{"id":2336,"date":"2008-02-25T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T00:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2008-02-25T16:14:21","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T00:14:21","slug":"the-right-wimps-out-on-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2336","title":{"rendered":"The Right Wimps Out On John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mickey Kaus writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Hear No <\/a>Univision, See No Univision:<\/strong> It’s dispiriting to watch the conservatives at National Review<\/em> bend over backwards to play down the New York Times’ <\/em>McCain-Iseman story<\/a>. <\/strong>What if before <\/em>McCain had effectively won the nomination–say, when he and Romney were contesting New Hampshire or Michigan–it had been revealed that he may have been excessively influenced by a gorgeous lobbyist for Univision<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>, the Spanish language broadcaster with a vested financial interest in promoting bilingualism at the expense of a unifying common language<\/strong>? So much so that the lobbyist boasted of her influence at meetings<\/a>? So much so that McCain’s right-hand strategist tried personally to intervene and tell her to go away? You think it might have been an issue? …<\/p>\n

P.S.:<\/strong> National Review Online’s <\/em>David Freddoso scoffs<\/a> at the idea that McCain received a mere $85,000 from Iseman’s clients since 2000, arguing that if that’s all McCain got he’s "pathetic" at trying to "take advantage of people" in his committee’s purview. Hmm. a) <\/strong>Former Univision CEO, controlling shareholder and Iseman client Jerrold Perenchio is a National FInance Co-Chair of McCain’s campaign<\/a>. Presumably he brings in more than $85,000; b) <\/strong>The worry isn’t that McCain was taking advantage of Univision, et. al. It’s rather the other way around. Or, more precisely, that this was a smarmy, mutually self-interested alliance that helped McCain and Univision in ways that maybe went beyond promoting the national interest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If conservatives substitute "National Education Association" for "Univision" maybe the potential scandal will be easier to see. But at this point, McCain could be caught having an affair with Juan Hernandez<\/a> and it wouldn’t bother the National Review<\/em>. …<\/p>\n

Backfill:<\/strong> Steve Smith<\/a>, Matthew Yglesias<\/a> and Matt Welch<\/a> notice what the NR<\/em> seems to miss.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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