AP writes puff piece on McCain Swift Boat supporter, doesn't even mention Swift Boat link till 12th paragraph

Attaboy, AP. Don't even mention that this "ex-POW" was a Swift Boater until the 12th paragraph. If you missed that part of the story, and only read the first 11 paragraphs, you'd think this guy was some ex-POW hero, and if he supports McCain, well heck, McCain must be pretty darn good. Oh, and AP does tell you in the 12th paragraph that "many" of the Swift Boat accusations were proven untrue. Many? I guess that means that many of their accusations weren't proven to be untrue. Nice. Who was saying the other day that the media had roundly rebuked the Swift Boaters? Well, here's a Swift Boater that the McCain campaign put on a conference call with reporters two weeks ago, and look how reporters are handling him. Rather than excoriating McCain, rather than giving you any detail as to how vicious these people were to a vet who risked his life to save his fellow service members, AP is treating this ass like a freaking war hero. Oh, and McCain's campaign chair in Iowa actually praised this guy's involvement in their McCain. Did AP specifically ask McCain's campaign why they were using this nut on their campaign? How McCain could complain about attacks on his military experience while using a Swift Boat Veteran as a campaign surrogate? Not a word from AP.

One more point. The Democrats are just as much to blame as AP. When the Republicans see something they don't like, they all yell and scream about it. From the RNC, to Republican surrogates, the McCain campaign itself. They pass the offending quote to all the media and express their outrage while demanding media coverage. It's up the DNC, Obama, and other Democratic surrogates to express outrage about McCain embracing a Swift Boat Veteran. Until they do that, they deserve whatever crap McCain throws at them.

Still, AP and the media are on John McCain's side. They'd have never let Obama get away with this. Donuts anyone?