McCain’s latest reckless move: Piss off the press

The John McCain campaign has gone to great lengths to sever its previously friendly (some might say overly-friendly) relations with the press since the surprise announcement Aug. 29 that virtually-unknown Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would be his running mate.

To conservatives, the ensuing media firestorm serves as an all-too-convenient dogwhistle to callre-ignite its culture war troops to battlearms against the so-called liberal media thus lowering expectations for the gaffe-prone McCain and the untested Palin.