September 01, 2008 07:20 PM
WATB: McCain cancels Larry King appearance
..all because he doesn't like how CNN's Campbell Brown treated his PR monkey Tucker Bounds Monday night. If you can't stand up to Dan Senor's wife, Senator, how can we trust you to stand up to the terrorists?
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It's amazing that John McCain was so offended by a journalist actually doing her job. All Campbell Brown did was press Tucker to name one important decision Sarah Palin made as "commander-in-chief" of the Alaska National Guard. It's not surprising that he was hard-pressed to come up with one considering the Alaska National Guard General has confirmed that she has nothing to do with national defense activities. Strike 18 for the McCain/Palin ticket.
cry baby
They like to dish it out but they do not like their incompetence to be revealed on the air. McSame should be tied to W every time anyone talks about issues.
seconded.
His camp didn't like that blogger and apparently they did not like KO either.
Heaven forbid the RNC to believe in free-speech.
I guess they don't like media member they can't bribe with BBQ (cash).
my grandfather used this saying a lot and it rings so true with the McCain campaign. If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. Could have been under the porch but he was old and mumbled a lot.
What the hell has this country turned into.
Talk about a guy who could not talk his way out of a wet paper bag. A true sign of McCain's incompetence is that this moron still has a job today. You can't just make things up on the air and retain your credibility.
on the contrary, journalists actually doing their job would constitute the gravest threat to McCain and the GOP as a whole. I understand his reaction. He needs them to play dumb.
maybe they were pissed that campbell called the asshat "baby"
i would love it if she called me baby
god...i love hot female anchors
ya...im a lonely boy
Everyone should contact CNN to support Campbell Brown.
see Mika and Morn' Joe this morning? It was gold Jerry, gold!
the (R)'s are whining for five days straight... only 65 days to go
I see. So, when McLame is pres: If Putin pisses Mcsame off Johnny Clueless will refuse to talk? Oh! I guess that's what the red button is for!
He's busy vetting his running mate.
This is just too much fun ... pass the popcorn.
The Republicans have had 8 years of a compliant press - and it's not just Fox that has reported as fact RNC and WH press releases - so it must come as a shock when a reporter actually asks a question.
What I want to know is, will Larry King tell his audience that McCain cancelled to punish CNN for not doing his (McCain's) bidding.
IMO, most CNN types, Brown included, still carry water for the Republicans. Brown just had a brain cramp and thought she was talking to a Democrat.
If McCain has a hissy fit over this....what's going to happen if he makes it to office?
He's loosing it....this man IS NOT fit for POTUS.
Shes a good girl, loves her mam a
Loves jesus and america too
Shes a good girl, crazy bout elvis
Loves horses and her husband too
Its a long day living in arizona
Theres a freeway runnin through one of the yards
And Im a bad boy cause I dont even miss cindy-loo
Im a bad boy for breakin her heart
And Im free, free fallin
Yeah Im free, free fallin
out into nothing
can't even do Larry King. So, Fox news will have exclusive rights to the candidate and the running mate. Just don' ask any toughies.
Larry King...for f%^^ sake! John you are deep in free fall.
SFnomad @ 13:
Forty-five years after Allen Ginsberg wrote "Howl" and it's 1928 again.
Not to worry, Foxaganda will give McCain all the interviews he wants.
muddy @ 9:
I agree with muddy, I think this is the link...
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?127
Everyone give Campbell some love for being a journalist.
Who picked this venue? Lindsay Graham?
This has more to do with McCain not wanting to answer the same question good ole boy Tucker didn't want to answer than anyone being offended.
The McCain ticket is so substantively lacking, it's gettin even hard for Repubs to spin this stuff postively.
steve b @ 10:
Don't say 65. It is less than that. Make sure you don't miss the election!
She is asking the questions we are all asking. Basically WTF??????????????????????
Someone should just take mercy on these people and drop the cyanide capsules into the air conditioning.
One gaffe after another. Remember when this guy went to Baghdad and reported that it was perfectly safe to walk through the bustling market, with a hundred soldiers, a suit of armor and half the Air Force getting his back. The revelation that he owns 8 homes, Palin, etc.
steve b @ 10:
Is Mika a reich-winger like "Dead Intern" Joe? Isn't she the daughter of a former Dem national security adviser, or somesuch?
I don't watch the show enough to be familiar with its hosts. (Of course, I do know that Scarborough is an utter fool.)
It's over for McCain.
He is a wimp. He is a pussy. He is lame. He is a moron.
Campbell Brown is a patriot and an American hero for doing her job as a responsible journalist for pressing the reich wing on their propaganda, ducks, dodges and lies.
Campbell needs her own show to follow Rachel Maddow!
Liberal AND Proud @ 23:
Ok...over the top. It's just that DAMN...they're bringin' me down.
Hi-larious!
I'm sure that things will pick up when they wheel in the candidate.
Were Campbell's statements about governors and the national guard accurate?
Campbell Brown did a good job this clown didn't want to
answer the question. mccain doesn't want to answer the same questions. i don't think people should put the beat down.........on ms.brown
Reptile Convention Just Started on TV
Buchanan's hair is falling out as we speak!
People in Arizona should be ashamed to have an incompetent like McCain for senator.
L.A. Confidential @ 33:
Were in Hell. Without a doubt.
It's starting to sink in. This is so OVER.
Comically inept windsock's response to a direct question: petulant, evasive and granting great insight into his boss' piss-poor judgement of whom to select as smart, savvy, qualified and competent to do the job necessary to be done responsibly and well.
I can see it now. America on the brink of WWIII, McCain is to sit down with the Russian leader to avert nuclear annihilation of planet Earth but then he learns the Russians asked what exactly has Sara Palin done as VP and McCain cancels, the world is destroyed, the end.
I watched this last nite and was shocked that Brown actually kept pushing it.
"Grumpy Old Man takes His Ball And Goes Home"
A few weeks ago I was all doom and gloom for Obama, but I am starting to believe that McSame may just implode on his own. My goodness the debates are going to be good!
My friends, I'm watching the RNC Convention! It's sad. They opened with videos of the world trade center crashing on a huge video screen then it turns into a US Soldier in Iraq, then it turns into a huge flag. Didn't we already try this "Team" thing when Gov. Bush didn't have any experience? We got Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Powell, how did that turn out? My studly congresswoman Heather Wilson claimed McCain has the experience and judgement to be POTUS. Then why did he support the territorial pissings in Iraq? Where is McCain's adopted Child, I never see it? Isn't Iraq wasteful spending? Borrow and Spend, Borrow and Spend. How come Peter Doocy son of Steve Doocy at the Fox Nothing Channel, isn't serving his country? Palin's daughter getting knocked up wouldn't be a big deal, if her mother didn't not believe in birth control. McCain/Palin are coming to Albuquerque, I think I might blow up some rubbers. These Republicans don't have much to go on. I feel sort of bad, not.
Nice to see the convention is going well for the Senator
The GOP theme should have been..."It's twilight in our America."
John McCain wouldn't even defend his running mate, what hope do the rest of have under a McCain administration?
Yeah!
How he gonna stand up to the terrists?
Ruthless People @ 28:
Whoa whoa there, Sparky! She's a journalist who inadvertently did her job this one time. It's going to take a lot more than one diligent interview to put her in Maddow territory.
The twin towers (Bush/Cheney) fell on the GOP.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 8:
Lust all you want Uncle Joe, but don't chase after them hot female anchors, you might screw up and actually catch one, Then what would you do?
Soon the crowd will be electrified...the staff just woke up Fred Thompson.
Why is it every politico with the name Tucker is a weaselly little ass wipe?
Liberal AND Proud @ 45:
the gotterdamerung. How appropriate.
Meet The Opponents
http://tinyurl.com/6e85dg
What excuse is McCain going to use for cancelling all the rest of his interviews from now until election?
I'll bet at least one of the people warming up the crowd is named Tucker.
Liberal AND Proud @ 49:
And Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with it.
that Larry King sure is imposing...
you guys just don't understand: John McCain was a POW for five years.
Tom @ 48:
Once the convention is over, I can't see any of them going on her new show. As we can tell, one thing they hate is someone keeping their feet to the fire. And Rachel is one that would certainly do that.
L.A. Confidential @ 54:
At least we know Hilter's not dead, he just shaved his mustache.
maxbaer (a replica only) @ 55:
Naptime? Trip to the zoo? Canine/resident interaction period?
maxbaer (a replica only) @ 55:
maybe...that he was a POW for five years?
I for one was deeply offended by Campbell Brown's unprofessional conduct.
Isn't she aware that professional journalism consists of asking a question, letting the person lie, dissemble, go off on some bizarre tangent, or say whatever else makes him or her happy? While the person is responding, the journalist nods like some mindless bobblehead sitting in the back window of a car, and then moves on to a different question where the whole process is repeated. That, way the MSM can do it's job as conduits for Republican Talking Points.
Her behavior was reprehensible. She should be fired.
Maybe they'll show Mitt Romney's vacation video on the big screen.
There's a lesson in this: name your kid "Tucker" and he'll grow up to be a silly little git.
WATB is right. Fox will put him on whenever, but he might want to reach an audience besides Fox. I do not allow Fox to be on any tv in my house, but then I would never vote for McSame anyway(or any Republican).
Actually, this is too funny.Let's all watch Larry King tonight. I think he will probably have Democratic strategists.
Jay11 @ 25:
...and don't forget that he was a POW for five years.
If he cuts and runs he won't crash and burn. He learned that as an incompetent navy flier.
Boy...an awful big expense just to celebrate McCain's 72nd birthday.
What a whiner.
Did he stamp his widdle feet?
Teddy Phuf @ 21:
An absolute home run with this post! Thanks, however, he can run, but he can't hide forever, because someone will chase him to the gates of.....
BigIslandDave @ 26:
Z Big as he likes to be called is Mikas daddy and an adviser to Obama but he wrote a book called The Grand Chessboard, he helped create Al-Queda back in '79 with the intention of using
them in Afghanistan to BAIT the Soviets to invade. Much like the Cheney type but has a little more personality.
Someguy @ 1:
not HE...he was a POW for five years.
I can't stand that they say she is living her "pro-life" values. Why, exactly? Because you have a child with a disability? I have pro-abortion rights people who have children with disabilities. Because you have a teenaged daughter who is pregnant and getting married to the father of the child? My brother wed his teenaged wife when she was pregnant and both of my parents are pro-abortion rights.
How does that "prove" she's living her pro-life values?
Sorry to be OT.
Oh Billy @ 19:
Thanks; I did.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 8:
Does that mean you think with your penis? Do you know anyhing at all about Campbell Brown? I hope you don't come up with crotch-rot because it sure sounds like you don't care about who you screw (literally) and who screws you (figuratively!)
Brave brave McCain, afraid of the press. What a pussy.
Laura Bush has gone off her Prozac specifically for this convention.
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Man, if you can't get some luv from Senor's shiksa cipher, you are in deep yogurt, indeed.
McCain the Liar @ 36:
Oh, believe me; I am. I never voted for the silver-spooned wee git though.
When does the ooompah band come on?
Bye bye John, you're officially not needed in the US anymore, you are a laughing stock now. Go write a book or something...maybe do some knitting or cooking or finding out how many houses you have.
See ya, so long, nice to know ya when you were different, have a good one, talk to ya later. Sorry John, gotta feed the cat so I can't stay and listen to you cancel shows about people asking legitimate questions and you getting all in a snit about it. You were called out and you lost. Plain and simple. Enjoy your twilight years in harmony with nature but please leave the rest of us alone.
I for one would like to thank CNN for discovering the sack in their pants and doing the right thing in pointing this out - with context no less!
Maybe these shills have finally seen the darkness enveloping their heads. I won't get too excited, I may expect it more often but man it is good to see.
I now know why McCain uses his 5 1/2 years POW excuse all the time. He hasn't grown at all in the other 67 years he has been alive.
Fucking coward. Face it, being a POW did break him. In all fairness, he probably hasn't been the same since, who would?
Also, Campbell Brown can apparently read the polls. Lining up on the side of winning.
Liberal AND Proud @ 79:
I would have thought she'd need to double the dose....
Oh no, they've brought out the Christian singer. With the flag waving on the screen in the background. Am I dead yet?
Christie Whitman shoveling the shit. No major difference between McCain and Obama.
I think she believes she's still shoveling shit on her NJ farm.
Gretchen the aspiring elitist @ 86:
No. But the clock is running for most of the audience.
SFnomad @ 13:
With butter please!
Tucker is just a paid hack so he was just doing his job. Wouldn't expect anything less from him. The best parts were Campbell's reactions. It was like watching Amy Poehler.
Liberal AND Proud @ 88:
and they better move this convention along...McCain might not make it to Friday.
"well if you're gonna ask real questions...im not comin!"
If only, the rest of the media would hold their feet to the fire. It's about time someone did.
America is getting a good look at the GOP.
Seems clear at this point that there are some powerful, deep-pocketed interests that do not want McCain to win this election. The Campbell Brown interview was stunning. No anchor on MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC or CBS has done that in a very long time, since 9/11 anyway. I've been seeing a lot of very surprising coverage lately, I don't think they're grown a spine, I think the oppressive hand of upper mgmt. has been lifted. They are now doing their jobs. I think Campbell Brown was enjoying herself. Feels good to do your job, eh Campbell.
Liberal AND Proud @ 82:
Heehee...either that or some ragtime.
oh really @ 64:
Get a grip.........she revealed this phoney/RISKY pick
you better evaluate Hannity....for being fired.
Liberal AND Proud @ 90:
I don't get the "Country First" signs they're waving. If they really mean that they'd all be voting for Obama.
The only thing Palin has in common with the Air National Guard is that they presumably carry
bombs on their planes... the same thing the McCain/Palin '08 has become.
Okay...first of all, the GOPs are confusing the Natl Guard with a state militia....
Also, implying that sarah palin is commander-in-chief of alaska is like implying that michael nutter is the commander-in-chief of philadelphia...now, we like the guy...but it just aint so...
I hadn't seen the end of the interview. Thank goodness Brown apologized for doing her job.
What's up with the Wolfie saying the interview was OK? I assume he'll be apologizing soon enough.
oh really Says:
I for one was deeply offended by Campbell Brown’s unprofessional conduct.
Isn’t she aware that professional journalism consists of asking a question, letting the person lie, dissemble, go off on some bizarre tangent, or say whatever else makes him or her happy? While the person is responding, the journalist nods like some mindless bobblehead sitting in the back window of a car, and then moves on to a different question where the whole process is repeated. That, way the MSM can do it’s job as conduits for Republican Talking Points.
Her behavior was reprehensible. She should be fired.
maxbaer (a replica only) @ 55:
I have a hunch we will not have debates this year. McCain is not letting Palin speak to the media unless they give her a pass which means, I think, they would want the questions well in advance. McCain himself is pissed off at Tom Brokaw and threatening to call that debate off. The Republicans know that Obama and Biden are going to whup McCain and Palin in the debates. Ergo, I think McCain is setting a scenario where he will pull out. Maybe it's even Rove's idea. I think the public will not stand for it though.
Talk about misstep for the McCain campaign. First he puts the on air slaughtering of his spokesman into a second new cycle, and second he preempts and opportunity to reshape the message on an even bigger platform. The talking points in this segment look about as naked and futile as they can possibly get.
Gee now they have all these people waving "SERVICE" signs... I'm getting far too cynical-sorry.
Off the top of my head:
For statewide emergencies the Governor of the state would deploy the State’s National Guard for the emergency and the state would be responsible for supplies and equipment.
If the National Guard is used for federal service the U.S. Gvt. can and would appropriate equipment from the state and supplement it as needed (in theory).
Tucker Bonds was trying to blend the two roles and make it sound as if Palin had been in charge of both.
I think the main question to be answered is; while she has served as Gov. of AK, has there been a need to call out the State guard?
Oh Billy @ 19:
Done !!
Move on people, nothing to see here. @ 85:
More than likely!
constituent @ 97:
I believe this was sarcasm.
Come January, Lady Liberty needs to go in and get some lab work done: after being screwed over for 8 years by Bush and his gang she might need some shots.
this isn't necessarily a political issue for everyone. sarah palin is more of a potential security risk to this country.
if mccain can't serve this country as president let's say
june/08 due to illnes and palin steps in vs. the same scenario where biden steps in......palin is NOT only a political risk she is a potential security risk.....and i didn't
even get into the ultra-conservative stance she has regarding social issues.
This is bad, why all they screaming Maria Carey?
It's 9:00, when's everyone showing up? The stands are empty. Must be that Sarah Palin bump.
I hear AC/DC playing!!!!
MountainMan23 @ 107:
Me too.
what. a. bunch. of. pussies!
and i say that with all due respect to pussies, both real and metaphorical.
Sarah Pawlenty for republican vice president...
Damn liberal media! Where have these people been for the last eight years?
It's an interesting coincidence that the last time the GOP went down in flames they had an Arizona Senator running for president.
McStain @ 109:
i apologize.........i'm alittle bent on this palin pick
naschkatze Hussein @ 103:
It's already been said that Gov. Palin runs press conferences with a team of advisers that will step in and answer the tough questions for her. That's not going to happen in the debates.
Contrast this decision to snub a previously agreed to interview with Barack Obama's decision to agree to an interview with Bill O'Reilly, a man who has made it his personal mission to smear Mrs. Obama, their children, and Barack.
I find it really shocking that John McCain doesn't have the courage to be asked tough but fair questions, while Barack has the courage to be asked tough and unfair questions.
Who is ready to protect America?
Sarah Palin wants to outLaw the right to abortion....wow
Ruthless People @ 40:
LOL. I liked that one.
JimboSlice @ 119:
Obama knrw that the Saddleback Mtn interview would be 100% evangelical right wingers and he went anyway.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 8:
Och! Campbell Broon. A guid Scot's name, tha'.
ask about governor palin the rhetoric goes right barack obama's experience never compared to biden. if i'm getting this correctly she has executive experience
and john mccain doesn't
I think that this is a very poor decision on McCain’s part.
(Hey kids … collect the whole set and win a house)
Although I can see how he would consider going on Larry King as an act of appeasement.
orrin hatch not answering question/comments regarding experience,lobbyists money,'Bridge to NoWhere' and governor
for 1.5 yrs.
Impulsive Motherfucker, isn't he? He should cancel all appearances.
The events of the last few days have left the Republicans and their supporters nearly speechless. The ones that do manage to speak are so dumbfounded by the lies they are telling that even they can't believe what they're saying!
It's quite interesting to watch, and McCain doing this just makes it that much more amusing.
Their platform is in shambles, and they are scrambling to get a consistent, coherent message. I hope Obama and Biden hit 'em hard while they are down.
I thought it was great that Blitzer played (part of) the clip that pissed McCain off AND gave instructions where to go on the web to find the entire clip.
Good for Cambell! Every journalist should objectify who they are interviewing or why have them on? McCain's team sure is teaching us a lesson, I mean, We're a nation of "Whiners" so why can't he be one too?
So whats gonna happen if the delagates decide hes too big of a pussy to vote for? Can they pick some fascist out of a hat? What would that say about their version of "dempocracy"? Or do they bight the bullet and dance with the whore that brung them?
Mick Piobr @ 124:
Aye a half ta say, She's a bonnie lassie.
Meanwhile, back here in Calif, I'm liking her more lately. If she keeps this up, I'll start watching regularly. Well, maybe.
muddy @ 9:
I agree. How do we contact CNN to let them know how much respect Campbell Brown for asking a legitimate question and justing wanting an answer?
I guess if McCain gets the prez I will never watch him on TV. Since, I have boycotted FOX for years and I am sure he will appear on FOX I will never watch him. What a big cry-baby sissy!!!!! Take your ball and go home, you big idiot!!!
Oh Billy @ 19:
Thanks for the Link, My wife and i both wrote.
What a wuss McBush is. They pick someone with a limited resume', on short notice, and they are pissed that they can't answer a question about specifics. Brown was much better than John Roberts, who this morning allowed Mary Matalin to lie, unchallenged. Matalin said that "Pallin had been to Iraq as many times as Obama has." She's never been to Iraq, Kuwait once, yes, but not Iraq. Roberts said nothing.
Post American @ 43:
No wonder they didn't have Giuliani speak. The bullshit must have already reached saturation point.
The RNC would have been better served it they had the puppets from the 'Team America' movie speak.
I should also point out that '911' happened on Dubya Bush's watch... even though he was warned by the Clintons.
The GOP if full of incompetent, thieving, lying, murderous, retards.
What's more, the NeoCons aren't ashamed of it.
A laughable attempt to restore discipline to the press corps. Eat the McRib sauce or be banished into the outer darkness. How will Larry cope? I suspect with a one pulse laugh. Hah.
Blitzer: "CNN doesn't believe Campbell's interview was over the line."
Lucky thing they had Campbell instead of Blitzer interviewing him. Blitzer, after all, was the guy who asked Dick Cheney if he wanted to answer the wingnuts' attacks on his own lesbian daughter, and then shit his pants when Cheney said his question was "out of line."
Basically, ANY question that would expose obvious Republican hypocrisy is "over the line." Hence, the Republican credo: When you can't answer questions, fein outrage and indignity. "Why does Campbell Brown hate the Alaska National Guard?"
Republicans have created the most dangerous security threat to USA perhaps ever. There can be no doubt that China and Neo-soviets are redrawing the global equilibrium based on the idiocy of the republican party - a brazen and arrogant display of sheer idiocy. The choice of Palin represents yet another highly destabilizing opportunity for world chaos.
America is collapsing under the weight of its stupid. Republicans are like the obnoxious neighbor that throws empties on your lawn every weekend. Picking Palin is like hanging a kick-me sign on the back of America. Unbelievable.
You have got to see this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QevraCQUc
You go Campbell!! If CNN was really smart they would quietly and without fanfare slowly stop covering stop covering mccain and see how he likes trying to get his message out. What a spoiled brat he is. tucker bounds is lackey and a liar.
accountability's a bitch, ain't it, senator? even if you were a POW for five years...
Too good. And too bad. But I doubt that Larry would have really questioned him about Palin or anything else. I will repeat, these people are not conservatives--they are radical traitors to America, to our constitution, to our way of life. But too many Democrats think they are the flip side of democracy, the loyal opposition. They are not loyal. Sarah Palin and her husband (a "former" member) are sympathetic to the Alaska Independent Party, whose former leader has denounced America and its flag.
Suggest everyone go to:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/aip_founder_prof...
for a taste of the secessionist fringe in Alaska.
I also heard today on the radio that when Palin was mayor of Wasilla, she tried to have books removed from the library. Don't know which books, but I can only imagine.
McCain - Palin
Crash & Burn
If he thinks Campbell is tough, he should try Helen!
Ruthless People @ 52:
The name "Tucker" immediately turns me into a poet. Don't know why.
Aww McBush, let me fetch you a waaahmburger and some French cries......
Bounds get's pwned by Campbell Brown. This interview just continues to shed light on the ineptitude of the GOP and their candidates. This was an epic fail.
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