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The Staggering Cynicism Of McCain
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A new gob-smacker from Ben Smith:
The McCain campaign's new urgency about the financial crisis didn't entirely clear his schedule this morning. My colleague Amie Parnes reports that he made it to his scheduled
morning meeting with Lady Lynn de Rothschild, a Clinton backer who
recently came out in support of him. All while Obama was waiting by the phone for a returned call. McCain: politics first; country always, always last. ...
High-larious
Talking Points Memo —
... It seems that today during the time Barack Obama was waiting to hear back from Sen. McCain about their planned joint statement -- and while McCain says he was meeting with key advisors and becoming increasingly concerned about the financial crisis facing the country -- he was actually holding a special meeting with ...
John “Stuntman” McCain
Oliver Willis —
Oh, and the financial crisis was so huge he had time to meet with donor Lady Lynn de Rothschild today.
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Repair Time
Matthew Yglesias —
... I swerved out of the way of a wayward pedestrian yesterday biking from the office to the gym, and wound up in a nasty pothole. Tire’s now busted and in need of fixing, so I’m going to suspend political commentary (well, okay, I might take a meeting with Lady Lynn de Rothschild, scourge of elitism) until I can fix the crisis. ...
McCain met with Her Royal Highness Lady de Rothschild this morning instead of focusing on the economy today
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... McCain thought meeting a beautiful filthy rich member of royalty was more important than focusing on the economy today. Yet he now suddenly wants to cancel everything to focus on the economy. From Ben Smith at Politico: ...
Depends on Your Definition of "Emergency"
Daily Kos —
Via Politico: The McCain campaign's new urgency about the financial crisis didn't entirely clear his schedule this morning. My colleague Amie Parnes reports that he made it to his scheduled morning meeting with Lady Lynn de Rothschild, a Clinton backer who recently came out in support of him. All while Obama was waiting by the phone for a returned call.
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McCain Broke His Focus on the Economy to Meet with an Aristocrat
Open Left - Front Page —
Ben Smith reports.
The McCain campaign's new urgency about the financial crisis didn't entirely clear his schedule this morning.
My colleague Amie Parnes reports that he made it to his scheduled morning meeting with Lady Lynn de Rothschild, a Clinton backer who recently came out in support of him.
All while Obama was waiting by the phone for a returned call.
It's not that McCain was lying about his concern for the economy, that's just what Republicans do. It's the lack of self-awareness in doing so. I mean, at least the ...
Debate Commission Says Debate is On
Taylor Marsh —
... have backfired so far. It’s clear McCain practically tripped
over himself getting to the microphone after Obama first called him this morning.
So he got to the microphone first, but didn’t exactly get the outcome he hoped,
because Obama didn’t blink.
If McCain doesn’t show up Friday it will be the election. But he’s lost face. How
he gets it back could be ugly.
But if you’re interested in McCain’s real priorities, Ben Smith adds an interesting element: ...
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for September 25, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... this bunch of Bush administration economic advisers can come up with! * * * “… while McCain says he was meeting with key advisors and becoming increasingly concerned about the financial crisis facing the country -- he was actually holding a special meeting with ...
9/25: McCain Calls Time-Out
Blogometer —
... liberal bloggers are portraying McCain's move as an example of his recklessness: Other liberal bloggers are accusing McCain of cowardice and/or lack of preparedness: MCCAIN IV: Where Are Your Priorities, John? Liberal bloggers are arguing that McCain's behavior during the past 24 hours proves that his call to suspend his campaign was nothing more than a political stunt. First of all, they're pointing out that McCain made time to meet with a prominent supporter yesterday morning, as The Politico 's Ben Smith reports: "The McCain campaign's new urgency about the financial ...
McJerk's political stunt
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... Uh-huh. Nice. Oh, and while Sen. Obama was waiting for McCain to return his bipartisan call on dealing with the crisis, McInsane was having tea and crumpets with snooty elitist cunt Lady de Rothschild. And meeting with Bono, who was knighted for Importance or something. ...
John McCain's condo is still very much In the Arena
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... How many hours did McCain spend on Capitol Hill saving the Republic after he ostentatiously "'suspended" his campaign? He spent Wednesday morning having tea with Lady de Rothschild. He spent Wednesday afternoon ...
