I think we’re watching the NYT commit ritual suicide.
I think you are right! How could they keep going down this path as they lose reader after reader, ad after ad? You've hit on the only possible explanation!
No, they are just beginning the death of a thousand cuts against McCain as they did Dole. Little bits and pieces will stick. One person will remember the influence peddling, another will remember he might be cheating to get in. By the time the election rolls around, McCain will be corrupt/stupid/ineligible in enough people’s minds to remove any chance he has of pulling a miracle and winning.
LOL!
The NYT has egg all over its face from their last huge screwup, and probably found FR from Googling all the commentary about that fiasco. And now the idiots at the NYT are reading some very old threads from here.
Unfortunately for them, they only read thread titles without reading the full commentary from Freepers.
Indeed, it appears to be ritual suicide.
oh my god they are desparate!