Infuriated About Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance
Infuriated About Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds appeared on CNN for an interview with Campbell Brown. Brown was tough on Bounds, refusing to let him spout typical campaign talking points. She repeatedly pressed him on Palin’s foreign policy experience and qualifications, asking him to name one decision that she made as commander-in-chief of the Alaskan National Guard. Bounds was unable to do so.
Today, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer revealed that because of that tough interview, the McCain campaign has canceled the senator’s appearance on Larry King Live tonight:
The McCain campaign said it believed that exchange was over the line and as a result the interview scheduled for Larry King Live with Sen. McCain was pulled. CNN does not believe that Campbell’s interview was over the line. We are committed to fair coverage of both sides of this historic election.
CNN also replayed the interview between Brown and Bounds. Watch Blitzer’s announcement and the interview:
The McCain campaign has repeatedly tried to intimidate the press. It is now angry about media coverage of Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, calling NBC’s reporting on it “irresponsible journalism.” Campaign staffers “even considered pulling out of one of the three presidential debates because it would be moderated by Tom Brokaw, a former NBC News anchorman.” When Newsweek wrote a cover story in May examining the hardball tactics conservatives might use in the general election, the McCain campaign “threatened to throw the magazine’s reporters off the campaign bus and airplane.”
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Don’t pick on him!! He was POW, dammit!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 pmWhy would McCain cancel an appearance on Larry King Undead? Larry may be the only talking head on the U.S. airwaves who makes him look almost young.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:54 pmDare I say it………
If McInsane can’t handle Campbell Brown/CNN, how can he handle the terrorists?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pmWhy doesn’t McIIIrd just cancel his campaign>?
Oh, right. He was a P.O.W.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:55 pmMcCain: If you’re going to ask me tough questions and not about my heroics and tough talk, I’m not showing up and bringing you any of my BBQ! I’VE EARNED MY RESPECT IN THE BAMBOO CAGE, DAMNIT…AND YOU WILL SUBMIT TO MY SACRFICE!! How dare you ask questions that relate to today’s world.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:57 pmMethinks that McCranky is getting just a little bit pissed because they made him pick Caribou Barbie for his running mate.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:57 pmThe “Straight Talk Express” has become the “Straight From Our Talking Points Express”…
Motto: “If you deviate, we bail out faster than I did in Vietnam”
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:58 pmWhen the GOP’s presidential candidate fears Larry King, how can they fight al Quida?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pmThe Double Talk Express’s motto: no softballs, no deal.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:00 pmI hope someone has a seismograph hooked up to McNumbNuts. I would sure hate to think that he might erupt without us having advance warning — so that we can tune in and watch it.
Do you think we’ll be lucky enough to see the magma oozing out of the top of his head, oh, say long about Thursday night?
It could be that he cancelled Larry King’s interview because RoverBoy has put him on “radio silence” until his handlers can figure out how to gracefully throw Failin’ Palin under the bus without fatally wounding him.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:00 pmGotta love the Repugs …. they have had a free ride from the MSM up until now, so when there is ANY push back, they cry “FOUL”!
What happened to all that macho talk about being the tough party, ready to deal with the world’s ‘evil’ leaders? Guess Cambell Brown was too big a threat, and Larry “Suspenders” King is even more scary, huh?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:00 pmMSM just pretending to be tough on Johnny McPow. If a reporter strays to far a corporate media thug will reel them in. McCreepy and corporate media are the same, just like Bushy.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:01 pmHmm, it seems that the GOP Neo-con chickenhawks aren’t so tough after all. When the going gets tough, they start clucking and then they fly away… His new sidekick, McMoosekiller, at least seems able to put up a fight and not become a cry-baby like Old Johnnie Boy…
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm(Idiotic talking point voice)
Well, if McCain can’t handle Campbell Brown, how is he going to handle Al Qaeda? Haw haw haw.
They only like the fights that are fixed.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:02 pmGeeze, if ya can’t stand up to Campbell Brown, how ya gonna stand up to Putin> al-Qaeda? bin Laden? ….
Does McCain know that Campbell Brown is married to loyal Bushie, Dan Senor?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 pmThe McCain campaign said it believed that exchange was over the line and as a result the interview scheduled for Larry King Live with Sen. McCain was pulled.
The McDepends campaign ; following in the ‘awesome’ footsteps of the Chimpy administration ………..and communist Russia and China.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 pmI watched the interview and wholeheartedly agree with the Republican position. How in God’s name do you question the revealed truth of Republicans.
1. When Tucker stated that Palin was responsible for the equipping, manning and mission of the National Guard troops for Iraq – then that is reality. It is inappropriate and rude to point out that all of these decisions are made at the federal level. A supplicant for an interview with the blessed Republicans should know better than to contradict their superiors.
2. When Tucker mentioned Alaska being close to Russia, how could one question that a Republican candidate would not assimilate all knowledge of international relations and diplomacy simply through the process of osmosis.
3. How dare any news person question the expertise of Palin in fighting the hordes of Russians and damned Socialist Canadians attempting to invade and control Alaska.
God knows that we have such a biased media. Something needs to be done about it. Next they will try to convince people that the world is more than 6000 years old.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 pmOver the line? Over WHAT line? We’re talking about choosing the person who will be the most powerful person in the world, and the person who will be at the front of the line to replace him. THIS ISN’T LIKE HIRING A WAL-MART GREETER. Questions about experience, background, and qualifications relevant to the job SHOULD and MUST be asked.
Apparently McCain feels that the rules of the game should be that a medium must be content with obediently sucking up whatever talking points they are given and be satisfied with that. Unfortunately, all too many media do exactly that, which means they essentially act as McCain’s enablers.
We deserve better. And we need to shine the spotlight on McCain’s cowardice.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:05 pmtom
I think Larry King has found the fountain of testosteronic youth and McCain doesn’t want to go near the new senior citizen alpha male’s territory…especially with Cindy in tow. We know McCain looking like Mr. Mumbles on Larry King’s show would put a bullseye the size of Phoenix on his hide.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pmThat’s such a good idea. I think the “Geezer and Gidget” Show should cancel ALL of their media appearances.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:07 pmAw, poor baby. Why don’t you get your blanky and go night-night? They’re just a bunch of whinners.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:10 pmCNN does not believe that Campbell’s interview was over the line.
small miracles… thanks.
but, what’s with campbell? i thought she was totally in the repug tank since moving to cnn… until this, it seemed obvious…
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:10 pmWho is whining now? Oh my god he’s a baby.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pmThis campaign is over. Huffpo just posted a video wherein The Palin describes the Iraq war as “A Task From God…”
What’s the pool on when she’ll pull a Harriet?
And why couldn’t Hagee stop Gustav?
And why is Alaska gaining a reputation that’d make Arkansas look like a Mensa state?
So many questions…so little interest in the answers…
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pmIt’s nice knowing old Campbell Brown refuses to be a pushover.
Larry King is overly-tolerant of the bullshooters.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 pmMcCain is such a pussy, plus he has the WORST JUDGMENT IN THE WORLD!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 pmOdds of Billo/Rush/any and all other neocon pundits saying this is a good move by the McCain campaign, the opening lines:
Good: 1-100,000
Good (because of liberal bias): 1-100,000,000,000
Bad: Off (permanently)
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 pmWhile the Commander in Chief is an important role of the Presidency, the whole idea that this is the utmost litmus test of a candidate is ridiculous. Look where an inexperienced faux-roughneck-cowboy has gotten us! There is an entire multi-billion dollar branch of the government ready to take us to war that can advise the president on such matters. I’d rather have a critical observer; able to weigh the facts; whose first inclination is to ask questions first than be the ‘first let’s – launch-the-cruise-missile-in-chief’ !
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 pmWow, they start asking the McCain campaign some hard questions and they freak. Boy, this is going to be fun.
Just watch them pull McCain out of all the debates by saying that the MSM isn’t being fair to him.
What a baby.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 pmlefty Says:
(Idiotic talking point voice)
Well, if McCain can’t handle Campbell Brown, how is he going to handle Al Qaeda? Haw haw haw.
They only like the fights that are fixed.
Which is why you will only see McCain do interviews on Fox! I sure hope the ‘debates’ are actual debates and not some ’smarter than a 5th grader’ un-reality show.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 pmWouldn’t you just love it if Larry King went ahead and devoted the entire segment to the absent McIIIrd.
Larry King: Does picking a Vice President with only limited gubernatorial and mayoral experience belie a lack of judgement on your part?
McIIIrd’s empty chair: (stony silence).
Larry King: Since the vice president is a heartbeat away from the most powerful position on the planet, couldn’t you have chosen someone whose former mayoral office doesn’t look like a burger shack?
McIIrd’s empty chair: (creak…)…
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:16 pm#
running_man Says:
That’s what I like in a leader. Good going McCain!! Stand up the liberal Nut jobs!!
McCain’s Left toe has more foreign experience than Obama, so if I were on the Lunitic Fringe I would stop pressing this issue. Pure desperation on the loons side !
LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Loser HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:16 pmMcCain is now pressuring his buddy Bush to put Campbell Brown on the Terrorist list and is also recommending torturing her – - by forcing her to listen to Palin speak.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:17 pmNow they have gone and pissed the old coot off.
McCain: “Get out of my yard!!”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:17 pmMcCain staff: “umm, sir, we are in your bus”
McCain:”Oh, yeah”
McCain:”Get out of my bus!!”
You can look for a McCain administration to grant the states even more leg room to trample the rights of protestors and journalists. Every indicator is present.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pmThey seem to be showing the preview for the movie, “the bush years part III: You Just Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse”.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
THIS ISN’T LIKE HIRING A WAL-MART GREETER.
Best line ever. missmolly, you are a genius.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pmrunning nose,
What a great parody of a Repug NeoCon Chickenhawk! I gave you a Recommend for your performance.
You are TOO funny! Thanks for the laugh this Monday afternoon.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pmWe’re going to know right away that something is up when Don King moderates the first debate.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pmThis from the same lovely senator who refused to define “honor” during an interview for Time magazine.
His endearing response?
“Read my books.”
Gotta love the Compassionate Conservatives.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pmrunning_man = Lamest troll ever. They sure are at the bottom of the barrel.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pmThe McCain Doctrine: If you didn’t have a chair and a kitchen table at some point in your life you don’t talk to Larry King.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pmLadies and Gentlemen, meet the republican candidate for President of the United States, John McPussy.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pmThe pressure is clearly on CNN and the rest of the media! This may be a big,big turning point. BushCo intimidated the press with exclusion or preferential treatment and we are where we are.
Stand up to this CNN! MSNBC, where’s Keith Obermann tonight?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pmGood for Campbell Brown – a journalist doing their job for a change.
I hope the rest of the press doesn’t get intimated by this. The tactics the McCain camp is pulling is exactly the same as the Bush Administration.
They threaten to cut of access to reporters who don’t report the way they want.
It’s only a matter of time now before we see McCain explode.
The whole Republican Party is having a nervous breakdown!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pmWho would have guessed that POW, when applied to Flippy McSpin, would stand for “Pathetic Old Wuss”?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pmIf McSame can’t handle the truth, how is he going to handle the country? Oh yeah I forgot. The right side doesn’t know the truth from a nailgun.
The debates ought to be fun. McSame will tell the networks to only ask about his POW experiences, nothing else.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pmTypical right wing crybaby.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pmMaybe he’ll only appear on Fox.
What a gift to the rest of the news-watching country!
Thank you, Sen. McCain.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm32. running_man Says: McCain’s Left toe has more foreign experience than Obama, so if I were on the Lunitic Fringe I would stop pressing this issue. Pure desperation on the loons side !
When Cranky McGoo’s Toe runs for office, I’ll consider voting for it, if’n it isn’t too slimy from being parked in McGaffe’s mouth. That, and it’s attached to a doddering, senile crybaby with a pressing need to steal the life force from young(-ish) women.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pmA TV broadcaster doing the minimum amount of professional, skeptical, independent, objective reporting is “OVER THE LINE?”
Check. Message received.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pmHow come you never see John McCain and Eric Cartman in the same room together?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pmRunning_man sounds just like all my friends who just got out of basic training, they think they’re funny with their crassness but in reality they just sound and act like jack asses.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pmHey!
You remember the old saying:
When the going get’s tough,
The GOP gets groping…
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:25 pmLame Troll – perhaps you can explain to us why you admire someone who is whining because they think an interview was “over the line”. Perhaps troll, you can tell us what in that interview was “over the line”. Enlighten us please.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:25 pmI bet this will be smoothed over by his handlers because McCain got out on the wrong side of the bed this morning at 11 a.m., after he had a nice four course breakfast at 7:45, but the eggs benedict and french pastries made him sleepy. Because he’s been stressing over the hurricane, because he’s presidential and a maverick. You know, he shoots from the hip without thinking everything through…well, not unless he’s sitting on the john and wipes with some $20’s!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:25 pmrunning_man my butt it is just the little white guy afraid of the black guy
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pmraynman Says:
How come you never see John McCain and Eric Cartman in the same room together?
I’ve heard he has sounded a bit like Cartman on the Senate floor.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pmThis is just one more reason I think that the GOP has ceased trying to win at this point. Piss of the media now? really smart.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pmThis campaign is sinking so fast, maybe they should call her “Bailin’ Palin…”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 pmTalking points from the McSpin campaign should be called “McCain-stains”.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pmObama is only half-black, but will let you have him since the asians claimed Tiger.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pmI think the SS McCain has just gone from being a row boat (without oars) to a submarine with screen doors.
I hope the lifevests all work!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:29 pmWayne Says:
Now they have gone and pissed the old coot off.
McCain: “Get out of my yard!!”
Once again, I must protest the caricature of John McCain yelling “Get out of my yard!!”
It should be “Get out of my yards!!”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pmI can’t help but think that when Rethugs are involved, teenage pregos are a “private family matter”, but if it had been Obama’s daughter that was knocked up, how much the Reichwing noise machine would be all over it 24/7 about the Dems lack of “family values”.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pmIf the RNC cannot get better trolls than “running diarrhea” they are really, really disparate.
I hope everyone is flagging it.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pmAnd was your hands after, because you have no idea where it has been.
didn’t they make a trade with the whites for Colin Powell?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pmmaybe they should call her “Bailin’ Palin…”
I ’bout lost it there. Thought ‘bailin’ had two ‘l’s.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pmPicking Palin is making for some great attempted spin. McCain’s people don’t know the answers because they don’t know who the hell she is. It makes them reach deep in their ass to come with “She controls the National Guard in Alaska.”. Which would be true for State emergencies (I believe this to be true – please correct if I am wrong), the only problem is the last State emergency in Alaska was the Big Oil Spill – years and years ago – and not too many human lives were threatened.
Palin and the rapture ready creationists SHOULD be in for a different type of Awakening if the people of America get their act together in the next two months.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 pmLittle Freep Goofballs Says:
Once again, I must protest the caricature of John McCain yelling “Get out of my yard!!”
It should be “Get out of my yards!!”
Hey, its not our fault he can’t remember he has more than one house, much less how many yards he has.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 pmNo! Stupid, cut-rate troll. It takes courage and character to face tough questions. Avoiding Larry Freakin King is abject cowardice and/or petty vindictiveness. And the last thing we need is another President with those traits.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 pmMaybe Phil Gramm was really talking about his own campaign: a bunch of “whining illiterate losers”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 pmFor once, I will defend Campbell Brown for actually doing her job in an interview with a person who refused to answer any valid question.
The repugs have chastised dems for not appearing on the blatantly partisan FOX network, but McCain is refusing the King show because of one interview with a surrogate that was actually appropriate?
IOKIYAR.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 pmMcW.A.T.B.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 pmdbadass Says:
didn’t they make a trade with the whites for Colin Powell?
Yes but we put him on waivers.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pmWow just wow! Someone in the McCain campaign is asked tough questions for the first time since gramps campaign began and he gets angry and decides not to show up on Larry King! Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Does that old coot truly believe that he shouldn’t put under the same type of scrutiny that Obama has been under? As others have already said, if McCain can’t deal with Campbell Brown how is he going to deal with Russia, China, Al Qaida, etc, etc. Go home John our country doesn’t need or want you as our president, we want someone who can deal with the scrutiny that a president will face…someone like Barack Obama.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:37 pmThis tells me how truly desperate McNuts is at this point. As most here have pointed out if he can’t handle CNN how will he be able to handle Putin, and the rest of the world.
It should be noted that Campbell Brown’s husband, Dan Senor, was a Senior Advisor to Romney and I wonder if that didn’t play into her very rare display of asking “tough questions” of republicans.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 pmlokidog Says:
Dare I say it………
If McInsane can’t handle Campbell Brown/CNN, how can he handle the terrorists?
Osama: “Get your filthy Allah hating troops out of my Muslim countries.”
McCain: “That’s not fair. You started it. Go back to your cave. We will come after you when you start talking nice.”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 pmThat is the funniest video EVER!! Well, so far…
“Stop asking me questions! Can’t you see I’ve got nothin’!?”
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 pmThis campaign will go down in history as one of the most inept and disfunctional in a long time. The press are the only ones able to keep the McCain run alive. Picking fights with the press is a really dumb idea.
What McCain is counting on is energizing his Fundy Base because Palin has some rather radical religious views (creationism, fighting a holy war in the mideast, etc). McCain is counting on the Fundys getting out the vote and counteracting the new Obama voters.
The problem is that Obama has grown the Democratic base and is now competing in formally Red States. The Fundys will still come out like they did with Bush, but it is unlikely they will increase their turn-out much.
The real critical group are the Independents that will switch from McCain to Obama. This group is much bigger than the Fundys and if they perceive the McCain group as just too far-out and kind of like the Obama message, they will switch.
McCain had to make a choice of the Fundys or the Independents. He chose the former.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 pmDo we really need another cranky child with poor emotional control and a propensity to “get back” at people in the WH ?
And dumb question: While in N Vietnam, how does that count for foreign policy experience ? What foreign policy was he making ? While flying a bomber, other than “we’re bombing you” what foreign policy experience does that confer? A good soldier follows orders.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:41 pmNow what’s he gonna do? There’s nothing else going on this week, is there? Guess he’ll just have to hit the campaign trail.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 pmI SAW that interview…Bounds couldn’t even BEGIN to answer the question! Brown was nothing but trying to do her journalistic duty and ask him an honest question and he SIMPLY HAD no answer! OH, poor John… the “used to be” darling of the media. Now he has to answer for the Grand FU#% UP, and he’s using this as an excuse! BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE NO ANSWER EITHER!! We’re on day 4 of this nightmare that would be VP, and each and everyday brings yet ANOTHER startling revolation. If she was truly a patriot, which I don’t think she is, considering she would like AK to secede from the Union so as not to be beholden to the laws of this land…she would formally excuse herself from consideration to this position. IMMEDIATELY! http://therandirhodesshow.com Go see what Randi’s posted today…spells out so nicely for everyone all these PESKY little issues that we have with this choice…I’m livid! Is there a Constitutional lawyer in the house????
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:43 pmSeriously, calling that interview “over the line” is absurd. All she was doing was asking for an answer to a simple question instead of letting the slimeoid babble his talking points. The root of the problem is that this campaign doesn’t think more than one step ahead. You can’t pound on experience for a month then nominate a first term governor of a sparsely populated state for veep without drawing questions. And for heavens sake you don’t even try to call that person a foreign policy expert when they didn’t even have a passport two years ago. Palin is probably no less qualified for office than Bush, Quayle or any number of empty suits over the past few decades. By sheer stupidity the Republicans seem to be turning what could be a major opportunity into a classic “Dukakis in the tank” moment. Bravo.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 pmMcVindictive?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 pmCNN shouldn’t be concerned about not getting access to Senator McCain for interviews with Larry King. He’ll never be more than Senator McCain anyway.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 pmLook for used talking points on Ebay tomorrow, cheap.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 pmSpeaking of Palin & pregnancy: Here is what Bill O’Reilly has to say about teenage, out-of-wedlock pregnancies:
“On the pinhead front, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant. The sister of Britney says she is shocked. I bet.
Now most teens are pinheads in some ways. But here the blame falls primarily on the parents of the girl, who obviously have little control over her or even over Britney Spears. Look at the way she behaves.”
Therefore, Bristol Palin is, according to O’Reilly, a “pinhead”, and all blame falls “primarily on the parents” = Sarah Palin & husband, who “obviously have little control over her”. You go, O’Reilly!! I’m so sure Fox will repeat his claims & apply them to Palin & her daughter. Fair & balanced? Never, ever, ever. Unfair, unbalanced? Yes, that’s Fox.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 pmMcCain Campaign can’t even handle CNN’s Campbell Brown. And he expects us to believe he’ll be a tough negotiator with Russia. That’s the real John McCain. Not ready to lead!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pmI saw the Campbell interview she was pleasant but persistent just asking for even 1 executive decision and he couldn’t come up with an answer.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pmLarry King tried the same tactic asking 3 times if Palin was the best Republican mccain could choose. Repub wouldn’t answer.
Boy you would think a memo of answers would have come out from mccain’s handlers by now !
There are betting odds now on when mccain will pull the plug on palin.
Count Istvan Says:
This is just one more reason I think that the GOP has ceased trying to win at this point. Piss of the media now? really smart.
He’s been pissing off the MSM for some time now. It has amazed me that it has taken them this long to get around to really asking McCain some tough questions. Remember how they keep saying that they are going to get tough on McCain…soon….. That soon took a long time coming. Hoping it is the first of many tough questions.
When is the first debate?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pmMeanwhile…
Flippy McSpin says: “My friends. When I first entered this race I was assured that no member of the media would ever ask my campaign a question we can’t, or won’t, answer.
CNN crossed a line when they asked a question we can’t, or won’t, answer. My friends. CNN is not our friend. And if they aren’t my friend, they aren’t your friend“.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pmGood for you, John. You feel free to cancel your appearances before any network that doesn’t treat your people right!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pmBTW. Doesn’t Tucker, if that is his real name, look and sound more suited to hosting a public access show with a guy named Wayne?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pmCall the wahmbulance for Tucker Bounds. He gets what he deserves. He’s such a tool.
-AF
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:56 pmAndrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
Can it be long before McSpin, or someone who actually speaks for the campaign, snaps and says, “of course we look like idiots. Look at the crap we’re selling”.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:58 pmTry Good Friday 1964.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pmIf you can remember that far
back.
McBane was afraid Larry would play “hardball” with him like he did with Ben Stein and Larry Elder.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pmMore and more, it looks like the Repugs are just mailing it in, knowing they are going down, Big Time. They are setting the stage for 2012, when they assume that all the shitstains BushCo has left will take Obama more effort than even he can muster to clean it up and the Repugs will blame the Dems for it and run against the ‘lack of results’.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 pmI am hoping everyone here wrote Campbell Brown a letter of thanks and encouragement for her work. (I sure as hell did!) Not only should true journalism be encouraged, it should be totally noted by the producers and network execs that YES!!!! WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:07 pmTo me this is a question of McNuts stability–I just don’t consider him to be a stable person–he flies into rages over the least little thing, he has always had trouble keeping his staff in DC, and he doesn’t get along with fellow senators. I think he has real issues and it probably stems from Vietnam.
Bottom line: I don’t want him anywhere near the White House, much less with his finger on the button. He lacks judgment.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 pmLefflin 4 is over rated
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 pmthe Lone Voice of Reason Says:
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Obama is only half-black, but will let you have him since the asians claimed Tiger.
Ahhh Dave Chapelle…dang it I miss that show!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:16 pm32. running_man Says: McCain’s Left toe has more foreign experience than Obama, so if I were on the Lunitic Fringe I would stop pressing this issue. Pure desperation on the loons side !
Poontang-call at Subic and late-nite sojourns into the Zona Rosa in Nogales don’t really count as “foreign experience,” bubba…
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:17 pmThis is so wrong on so many levels. First, there is the famous John McCain temper. I sure as hell wouldn’t want a hothead like McCain so close the “red phone”
Second, it goes directly to freedom of speech that Bush has tried to squash for 8 years. McCain’s campaign had Keith Olberman kicked off MSNBC because they didn’t like his criticism, now it is CNN on their s**t list. I guess this is the Republican way, never let two sides of story out, it is too dangerous, people might actual wake up.
Third, we complain about reporters not asking the right questions. Why the hell should they when the GOP dictates who gets access and who doesn’t? Bush has trained the reporters of today NOT to question him and I guess this is the same tatic McCain intends to use. Wrong!!! The blogs are a lot stronger than even when Bush ran. People know where to look when they want information and it is NOT the MSM.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:17 pmI spose McIIIrd would cancel nuclear disarmament talks with Putin if Pootie asked him tough questions…
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pmThis just shows that ANYONE that steps on a Rove message gets whacked….This bozo was just another automaton with a pre-recorded message…Having seen the interview Campbell Brown did a good job just fighting off this dweeb’s insistence on trying to talk over her much less the garbage he was spouting…
Just more lies….that’s all they know how to do.
Unfortunately, it’s gonna get a LOT worse….Good job Ms. Brown…
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 pmThe stress of the campaign is getting to poor wittle McHero McWuss. Harry Truman said if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 pmThe interview was clearly over the line. Notice how the reporter refuse to accept empty Republican talking points? Notice how its completely unedited unlike when CBS interviews McCain and cut away his gaffes to make him look better?
Thats not propaganda disguised as journalism. Thats actual journalism! Disgusting
Imagine if McCains message force multipliers pressed McCain in a live interview like that. He would boil and loose it! On national TV for crying it out loud it would destroy his campaign!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 pmMcCain’s a wimp. It’s not like Larry King is a very tough host. McCain knows the truth, but is in denial and is afraid of being embarrassed on national television, further damaging his poll numbers.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:43 pmI still can’t shake the feeling that McCain/Palin dies at the convention. I find it very difficult to believe the GOP could field a worse ticket. The question is, “did they do it on purpose” or, “are they really that stupid”?
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:48 pmI agree, if Mccain can’t face an old man in depends, how can we depend on him to stand up the terrorists?
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 pmahhhhhhhh … pooh baby … goo goo
McPOW’s not gonna play with you anymore, CNN!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 pmgood – that’s one less time I’ll have to see the stupid MF-er’s face
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:54 pmCowards never like being asked questions. And my God . . . if you can[’t handle questions from the worst interviewer on the planet (Larry King) well, what can you handle?
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pmGov. Palin has CANCELLED ALL of her appearances and news conferences.
After Sen. McCain’s campaign presentation today, the first Question out of a reporter’s mouth was ” Do you think Gov. Palin was properly Vetted.
His answer YES! in a “Get off my Lawn” tone of voice.
The press have turned into sharks, but Sen. McCain’s campaign is responsible for the Blood in the Water.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pmWith all this going on, Putin is a tad bit upset with the number of NATO ships in the Black Sea; about 4 or 5 of them. In an interview, he indicated something may happen soon. So with McCain’s VP pick going to hell in a handbasket, their convention opening scuttled by a hurricane, a possible floor fight to ensue over the VP nominee, at the end of the week there may be a foreign policy crisis that will send him way over the edge. I got my Oktoberfest bier in the frig sitting next to my bratwurst and schnitzel waiting for the fireworks to start.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pmPoor McCanus
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:32 pmPalin might prove to be the boil on his hindermost.
Highly unlikely that McCain would get a fair interview from CNN.
CNN has proven to be in the tank for Obama and has done everything in their power to paint a rosy picture of the future dictator.
McCain is better served to stay away from CNN.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pmThe tire swing has fallen. McCain is no longer being graded on a curve by everyone.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 pmIn politics there are no unfair questions but, there are plenty of bad answers.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 pmUn-freaking-believable. This is the first time Brown did a credible interview. All she was asking was one simple question, and Tucker had no answer for it….because there IS no answer for it. This was pathetic for the McCain campaign. The Republicans, in general, must get used to answering questions that have not been pre-screened for them.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 pmTim43 Says:
McCain is better served to stay away from CNN.
Actually, Sen. McCain is better served to stay away from Any Appearances that are NOT in front of Highly Selected, non Confrontational Audiences of Loyal Supporters.
Take pictures of the Cheering Crowd, and Run THAT Instead of Actual Scrutiny.
JUST LIKE George W. Bush DID.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 pmnot that i think people have forgotten this; perhaps it’s just too remote in time now to be that relevant.
remember when dan quayle got all up in Candice Bergen’s business because her character was going to have a baby out of wedlock? the way the repugs treated it, you’d think it was a national disgrace. now having a child out of wedlock is a “family matter” because palin is a republican.
and perhaps (not perhaps) i’m biased, but would someone please make a list of the female republican officials who are not insane? It shouldn’t take long. (Hint: Michelle Bachmann, Fran Townshend, Lurita Doan, Sarah Palin, and Katherine Harris don’t go on the list.)
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:44 pmWe are watching the beginning stages of Meltdown McCain 2008. He hasn’t even been nominated yet and he’s scared of tough questions from a reporter
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:44 pmGive Palin a week and she’ll go back to Alaska to spend more time with her family.
McCain will lose it in a debate and show his crazy side.
And especially Larry Freakin King. Has he ever put anyone on the spot about anything? This is a guy who lets guests prattle about channeling aliens from the far side of the Sun and doesn’t laugh in their faces.
Ol Larry hasn’t ever gone off script in his entire career. And reluctance to appear on his show can only indicate that one has so much to hide that it CAN’T all remain hidden.
The truth is that McSpin’s campaign forbade him from doing ANY interviews when there are so many relevant events happening, simultaneously. They know ANY interview at a time that would require McSpin to think on his feet would be an utter disaster.
And they, most especially, don’t want him near a microphone when the thought which is uppermost in his mind is that, “that goofy trollop was the fatal blow”.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 pmTim43 Says:
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CNN has proven to be in the tank for Obama and has done everything in their power to paint a rosy picture of the future dictator.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pmAny chance we might get a glimpse of the data which has “proven” this oddball shit?
CNN always responds favorably to right wing criticism. Campbell Brown was probably chastised by her boss, or asked to “cool it.” LMAO! Milk toast media.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 pmor anyone else with a microphone obviously…..heh.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 pmI bet the people behind the scenes are frantically trying to find a way to talk Flippy McSpin out of speaking at “his own” convention. And they probably have a team, armed with tranquilizer rifles, following around Ms. Palin with orders to “take her down” if she starts speaking in public.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 pmMcCain is dodging Larry King?! That’s embarrassing. Larry King is famous for his delicate hand at conducting interviews. Is this a sign that McCain will only go in front of FoxNews between now and the election?
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 pmI actually laughed aloud at that one. This Rep campaign has abandoned nearly all pretense of being serious – it has solidly derailed into a parody of itself.
The most conservative people I know – my 80 year old parents think McCain is a complete idiot and that Palin is “nothing but trash”.
I don’t think those two have voted anything but Republican for 30 years! They don’t like Obama, but they *despise* McCain. The choice of Palin has completely cemented their decision to vote Obama.
So please, Republicans, more, more! I enjoy it for the votes you are losing, but I LOVE it for the laughs I am getting at your expense.
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Tim43 Says:
Highly unlikely that McCain would get a fair interview from CNN.
CNN has proven to be in the tank for Obama and has done everything in their power to paint a rosy picture of the future dictator.
McCain is better served to stay away from CNN.
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Please keep saying things like this, Tim43, maybe you will encourage him to get huffy at ALL of the stations. Please fan those flames higher and higher!
Seriously, I’m enjoying the delicious taste of Republican tears :)
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 pmOh, look, they are crying on Bill O’Reilly now that women aren’t taken seriously in politics.
Women ARE taken seriously in politics – unless they are ridiculously inexperienced, have positions which are harmful to ALL women, and aren’t in the slightest qualified to be second in command, let alone the POTUS.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 pmI guess in the Republican mind set, having temper tantrums and throwing hissy fits are a way of showing that one is fit to lead.
What a pathetic old man McCain is. He can’t even bring himself to act with some dignity.
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:59 pmMcCain may not be as couragous as the GOP lets on. My take on this is that John McCain feared Larry Kink asking the same question. Even with preparation, for the second time in a row, he has no answer to the question asked by Campbell Brown.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 pmTim43 Says:
Highly unlikely that McCain would get a fair interview from CNN.
CNN has proven to be in the tank for Obama and has done everything in their power to paint a rosy picture of the future dictator.
McCain is better served to stay away from CNN.
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Let me translate frome wingnutese for those unfamiliar with their snivelling language. Desseminating propaganda is all the press is for. CNN is unfair for not allowing stupid rightwing talking points that have zero truth or relevance to be spewed out without challenging them. CNN is supposed to allow us to catipult the propaganda, that is what networks are for and if they DONT they are being unfair so we will go to the Fox propaganda network since they KNOW the proper function of a network is to allow wingnuts to lie and spin unchallenged. You guys are a pathetic joke that America no longer finds funny
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pmIf McCain really believed the Brown interview was wrong, why doesn’t he go on Larry King and explain what was wrong with it, and tell everyone how Governor Playgirl commanded the Nat’l Guard. I’d really like to know.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 pmThrow them off the airplane?
Holy crap!
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 pmrunning_man Says:
That’s what I like in a leader. Good going McCain!! Stand up the liberal Nut jobs!!
McCain’s Left toe has more foreign experience than Obama, so if I were on the Lunitic Fringe I would stop pressing this issue. Pure desperation on the loons side !
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More mindless drivel from a hivemind member of the Marching Moron society. You guys are doing great. Keep proudly paradinng your ignorance for all to see. Its the best advertising the left could hope for. Better save that money though its only a matter of time before someone as stupid as you has to hire someone to remind you to breathe or else water you and turn you toward the sun twice a day
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 pmThe thin skinned, hot headed John McCain is in the process of imploding. I say hand him a match. If CNN has any balls they will refuse an interview with McCain until he apologizes for this temper tantrum. Frankly, I don’t want this highly unstable man anywhere near the launch button. Not now, not ever.
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:48 pmI saw her really give it to wee littl tucker. She really let him have it and wouldn’t let him worm out of the questions. I was seriouly shocked by someone from CNN really ramming this schmuck. Ha, so typical, confronted with anything less than rollover, Mcinsaneinthemembrane, cancels! Ha,ha, how utterly WEAK! RNC go the F#CK home. YOu are so weak! Your “political mind” Rove is a flipping moron. McCain is wetting his pants. His running mate is red meat! JUST GO HOME AND HIDE UNDER YR BEDS GOP, Y R F%#KED!
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 amtim43,
I would like your opinion of a fair interview.
I agree McCain should stay away from CNN; CNN should then do a story on his lack of candor when it came to their pursuit of him, I mean this is a two way street right?
My humanities professor claims that Karl Rove knew Palin wouldn’t stand, but that this is an easy tactic to frame the media as being biased against McCain; I cant see how he has political capital to spend, but it is only September.
One thing is for sure, we are just seeing two dangerous men fight over the Republican party (hint: one of them works for Fox, and Fox seems to work for the other one).
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 amI’m glad to see the Real McCain coming out. Back when he ran in the last election, he pushed a reporter away. This man has a very dangerous temper and I would not feel safe with him as President.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:29 am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXoNE14U_zM&feature=related
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 amPOW. The MSM should just let the McMinions spout their talking points without question. POW. How dare they attempt actually discuss issues. POW. Don’t they know who they are talking too? POW POW POW.
J McC III, POW
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 amCampbell Brown just got hot again.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 amThis is exactly the kind of questioning we need from reporters. Have you seen the British style of journalism? It makes what we have look nothing more than paid shills who toss softball questions and skip meaningful followup.
BRAVO to CNN, and I hope for more. I don’t care if they’re grilling McCain, Obama, or both at the same time. JUST DO YOUR JOB!
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:07 am94. Pete says:
Flippy McSpin says: “My friends. When I first entered this race I was assured that no member of the media would ever ask my campaign a question we can’t, or won’t, answer.
The quote doesn’t say WHO assured McCain. Frankly, I wonder if **the media** promised to only ask pleasant questions. If so, McCain is correct to be offended that the media lied to him. ;-)
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am