“Perhaps this is just smut peddling, sitetest.”
I agree. I’ve said right along that there may be nothing to this.
But after saying that it might be nothing, one must also say, “On the other hand, maybe he’s done something wildly scandalous.”
To do otherwise is to refuse to face the true range of realistic possibilities. It's pollyannaish.
“Until a story is officially released and proven this is nothing but a story about a non-story.”
I agree with that. That’s a frustrating aspect of the whole story. We don’t even really know what the allegations are.
What’s puzzling to me is the response of the McCain campaign in this regard. Until the nature of the allegations is known, folks will continue to speculate. I’d think they’d want to get it all out now, to end speculation, and then to start the damage control. It seems to me that WHATEVER the allegations might be, the speculation running rampant has got to be worse than the actual story.
Unless the actual story IS worse than the speculation.
In my view, the failure to get the entire story out there as soon as possible, since it’s going to come out anyway, makes Sen. McCain look guilty, even if he isn’t.
“Having the aid of an attorney and making comments that you are in discussion with a group is admittance of nothing.”
Hiring the best criminal defense attorney in the country isn’t quite the same as hiring an attorney to protect the interests of your good name.
The problem regarding his discussions with the New York Times is not that he’s having them. It’s that he’s DENYING them. That’s worrisome. Maybe he was just babbling when he denied speaking with the New York Times, or maybe he was being deceptive. If he did nothing wrong, it was pretty stupid to deny talking to the Times. But in either case, no one made him make the comment.
“I have a lot of respect for you as a freeper.”
Thank you. I appreciate the compliment.
“I pray you don’t wear it thin.”
Why should you feel that way? Because I consider all possibilities, including the very real possibility that Sen. McCain may have done something that he'd prefer others not to find out about?
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Frankly, I don’t believe it. Drudge leaking it was a hit job, and thinly veiled bias. I have nothing else to say on this matter.