The McCain Thread

[souvlaki]

I'm getting a reallllly bitter vibe towards the media from the entire McCain Camp ever since they started getting called out for their lies and for their obvious attempts at manipulating the press.

jag

I am anxiously awaiting the day he has a complete meltdown on camera. At this rate I give it a week.

 

[DorkyFresh]

Nothing there.

sorry bout that.....fixed.

 

[Superman]

Has anyone mentioned McCain's appearance on Morning Joe this morning? He basically lost his temper and more or less attacked Joe Scarbourough's co-host.

There are a few video highlights as well as a transcript of some of the more interesting exchanges here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/16/mccain-gets-testy-on-morn_n_126773.html

Can someone, Anyone who supports McCain tell me what the hell does town all meetings have to do with McCain lying about Obama?

"if you would urge him to come and do town all meetings with me as I have asked him to do time after time the whole tenor of the campaign would change."

So if Obama does these town all meetings McCain will stop lying about Obama?

What the hell?

 

[souvlaki]

Can someone, Anyone who supports McCain tell me what the hell does town all meetings have to do with McCain lying about Obama?



So if Obama does these town all meetings McCain will stop lying about Obama?

What the hell?

Yeah, wtf? His obsession with bringing this up is really starting to become irritating. What a whiner.

 

[DorkyFresh]

it's the only thing he has on Obama. he's basically saying "Obama doesn't have the balls to go one on one with me!"



i agree....it's irritating and he should let it go. it shows very much that McCain is still stuck in the past.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

On a side note (because who really wants to talk about McCain?)...I'd just like to say, I can't wait for this election to be over so posters like Souvlaki, LightningStrykez!, rdh, and Jman will love me again

We love you too much to let you vote McCain.

 

[Marx]

Matt, your bias is really showing through lately. You'd be having a hissy fit if this was Obama.

You can still be critical of the candidate you're voting for. Trust me on that one!

 

[souvlaki]

On a side note (because who really wants to talk about McCain?)...I'd just like to say, I can't wait for this election to be over so posters like Souvlaki, LightningStrykez!, rdh, and Jman will love me again

I still love ya Matt!

 

[souvlaki]

You can still be critical of the candidate you're voting for. Trust me on that one!

Honestly I had no clue Matt decided to vote for Obama. In retrospect I realize my comment was a little harsh, and after he explained where he was coming from I realized why he felt that way even if I don't necessarily agree.

 

[Gilpesh]

Yeah, wtf? His obsession with bringing this up is really starting to become irritating. What a whiner.

Seriously... McCain is the one that shot down Obama's counter-offer of debates.

 

[souvlaki]

Seriously... McCain is the one that shot down Obama's counter-offer of debates.

I really wish Obama would bring that up. If it were any other politician I'd say all Obama needs to do is mention this and McCain would shut up about it... but given that it's McCain I doubt it.

 

[Carcharodon]

Obama is doing the right thing: let McCain's camp yell until they're blue in the face, while sitting back and letting McCain and Palin tear their own campaigns apart. Obama doesn't even have to do anything, except to respond sparingly in ways that further weaken the McCain camp.

The less noise Obama makes, the less opportunity there is for his words to be distorted...by anyone.

It's really brilliant, especially on the media front. He's taken his harshest media critic, Fox, and turned its fire onto McCain after otherwise starving them of Obama stories.

By speaking only every once in a while, he also doesn't appear as weak as he would saying nothing at all.

 

[souvlaki]

So... McCain is so knowledgeable about the economy that he repeatedly called to the SIPC the "SPIC" today, and referred to it as "regulator" (which it's not).

 

[jaguarr]

Honestly I had no clue Matt decided to vote for Obama. In retrospect I realize my comment was a little harsh, and after he explained where he was coming from I realized why he felt that way even if I don't necessarily agree.

There are 50 days to the election. Matt will change his mind many times between now and election day.

jag

 

[lazur]

John McCain co-sponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which the democrats shot down.

Read it for yourself, if you dare. It actually names Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as those companies requiring additional regulation in order to avoid economic problems.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-190

Charles Hagel sponsored it along with three co-sponsors, all Republican (McCain being one of them).

 

[jaguarr]

John McCain co-sponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which the democrats shot down.

Read it for yourself, if you dare. It actually names Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as those companies requiring additional regulation in order to avoid economic problems.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s109-190

Charles Hagel sponsored it along with three co-sponsors, all Republican (McCain being one of them).

McCain also has an extensive history of deregulation, so is this like his exception piece?

jag

 

[jaguarr]

So... McCain is so knowledgeable about the economy that he repeatedly called to the SIPC the "SPIC" today, and referred to it as "regulator" (which it's not).

Ugh. *shakes head*

jag

 

[lazur]

McCain also has an extensive history of deregulation, so is this like his exception piece?

jag

I don't think you can just say the words 'deregulation' or 'regulation' without getting very specific. Some things need to be regulated and some things don't. It's highly circumstantial.

 

[jaguarr]

I don't think you can just say the words 'deregulation' or 'regulation' without getting very specific. Some things need to be regulated and some things don't. It's highly circumstantial.

McCain has an extensive history of deregulation.

jag

 

[lazur]

McCain has an extensive history of deregulation.

jag

Okay, okay, I'll bite - such as?

 

[jaguarr]

Okay, okay, I'll bite - such as?

www.google.com

Have a good time.

jag

 

[Marx]

www.google.com

Have a good time.

jag

 

[souvlaki]

Okay, okay, I'll bite - such as?

"I am fundamentally a deregulator. I'd like to see a lot of the unnecessary government regulations eliminated."

-Sen. John McCain
March 3, 2008
Source: Wall Street Journal

 

[jaguarr]

"I am fundamentally a deregulator. I'd like to see a lot of the unnecessary government regulations eliminated."

-Sen. John McCain
March 3, 2008
Source: Wall Street Journal

Here, I'll help out with a few keywords: "insurance", "wall street", "sub prime mortgage", "broadband", "savings and loan", "energy", "enron", "keating five".

jag

 

[rdh007]

"I am fundamentally a deregulator. I'd like to see a lot of the unnecessary government regulations eliminated."

-Sen. John McCain
March 3, 2008
Source: Wall Street Journal

Ahhhh, but that's 2008 John McCain. Not the one with a spine.