similar remarks he'd made on Hardball which would throw that whole "I just did it to provoke a conversation on my radio show" nonsense out the window.

Hayworth just basically admitted here that right wing hate talk radio—and I’ll gladly lump Fox News in with them since they’ve done nothing but mainstream the same format, cares nothing about the truth if it is a “a catalyst for conversation”. What Hayworth leaves out is what the agenda of that conversation is, which is all about promoting the Republican Party.

And of course O’Reilly is more than happy to excuse him and compares McCain’s campaign ad to what Media Matters does. Media Matters is recording these guys every day and even if you can claim that some of it is taken out of context, you really cannot say that about the body of their work. They pull out the worst of what comes out of their mouths day after day and just let the public hear their words. They also do a lot of in depth analysis that goes beyond the sound bytes and O’Reilly knows it.

Hayworth had better be worried about being hit for his Abramoff ties which are a lot more troublesome for him than his birther remarks if he makes it out of the primary and into the general election. As I’ve said before I wonder if McCain will go there or not given how he helped to white wash the Abramoff scandal from his post as head of the Indian Affairs Committee.