John McCain has tried hard to rekindle the fickle affections of the media that has now turned to his younger, more virile rival. Chocolate, flowers, love letters, offers of long walks, fire-side chats ... nothing seems to get the attention of these media whores that now crawl Obama like flag-pins on a Republican.
No matter how much he crows, the hens won't pay no heed to the aging Rooster; heck, even Ann Coulter, that old reliable, seems a little distant these days.
The very last straw was when the Grey Lady returned his love letter expressing regret.
Another man would whine endlessly in impotent frustration -- and so McCain tried that as well. It helped a little bit -- he got the media to talk about what an impotent, frustrated whiner he has become.
Then his friends advised him to straighten his spine, stiffen his lip and act as is appropriate for an aging Republican gentleman whose heart-throb turns out to be an inconstant hussy -- buy her affections and make-believe it is true love.
As the Politico reports, Republicans will be looking to pay "tens of thousands of dollars" to run a full-page ad in the New York Times with the rejected McCain Op-Ed piece in its unedited glory.
Yes - tens of thousands of dollars for five seconds of satisfaction. Puts that Spitzer guy to shame.
And won't that teach those latte-sipping brie breaths that they don't tell the Maverick what he can't do.
Center of the World ... Here's Johnny!