Now McCain Wants To Postpone Palin's VP Debate
Dana Bash, CNN: I spoke with Senator Lindsey Graham, he is in the McCain campaign, he is negotiation -- is trying to negotiate with the Obama campaign and the presidential debate commission. What they are saying, and what he is saying is that they are proposing to instead of having next Thursday the vice presidential debate in St. Louis, to make that the presidential debate and then to delay the VP debate to another time. That is what they are proposing, they understand very well that both the Obama campaign and the debate commission have no intention of delaying Friday's debate, but both he and a senior advisor that if there is no bailout deal by Friday, McCain has no plan to go to debate.
Oh good lord...anyone else getting that Titanic-in-front-of-an-iceberg feeling? I guess those Navy planes aren't the only things that John McCain will be known for crashing. His campaign, in the ongoing comedy of errors swirling his sudden and reckless choice to "suspend" his campaign, accidentally released his talking points to the media. The headline: Do not reach out to the media on this. Whoops!
Funnily enough, McCain felt no compunction about debating back in 2000, while his good friend and senior economic advisor Phil Gramm negotiated the deregulation that got us in this situation in the first place.
Related: Ole Miss Officials Say Cancelling Debate Would Be "Financially Devastating"...doesn't McCain want to help the American economy?
Why don't we just postpone THE WHOLE FRIGGIN' ELECTION!
Ooops, wait, forget I said that...
My Friends, go fuck yourselves
So CNN is the only one that ran with this statement- and the evening news did not, and Jeff Greenfield on CBS News gave a really interesting analysis of the whole situtation today...worth seeing ( I will try to find- it should be up on the CBS site soon). NO other evening news ran this Postponement idea...none....McCain can not walk and chew gum..and after watching Couric interview Palin- no she is not ready for the debate..at all....
Sure. Let's just cancel the next 41 days. And Obama can win by default.
Palin: "The dog ate my debate."
I haven't got much, but i sher wisgh i could amble down to the local office of tiaa/cref and aig, where the bulk of my retirement money resides, and make a complete withdrawal...
Who says McCain can't do two things at once? He's doubling up for the rusty Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion. Palin is still the Scarecrow.
Mark my words:
Soon, the 'se5rious' people will be saying that we need to 'liquidate' Social Security to "free up" all that potential investment capital...
On that day, I'm gonna join a militia...
"...delay the VP debate to another time." Like, never?
Wow, he'll stop at nothing.
I had a feeling all along the point was to cancel the VP debate. They don't want this girl opening her mouth. I heard the Katie Couric interview didn't go too well..
Why not have 13 debates? One from each of John McCain's homes.
What a fuckin' freakshow. I hope the media aren't falling for this shit, likewise the American public.
After Palin, I never thought this election could get any more bizarre. I've actually forgotten to eat tonight because I've been trying to wrap my head around this latest stunt. Cheers, yanks!
This is getting ridiculous. I believe that there are higher-ups involved in this McCain/Palin meltdown.
I want to put my tinfoil hat away. Really I do. But, this crap cannot be made up in the worst way.
McMeltdown!
There is a National Enquirer article about an alleged affair Sarah Palin had with her husband's business partner, dated Sept. 24 and originated earlier around the 5th. WHY IS THIS NEWS TO ME???? Where have I been? This should be major news and should be all over the TV. Why isn't it?
The basis is to delay Palin having to answer questions in front of the public, not that hogwash line about the bail out. Well it is a BAIL OUT!! palin's bail out....!!!!!
She's not ready for prime time and she NEVER will be.
She's just a pretty poseur.
This whole Palin move is backfiring on McCain in spades.
Obviously Sarah Palin is no Eliza Doolittle!!!
At least Eliza was a quick study for God's sake.
I want to see the press go after Palin BIG TIME. The sooner we end this political charade the better.
Could the McSame campaign be crashing even faster then Wall Street is?
No great surprise, they continue to try to keep Palin from answering questions...
Simple site, simple premise:
If you had the opportunity to ask Sarah Palin one question that she was forced to answer, what would it be?
Leave your own question for Palin, or vote for other people's questions.
www.OneQuestionForPalin.com
Wow I never thought I'd say this but McCain is a gutless old coward.
I think McCain should suspend his campaign for at least the next 8 years. I'm sure Obama wouldn't mind keeping his seat warm for him in the Oval Office.
PorridgeGun @ 12:
If you believe polls, the latest CNN website poll has 80% of respondents saying they think McCain's maneuvers today are based totally on politics and not concern over the economy. Maybe some of the idiots are beginning to see the light.
Speaking of old guys off their meds, rawstory has a piece on Chuck Grassley trying to make some connection between Dark Side of the Moon's cover and the bailout.
Too bad he didn't run The Wizard of Oz at the same time, but he did bring in a blow up of the album cover
Blow their minds, Chuck.
"I guess those Navy planes aren’t the only things that John McCain will be known for crashing."
And his first wife isn't the only thing he's divorced himself from.
There should only be one possible outcome from this stunt... ridicule for McCain. Letterman has got the ball rollin'.
BTW, Olbermann is Letterman's replacement guest for McPussy. That'll be interesting.
What a total crock. He's trying to hold this country hostage. If there's no bailout agreement, he'll keep postponing. Excuse me.
Tweety was interviewing Orrin "I've got an old biblical-type name and I love Republicans and I have 16 wives" Hatch, who was saying what a strong leader McSame is by putting politics aside and rushing to Washington.
Complete and utter bullshit. McSame is simply scared and desperate.
Republicans will say and do anything. And I mean ANYTHING.
Why isn't this looped endlessly on cable t.v.?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-GfRmfb274
"...I wanted to become President because it had become my ambition to be President..."
Off Topic, but Connecticut Dems are debating to censure Lieberman.
Just FYI, everyone.
I'm not exactly a fan of McCain or anything, but am I the only one who found the following line from Nicole a bit tasteless and over the line?
It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between the left and the right sometimes.
I love ya Nicole, but that was uncalled for. We should be above that.
My 70 year old great aunt said it best today, Chicken Shit!
My Friends, the fundamentals of the economy are strong. For this reason, there is no reason to debate. I am right, you are wrong.
WTF? This is INSANE! What friggin cowards! I just feel like pulling my hair out!
"He's fleein' the interview! He's fleein' the interview!!"
I mean, what WAS that? MORE scare tactics? Threat, danger, doom, no paychecks blahblahblah, so everybody do it MY way or else? Geez, Grampy, TAKE A NAP, already!
Bottom line:
MOST DISINGENUOUS, CHICKENSH*T STATEMENT EVER.
Here's the reasons why he wants to cancel her and the debates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trIpspUILg
I'm getting the Palin has to spend more time with her family and the Mittster is gonna step in feeling.
"Can't we just wait for this whole economic crisis to blow over?"
"There ought to be another terrorist bombing by this time next week."
"Maybe Obama or Biden will say another comment that can be misconstrued as sexist."
"Oh, if we have to talk about real issues, we're screwed!"
I don't suppose the US Constitution has a section that I missed addressing a forfeit during a Presidential campaign.
And the mainstream media collectively swoons, "what a maverick!"
Wow, with all the postponin going on, maybe I ought to just postpone going to work for a few days... Hell, maybe I should just postpone paying any of my bills for awhile till I see how all this is going to shake out... I mean with the economy so shaky and all, who knows how much available cash flow money a person might need in the coming weeks ...For that matter who can tell if the utilities we're shelling out money to right now, and the cable guy and all the rest of those amenities will even be solvent by this time next month.. Hell gas alone might cost $100.00 for a fillup next time and I only have a four banger now.... And that Micky D number one meal might run $50.00 by this time next week. I don't think I can take any chances now or do much more than stuff my mattresses with money on hand. At the very least I should 'invest' in a wheel barrel... With this whole Wiemar Germany thing staring us in the eye, wheel barrels are going to be important to haul the amount of twenties its gonna take to buy that next loaf of bread folks................ jus sayin................Are we fed up enough yet??? JD
McCain saw Palin's debate practice tape and panicked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Kind of funny that all this shit is happening on a day when the "deciderer" is going to cut into "countdown" and rachel maddow's show tonight. Maybe they figure SOMEBODY will want to talk about Commander Shortbus, and not their tanking poll numbers.
I guess wednesday is the new friday for news dumps.
We should all send some of those pine tree, car air fresheners to his campaign headquarters to cover up the smell of all the soiled underoos. The stank of fear has got be overwhelming by now.
one word best describes the current status of the McCain campaign: PANIC !!!!
react before thinking, abrupt bursts of nonsensical, improvisational gimmicks without substance.
absolute PANIC !
woody, tokin librul
I will be right behind you and it is entirely possible that they annouce that fairly soon. We are so screwed.
This lame stunt should make Dukakis' tank ride look downright heroic. We all know that the media is biased, but I am still hoping that McCain will be QUITE FAIRLY pilloried for this!
what mccain is really saying is "hurry up and give my greedy buddies the 700 billion".
goatsage@30, It makes me friggin sick how MSM is treating this. "Wow. How heroic McCain is." What a crock!
How much more time does she need to 'cram for this debate'?
Is she finding it hard to fake; 'being ready to lead'?
MsJoanne @ 36:
Those words left my mouth about 30 seconds before I read your post! I just told Mr. G that if things keep tanking for gramps he'll pull a switcheroo on the VP slot out of desperation and Mittens would be his man. I think by that point, though, it would just make McCain more of a laughingstock than he is becoming now.
... about his "eye" thing - it is getting worse, but i've noticed it for several weeks now...
heard this morning on ed schultz that mcNUTS has a make-up artist on the payroll...
imagine what it would be like without her?!
cough cough *ejection seat* cough
TELL HIM TO SEND HIS VP!
TELL HIM TO SEND HIS ****** ****** VP!
HE CAN"T MAKE IT?
TELL HIM TO SEND HIS VP!
I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT!
I think this sums up sarah nicely. someone here may have posted it earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9tK4nNqemY
I say if the old man bails on Friday's debate, Obama should go and answer questions. Free air time and GREAT publicity!
Barney Frank pointedly calls bullshit. McCain wants to “parachute in at the last minute and take credit for a solution, after all the work has been done without his involvement.”
Thanks, but no thanks. Nice try, Gramps. This will be about successful as your first parachute try.
That fat, phony pig, Lou Dobbs(Mr. Independent) called Grandpa ducking out of the debate "leadership". I hate that fraud Dobbs. Nothing about that jerk is "independent". Another lying stack of shit, O'Reilly claims to be an "independent" too.
Gary@30 I call bullshit on that one.
McKeating is the one who wants to bring up his bloody military service all the freakin' time - as long as it's not the stuff that he has had sealed.
I only regret that Nicole didn't bring up the fact that McKeating is one of the two prime suspects for starting the USS Forrestal fire.
McCain got his marching orders from Bush. Threaten to cancel or postpone the debate until the bailout is accomplished. More blackmail from the Rethugs.
Obama should NOT give in on this one. McCain has been AWOL in the Senate 80% of the time this year; he won't be missed. If he wants to go, let Palin take his place. That would score a higher viewer-ship than the recent Bejing Olympics.
How can a debate cost 5.5 million dollars to set up. Geez.
Gary @ 30:
Fuck no... Not if those planes were used to drop bombs on women and children.
OK I am Canadian and I may not understand your rules but I thought the incumbent president and his team were in charge until the election was actually over? Why is it McCain's job to run and fix this problem before he is in power?
Now cancelling the Biden-Palin debate I understand - with her financial acumen and qualifications in all things economic she is obviously a critical part of the McCain braintrust.
Somebody told Palin she should say we could face another Depression http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080924/ap_on_el_pr/palin Guess she forgot the part where her party would be responsible for it.
This is made of lulz.
This is getting old. He's already postponed the convention because of a storm (as if anybody in Louisiana is going to vote for him).
Is he going to hide in the Oval Office every time there's an emergency?
Left&Left @ 56:
Oh, yeah. Orrin Hatchet was getting a huge chubbie on TeeVee with Chris Matthews, saying how this Country First magnanimity shows what a True Leader McSame is.
A listener on Air America already predicted that they would cancel the VP debate.
McCUT-n-RUNNERS!!
John McCain's age is really showing. I've thought from day one that the only chance he had was to hide out until the election, do negative ads and hope for the collective amnesia from the American people. I couldn't figure out how he was going to be able to avoid the debates, though. Now, I know.
The Palin/McDole campaign is well on its way to becoming an obscure footnote in American political history.
Running Scared
Unprepared
Locations Undisclosed
Would Be King Disrobed
Before The First Tongue Lashing
While Wall Street Takes A Thrashing
Due To Deregulation Sought
By A Senator Who's Bought
And The Public Has Decided
It Is McCain Who Should Be Slighted
Dumbest political gamble in history...
Medical Diagnosis by Video @ 58:
Yep, the White House were totally in sync with this "surprise" announcment.
katy @ 50:
$5000/day for a new face. God forbid it's a cancer flare-up. but he won't his release health records, so how can anyone know?
there are people that would vote for palin even if
there were never any vice president debates.
NOW mcLiar....is going to capitol hill where has
he been for the last six months regarding other
issues.
they won't switch topics to the ...economy instead of
foreign policy...soon as obama ask mccain to explain
how the economy was 'fundamentally strong' less then
two weeks ago.....he may drop dead on the spot.
Has any news outlet bothered to ask precisely what McCain intends to do when he goes back to Washington? This isn't a focus of any of the committees he is on. Neither is he in a leadership role in the Senate. So what exactly is his plan except to just "be there?"
Bravo Obama for calling him out.
trlovens @ 7:
and which Republican log cabiner will play Dorothy ?
Left&Left @ 56:
Dobbs is a dickhead. I used to respect him some. Pretty recently. But when he is supporting McCain over Obama that's the final straw. What a complete moron. Especially for a person who is supposed to have an economic background. To still support McCain is bordering on... I don't know. I'm sick of the media. It would be nice if CNN did a better job.
In the Katie Couric interview, Palin is wearing an Alaskan flag lapel pin, but no American flag. Country first?
Tell her there will be some Kool Aid drinking Branch Davidian types and a talking snake in attendance. She’ll be there before you can say “Christofascism”.
I've got a better idea. If John is so concerned about the bail out bill, rather than disappoint everybody:
LET'S SWAP THE VP DEBATE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE!
Don't tell me Palin has to fly back to Alaska to consult with her staff about the Wall Street crisis. Being able to respond to a crisis on short notice is a necessary skill for a president to have. Let's see how well Biden vs. Palin handle an unexpected test.
PorridgeGun @ 60:
I mean, "fuck yes"
Letterman is gonna ROCK tonight! USA! USA! USA!
TimV @ 74:
Again, Barney Frank’s take: McCain wants to “parachute in at the last minute and take credit for a solution, after all the work has been done without his involvement.”
Ding, ding, ding.
I can't take the spin anymore. Of all the polls the majority of Americans want the debates to continue. MSM is only fooling itself.
Star @ 10:
Doesn't matter. By the time CBS is done editing it, you'd swear Palin was the next Abe Lincoln.
Divine intervention?
Abraham Jackemoff Says: Why not have 13 debates? One from each of John McCain’s homes.
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Winner gets to keep the house.
It'll be like "bowling for furniture."
sooth Hussein sayer @ 5:
HAHAHA
http://coloradoindependent.com/9151/oops-colorado-mccain-camp-sends-inte...
Orangutan. @ 59:
security befitting a president!
The Truth Hurts @ 84:
When is that scheduled to air? Tonight? Will The Chimp in Chief preempte her?
you bet your last dollar if mcfuckhead became
pres. that he would cancel and/or postpone
a national emergeny if cindy were having
her left nipple pierced or getting a bikini wax.
Star @ 10:
i saw the katie couric interview -- no, it did not go well. couric looked really annoyed at having to participate in this mock interview and palin told couric she'd have to get back to her when asked to name a specific accomplishment of mccain's in his 26 years representing.
constituent @ 73:
typicalrepug ploy, photo-op!
Gary @ 30:
Not tasteless, not over the line.
And I'm the resident moralist here, I defend McCain's right to make jokes and not be attacked about them.
Most call me a republican troll, though.
Anyhoo, wow. McCain's campaign must feel like a rollercoaster ride with all the turns and jumps. I want to be candidate!
McCain's going to show, he's just f*cking with us. He plans on upstaging Obama by parachuting into the debates in a flight suit in front of a "Surge Accomplished" banner.
short video...listen to Palin answer a simple question.
remember mcLiar said palin is the 'leading energy
expert in the united states'. palin is actually learning
words/phrases that have never been spoken by her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvUsdmqGYV8&eurl=http://thinkprogress.org/
Easy solution... veep debates this Friday, McCain goes to "help out" with Congress, Presidential debates next Thursday. Any questions?
karen marie @ 92:
couric was offended that she was confronted with a better barbie.
TimV @ 74:
That's exactly my question. They've spent time on McCain being "heroic", but not enough time pressing the man on this issue.
Which means, the MSM lackeys are already on the job trying to scoop up the meltdown that happened today.
The Truth Hurts @ 84:
Exactly. They'll be serving up the softballs like it's a Ladies Auxiliary Retirement Cookout. How many times you reckon the "lipstick" comment will come up?
Ruthless People @ 95:
"Surge Accomplished" will be on mcKeatingFive's codpiece
The McCain campaign has now lowered the expectations for Palin to the point that she'll score points if she just plain shows up for the debate with Biden. Is there ANYONE left in America that is so dumber-than-a-doorknob STUPID that they can't see through this tactic? The next couple of days will provide the answer.
Don't you think the American media feels like it's getting screwed with here?
Wouldn't they enjoy covering a story about an ignominious campaign meltdown as much as a horse race?
I see ratings for them in this.
McCain really may be mentally unstable and seems willing to pull any stunt to help him win the election. I shudder to think what he might do if he were elected president.
BobbyG @ 82:
Sen. Bernie Sanders said much the same thing. They have this guy's number. McCain is acting exactly like a proper republican in every way:
a sniveling, cowardly, sneaky, backstabbing, bullying sack of chicken manure. If there was EVER a brave, upright man in that empty skinsuit, he has long since left the building.
News Update from Citizens For Legitimate Government
24 Sep 2008
http://www.legitgov.org/
All items are here:
http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news
Breaking: Obama says Friday's presidential debate should go on --Barack Obama: 'I believe that we should continue to have the debate... What I am planning to do is to debate on Friday.'
Please forward this update to anyone you think
bamboozled @ 100:
RobertD @ 103:
Yeah, they would have their mouths watering like a Pavlovian dog with this scandal.
But in Bush-world, they're acting like little tin soldiers.
Scroll down to 'upcoming events' Does the McCain camp have content editors or webmasters?
http://www.johnmccain.com/
Or was all of this just a stunt to trap Obama into agreeing to a postponement?
McChicken has no McNuggets!!
A noted provocateur rips Sarah Palin—and defends elitism.
NEWSWEEK IS NOT LETTING PALIN OFF THE HOOK!
laura bush says palin lacks foreign experience. but get
this laura bush claims palin is a 'quick study'
wow........a couple months of study and you can be
v.president possibly president
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/laura-bush-palin-lacks-fo_n_128...
I hear Blackwater just opened an investment banking branch.
Orangutan. @ 76:
Fatboy Dobbs bought a box of "Obama pancakes" recently.
He's a racist pig.
karen marie @ 92:
Just saw that clip on YouTube. Totally embarrassing.
What? "game off"? With apologies to Tom Hanks, "You can't say 'campaign off', there's no 'off' in campaigning!"
short video clip. palin can't name one example of
mccain regulation.....some people thinks palin is ready
wow
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/24/palin-regulation/
McCain has not been in the senate since April. He did not vote for the GI Bill, and a host of other legislation. And now he thinks, while his numbers in the polls are sinking that he can save the day in congress. That old fart has lost his mind. And Palin probably needs some good baby making time and a debate would interfere with her concentration or fertility.
Lindsey Graham wants to negotiate? The same f*%ker that said that Obama isn't a good man, that he isn't a patriot, that he can't be trusted to be president?
Tell that closeted gay poser to go pound sand. Its "Go Time" MF'er! Put up or shut up.
McCain is afraid to debate the economy, plain and simple. That's what this is all about. He knows his lassiez faire fundamentalism, support of deregulation and privatization of Social Security are now indefensible positions. This effort to "postpone" the debates are nothing but a cynical ploy and if he fails to show up for the debate, Obama needs to call him out on it.
If McCain refuses to participate in the debate, Obama should make a statement something like this:
My thanks to all who have worked so hard to make this debate possible so that the American people have a chance to participate democratically in the momentous and critical decisions that are being made in their name, with their tax dollars, that have important implications that will effect their lives and pocketbooks in both the short and long term.
I am saddened that my opponent has declined to participate and debate these critical issues of our times. Then again, I am not surprised. The dire economic circumstances we are facing as a country today are the direct result of the very economic policies John McCain, President Bush and the Republican party have implemented. The collapse of our economic system stems from the very deregulation and hands off approach John McCain advocates.
etc...
I'm no speech writer, but if McCain ditches out of the debate, Obama should be relentless and use that opportunity to inform the public about how we got into this mess and why the free market fundamentalism of the Republican party is responsible.
BigIslandDave @ 114:
Anybody who hates Mexicans as much as this asshole has to be a racist pig.
OK, let's review the day:
-McCain campaign manager is outed as having received cash from Freddie Mac as recently as August
-McCain tries to screw Obama by making a rash decision to suspend his campaign
-McCain bluff gets called
-Palin "affair" is broken by National Enquirer (remember John Edwards -- they're good at this)
-McCain basically says he's refusing to debate
-Palin crashes and burns in Couric interview
-McCain campaign accidentally sends its talking points to the media
-McCain campaign announces they want to postpone the VP debate
Can ANY OF YOU think of a WORSE day for a presidential candidate (other than RFK, of course)?
Can anyone even imagine the explosion on the right wing if Obama had ducked out over this bullshit excuse? The double standards and contradictions in this campaign should be a racial/political science study for centuries.
They're realizing they made a huge mistake picking Palin. They thought Hillary voters and soccer moms would just shut up and pull the lever. Didn't happen. Now she has to speak to more than a camera and they're freaking out.
Sarah Palin vs Joe Biden....who ya got?
Breaking: John McCain is now proposing that the Presidential Election be postponed. His campaign is working with the Obama Campaign on working out the details.
I think that Bush is going to come on tonight and try to scare the crap out of everyone about how they will lose their houses and paychecks and pensions. He will say this is the most dire situation for Americans, then McCain will say see I am putting country first and I was right not to debate. What a bunch of BS.
If he can't handle the debates, how can he handle Al Qaeda?
I was wondering why it was that about everywhere Sarah Palin was there is Todd with her. How dumb of me. Sarah Palin's extramartial affair with Brad Hanson. He doesn't trust her!
The Republican Spin is that this is an economic 9/11.
Bizarre.
They should have to take drug tests.
Is this some kind of Ibogaine induced meltdown?
Yes lets cancel the election and start impeachment proceeding instead. Now that would make things even more interesting. Who would have expected that? Certainly not Bush and Cheney. Lets Go!!!
Nader is readly willing and able to debate.
Watch this video.
m@110 AAAAUUUURRRRGgghahahahaha!
Thanks.
Beelzebub @ 122:
THE MEDIA WILL BE CLEANING IT UP.
I wonder if the time slot belongs to rachel maddow. she has been cleaning the reichers' clocks and her ratings are soaring. I think that's the slot boosh is hitting for his speech.
No jobs. The economy will suffer. Jobs will be lost. All this scare scare scare bullshit could be solved for a lot less than $700 billion. There are 300 million Americans. Give us all a million or two and voila, no problem. It's a bargain.
My My How Clear Things Become With Time
I could kick myself. I did not see this delay thing was about Sarah Palin. This delay will really hurt the McCain campaign even more then it would hurt if McCain were delaying his own debate.
Palin has been avoiding the press everywhere she goes. The world knows this lady is not ready and to put her before the American people as is would be making political suicide. McCain had do to this. Palin would of made an ass out herself, McCain, and the Republican Party. Hell, with the right Democratic spin, she could still make that ass making prediction.
So, what is next? They, Bush and McSame, will try and delay the ultimate ass whipping: The general election. I hope not; the American people would explode with outrage.
Joseph
BillD @ 128:
officials in alaska have said that 1st dude sits in on official meetings. he is also copied on official guvner emails, like in troopergate.
oops I meant the second "jobs" to be retirement funds.
From post:
"His campaign, in the ongoing comedy of errors swirling his sudden and reckless choice to “suspend” his campaign, accidentally released his talking points to the media. The headline: Do not reach out to the media on this. Whoops!"
That was no accident - the statements sounded simply like the McCain camp's description of the way things went down. The news broadcast I heard in the car on the way home from work contained several of the McCain talking points practically verbatim and gave the distinct impression that McCain had taken the lead on this. Only at the very end did they report that "Obama" claimed that he, not McCain, initiated the overtures. Fair and balanced.
First, the local news where I am just covered the campaign suspension story, and it was very balanced. They started with McCain's announcement, but they were very even-handed in explaining Obama's position on not canceling the debate. The affiliate (NBC) said that if the debate goes ahead, they will carry it Friday no matter who shows up.
Second, no mention of Palin at all.
Third, yes, McCain's eye looks *horrible.* I've noticed that when he blinks, one eye does, and one eye doesn't often times. Anyone here an oncology nurse or know anything about cancer recurrence? (I'm not rumor-mongering, I'm just curious to know if his melanoma could recur and metastacize to his eye. Would it manifest in that way?)
McCain is looking awful today. His left eye is droopy. Did he have a slight stroke? Perhaps a series of Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA)?
McCain is reminding me of Strom Thurmond in his last days. They slapped some colorful makeup on his face, brushed his hair with shoe polish, hooked a string to his jaw from the back of his head, propped him up in his Senate chair, and wah lah, we had a Marionette Show.
Paging Sarah.
Sarah Palin: The interesting thing in the last couple of days that I have seen is that Americans are waiting to see what John McCain will do on this proposal. They’re not waiting to see what Barack Obama is going to do. Is he going to do this and see what way the political wind’s blowing. They’re waiting to see if John McCain will be able to see these amendments implemented in Paulson’s proposal.
WOW
does McLame actually think he can keep his VP pick from talking before november?
it will be difficult for any comedy writer to spoof the MCain campaign, you cant possibly make this shit up. Could he act any more out of control than he has in the past 8 days? and who are the 40%+ that polls say would vote for him anymore? someone wake me when this silly dream is over. i have had acid trips that made more less bizzar than this.
Janet @ 135:
there will be no fewer layoffs or foreclosures, but the infusion of cash to the offenders will help them ride out the coming storm. by simply announcing the bailout on monday, the dollar dropped like a stone. all congress will do is help them ride out the storm and destroy the domestic budget.
McCain wants to postpone the presidential debate Friday, and wants to debate INSTEAD of Palin Biden debate.
Want to bet that Palin will never reschedule that one?
McCain's camp has pulled this stunt out of their collective asses in order to accomplish 3 vital things.
1. Take the shameful Republican economic melt-down off the front page, or at least make it share attention.
2. McCain may be able to falsely claim he brokered a deal on the bailout plan, and take the blame off his guilty head.
3. Palin isn't going to be ready to debate Biden in time- lets be frank- never will be if she lives to be 100. Postpone and have phony "crisis" call her ass back to Alaska until November.
I think I nailed it.
Oh damn, what if this is a ploy and bush co. will soon announce that they will be posponing the election until this crisis is over? now sit there and say with total conviction "no they would never try that". not easy to do is it?
I said this was going to happen. WTF does McCain think he is doing? Palin is as ready now as she will be 2 years from now. Let the American voters see what a vacant suit she really is.
Earlier one of the McCain Surrogates on MSNBC immediately stated that the Obama Campaign has no idea how to respond to McCain's request to delay the Presidential Debate this Friday. He said it like it was a big coup. What an idiot.
there are palin/gender voters that will vote palin
NO matter what. they would risk the security
and future of this country to have someone in the
white house that is a woman.
Q. What do you call the official Palin/McCain sandwich?
A. Tunamelt.
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