Televise Cliff Schecter!

Let’s face it: when you’re the presumptive nominee of the party that’s had control of the White House for two terms and pretty much found a way to turn everything the current occupant touched to shit, it’s not surprising that you’re going to end up with a huge bulls-eye on back. And so it goes with John McCain, who must now deal with the highest level of analysis from people who believe, quite rightly, that America cannot afford to have a man like him as our next president.

Filmmaker Robert Greenwald and political strategist qua blogger Cliff Schecter have joined together to launch The REAL McCain. The REAL McCain is an incredible new site that combines a blog authored by Schecter and short films by Greenwald to be a clearinghouse for those wanting an education on who John McCain is and why he needs to be recognized as the fraud that he is.

McCain has one of the most rosy media images of all American political figures. It will take a lot of work to bust the myths about McCain’s centrism and maverick nature, but if anyone can do it, it’s guys like Greenwald and Schecter. I’m sure that they will make the McCain campaign wish that he’d never flipped nor flopped on Iraq, gay marriage, torture, or extremism in American politics.

Check out the first video from Greenwald: “John McCain vs John McCain”