Why is Friday so Popular?

For release embarrassing new and important information, that is.  Yes, we are all going to agree that the quickest way to bury a news story appears to release it on a Friday afternoon.  Perhaps we should paraphrase The Cure about Friday I'm in Love with the ignorant media.

I would call this a pretty damn important story in the continuing series of episodes that destroy what little credibility Mr. Straight-talk had left:

From Jonathan Stein at MotherJones...

Republican operatives Doug Davenport and Doug Goodyear were both quietly released from their duties with the McCain campaign this week when it was revealed that their Washington lobbying firm, DCI Group, had been paid $348,000 to represent Burma's repressive military junta in 2002. McCain's critics noted that top McCain aide Charlie Black has lobbied for authoritarian regimes as nasty or worse than Burma's, raising the question of whether McCain will cut ties with tainted figures only when it is politically expedient for him to do so.

It is so very interesting how the McCain camp managed this nothing-to-see-here wee news item about him taking money from military dictators by releasing it on Friday.  Military dictators who are creating a human tragedy in their country right now, in case we're all not paying attention.  And as usual the national media played right into the McCain camp's hands.  Could they have helped him slip out of this anymore easily?

And forget the local media -- they have abrogated their responsibility to the public good a long time ago.  How much decent (forget good) political coverage do you see from your local stations?

This is a much more important issue than the out of context rantings of a preacher with an ego.  This story is so much more important because it reveals more about McCain than any of his "aw shucks" just-doing -my-duty illusion -- the 'ol war hero straight talk carefully crafted image is just that, a carefully orchestrated image.  McCain consistently reveal his true image, a walking talking political cartoon.

I am curious, though.  Can we think of anyone who did not have to jump through numerous hoops, tests, and interviews in order to secure their employment?  So the idea that McCain didn't know who these guys were and what they did before they joined his campaign is a boldfaced lie.  One more lie to the mountain of lies that McCain is willing to tell to secure what he thinks is some strange kind of birth right to become president.

Or worse... is it possible that McCain was stupid enough to think that their ties to the Burmese/Myanmar dictators would not be discovered?  In any case, this whole episode gives us a clear glimpse into what a McCain administration will actually look like, what they will do.  It will make George W. Bush's mis-administration look positively competent.  Just imagine how bad your organizational skills have to be to accomplish that....

Isn't that a frightening thought?  Was that a chill down your back, too?

Hey, think McCain will give the money back?  Think that will happen on a Friday?