Unbelievably stupid "journalists"

Of course the McCain campaign would take the opportunity to twist Wesley Clarke's words. They are a political campaign. That's what they do.

But the "journalists" of Washington didn't even need a nudge from the McCain camp. They just heard what they wanted to hear, got their man panties all in a bunch, and went bonkers. And not just the Fox News team and Joe Klein, either. Pretty much every moron on every network and every news outlet have made asses of themselves over this total non-issue.

Fucking idiots. How do any of them have jobs? How are we supposed to take any of them seriously?

Columbia Journalism Review:

Appearing as a surrogate for Barack Obama on CBS’s “Face the Nation”, Clark, in reference to John McCain, said:

"I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war…But he hasn’t held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded—that wasn’t a wartime squadron. He hasn’t been there and ordered the bombs to fall.
When moderator Bob Schieffer interjected that “Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences, either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down”, Clark responded: “Well, I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.”

The McCain camp, sensing an opportunity, complained that Clark had “attacked John McCain’s military service record.” Of course, Clark had done nothing of the kind. He had questioned the relevance of McCain’s combat experience as a qualification to be president of the United States. This is a distinction that you’d expect any reasonably intelligent nine-year old to be able to grasp.