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Mind The Gap

Posted by Phoenix Woman on March 25, 2008

It’s a measure of just how much the media has fluffed John “Keating Five” McCain and trashed the Clintons over the years that Mister Stray Talk Excess is seen as being more “trustworthy” than Hillary Clinton or even Barack Obama:

March 18, 2008

Perceived Honesty Gap for Clinton Versus Obama, McCain

McCain most likely to be viewed as a strong leader

by Jeffrey M. Jones
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PRINCETON, NJ — Hillary Clinton is rated as “honest and trustworthy” by 44% of Americans, far fewer than say this about John McCain (67%) and Barack Obama (63%).

The press jumped on Hillary’s “Tuzla sniper fire” tale, and rightly so. But it would be nice if they were to jump every bit as hard, if not harder, onto the far more serious story about “straight talker” McCain’s breaking campaign-finance law. Hey, c’mon, GOP/Media Complex: Even a decidedly Toryish outfit like the Financial Times is horrified by McCain, now that they’ve got a good look at him without your rose-colored filters intervening. IF they can report the honest and icky truth about McCain, so can you.

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