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Johnny boy thinks it's a choice between hypocritical speech, corruption (which apparently in his eyes, only "he" has nobly taken to task) or a "clean" government, again defined by his highness. Not a mention about how his "noble" law illegally and unconstitutionally clamps what and when we can say it. Oh, Johnny-boy, if that were the all-of-the-world, it's a wonder we ever survived the other 229 years of our Nation's existence... we didn't have you to protect us from the corruption that surely existed back then!

Strong post. The nexus between McCain and journalism is the nexus between "liberalism" and journalism - journalism is arrogant, negative and superficial, and anyone who promotes the ability of jounalism sustain that position is OK by journalists.
The "liberal" politician decides that getting good PR is his only principle, and falls in with the journalisitic practice of cheap criticism of the people who actually do things - and who therefore make mistakes and are vulnerable to the second guess. McCain's "we're all corrupt and I have to stop us all from being corrupt," schtick is false humility.
The real import of McCain-Feingold is that only objective journalism is qualified to criticize anyone. And after journalism has criticized someone, the target of journalism's criticism has to undergo self-criticism and become purified like John McCain.

The real import of McCain-Feingold is that only objective journalism is qualified to criticize anyone. And after journalism has criticized someone, the target of journalism's criticism has to undergo self-criticism and become purified like John McCain.

Ah, good ol' "self-criticism".

Say, isn't that something they specialize in "teaching" in places like communist Vietnamese and North Korean prison "reeducation" camps?

Gotta go rent a copy of The Manchurian Candidate...

"The real import of McCain-Feingold is that only objective journalism is qualified to criticize anyone. And after journalism has criticized someone, the target of journalism's criticism has to undergo self-criticism and become purified like John McCain."

Yes. It's a rotten Kabuki that's become enmeshed in McCrisis psyche, due to his torture by the VC. Ritual purifying after forced confession. Truly, truly scary.