I just saw that McCain was on Meet the Press this morning. Does it boggle anyone else’s mind that this failed presidential contender (with an understanding of the economy you might be able to fit on the head of a pin) is still such a major presence on news programs? Think back to the last many elections and name one other example of a failed presidential candidate getting this much press time right after the election. Bob Dole? John Kerry? Nope…
I can’t figure out what this illustrates for me. My sense is that its probably the continued obsession of the press with the Republican philosophy they’ve been browbeaten over the last couple of decades into reflexively admiring without critical thought. Who knows — i just want McCain to STFU, especially when it comes to economic matters.
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I would just point out that McCain was extremely prevalent well before the 2008 election season.
He's always loved being interviewed, and always had an easy rapport with the press. His 2008 campaign was actually an outlier in this regard, because he cynically abandoned the "Straight Talk" in order to better appeal to the base…..and instead went Full Metal Rove vs. Obama while neither the public nor the media were buying that crap this time around.
its just so sad that he didnt have the dignity to run a decent campaign or fade into the sunset after defeat. we were forced to be subjected to palling around with terrorists, fundamentals of economy are strong, phil gramm and NOW we're forced to listen to his nonsense (which is exactly what it is) on the economy. if he wants to weigh in on a national security issue or two here or there, fine. but gosh, no more stumbling through "too much on plate", "spending freeze" , etc.
Not to be a dick but sometimes old poeple cant tell when they're unwanted, maybe its that?
ha! so this is like him telling us his 3-hour war stories that we've already heard 50 times? :)
Bob Dole was on Meet the Press constantly after the '96 elections, and appeared more times than any other living person (they said so on this Sunday's show). Dole had, and Mcain has, very low negative ratings amongst Democrats. That might be why.