Michelle Malkin, my old sparring partner at Fox News, ought to reread my colleague Jonathan Stein’s dispatch on the feverish McCain hatred among right-wing commentators (including Malkin). On her blog, Malkin cites the article as–a-ha!–yet more proof of the “left-wing media’s love affair” with Senator John McCain. But in the piece, Stein shows McCain no affection. He merely reports on the rage McCain triggers among conservative leaders, writers, and bloggers, noting that this gang, already upset with McCain’s recent success in the GOP primaries, will go ballistic if he does well in Florida and–gasp!–on Supersaturated Tuesday. Her item confirms the point of the piece: McCain sure pushes these guys and gals over the edge. And consider this: McCain is the only major Republican party candidate who’s done any heavy-lifting in support of George W. Bush’s war in Iraq. Yet he gets no love from these war cheerleaders. What ingrates.
