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September 30, 2008
OK, so she's not a big reader.
But then, who among us can name one of these so-called "newspapers and magazines" anyway?
John McCain has taken us right through the looking glass with this choice. And speaking of which, here's Josh Marshall, from earlier today:
...if John McCain loses this election he will have lost much more than the presidency. His reputation as an honest and honorable politician will be wrecked, I suspect, for good...McCain has revealed himself as a liar well outside the permissive standards applied to politicians. He's shown himself to be reckless to the point of instability, repeatedly putting the country at risk (exploiting the Georgia crisis, picking Palin, storming the bailout negotiations) for transparently self-serving reasons. And in too many ways to count, he's conducted his campaign in disgraceful and dishonorable ways.
Perhaps the most telling thing is that McCain was willing to flush that reputation down the drain, betray everything he pretended to stand for, all to be president. If he wins, it will all have been worth it. He was happy to sacrifice one for the other. And now he may end up with neither.
"Losing Everything" (Josh Marshall, TPM)
