Why We Lose: John McCain Blasts Trump For ‘Destruction of the Press’

Breitbart's Big Journalism ^ | January 28, 2016 | John Nolte

[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.

[Jim Noble]

There is a four-member coalition which desires to seize, or has seized, control of the process by which a President is chosen.

The four members are the media, the pollsters, the consultants, and the donors.

The ACTUAL authorities with LEGITIMATE interests are the State Legislatures, who have plenary power to appoint the electors (except for the three electors Congress granted itself in 1960 by Constitutional amendment), and the voters in those States if the Legislature has provided for appointment of electors by voting.

It is vitally important that all four elements' participation in the choice of a President - media, pollsters, consultants, and donors - be ended as soon as possible.

If this involves something so radical as destruction of the free press, I'm all for it - although it's probably sufficient to simply refuse to participate in the dog and pony shows erroneously called "debates", as performances beneath the dignity of anyone qualified for the office.

[nothingnew]

Okay

FMCDH(BITS)

[hinckley buzzard]

“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.”

Truly a moronic statement, and I heard Michael Medved say almost the same thing today. The establishment are dedicated to playing by someone else's rules, someone who is not even their friend.