September 25, 2008
Bullets: McCain campaign edition
Because this interweb thingy just doesn't buy his bull...
Obama rejects McCain call to delay debate (from MSNBC) The headline should read: McCain holds debate hostage. The man is refusing to debate unless bad legislation is forced down America's throat in order to make it look like he has any actual ability or desire to govern.
Welcome Back, John McCain! (from Daily Kos) He's missed 109 of the last 110 votes. I guess the argument from the McCain camp here is that if McCain isn't in Washington, shit happens and the economy explodes. That's why it's so important to cancel the debates have show non-stop coverage of McCain "working" on the economy.
This is why McCain canceled the debates. Watch Sarah Palin on CBS tonight. Utter disaster. (from AMERICAblog) Seriously, watch the video first. The idea that McCain would suspend his campaign to provide cover for a bad interview doesn't seem nearly as crazy after you've seen it.
It's a good thing McCain's move is dominating the news (from Politico) More on Palin's nightmare of an interview.
Now McCain Wants To Postpone Palin’s VP Debate (from Crooks and Liars) Wait.. he what!!?? Who didn't see that one coming?
As McCain suspends campaign, talking points on economic crisis stress bipartisanship (from PolitickerCO) I'm a little confused here. Has the campaign been suspended or not? Seriously, there's talking points from the campaign on the suspension of the campaign. So they're campaigning on that they're not campaigning?
Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #14454 (from Survey USA) While I don't know an awful lot about polling or the validity of this poll, the money quote here is so overwhelming I feel obligated to share it: "A majority of Americans say the debate should be held on Friday. Just 10% say the debate should be postponed. A sizable percentage of Americans, 36%, think the focus of the debate should be modified to focus more on the economy. 3 of 4 Americans say the presidential campaigns should continue. Just 14% say the presidential campaigns should be suspended. If Friday's debate does not take place, 46% of Americans say that would be bad for America."
To recap: McCain has "suspended" his campaign (though the campaign is campaigning about the "suspension"), purportedly to focus on economic terrorism legislation that he has had historically no interest in (in the land of Tom, not showing up shows a lack of interest), while holding the debates the American people overwhelmingly support (and that he and his running mate were unlikely to perform well in) hostage and deflecting attention away from his lipstick Palin's disaster of an interview, and his own disastrous economic policies that have led to this collapse.
UPDATED: I love what this post has to say on the McCain campaign. The money quote:
(I)t comes as no surprise that the McCain-Palin strategy on the economic crisis is to -- that's right! -- blurt out random crap.
This references the McCain campaigns philosophy that getting anything on record is better than nothing.
The goal: Get McCain on record saying something no matter how ridiculous. This way, he can hit the stump later and boast that he said something with regards to scary stuff in the news. I said something [that didn't make any sense and was probably a lie] and Senator Obama didn't say anything [also a lie]! My friends! And whenever he's accused of routinely blurting out random crap, Senator McCain trucks out the old punishment theorem: If Senator Obama had only agreed to the town halls, I wouldn't be selling-out the last shreds of my honor or integrity just to get elected. Can't you see? Senator Obama turned me into a hack, dammit!
That's what's going to save the economy? Ridiculous photo ops with the President and "random crap". Letterman is right about this one. McCain has made one bad decision after another on this campaign. He's throwing up one last Hail Mary. Let's hope the American electorate doesn't get fooled and allow it to be completed.
-Tom
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