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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:25 PM
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McCain: I'm running a sleazy campaign because Obama wouldn't agree to town hall meetings
from Washington Monthly: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014245.php

August 7, 2008

QUOTES OF THE DAY....From John McCain, talking to David Broder about the "tone and direction" of the campaign so far:

"I'm very sorry about it," McCain said in a Saturday interview at his Arlington headquarters. "I think we could have avoided at least some of this if we had agreed to do the town hall meetings" together, as he had suggested, during the summer months.

Barack Obama, responding with a drier wit than Broder is probably used to:

"I think the notion that somehow as a consequence of not having joint appearances, Senator McCain felt obliged to suggest that I'd rather lose a war to win a campaign doesn't automatically follow."

Bizarrely, Broder actually frames the entire column around the possibility that the lack of debates has turned the campaign negative . . .
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:28 PM
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1. ZING!
That was pretty good

Chuckles McFucklehead didn't get his way so he attacks...but he's very sorry he did it...but it's really the other guy's fault.

Yeah...he's Bush 3 alright
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:05 PM
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5. McCain's a natural . . .
. . . asshole.
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:40 PM
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2. Broder is a joke
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jesus_of_suburbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:43 PM
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3. Why should Obama agree to Town Hall Meetings when he is ahead in the polls?
Answer: He Shouldn't.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 12:52 PM
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4. The town hall proposal is a sham. Of course McCain knows Obama won't accept
. . . so he can keep hammering him for refusing to play along with his fantasy.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:23 PM
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6. Obama didn't agree with my demands so I am smearing him
At least thats what it sounds like to me.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:33 PM
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7. that's about it
It's amazing that he feels so free to be such a two-faced shit-talker in this campaign. He's not going to change just because Obama is in the room.
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:38 PM
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8. S, once again, a member of the party of "personal responsibility",
is blaming someone else for HIS campaign's actions!
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 03:59 PM
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14. whatever works for his campaign
he's for it.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:42 PM
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9. He doesn't deserve to be on a stage with Senator Obama, town hall meetings or debates.
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eshfemme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:44 PM
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10. I'm surprised at how with each day, he just sounds grouchier and grouchier.
He's not really helping with the perception that he should be in a nursing home somewhere.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:52 PM
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11. did you hear that McCain and Broder made a sex tape afterwards?
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 02:10 PM
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12. ooh!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 02:14 PM
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13. do I make you horny, baby......yeahhhh!
Edited on Thu Aug-07-08 02:14 PM by Gabi Hayes
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CitizenPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:07 PM
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15. ummm
does mccain mean the town hall meetings where he vets people first? they have to have an invite to come to his "open" town hall meetings. Yeah, maybe Obama just digs the American concept of transparency and accountability. No, sorry, mcsame, you can't ride Obama's coat tails to get an audience of any measure.

Go ride the coat tails of Kid Rock or..Oh, you already did that. Don't know what to tell ya', old wrinkled dude.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:16 PM
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16. McNasty is a blatant liar & a corrupt Asshole just like his buddy


If the US Corp Media ever remove their lips from McNasty's ass & starts reporting the truth about his frauds, lies, hypocrisy & corrupt actions he will be voted against on a massive scale.
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:34 PM
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17. instead, they elevate McCain beyond where he deserves
. . . presenting his nonsense as fact.
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