One  of the reason there are so many McCain toadies in the media is that the guy really does make great copy-like when he admits he does not know anything about the economy. In 200, Jonathan Chait of the New Republic conducted an interview with John McCain in which Mcain admitted not paying attention to economic issues. When asked about his sudden shift in economic policy, McCain said, "In the interest of full disclousure, I did not pay nearly the attention to those issuses in the past. I was probably a supply sider based on the fact that I really did not jump into the issue.

When Tim Russert confronted McCain with his self confessed lack of economic knowledge, McCain falsely denied saying any such thing, telling Russert, "Actually, I do not know where you got that quote from. I am very well versed in economics." Russert, who was not one to be challenged, noted that McCain had said just that -twice "Wall Street Journal, November twenty-sixth, 2005 and You repeated it to the Boston Globe in December '07"

He also confessed his ignorance of conservative columnist Cal Thomas. In an  op-ed appearing in the New York Sun, Thomas explored McCain's lack of knowledge on economic and domestic policy. "McCain said that while he as a good handle on foreign policy, he intends to learn more on dometic issues, including economics, tax policy, and health care, saying, "I am going to have to be smarter on some issuses than I am now." According to a Washington Post op-ed, "Those who know McCain report a general lack of interest in domestic policy compared with his engagment in foreign affairs. It is sometimes unfairly argued that Bush is intellectualy uncurious, says one former member of Congress, "but on domestic issues that is really true of McCain."

McCain's foresight on Iraq has carried him far. But eventually he will need to engage Democrats on issures from health care to education to poverty. And being right on the war will not be enough. During an appreance on ABC This Week, McCain seemed unaware that Ben Bernake's  term as chairman of the Federal Reserve would expire during the next president's tenure. When asked if would reappoint Bernake, McCain said, "Oh I think...um, those terms of office...er..." George Stephnopoulos then told McCain that Bernake's term expires in 2010. One of McCain's senate colleague, once said the McCain views the economy as a funding mechanism for the army.

More and more Americans are working two jobs just to make ends meet-and John McCain thins that's how it should be. In March 2008, McCain told homeowners who were struggling as a result of the housing crises that they should be "working a second job" and "skipping vacation." This guy is Clueless!!!