Everything just Pales in comparison

It is turning a bit into an obsession, but I still can't get over the strangeness of McCain's choice and the way the campaign now tries to defend itself.

From CNN:

McCain camp slams 'faux media scandal'
Posted: 12:13 PM ET

From CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand


Steve Schmidt is a top aide to John McCain.
ST. PAUL (CNN) – John McCain's campaign Wednesday called the tough media scrutiny of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin a "faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican" vice presidential nominee.

The McCain campaign has been engaged in an increasingly fierce offensive against media coverage of McCain's choice of running mate that has questioned whether she has the experience to be vice president.

"Governor Sarah Palin is an exceptional governor with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Senator Obama," wrote senior adviser Steve Schmidt in a memo sent to reporters Wednesday morning. "Her selection came after a six-month long rigorous vetting process where her extraordinary credentials and exceptionalism became clear."


"This vetting controversy is a faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States who has never been a part of the old boys' network that has come to dominate the news establishment in this country."

Over the past several days, news reports have raised questions over the Palins' business dealings and political affiliations, and the governor's reformer record. The Palins and the campaign have issued statements on the pregnancy of 17-year-old daughter Bristol, and the two-decade old DWI arrest of the governor's husband Todd.

The campaign, which has spent the summer complaining about news coverage of the presidential race, has spent the past few days pushing back on blogosphere rumors - including the release of a blizzard of memos and documents in recent days many of which had not yet been reported in mainstream media outlets.

As reporters continue to press for details on the thoroughness of McCain's vice presidential vetting process, Schmidt, a former senior adviser for President Bush's 2004 re-election team, said the Arizona senator "picked his governing partner after a long and thorough search.

"The McCain campaign will have no further comment about our long and thorough process. This nonsense is over. .The American people get to do the vetting now on Election Day - November 4th."


That's right media, do not act, think, investigate and question unless the McCain-campaign tells you to!

I noticed that the comments are shifting away from McCain and towards Obama. Still a lot of Obama-haters amongst the commentators, but the amount of those people is noticeably smaller. In the primaries I looked through all the comments-sections of papers and networks and I feel that the comments on CNN are from a good cross-section of the voters. I have no statistics to back me up, but the ratio pro-McCain/pro-Obama on CNN seems to follow polling.

I liked this comment:

'"with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Senator Obama"

Obama:
B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations
J.D. in Law from Hardvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review
12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law
7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills
4 years Senator for Illinos, a state with 12.8 million people

Palin:
Bachelor's in journalism from University of Idaho
4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people)
6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people)
1 year "Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission"
20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people'