McLovin: Politico's Roger Simon
By almost any accounting, the past few days have been calamitous for John McCain. But not according to Roger Simon of the Politico. While McCain's transparently cynical ploy to play hero in the Wall Street bailout drama was widely derided as a stunt, Simon on Thursday insisted "it isn't as dumb or as desperate as it looks." Then as polls revealed American voters saw Barack Obama as the clear winner of Friday's generally even debate, Simon instead announced "the Mac is back."
Simon's hagiographic treatment of McCain didn't start this week. After the Republican convention earlier this month, Simon regurgitated the talking points emanating from McCain Central:
John McCain is a maverick who has now done what mavericks almost never do: win. And now he must lead a party while maintaining his independence from it.
It's a dilemma, but McCain attempted to resolve it by facing it head on. "I don't work for a party," he said. "I don't work for a special interest. I don't work for myself. I work for you."
Then as the economic crisis threatened to undermine the Republican's campaign, Simon praised McCain for "shooting craps" in trying to appropriate the Wall Street meltdown for his own political purposes:
John McCain is now shooting craps with his presidential campaign. It is high risk. But all he needs is a little luck to pull off his current gamble.
McCain has suspended his campaign to work on a solution for the nation's financial meltdown, and he has threatened to pull out of the first presidential debate scheduled for Friday unless Congress takes action by then.
McCain has been attacked from all sides for doing this, but it isn't as dumb or as desperate as it looks.
Then came Friday's debate.
While CNN and CBS post-event surveys showed a marked advantage for Obama among undecided viewers, commentators across the political spectrum scoffed at McCain's childish refusal to look his opponent in the eye. But for Politico's fawning Simon, McCain's victory was clear, his churlishness a positive:
John McCain was very lucky that he decided to show up for the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., Friday night. Because he gave one of his strongest debate performances ever.
While Barack Obama repeatedly tried to link McCain to the very unpopular George W. Bush, Bush's name will not be on the ballot in November and McCain's will.
And McCain not only found a central theme but hit on it repeatedly. Obama is inexperienced, naive, and just doesn't understand things, McCain said...
...McCain seemed to be enjoying himself. He smiled a lot, mostly when Obama was talking, though his smile was really more like a smirk.
Simon started his laudatory piece on McCain's gamble Thursday by explaining, "I have watched John McCain shoot craps for hours" and that "craps is his favorite casino game." Sadly for John McCain and Roger Simon, Sunday's New York Times featured an article which began with an almost identical description of McCain's gambler past. That story, which may well dominate discussion on Monday, was titled, "McCain and Team Have Many Ties to Gambling Industry."
In the recent teen film Superbad, a young nerd hopes to obtain alcohol and girls with a comically bogus driver's license identifying him only as "McLovin." This past week, Roger Simon offered a similarly feeble impression of a journalist. McLovin, indeed.
UPDATE: The Times' Frank Rich provides a compare-and-contrast with Simon on McCain's pathetic posturing.
(This piece was crossposted from Perrspectives.)
Jesus fucking Christ.
McCain is not the problem.
Neither is Palin.
The problem is that most Americans believe in the System, which is broken.
Who the fuck is Roger Simon? And why should I care?
Roger Simon is a douche.
Roger Simon is a donk , because if by his own words McCain is taking a " high risk " we'll then he needs more than a little luck , HE NEEDS A LOT OF LUCK and anybody that has stepped into a casino knows, the riskier the bet, the more desperate you play and more you ignore the odds, the more fricken LUCK you need .
remember this little nuggest roger simon had to say about the mittster:
From Simon's June 6 column:
Here are the winners and losers of Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, accurate to three decimal places.
FIRST PLACE: Mitt Romney
Analysis: Strong, clear, gives good soundbite and has shoulders you could land a 737 on.
I'm starting to worry about those reports of army troops deployed in the USA starting in October. If they are this desperate now...
VietVet8666 @ 1:
You mean the MSM.
Ron @ 7:
Yes, but Americans believe in MSM.
Ron @ 7:
That and lobbying groups.
Can anyone tell me why lobbying is legal? Shouldn't it be outlawed?
Professor Wagstaff @ 6:
Do worry! Congress has just slathered lipstick on a pig in a polk and we are doomed. Not only have they diverted tax money to the private sector for seven years, but know they have eagerly transfered the debt of the private sector to the taxpayer. All the gold is gone now.
'Reached into my pocket for my polk, note in my pocket said: "no more coke". The Right Reverend Gary Davis.
They got what they wanted.
You think roger stinks, this guy smells to high heaven.
http://www.newsmax.com/ruddy/Why_McCain_Won_the_Debate/2008/09/27/135077...
51st @ 9:
Lobbying congress should be illegal.
Is he freakin' kidding? -- Even the Native Americans Have Now Turned Tables on the Gambler McCain
hag·i·og·ra·phy (hg-gr-f, hj-)
n. pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies
1. Biography of saints.
2. A worshipful or idealizing biography.
nice word
VietVet8666 @ 1:
Isn't McCain and Palin part of this "system"? If yes, then they are the problem. If you think no, then you are naive.
And who was whining again about the MSM. Play me a fiddle. Ever stop and think maybe, just maybe, the MSM is on the right side of the issue.
Jamie @ 10:
Courtesy of the "opposition" party. Sometimes I think the Republicans have more integrity. At least they are upfront about stiffing the working stiff for all he's got.
VietVet8666 @ 12:
VietVet8666 @ 12:
If a company has to communicate with Congress, it's one government representative should communicate in public before the appropriate committee. No more backroom wheeling and dealing.
"It’s a dilemma, but McCain attempted to resolve it by facing it head on. “I don’t work for a party,” he said. “I don’t work for a special interest. I
don’twork for myself. I don't work for you.”John McCain is now shooting craps with his presidential campaign. It is high risk. But all he needs is a little luck to pull off his current gamble."
McCain later said: "If the gamble fails, and I love to gamble, like with anything else in a McCain presidency, I don't really care, as I have Cindy's $100 million to fall back on. I plan to GAMBLE BIG and go after Russia and hope they cave, like little school girls. After all, the MIC needs another fix: Iraq is being phased out slowly, and we need a bigger war.
My comment: I agree with him, except I've made a few alterations to his "hagiography". Now it is more believable.
Wait for a McCain presidency to GAMBLE your Social Security in a fully deregulated "free market." He's got Cindy's loot, and he's almost dead anyway.
Ref. Professor Wagstaff @ 6:
"I’m starting to worry about those reports of army troops deployed in the USA starting in October. If they are this desperate now…"
I'm worried too, even though I'm Canadian. For one thing, I believe America deserves better. But I'm also worried about the prospect of living next door to a police state. I've been concerned for some time that a McCain administration would invade Canada for our water and oil. Now I'm really scared.
I've got an old science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, which I recently reread. It's about a Moon colony fighting for independence. Heinlein's politics were way right wing, but this book is great. It's practically a step by guide to organizing a resistance and revolution. It even gives detailed instructions on how to set up resistance cells. Maybe it's time for people to dig up that book.
Good luck with the election.
Hmmm... "his smile was really more like a smirk..." That sounds familiar. Isn't there another smirking republican out there somewhere, someone who, when he's being whipped, tries to smirk his way out of it while telling himself, "God is on my side, loser."
Chimpy! Right!
I go shooting craps too after too many jalapenos chased with shots of tequilla.
That's why mooselini won't go fishing; there's no need for shotguns, and she doesn't want it said that she shoots crappe.
offog @ 21:
I hope it doesn't take that scenario in order for NATO countries to wake up to their responsibility.
51st @ 9:
Can you define "lobbying" in a way that you could outlaw it without removing Americans' rights to petition Congress for redress of grievances?
14 crabby Says: hag·i·og·ra·phy (hg-gr-f, hj-)
n. pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies
1. Biography of saints.
2. A worshipful or idealizing biography.
nice word
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Along with the fact that many of the female saints were real hags.
I got crabby once, but the free-clinic fixed me right up.
Roger Simon also said on the thursday before the debate that no one cares about the debate, except for the MSM guys! Does that not show how clueless he is?
VietVet8666 @ 1:
I blame the fact that the system is broken on the party that maliciously broke it. McCain and Palin are now the leaders of that party and are promising more of the same.
offog @ 21:
Ref. Professor Wagstaff @ 6:
“I’m starting to worry about those reports of army troops deployed in the USA starting in October. If they are this desperate now…”
I’m worried too, even though I’m Canadian. For one thing, I believe America deserves better. But I’m also worried about the prospect of living next door to a police state. I’ve been concerned for some time that a McCain administration would invade Canada for our water and oil. Now I’m really scared.
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I'd invade you for your weed.
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CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 30:
VietVet8666 @ 1:
Stick a fork in it. It's done.
are we ignoring the ny times story of mccain gambling problem? possibly getting money under the table from casinos hes helped in the past?
Who's Roger Simon? Did he just sign off on a trillion dollar giveaway to Hank Paulson's golfing buddies?
Old white guy praising another old white guy? Like we didn't see this coming. From Matthews and the other MSM, always sticking up for McCain. These guys are afraid of change.
The "system" is run gangland style, by just two gangs, posturing for nothing but the pure power.
The people have become irrelovent,....colateral damage.
Lost your job? TOO BAD! ADJUST!
Lost your home? TOO BAD! ADJUST!
Lost your health ins? TOO BAD! ADJUST!
Lost your retirement? TOO BAD! ADJUST!
Lost your rights? TOO BAD! ADJUST!
Lost your ability to heat your home? Fill up your tank? Buy food? TOO GD BAD! ADJUST!
YOU ARE ALL,...SIMPLY,... TOO ADDICTED!
Lost your ballooning, sky high, mega-profits on rediculis, stupid, illogical, idiotic loans, you handed out with bows on them, and a set of steak knives? WELL! Have we got some GOOD NEWS for you!! Open all your pockets! Help is on the way SOON! Like, RIGHT NOW!!
Party afterwards, to be held at the Whitehouse! We will have a quick game of "Shoot the taxpayers in the Face" to be led by Dick, on tyhe front lawn.
I'm a maverick... vote for me... I'm a maverick... vote for... everybody loves a maverick vote for me... come on guys call me a maverick... or I will keep calling myself a maverick, until I'm a maverick... come on guys call me a maverick...
The best thing about Politico is the comments.
So, if Roger Simon writes something idiotic like "But McCain seemed to get it Friday night. He certainly knew enough to try to turn his age into a plus and not a minus. 'There are some advantages to experience, knowledge and judgment,' McCain said." [All of which McCain seems to lack in any meaningful way]
Then you know a commenter will say something insightful like
" K O K N O C K O U T
McCAIN knocks the Liberal out ! ! !
McCAIN slays Obama on national T V without commercial interuption ."
And now it's time for some vicodin.
32 Jo Says: VietVet8666 @ 1:
Jesus fucking Christ.
McCain is not the problem.
Neither is Palin.
The problem is that most Americans believe in the System, which is broken.
Stick a fork in it. It’s done.
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You better take the fork out of it before nuking the spud in the microwave.
What helped kill lobbying reform, were the lobbyist of BOTH sides killed it. On our side are the various unions, and environmental groups, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club etc. Now I don't know if the last two specifically went against lobbying reform, but I'm only using them as examples. I hear that Obama has his own 527's; they'd be shut out by such reforms. The fear is the wealthy will find some way to manipulate politics after such "reforms" and the less wealthy lobbyists will be shut out.
I suggest maximum amount caps, outlaw bundling, have it an open record on who is paying the lobbyists, and provide free air-time on broadcast radio and television for campaign commercials, and bring back the Fairness Doctrine. The only problem is right now cable is a no-man's land.
Don't you think anyone who has hung out with a canidate for hours at a craps table might have a conflict of interest? I mean honestly, can you say IN THE TANK
Roger is Simon is someone who thinks his opinions matter.
He is seriously deluded on that count.
For anyone who closely follows politics the name Roger Simon will be a familiar name. Simon was and is the journalistic water boy for the Republican party.
McCain has had many years with his Republican cohorts to make this country a better place, and if it was in him to do so – he would have done it. Him running for president again is just his egotism at work in overdrive. You will always be able to identify a tree by its fruit. The man does not bear good fruit. He lies, he’s very evasive, he lacks wise discernment, and he hasn’t worked to implement very much at all for middle and low-income people. He wants to consistently emphasize and present the effectiveness of a surge in a war that should have didn’t he advise Bush better? He thought that he was going to send troops over there to “shock and awe” the Iraqis with military attacks and seize control of their oil fields that he thought would finance his mis-justification, but because he was wrong the Iraqis’ resilience has left him in “shock and awe.” Now the Middle Easterns has raised the price of oil, therefore, adversely affecting America again. Now as a result of Bush’s wrong, Americans are giving out of gas along roadsides, people are siphoning gas from other people’s vehicles, and some gas stations don’t even have gas. Now compare America to when Bill Clinton was president, when more people became millionaires than ever before, and to Bush’s reign, which has drove the country into a recession by trying to fight two wars at one time, and people are suffering more than ever since 1929. Anyone who votes for McCain is either politically, racially, or mentally retarded. Intelligent people connect and support one another on the basis of idealism and soul connections, regardless of age or race, and they’re able to accomplish great things.
McCain doesn’t understand much about economics, which he acknowledged on television, then proved it to be a reality when he announced on television less that 10 days ago that the economy was doing just fine. How can a politician that has been in politics as many years as McCain has not know anything about the economics of our country? Being that Bush’s and McCain’s lack of knowledge on how to govern a country has created a drastic economic downfall in this country, the last thing that this country needs is another president who is economically illiterate. The United States really can’t afford four more years of the same foolishness. You die-hard republicans should wake up and see that the value of the U.S. dollar has declined in value for all Americans. High gas and food prices, lack of employment because of the loss of U.S. jobs, widespread foreclosures, enormous interest rates on credit, deregulation, lack of police protection because of cutbacks, while billions of dollars are being sent to Iraq, and lack of healthcare affects all Americans. Your financial situation is no more secure than democrats, because the economic situations that the republicans has gotten America into affects “America.”
kray28 @ 2:
No - don't bother. You're not missing a thing.
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He looks like a Dr. Phil cloning accident.
I give them credit, they don't care if what they say is the dumbest shit you can say, they say it anyway. They keep taliking to the American people like we're all stupid.
John McCain is now shooting craps with his presidential campaign.
Hah!! yet another reinforcement of my theory that John McCain and his surrogates have been infected by a version of the magical spell visited upon Jim Carrey in the movie "Liar Liar," where he becomes magically unable to lie. In the McCain version, they are magically forced to deliver talking points which sabotage their own goals!
The day the story comes out about McCain's involvement in gambling, and his enjoyment of the craps table in particular, his surrogate uses a craps metaphor!!
If you have to proclaim yourself as a maverick on national television, you have a problem.
"Who is the tall dark stranger there?
Maverick is his name"
Naaaaahhhhh!!!!
While Barack Obama repeatedly tried to link McCain to the very unpopular George W. Bush, Bush’s name will not be on the ballot in November and McCain’s will.
...What twisted brand of insane logic is this fool trying to apply here?
Does anybody actually read Politico? I do only when somebody links to it in order to mock it.
Politico is largely a douchebag factory and Simon is King Vinegar! Mike Allen is Nozzleboy.
He's not me, but I'm a douche, too.
How timely for Roger Simon to connect =craps= the game and =crappy= McCain.
So tell us, Simon: how many Foxwoods runs did you share with Ol John?
How would you know it is favorite casino game otherwise?
Busted, sir. Busted.
It is more obvious every day why the only cable news show that seats Simon at the camera screen is Tweety Matthews. Come on. Pat Buchanan, Joe Scarborough and Brad Blakeman have to take a beauty nap every now and then.
Roger Simon is a radical Zionist who backed the invasion of Iraq and now is pushing for the bombing of Iran. Simon, Bill Kristol and the Richard Perles of the "neocons for war" group know the 72 year old, who laughingly calls himself a "Maverick", will be putty in their hands.
Of course, their ultimate dream would be for McCain to die in office leaving Miss Alaska in charge. Last week Palin was given her talking points by the neocons at AIPAC, which consisted of, "We cannont second guess our Israeli friends if they bomb Iran." When pressed by Charlie Gibson, she repeated the exact same sentence three times.
If McCain wins say goodbye to your brothers and sons. There will be a draft so that more wars can be waged.
It time for changes. Obama or McCain can't make changes so I guess we are going right down the same street again. President can't make law so how can they can make changes. If you rally want change then change what in your back yard. Get rid of ALL these senator and congressmen/women who been there for awhile. Get term limitation and then and Lets elect new people who can made change. Remeber Congress only has the power to make changes.
mutatio @ 49:
Yeah, its pretty sad when you try to give yourself a nickname. Like, "No man, call me the Dukester"
If you crack McCain open, nothing but smegma comes out.
I will not have a smegma-sack as my President!!
Roger Simon should be in a nursing home. But in his defense I don't think he acts delusional on purpose.
David Brooks on the other hand is a douche.
Instead of shooting craps, McBush IS CRAP.
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