Shit Never Changes

 I've never really understood the whole "no matter what the subject is, let's start with John McCain and work ourselves down from  there", when they're obviously surrounded by experts on the given subject. Crock of shit. This policy has made those shows pretty unwatchable. "We're doing a segment on Derek Jeter...if McCain can't do it, I guess we'll settle for Derek Jeter."  - XMASTIME

Via Sully we see the head-shaking absurdity of the media listening to John McCain put best:

When asked if Iraqis were going to greet us as liberators, he answered, “Absolutely.” He said, “Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq is going to be paid for by the Iraqis” with their oil wealth (the war ended up costing the American taxpayer upwards of $2 trillion). And my favorite: “There is not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shias, so I think they can probably get along.”

The conflict between Sunnis and Shiites is the central dynamic of the Iraq conflict, of course. Yet today, the media once again seek out John McCain’s wisdom and insight on Iraq, which is kind of like saying, “Jeez, it looks like we might be lost — we really need to ask Mr. Magoo for directions.”