[kcvl]

a slew of senior members of McCain's campaign team

I bet not one of them had the guts to put their name behind the remarks they gave to Todd Purdum (Dee Dee Myers husband) either!!!

[Tublecane]

“I bet not one of them had the guts to put their name behind the remarks they gave to Todd Purdum (Dee Dee Myers husband) either!!!”

I get so very sick of journalistic. Not that you can ever completely get rid of it. But you can make a dent in it by refusing to publish quotes, paraphrases, and implications by people who refuse to give their names. Follow up on their information, sure. Only you have to do the work. Don’t capitalize on it unless you find substance by yourself.

That would prevent broadsides like “sources say,” “word on the hill is,” “according to some,” “we have it on reliable word,” etc. Without such phrases, articles might end up reading like wildly arbitrary speculation, but that’s fine. That’s what they are already.

Of course, journalists would never accept it. They thrive on “scoops”. Gotta get the “dirt”. Can’t risk losing the story due to tight lips. Have to make it as easy as possible for people to “dish”. Basically, they’re lazy.

[mimaw]

I wonder which one of these genius’s suggested he grandstand and suspend his campaign to run back to Washington and make an ass out of himself?

[Josh Painter]

Here is a list of all the key McCain Campaign people:

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/mccain/mccainorg.html

- JP