https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2008/07/23/joe-klein-melts-down-over-mccains-shot-at-obama-on-iraq/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:36:28 -0400<![CDATA[The predictable fake outrage over Maverick&#8217;s comment yesterday that Barry would rather win an election than win a war is duly summoned, setting up Ann Althouse for a righteous takedown on which I can&#8217;t improve. Takeaway: &#8220;[I]t&#8217;s a strong line. I can see why Klein and his ilk are trying to scare McCain out of using it.&#8221; Yeah, tsk-tsking people out of using effective talking points against Obama is a Klein specialty; revisit this clip from May, when he and Anderson Cooper decided it was outside the bounds of polite discourse to remind CNN viewers precisely what it was that Reverend Wright had been preaching from the pulpit at Trinity. Klein was also the guy, you may recall, who worked himself into a lather at the idea that Obama was ever willing to meet with Ahmadinejad, even though (a) that&#8217;s a perfectly fair assumption based on Ahmadinejad&#8217;s role within the Iranian regime, and (b) Obama himself once suggested as much at a press conference. If the rest of the media is chest-deep in the tank for Obama, Klein&#8217;s already fully submerged. No sense getting worked up over what he thinks any more than the average nutroots blogger.]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:50:11 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2008/07/23/joe-klein-melts-down-over-mccains-shot-at-obama-on-iraq-n156114