Rick Davis Uses McCain POW Excuse Again

There wasn't a lot about this Sunday's gab fests that really stood out. But on the weakest show of the "big four," FOX "News" Sunday had the single biggest eye-rolling moment for me. Leading advisers from both John McCain's and Barack Obama's campaign were squaring off. Rick Davis for the former, and David Axelrod for the latter.

I have no positive feelings about either man, both of whom really, really bug me. They're professional spinners (liars), skilled at not directly answering questions, and I think they do more harm than good. You can take them, and others like them (Terry McAuliffe being a prime example), and tape their mouths shut, as far as I'm concerned.

But, back to the eye-rolling moment. The always vaguely creepy Chris Wallace asked the questions, "Do McCain and Palin bear some responsibility" for drumming up the fear and hatred from their crowds. Rick Davis, appallingly, uses the "John McCain was a POW" line for the umpteenth time. Ridiculous.

Rachel Maddow and The Nation Expose McCain Hypocrisy

Every time we turn around, John McCain seems to contradict himself. He's against lobbyists! Wait, lobbyists run his campaign! He's against politicians that seem to skate by on celebrity. But wait! He's something of a celebrity himself, and his running mate, Sarah Palin, is being greeted with more adulation in two weeks than Barack Obama has in nineteen months!

Well, the themes of celebrity and lobbyists converge in this clip, from the newly minted Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. It seems silly at first blush; McCain on a yacht in the Adriatic with Anne Hathoway and her boyfriend? But said boyfriend is a serious con-man, has connections to Rick Davis, the former lobbyist who runs McCain's campaign, and may have received some preferential treatment after this meeting. Heard about it anywhere else? Me either, which is why I have such high hopes for Rachel's new show!