MSNBC, CNN Announcing Deal - If McCain Blows It Up, Its Pretty Clear Unless He Gets A Free Pass

[Median Democrat]

The only question is whether Big Media lets him get away with it or not. It is pretty transparent to most of us how he is trying to game this whole process so that he gets credit for a deal he played no role in, but will Big Media let him get away with the hypocrisy of calling for immediate action, then stonewalling over some insignificant detail that McCain raises after the deal has been reached.

Will they ask the question of why the yet to be determined detail was so important, that no one mentioned it during negotiations, yet it is now a deal killer?

[mzmolly]

1. I think we're being played in another way? I think McCain wants to lure

Obama into voting for the bill while he comes out against it? I hope I'm wrong. McCain does seem to be in favor of "action" whatever the hell that is.

[Brotherjohn]

5. The way they've all played this, anyone who votes against anything now...

... looks obstructionist.

Especially now that a deal has been announced.

[mzmolly]

9. I hope so

Brotherjohn. :hi:

[hedgehog]

7. It's a trap!

[mzmolly]

10. LOL. I admit, I may be a victim of the President who cried wolf?

I see a Rovian conspiracy around nearly every corner these days. :crazy:

[DebbieCDC]

2. I think for once the MSM is onto McPOW's games and aren't going to play

just my hunch

on edit for spelling

[nc4bo]

3. Bush gave him credit for the GI Bill remember - what did media do with that bit of info?

After Bushie's speech, not one media outlet called Bush out on it (except KO). Not 1.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. That stunt that Bush/McSame pulled gave a head full of new gray hairs!!

[CJCRANE]

4. My take on it is that the principles of the deal are agreed.

Boehner's phrasing wasn't helpful but that seems to be what he said.

[Median Democrat]

11. Big Media - This So Transparent, Yet Will Big Media Call McCain Out?

If the deal is blown up, and McCain does not show up, then it is clear that McCain is trying to blow things up. The GOP and the Presidency were participants in negotiations, so to suddenly start adding on new conditions is bullshit. After John McCain has been claimin that he has been involved in negotiations, he is going to contradict himself and claim that he was out of the loop on a deal?

The only way he gets away with this if the MSM gives him the mother of all free passes. With Rick Davis, Palin's horrid interviews, and McCain's polling, it is absolutely obvious why McCain decided to come up with this publicity stunt, and why he would try to torpedo any deal.

If there you needed any proof regarding the RW bias of the media, you will soon see it over the next two days. Look at Fox News, and how it is trying to portray McCain as saving the day, on a bailout deal that was reached before he even arrived in DC.

[DeschutesRiver]

8. No matter how this plays out, it is the beginning of the end of his candidacy

yeah, the small vocal minority that thinks he is a genius for doing this will rally on.

But I think he just started an avalanche for Obama; my only question is how fast it will take for it to be recognized as such.

I never thought he was this much of a fool. I was really wrong about that.