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Why We Lose: John McCain Blasts Trump For ‘Destruction of the Press’
Breitbart's Big Journalism ^ | January 28, 2016 | John Nolte

Posted on 01/28/2016 7:42:10 AM PST by Bratch

Sen. John McCain, the man who in 2008 put losing like a gentleman above doing what was necessary to keep then-Senator WrightAyersRezkoPleger out of the White House, appeared on CNN Wednesday with a fistful of red herrings designed to seek favor with his friends in the media by “othering” Donald Trump as a threat to all that holy and virtuous in America.

Speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, McCain once again proved that he had what it took to defeat  Barack Obama but that he’d prefer to save his blistering rhetoric for his fellow  Republicans.

McCain also proved that he knows absolutely nothing about the American Constitution. In his establishment-addled mind, only the DC Media has rights. The rest of us are required to dance to their tune:

“Anyone who is running for president and who gets to choose who the [debate] moderator is,” McCain said, using that ridiculous Solemn Voice of his. “That is the destruction of the free press, as we know it.”

First off, destroying the “press as we know it” is crucially important to our democracy. I’m all in favor of destroying the “press as we know it.” In fact, I’ve dedicated my career to it. The “press as we know it” is the most corrupt institution allowed to operate legally in America.

Moreover, Trump isn’t “choosing” the moderator any more than a trial attorney chooses the jury.  Asking that a biased and unacceptable juror or moderator be removed is not “choosing.”

Riddle me this, Senator McCain:

We are in the second or third cycle of Democrats refusing to debate on Fox News, and somehow our democracy still stands.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: foxnews; mccain; trump
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1 posted on 01/28/2016 7:42:10 AM PST by Bratch
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To: Bratch

McCain has always been more loyal to his buddies in the lamestream press than to Conservatives, or even the GOP.


2 posted on 01/28/2016 7:43:50 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Bratch

a useless POS like McCain should shut up and retire...

Go away now John. you are a brain dead, brain washed loser.


3 posted on 01/28/2016 7:44:33 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

press?

must mean the fourth estate...???
*****!!!!!


4 posted on 01/28/2016 7:46:17 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Bratch

McCain has been long ago assimilated by the establishment/media cartel Borg.


5 posted on 01/28/2016 7:46:20 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Bratch

There are times I wish that North Vietnam trained their gunners better.

Please Arizona, retire this SOB!


6 posted on 01/28/2016 7:46:32 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Bratch

Do they get it now?


7 posted on 01/28/2016 7:47:34 AM PST by uncitizen
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To: Bratch

But Juan, our press is not free.

It’s a propaganda arm for big government and NWO people.


8 posted on 01/28/2016 7:48:10 AM PST by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireallysupportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
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To: Bratch
Why We Lose: John McCain Blasts Trump For ‘Destruction of the Press’

No...this is why we used to lose! Trump is rewriting the rules and dumbass McCain is too stupid to see it. McCain is history...the crazy, nasty old fart may as well be worm food as irrelevant as he is at this moment.

9 posted on 01/28/2016 7:48:55 AM PST by pgkdan (Trump 2016 ! And then put Ted Cruz on the USSC!)
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To: headstamp 2

Go back and review the Telecommunications Act of 1996. One of the most corrupt pieces of legislation in US History (at least until Obamacare came along). A massive giveaway to a handful of companies who control The Fourth Estate.

It was almost entirely McCain’s handiwork.


10 posted on 01/28/2016 7:49:27 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: gunnyg

aka the fifth column


11 posted on 01/28/2016 7:49:40 AM PST by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Bratch
McCain seem to be operating under the delusion that moderators selected by a media company should be presumed to be unbiased. That's ridiculous.

Under McCain's logic, the GOP nominee should just grin and bear it if John Harwood of CNBC is appointed to moderate a general election debate.

Funny thing about McCain -- he claims to be a "maverick" who doesn't care what people say about him, but in fact he's got a much stronger desire to be liked than do most other pols.

12 posted on 01/28/2016 7:50:48 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bratch

Is this scumbag still blocking families from finding out what happened to their loved ones in Vietnam?


13 posted on 01/28/2016 7:50:54 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Bratch

This from the guy who took a dive in 2008 so Obama could win. I never could figure out if he got paid off or scared off. Give me a break.


14 posted on 01/28/2016 7:51:19 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Bratch

OK, let’s get our advice on winning the WH from McLame. Who next, Dole and Romney?


15 posted on 01/28/2016 7:52:09 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Bratch

Boy, repubs sure know how to attack their own...but never seem to be able to go after the dems.


16 posted on 01/28/2016 7:52:54 AM PST by Blue Turtle
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To: Bratch

McLame is loyal to the Washington D.C. political class. His disdain for Americans has been evident for a while. He is a sleazebag, money-grubbing grifter who has outlasted his sell-by date.

He should do what he does best, blowing leftists.


17 posted on 01/28/2016 7:53:22 AM PST by WMarshal (Who in the Republican Party will be brave enough to name Obama a traitor?)
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To: Bratch

Why? Because the republicans keep acting like democrats. Why vote republican when you can get more free stuff from democrats. They make “deals.” Sorry Trymp fans but dealing with pelosi and shumer means selling out and continues the same path we are on now. Deals with democrats have kept obamacare funded, the illegal immigrant invasion coming, massive welfare, and the obamanation marching forward.


18 posted on 01/28/2016 7:54:11 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: exit82; Bratch
There are times I wish that North Vietnam trained their gunners better.

We should have just paid what the North Vietnamese demanded to keep him permanently.

19 posted on 01/28/2016 7:54:18 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Bratch

The title could be a bit shorter for accuracy.

Why We Lose: John McCain


20 posted on 01/28/2016 7:55:04 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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