McCain "Gaffes" It Up

It's pretty well-known that John McCain has had a love affair with the press ever since they started calling him the 'Maverick,' but lately it seems that they are actively covering for him when he messes up. Take what happened last week, which they're calling a 'Gaffe,' but may require more attention. McCain has repeatedly misspoke when referring to a supposed Iran/Al Qaeda connection, even though Al Qaeda is a Sunni group and Iran is a Shia country.

From WaPo:

He said several times that Iran, a predominately Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda. In fact, officials have said they believe Iran is helping Shiite extremists in Iraq.

Speaking to reporters in Amman, the Jordanian capital, McCain said he and two Senate colleagues traveling with him continue to be concerned about Iranian operatives “taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back.”

Now, besides the obvious ironies that arise from a candidate who has based his campaign on 'Foreign Policy' not getting it straight, the media completely dropped the ball going after him.
Bay Buchanan was on CNN's AC360 yesterday and actually said,

"you know, you can almost see anyone could make that mistake. He’s very, very knowledgeable, John, as you know, in foreign policy. He’s got a reputation. And so I don’t think he’s hurt on that."

And it's no surprise that on FOXNews Sunday Brit Hume dismissed the event saying,

"I think the overall impression of the trip was this is a man welcomed by, knowledgeable of and comfortable with foreign leaders across a big part of the globe...You know, the feeling was not that he’s a dope, didn’t know his way around, that he might have had a senior moment there, and I think that’s unfortunate for him. But I think probably the trip was a net plus."

Well, if he's so knowledgeable, why does he repeat the same mistakes over and over? And if such a comment were to escape from the lips of a democratic candidate, the news would have a field day with it. I mean, you can literally imagine the media lining up to apologize for even mentioning the story in the first place.

Oh, and on the same trip McCain also said the Jewish holiday Purim was "their version of Halloween there."

The straight talker might want to talk straighter.