partisanship fairly well. Prentended non-bias.

This is impossible if the majority of the editors share the same bias. There's no checks and balances.

The readers realized this and quit reading.

Now they are a shell of their past.

A shadow.

14 posted on 07/30/2012 5:16:12 PM PDT by cicero2k
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>> Now they are a shell of their past. A shadow.

Think of the cost savings when they slim down enough to print a month’s content on a postcard. Won’t be long.


15 posted on 07/30/2012 5:23:10 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Love the cult, respect the leader, but I simply can't drink the koolaid and die.)
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To: Right Wing Assault
“'He’s chomping at the bit to do something,' a McCain aide confides."

Like spreading around a little horse manure.

16 posted on 07/30/2012 5:27:09 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

>>’He’s chomping at the bit to do something,’ a McCain aide confides.

Heh heh... I have some suggestions, John, but I think the powers that be would frown on spelling it all out in these hallowed webpages. :-)


17 posted on 07/30/2012 5:30:08 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Love the cult, respect the leader, but I simply can't drink the koolaid and die.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

After his comments about Bachman, it’s just time for him to retire, and enjoy it by disappearing...


18 posted on 07/30/2012 5:32:07 PM PDT by tickedoffnow (No more...)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

When The Beast With Two Backs has lost the Maverick…


19 posted on 07/30/2012 5:40:52 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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McCain: Newsweek's 'liberal left-wing trash'

No...

McCain's 'liberal left-wing trash'

20 posted on 07/30/2012 5:50:16 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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