The American Mind

If it was the intention of the NY Times to unite conservatives around Sen. John McCain they’ve succeeded:

Rush Limbaugh, who has been critical of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), embraced him Thursday now that they have a common enemy: The New York Times.

Limbaugh and other conservative commentators rushed to defend McCain on Thursday against a potentially damaging article in The New York Times, embracing a maverick they have often attacked.

“You’re surprised that Page Six-type gossip is on the front page of The New York Times?” Limbaugh asked as he began his radio show. “Where have you been? How in the world can anybody be surprised?”

Limbaugh said earlier in an e-mail to Politico that the Times article about McCain’s relationship with a female lobbyist was a clear case of “the drive-by media … trying to take him out.”

Laura Ingraham, another influential conservative radio host, asserted that the Times waited until McCain was on the brink of the Republican presidential nomination and now is seeking to “contaminate” him with an article that she calls “absurd” and “ridiculous.”

CBN.org, the website of the Christian Broadcasting Network, calls an attack by the Times “a conservative badge of honor.”

Ironically, a potentially damaging article about McCain may help bond him to conservatives, who are relishing the fact that he now needs them.

They’re not that cleaver. The Times only to slam him because he’s an “evil” Republican.

If they keep this up conservatives might actually start liking McCain.

“Rush, Right rally to McCain“