McCain’s free pass

John McCain apparently has a special nay, magic, free pass that means he can do anything he wants and it simply doesn’t count against him — at least if you’re a Republican. See if you can figure out what it is from the following examples:

EXAMPLE 1

COLMES: Excuse me Sean. You’ve had your chance to speak, I’m up. John McCain cheated on his wife, right. Amanda? So how do we trust John McCain? He cheated on his wife, why do you have a double standard and John McCain’s running for President? John Edwards is not. John McCain’s wife was in a car accident. John McCain’s running for President, what about his affair?

HANNITY: After five and a half years in a POW camp.
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EXAMPLE 2

“This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison.”
– McCain spokesman Brian Rogers, on McCain not knowing how many homes he owns.
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EXAMPLE 3

McCain spokeperson Nicolle Wallace, a former CBS News consultant, told the Times last night that “[t]he insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous.”
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Did you spot it?

Yes, if you’ve been a prisoner of war it simply doesn’t matter if you’ve had an affair and divorced your wife because she’s been in a car accident and is no longer as pretty as she once was.

If you’ve been a prisoner of war it’s excusable that you have to get your aides to do research before you can say how many houses you own.

If you’ve been a prisoner of war you can :

1. Not, as agreed, remain in a cone of silence while your opponent is being questioned,
2. Lie about it,
3. Claim it’s outrageous to suggest that there’s anything wrong with all this because a former prisoner of war couldn’t possibly cheat.

Presumable if McCain becomes president and does something foolish — let’s see, like launching an unnecessary war under false pretenses, trashing the economy, or dismantling the Constitution — his supporters will be saying “Yes, but remember he was a prisoner of war!“

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