McCain turns on his masters

...but in his defense, they turned on him first.

A key senior adviser for John McCommie had this to say when asked about Izvestia...excuse me, the New York Times.

Steve Schmidt, a McCain campaign senior adviser, declared on a conference call with reporters Monday that The New York Times is "not ... a journalistic organization."

His lengthy broadside, prompted by an article Monday documenting ties between the campaign and lobbying for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, was the latest in a series of grievances with the Gray Lady that that aides to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have aired publicly.

"Whatever The New York Times once was, it is today not by any standard a journalistic organization," Schmidt said. "It is a pro-Obama advocacy organization that every day impugns the McCain campaign, attacks Sen. McCain, attacks Gov. [Sarah] Palin. It excuse[s] Sen. Obama. …

"Everything that is read in The New York Times that attacks this campaign should be evaluated by the American people from that perspective — that it is an organization that has made a decision to cast aside its journalistic integrity and tradition, to advocate for the defeat of one candidate — in this case, John McCain — and to advocate for the election of the other candidate, Barack Obama."

And the Vulture stands and applauds.

Although the message was delivered by an aide and not by the candidate himself, you know that McCommie is behind this counter attack. And good for him! It's about time one of these mealy-mouthed politicians hit back against the Gray Lady and other media outlets that have become propagandists for their lord and savior, Barack "who's sane?" Obama.

BUT.....what make this little item especially amusing to the Vulture is the fact that McCommie, as Senator, served not the people of Arizona but rather the NYT editorial board.

The election of 2008 has served up more irony than the previous 10 combined. You gotta love it.