The Only Thing Better than Ann Coulter's Endorsement...
Is that of doghoused GOPer Bill Cunningham, the Cincinnati talk show host who introduced Sen. John McCain yesterday at an Ohio rally by slamming Obama. You know, using his middle name. And in this race, that's all out slander. McCain was quick to fire back:
McCain showed class by repudiating Cunningham's disparaging remarks about Barack Obama. The Republican frontrunner wasn't on the stage when Cunningham was spewing and said he didn't hear him speak and said he had never met the man. Still, said McCain, it's his campaign and he would take responsibility for it. "I will not tolerate anything in this campaign that denigrates either Sen. Obama or Sen. (Hillary) Clinton,'' McCain told reporters.
Most people in Cincinnati are familiar with Cunningham's brand of thoughtless bombast. He never debates when he can insult. But it's an unfortunate first impression for McCain to take away from our community. It's also unfortunate that the clip of Cunningham making snide remarks about Obama's middle name, Hussein, and calling him a "hack" will be played over and over in the national media. It will be a great boon to the city's reputation for civility.
- Cincinnati Enquirer
But now Cunningham's coming out for the other guy. Not Huckabee... but Hillary. This is either the smartest thing a GOP operative has ever done, or the most politically convoluted. How many other Right-wing whackos are going to come out for Clinton? Are they just playing this to an Obama nomination hoping to watch the moderate Democrats swing back to John McCain or do they just hate him that much?
