John McCain, Arianna Huffington and a Dinner Party

(No Hard News Available, Media Resorts to Dinner Party “He Said, She said” reporting)



From the New York Times to the LA Times or one left coast to the other left coast, the musings of the far-left of center, Arianna Huffington had been reported upon last week with apparent vigor. The question of whether or not John McCain voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election appears to be a big issue with Huffington, who is reaching deep in her attempt to bolster her chosen candidate, Barrack Obama. Apparently, Huffington claims that while at a dinner party in Hollywood, John McCain stated he did not vote for Bush in 2000 – John McCain denies the conversation ever took place, and the NY Times has picked up the piece going to great lengths to find “anonymous sources” at the same dinner party who “overheard the conversation” and therefore, it must be true. The reports, and Huffington suggest this “story” leads to credibility – the question is: whose? In Middle America, or those individuals who are neither heavily vested in the daily rants from the right or the left, John McCain is a straight-forward kind of guy. Patriotic, fiscally conservative, crosses the aisle in order to get a job done without making too many compromises, and, most notably, someone who appeals to both Moderate Republicans, Moderate Democrats and those all important Independent voters.

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Who is Arianna Huffington? – Wikepedia (Reliable source?), paints the picture of a wealthy Greek socialite, educated in London, married to Michael Huffington, a congressman from California (R), whose apparent bi-sexuality did not deter Ms. Huffington from the marriage (bling!). They later divorced, after he lost the congressional seat to Diane Feinstein. She is very bitter about the “right side” of American Politics. Is it any wonder? A published author, Arianna has written on a wide range of subject, from Maria Callas, to How to Overthrow the Government. She is described as a progressive. No kidding.

Yet, given the current climate of “there’s nothing to find out about John McCain”, and “Barack Obama’s increasing gaffes, it appears John McCain will win out in a national election. Obama is even having trouble in Bob Byrd’s back yard, no less, a heavily democratic stronghold, (papers are crying racism, making the excuse that the state is heavily white, and those whites are gun and bible owners - therefore, they are racist, or objectively, people who read the news and know how Obama feels about guns and religion). The progressives, (including print and blogs), are desperately looking for any story, no matter how unsubstantiated or ridiculous, to “pin on McCain” in the hopes of making Barack look good enough to vote for!

The Old Adage: No News is Good News, will continue to hold true for McCain throughout the election cycle. The ridiculous musings of a bitter old woman (this comment from an actual old woman), will hardly be the stuff that individuals in Kansas, Ohio, Idaho, most of California and Upstate New York will even read about, or if they do, will even care about.


With the nomination of the DNC handed to Obama by these same entities (one assumes it is the political party that actually nominates the candidate, however, not in this instance), these types of farcical attacks should be expected to escalate. With the stars aligned in favor of the DNC this year, it is with amazement that one ponders how a press, bent on a progressive stand, aligned with individuals with Puffed Up self-opinions, and reporting on non-news, from people of little consequence, may be the catalyst that actually hands the White House back to the Republicans!