John McBush did with local reporter Rob Caldwell of WCSH in Portland, Maine.
For those who are concerned about the rise of McBush in the polls, this should bring you some comfort. Take note of McCain's defense of Palin about 1 and 1/2 minutes into the interview.
Simply put, when McCain is forced to answer questions...he has no answers.
In this small exchange, a local reporter shows the mainstream media how to do their job by refusing to allow McCain to spin his way out of answering direct questions and with less than 55 days until the general election, this line of questioning is long overdue.
It's simple...The McCain campaign is nothing more than a list of dishonest "muddy the water" sound bites geared more to winning a 24-hour news cycle as opposed to talking about real issues. This carefully crafted spin of deceit hinders the public from having a honest discussion about how we as a people move forward and repair the eight years of damage President Bush has created for this nation (you know, the same President McCain agreed with over 90 percent of the time).
In a time in the campaign where the media is drinking the "lipstick on a pig" Kool-Aid instead of forcing candidates to address serious topics that are affecting average Americans (i.e., the rise in people unemployed, rising cost of energy, how to best address the health care crisis, etc) it's refreshing to see that there is at least one reporter who didn't fall for McCain's spin and made the honest attempt to hold "The Maverick" accountable for his past statements.
Lets hope for more lines of questioning from reporters like Caldwell and more straight talk answers like this from McCain...
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