McCain On Amanpour: Anyone Else Miss Jake Tapper?

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McCain On Amanpour: Anyone Else Miss Jake Tapper?
Brian Beutler | August 2, 2010, 3:09PM

Sunday marked the first day that Christiane Amanpour hosted ABC's This Week, after Jake Tapper's extended, but temporary run. Amanpour hardly broke new ground in her debut, but she interviewed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, two of Washington's biggest newsmakers.

But conservatives were outraged by her broadcast, and the latest swipe at her comes from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) via Twitter.

"Anyone else miss @jaketapper yesterday?" McCain asked.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/mccain-on-amanpour-anyone-else-miss-jake-tapper.php?ref=fpa

[lob1]

1. I don't miss Jake Tapper, but I do miss Walter Cronkite.

[underpants]

2. Tapper is just another rightwinger diguising himself for the network's benefit

They try to tell everyone that Tapper is in the middle when he is clearly not.

[walldude]

3. But.. But... I wanted the press to ask the questions I wanted to answer...

No McCain, I don't miss that asshole. Matter of fact, not only is Amanapour easier on the eyes, but she's intelligent, well read, well informed, and she acts like a real fucking journalist. She's on the story, she's in the field and she has no patience for American political bullshit. Sounds like your worst enemy.

[BlueMTexpat]

5. I won't miss McCain when he finally moves on to wherever such as he go. Ever.

Christiane Amanpour is one of my heroes. McCain is not.

[alp227]

4. Because Jake Tapper asks too many softballs? Or Amanpour has an accent?

Conservatives fear Amanpour because of her outside-the-beltway perspective and foreign accent. (Seriously!)

[murray hill farm]

6. And....

she is a real journalist and such talent and integrity must be belittled by those who fear it.