This piece by John Dickerson can only be considered a critique of the McCain campaign if one buys into the Straight-Talk myth the press created about the Arizona Republican eight years ago. Forget McCain’s flip-flops — the reality is that McCain only bucks his party when doing so will have few consequence and that, when it has counted, he almost always has been the loyal Bushie. Read Free Ride by David Brock and paul Waldmann for a detailed analysis of the McCain Mystique.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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