JackRabbit Café respects the New York Times, but--in the interest of fairness (and mockery)--let's look at the comments of moronic McCain spokesboy Tucker ("Tucker"? Like "Carlson"?) Bounds:
“Your paper has repeatedly attempted to insinuate impropriety on the part of Senator McCain where none exists — and it reveals that your publication is desperately willing to gamble away what little credibility it still has.”
Funny you should mention gambling, Junior:
From this Sunday's New York Times (a charter member of that "evil" media your boss courted his entire career until he sold out to "Evangelical Christianity", which even Jesus wouldn't swallow):
Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m., the Arizona senator and his entourage emerged with thousands of dollars in winnings.
A lifelong gambler, Mr. McCain takes risks, both on and off the craps table. He was throwing dice that night not long after his failed 2000 presidential bid, in which he was skewered by the Republican Party’s evangelical base, opponents of gambling. Mr. McCain was betting at a casino he oversaw as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and he was doing so with the lobbyist who represents that casino, according to three associates of Mr. McCain.
For more on the man who gambled on dumping his first wife for a beer heiress (craven, but lots of free Bud, and tons of dough if you are comfortable spending other people's money), for more on the Top (?) Gun who gambled with (and lost) five U.S. Navy aircraft, for more on the Maverick (!) who bet on the Keating Five (and lost), and--yes--for more on the desperately cynical, rapidly aging politician who rolled snake-eyes on an Alaskan timeshare saleslady (and really lost), read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/us/politics/28gambling-web.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
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