McCain Less Classy Than Righty Bloggers

At The Next Right, Jon Henke offers a rare bit of truth about the discredited Jerome Corsi:

The continued tolerance and prominence of Jerome Corsi - his books, columns and appearances - is just embarrassing. It is embarrassing for the Right, embarrassing for Republicans, embarrassing for conservatives and libertarians, embarrassing for all of us.

It's not just that he's frequently, remarkably wrong - something pretty well documented and acknowledged by both the Left and (while less enthusiastically) the Right. (and the Obama campaign (PDF), of course) Both the Obama campaign and Hugh Hewitt acknowledge that Jerome Corsi is "fringe".

Bad as his gross errors are, though, it's not just that. It's also about who Jerome Corsi is.

Jerome Corsi is a smear artist (e.g., he has claimed that "Hillary Rodham Clinton is a lesbian and Muslims worship Satan").
Jerome Corsi has advocated the hysterical, deceptive North American Union conspiracy theory.
Jerome Corsi associates with white supremacists.
Jerome Corsi is guilty of plagiarism.
Jerome Corsi is a 9/11 Truther.

On the other hand, the standard bearer of the Republican Party, the man that Republicans nominated to be President of the United States, responded thusly:

A reporter tried to ask McCain about a new anti-Obama book, to which McCain responded cryptically "gotta keep your sense of humor."

McCain staffer Brooke Buchanan then stretched her arms in front of her boss, saying “we’re not doing that,” and escorted reporters to the door.

Yeah, lighten up and take it, Obama!

Somehow, after reading that exchange I'd be more comfortable with the blogger running for President.

By the way, Corsi is now teaming up with Floyd Brown, and once they have video, this has the potential to explode. Corsi may be discredited, but that doesn't matter to the media.