{"id":13427,"date":"2019-03-23T08:06:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T12:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=13427"},"modified":"2019-03-23T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T20:08:28","slug":"mp3-roasting-john-mccain-on-the-scott-horton-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/23\/mp3-roasting-john-mccain-on-the-scott-horton-show\/","title":{"rendered":"MP3 &#8211; Roasting John McCain on the Scott Horton Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My old friend <a href=\"https:\/\/scotthorton.org\/interviews\/3-22-19-jim-bovard-on-john-mccains-disastrous-legacy\/\">Scott Horton<\/a> and I had fun yesterday correcting the record on the late Saint John McCain. McCain&#8217;s rascality stretched back at least 40 years.\u00a0 The media portrayed\u00a0 John McCain as a combination of Jesus and General Sherman, always ready to righteously bomb another country that failed to kowtow to Washington.\u00a0 He should have been indicted for corruption on the Keating Five scandal but instead he became the Washington media&#8217;s favorite champion of &#8220;good government&#8221; and campaign finance reform.\u00a0 As comedian Lily Tomlin warned, &#8220;No matter how cynical you get, it is not enough to keep up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the writeup on the interview from the <a href=\"https:\/\/libertarianinstitute.org\/scotthortonshow\/3-22-19-jim-bovard-on-john-mccains-disastrous-legacy\/\">Libertarian Institute<\/a> (which is now based in Texas, with Scott directly in control):<\/p>\n<p>Jim Bovard talks about the legacy of John McCain, who has only been lionized more than ever following his death and the controversy surrounding President Trump. The truth, says Bovard, is much more sinister.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussed on the show:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cJohn McCain\u2019s Disastrous Militaristic Legacy\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/13\/john-mccains-disastrous-militaristic-legacy\/\">James Bovard<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keating_Five\">Keating Five<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kill-Anything-That-Moves-American\/dp\/1250045061\">Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe story behind McNamara\u2019s Morons, Vietnam War\u2019s cruel experiment\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/politics-current-affairs\/story-behind-mcnamaras-morons\">Big Think<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secrets-Memoir-Vietnam-Pentagon-Papers\/dp\/0142003425\">Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jim Bovard is a columnist for USA Today and the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Public-Policy-Hooligan-Rollicking-Washington-ebook\/dp\/B00AKZH97W\"><em>Public Policy Hooligan: Rollicking and Wrangling from Helltown to Washington<\/em><\/a>. Find all of his books and read his work on his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0and follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@JimBovard<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen or download the MP3 from the Scott Horton Show here &#8211;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13427-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/scott-horton-19_03_22_bovard-Part.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/scott-horton-19_03_22_bovard-Part.mp3\">http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/scott-horton-19_03_22_bovard-Part.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13427-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/scott-horton-19_03_22_bovard-Part.mp23.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/scott-horton-19_03_22_bovard-Part.mp23.mp3\">http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/scott-horton-19_03_22_bovard-Part.mp23.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My old friend Scott Horton and I had fun yesterday correcting the record on the late Saint John McCain. McCain&#8217;s rascality stretched back at least 40 years.\u00a0 The media portrayed\u00a0 John McCain as a combination of Jesus and General Sherman, always ready to righteously bomb another country that failed to kowtow to Washington.\u00a0 He should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[450,367,1419,27,1879,708,288],"class_list":["post-13427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bombing","tag-daniel-ellsberg","tag-john-mccain","tag-lying","tag-robert-mcnamara","tag-trump","tag-vietnam-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MP3 - Roasting John McCain on the Scott Horton Show - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John McCain was portrayed as a combination of Jesus and General Sherman, always ready to bomb another country that failed to kowtow to Washington\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/23\/mp3-roasting-john-mccain-on-the-scott-horton-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MP3 - Roasting John McCain on the Scott Horton Show - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John McCain was portrayed as a combination of Jesus and General Sherman, always ready to bomb another country that failed to kowtow to Washington\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/23\/mp3-roasting-john-mccain-on-the-scott-horton-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-23T12:06:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-23T20:08:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/jpb-NRA-2001-mccain-cover-page.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"758\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"610\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jimbovard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/23\\\/mp3-roasting-john-mccain-on-the-scott-horton-show\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/23\\\/mp3-roasting-john-mccain-on-the-scott-horton-show\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jimbovard.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79550830ad81c14be529a2c37469974f\"},\"headline\":\"MP3 &#8211; 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