Via Conservatives4Palin comes this article at the Wall Street Journal (of all places), about Arizona Senator (and the GOP’s presidential nominee last year) John McCain‘s appearance on MSNBC‘s “Meet the Press” earlier today. The article is yet another prime example of how the media purposefully distort comments made by conservatives, to manufacture controversies meant to weaken the entire conservative movement.

The WSJ’s Stephen Power writes that McCain first praised his former running mate Sarah Palin, after which he proceeded to insult her by calling her “irrelevant”:

Arizona Sen. John McCain came to the defense of his former GOP running mate Sarah Palin on Sunday. But in doing so, he used an adjective that some might not consider such a compliment.

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“I am entertained every time I see these people attack her and attack her and attack her. She’s irrelevant, but they continue to attack her. I am so proud of her and the work that she is doing,” McCain said.

Irrelevant?

Now, if Power’s summary of the interview was correct, this would undoubtedly be a major controversy. After all, it’s not often that a presidential nominee says that his former number two is of no importance whatsoever.

Read the whole thing at NewsReal.