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Cowardly McCain Abandons Campaign, Hides Behind His Talking Points
American Politics Journal RSS Feed —
... Mainstreet aren't buying McCain's latest stunt. cCain's risky decision to shut down his campaign and head to Washington to act as if he's in control of the credit crisis was a pretty bad move given that Americans demand that their President to walk and chew gum at the same time. The next president will be juggling crises in foreign policy, the economy, the health system and the move to sustainable energy sources. In what may be one of the most amazing blunders of the 2008 campaign, a McCain aide accidentally leaked "crisis" talking points to the press : "• To address ...
Now McCain Wants To Postpone Palin’s VP Debate
Crooks and Liars —
... 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! ...
McOops strikes again
Martini Revolution —
According to the Colorado Independent:
The regional spokesman for John McCain in Colorado accidentally sent the campaign’s internal talking points on the candidate’s plans to suspend his campaign to its entire Colorado media list, instead of a list of key volunteers, Wednesday afternoon, PolitickerCO’s Jeremy Pelzer report
The memo, titled “TALKING POINTS: SUSPENDING THE CAMPAIGN,” includes a list of points the campaign wants emphasized, and includes this warning from Kise: “Please do not proactively reach out to the media on this.” ...
Oops Colorado McCain camp sends internal e-mail to reporters
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
Source: Colorado Independent http://coloradoindependent.com/9151/oops-colorado-mccai... The regional spokesman for John McCain in Colorado accidentally sent the campaigns internal talking points on the candidates plans to suspend his campaign to its entire Colorado media list, instead of a list of key volunteers, Wednesday afternoon, PolitickerCOs Jeremy Pelzer reports. The memo, titled TALKING POINTS: SUSPENDING THE CAMPAIGN, includes a list of points the campaign wants emphasized, and includes this warning from Kise: Please do not proactively reach out to the media on ...
What Matters, What Doesn't
Open Left - Front Page —
... on shutting down the first day of the Republican convention. Trying to look like the principled, high-minded goo-goo never helps you in these campaigns. Instead, you throw away huge amounts of free media (the first night of the convention, which was the worst night of polling for McCain all year), or huge amounts of money. The media and the money helps you a lot more than any hope voters are complete suckers for empty gestures. People aren't stupid. In the same vein, pointing out that McCain has talking points on suspending his campaign won't help, either. Everyone knows this ...
Oh, what are the hints this was a gimmick?
Rising Hegemon —
Besides the fact it is obvious? Hey, look documentation!
Suspension of Disbelief
Matthew Yglesias —
... John McCain is so committed to putting politics aside and focusing on the financial crisis that he even went through the trouble of typing up some talking points for surrogates and volunteers to use in order to better exploit the decision for political gain. It’s the maverick’s credo — engage in constant, crass political stunts all the while maintaining that they’re anything but crass political stunts. ...
McCain/Palin: The Week That Was…Thus Far…But It’s Not Done Yet…Oh God…
Firedoglake —
... McCain had to cancel Letterman. By lying. What's worse than pissing off a comedian with a daily late night show? Other comedians now must one up Letterman's snarking about your craptastic idiocy. Because comedians cannot help themselves. Just tack a "big joke" sign on McCain's forehead now.
-- Palin. Witchcraft exorcism. Um...
-- Then there's the too frazzled to debate maneuver with a side of chicken. And the leaked McCain memo on selling it.
Did I miss anything? Oh yeah, the economy is ...
Removing Politics by Injecting Politics
Comments from Left Field —
... But I just wanted to get that off my chest. I also happen to think that one’s claims of removing politics from the process may be a little dubious when you are distributing talking points on the subject. The talking points are themselves not particularly damaging so much as their existence is; the memo itself a guiding structure on how the McCain campaign is politically spinning the move. ...
Stephen C. Rose: John McCain Antics -- Thursday 25 September, 2008
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... debate was a disaster, or it turns out you really can't let Palin be interviewed freely by normal people, or whether terror set in that a second great depression will turn the country starkly to the left for the foreseeable future. SOURCE
Much more where this came from, including videos.
Then we hear:
White House Worried McCain Will Vote NO
Here are more links pointing to John McCain Antics today:
MCCAIN put out surrogate talking points to exploit his delaying ploy
AS MCCAIN runs ...
During "Suspension" McCain Grandstands, Advisers Attack
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... surrogates have been out on teevee, in clear contravention of the suspension order. Nicolle Wallace and Tucker Bounds both appeared on MSNBC, sandwiching themselves around a campaign appearance McCain made himself at the Clinton Global Initiative. Meanwhile, at 10:00 am this morning, the actual leaders on this matter began their actual work on the bailout package. It's fair to say that they've already outpaced all of McCain's contributions on the bailout matter, even if we include the lovely set of talking points his campaign drew up for campaign volunteers to use in ...
