McCain Campaign Refuses To Appear On The Rachel Maddow Show
McCain Campaign Refuses To Appear On The Rachel Maddow Show
Surrogates for Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign rarely shy away from the chance to put out their talking points, regularly flacking on cable news programs. However, there is at least one cable news show they are avoiding: MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show.
Discussing the lack of impact Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) inclusion on the McCain ticket has had with women voters (according to the latest CBS-New York Times poll), Maddow last night noted that McCain surrogates have repeatedly declined invitations to appear on the show:
MADDOW: Might it be that women care less about a candidate’s gender and more about a candidate’s position on the issues, like reproductive health, equal pay for equal work?
One note – we hope to have someone from the McCain campaign or another Republican guest on the show tonight to talk about this issue as we have contacted them about other issues on other nights. But no matter the topics, thus far at least, they have repeatedly said no one is available.
A long list then ran on the screen of McCain surrogates who have turned Maddow down, including senior campaign advisers Carly Fiorina, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Meg Whitman, Ed O’Callaghan and others. Watch it:
The McCain campaign has entered into an increasingly combative relationship with the press, demanding that reporters show Palin “deference.” The freewheeling sessions aboard the so-called “Straight Talk Express” have been ditched in favor of a more scripted and disciplined message. The campaign has even attacked the media for scrutinizing Palin, and McCain himself recently canceled an interview with Larry King because a CNN reporter had roughed up campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds.
As Maddow noted, “[N]o matter the topic,” if an issue makes the campaign uncomfortable, it will probably just avoid it.
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As Maddow noted, “[N]o matter the topic,” if an issue makes the campaign uncomfortable, it will probably just avoid it.
– - McCain should just come on Maddow’s show, make like Trump, and tell her she’s fired.
Wait, you mean he doesn’t have that authority either?
September 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pmIf this story picks up, it could prove to be very uncomfortable for McCain while she gets free exposure. She should keep a count of how days the McCain campaign has refused to appear.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pmDeference? Last time I looked this was still a Democracy, thank you! WTF, Obama’s answering the hard questions, Hillary fielded the proverbial slings and arrows and Painin’s supposed to get tickled under the chin and “Gosh, isn’t she somethin’”? The Republican ticket’s moving at Ludicrous Speed and McWorse isn’t strapped down! No limits to their stupidy!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pmImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Impeach Palin and Restore the Rule of Law!
Batten down the Hatches Matey! AAArrrrgggghhhhh!
McCain claims he’ll chase bin Laden to the “gates of Hell,” but he can’t face Rachel Maddow?
That’s ‘Maverickin’ turned Chicken.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm.
I’m sure the Senator wishes to appear…
… but we all know someone else runs Johnny’s McCampaign.
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September 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pmGee, isn’t Carly Fiorina available?
September 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm“McCain Campaign Refuses To Appear On The Rachel Maddow Show”
That’s a given. Maddow is everything that McCain opposes: She is a lesbian, a woman with her own show, she is outspoken and doesn’t cave, and she asks tough questions. I looked for Fox News for more appearances for McCain’s koolaid campaign.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:48 pmdeference
town hall meetings with by invitation only audience.
guess you could say they are just scared. You would think a guy who had been a pow wouln’t be scared of anything.
Just like rove, et al not wanting to testify. Someone might actually ask them an embarrassing question…..ya think?
Wonder why Obama isn’t running scared….oh yeah, he is intelligent enough to address the questions even if they aren’t favorable to him…..he still answers them….see fox interview with obama/oliely.
They have no way to defend themselves against the truth except to stay in isolation….heck of a way to run a political campaign.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:49 pmBut McCain was a POW and he didn’t have a kitchen table – and apparently they cut his balls off too.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:49 pmNot to worry, Rachel, they won’t come on because you have the knowledge, the insight and the facts to discredit SpinFest 2008!
Love your show, Rachel, keep up the good work! And don’t worry, you’re not missing much by not having McStain or Palin or any of their lapdogs on you show. By November 5th, no one will remember who these people are anyway.
PEACE
September 19th, 2008 at 4:49 pmI know, I know, it’s a cliché, but it’s a good cliché:
If McSame can’t face Rachel Maddow, how can he face Ahmadinejad? Or Al Qeada? Or THE PRIME MINISTER OF SPAIN????
September 19th, 2008 at 4:50 pmKeating Five McCain is such a pussy. He won’t even talk to a girl!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:50 pmTom, you make a good point! Rachel should go after Carly Fiorina. I hear she has plenty of time on her hands these days!
PEACE
September 19th, 2008 at 4:51 pmUsing the logic Republicans have employed in tagging attacks on Sarah palin as “sexist”, isn’t it just as sexist for McSame to avoid rachel Maddow’s show? After all, she’s a girl.
Sounds pretty sexist to me.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pmRachael will have some comments and jokes about this.
Obama, I am sure, will appear on her show as many times as she pleases.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:53 pmIt’s difficult to determine what is it the top of the list of words that define “Republican” though it is neck and neck between “coward” and “liar”.
Rachel Maddow is absolutely the best.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:54 pmActually this is a smart move by the Palin/mccain handlers; If a semi-senile old white dude and a bimbo were placed in front of Rachel, there would be nothing but a pile of soiled Depends and melted lipstick on the chairs.
You go, Rachel!!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:54 pmHow can McSame stand up to Sarah if he can’t face Rachel?
September 19th, 2008 at 4:55 pmSaint Augustine Says:
How can McSame stand up to Sarah if he can’t face Rachel?
It’s pretty clear that he CAN’T! Have you seen how she has taken over and he just stands in back of her, pouting like a little kid who just lost his favorite toy. And if he tried to take it back, Sarahcuda would take his little peas-sized ‘nads and crush them like small bugs.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:58 pmOh, this is just too funny for words. The McCain campaign wants the press to treat Palin with “deference”, they insist that she not be scrutinized too closely, and they don’t want her anywhere near any media talking heads who aren’t GOP water carriers. They want her handled only with kid gloves.
Anybody caught treating Palin like a serious candidate is “sexist”.
Um…do these people even know what that word means? While they are looking that up, they might try flipping back a few pages and find “irony” while they’re at it.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:02 pmCowards
September 19th, 2008 at 5:03 pm#7 – so true, she is the right wings worst nightmare, brilliant, articulate, attractive lesbian with a PhD. McCain would stroke out if he had to be questioned by her. Go Rachel! Viva Maddow!!!!!!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:05 pmYeah look at the of outlandish questions he got thrown at him during the view. I don’t blame him!!!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:06 pmthem_libs Says:
Yeah look at the of outlandish questions he got thrown at him during the view. I don’t blame him!!!
Please enlighten us with which questions you thought were outlandish?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pmthem_libs Says:
Yeah look at the of outlandish questions he got thrown at him during the view. I don’t blame him!!!
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September 19th, 2008 at 5:10 pmI didn’t see “The View”. Did they ask McCain something underhanded, like about the prime minister of Spain?
Did McCain mention he was a P.O. W.?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:15 pmSarahcuda would take his little peas-sized ‘nads and crush them like small bugs.
It’s too late for that. Cindy McBimbo, his anorexic, drug-addicted trophy wife, did that to him years ago.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:15 pmYou don’t blame him for anything. You don’t blame bush for lying and torturing. You don’t blame the sub-prime mortgage crisis on the deregulators.
You are just a typical dysfunctional human being. The type that blames a woman for getting raped.
I blame you for what is wrong with America today.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:17 pmIt would appear that our trolls really think Sarah Palin is ready to run the country. They don’t share any reasons for thinking this, they just say it. If you counter their words, then you are being mean and unfair. The poor little dear, bless her heart.
Don’t the trolls realize that if Palin gets into office and ruins the country even more than now, they will be affected too? Or does it simply mean that they always put their party over their country? Trolls: What has the GOP done for your lately?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:17 pmDementia Man is probably afraid he’ll piss off another ally. He’s already doing a good job with that in Europe so Asia is probably next on his shit list.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:17 pmLooks like them_libs has as much sack as McDepends; just fires a weak-ass shot about the View and slithers off to mom’s basement.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:18 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
Um…do these people even know what that word means? While they are looking that up, they might try flipping back a few pages and find “irony” while they’re at it.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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Of course they do… They’ve been feminists for like three weeks now!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:19 pmMcCains treatment of the media is resemblant to his foreign policies. Never talk to the enemy. Only talk to your friends and allies, to those who “share your values”.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:20 pmupside99 Says:
Please enlighten us with which questions you thought were outlandish?
Whoopi Goldberg ask him if the judges he appoints would bring back slavery. Because he would appoint judges who know how to interpret the constitution . Crazy!! And comply ignorant. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
September 19th, 2008 at 5:21 pmThe McCain campaign has enough problems with “foot-in-mouth” disease with just themselves. It wouldn’t look good for Rachel to serve those feet up in a surgical manner.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:22 pmCome on, Tom, with your foolish grade school comments. What do you know about Cindi McCain other than stupid sexist comments. Go play at FOX.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pmThe fact that they won’t let Palin go on any show where she might actually get asked some questions about policies & experience tells you all you need to know– McCain and co. realize that Palin has no intelligent answers to important questions. And that would make her look like a ridiculous choice for VP- which she is. And that would make it look as though McCain chose her with almost no knowledge about her- which he did. And that would make reporters & certainly the public want to ask even more questions of Palin- which they should.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:26 pmWhat do you know about Cindi McCain other than stupid sexist comments.
What else is there to say about Cindy McBimbo, cupcake?
Oh, yup. I forgot to comment on her bad hair extensions and her gaudy $300,000 outfits.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:28 pmIf a candidate won’t go on a news program, does that mean it is really a news program?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:28 pmthem_libs Says:
Yeah look at the of outlandish questions he got thrown at him during the view. I don’t blame him!!!
Its more of an issue with him giving outlandish answers, which are proven later to be lies or total brain farts.
But you just love neocons that lie to you, don’t you P-brain.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:31 pmYou’re a liar. I watched it. No such question was asked.
Even if she did that would be a legitimate question since mccain has obviously let his inherant racism become part of his campaign strategy…..disgusting really.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:32 pmoldtree Says:
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If a candidate won’t go on a news program, does that mean it is really a news program?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Well , the GOP always goes on FOX , and that’s a comedy channel they claim is ‘news’ ……….
September 19th, 2008 at 5:33 pmMCMetal Says:
HAHAHAHA!!!! The left worships the colbert report and Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Both of which call their self the fake news! So who gets there news from the comedy channel???
September 19th, 2008 at 5:37 pmthem_libs Says:
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MCMetal Says:
HAHAHAHA!!!! The left worships the colbert report and Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Both of which call their self the fake news! So who gets there news from the comedy channel???
September 19th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
The Colbert Show and Daily Show are both HONEST about whom and what they are ; FAUX , just like the GOP they spew propoganda for , are completely phony and full of shit…….
September 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pmthem_libs Says:
Hey, Trajan, how are those “latins” doing these days?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:40 pmthem_libs Says
September 19th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Whoopi Goldberg ask him if the judges he appoints would bring back slavery.
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Are you suggesting that Whoopi’s question was too difficult for him to answer, and therefore unfair?
In the first place, Whoopi meant that as a rhetorical question, to make a point. She didn’t expect McCain to have a prepared policy regarding slavery. She was trying to point out that McCain’s idea of “strict” (that is, conservative and regressive) interpretation of the Constitution could be a double-edged sword in that it could regress us back to a time we’d rather not revisit.
Your point is well taken, though, that the Fourteenth Amendment took care of the slavery issue. Whoopi probably should have made her remark about Brown v. the Board of Education — a decision that was a strict interpretation of the constitution, but was seen by most conservatives as “legislating from the bench”.
But this veers off from your original point, which was that you didn’t blame McCain for his refusal to go on the Maddow show because of the “outlandish” questions he received on The View. Is this the most (or only) “outlandish” question you can come up with?
You’re right — if McCain can’t even handle a snark remark from Whoopi Goldberg, he’s WAY too much of a lightweight to face any serious journalists like Rachel Maddow. Come to think of it, if he can’t handle Whoopi Goldberg, he’s too much of a lightweight to be President.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:41 pmNettles Says:
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Get real, TP.
If Gov. Palin was having a “lack of impact with women voters” you would not be running 12 smear stories a day about her.
Though I am a long time supporter of Senator McCain, going back to 2000, I will not be voting for him in November. As a champion of experience and the centrist, populist message, a badge worn with pride throughout McCain’s career in the Senate, I was gutted by the Palin selection. I cannot in good conscience vote for a VP with zero foreign policy experience, a penchant for oral diarrhea in front of microphones, and whacked-out cultural beliefs.
Ridge or Lieberman would have been fantastic choices. McCain blew it.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Your awakening has yet to be completed ; claiming Ridge and/or Lieberman would have been “fantastic choices” are borderline insane and laughably ridiculous………
September 19th, 2008 at 5:42 pmgus smith Says:
Come on gus, tell us how immoral we are……I know you think that mccain is a racist and is using race in his campaign now because he’s got nothing, right.
You are so concerned about a little name calling….have you listened to right wing radio in the last oh, 20 years?
Where is your indignation?
September 19th, 2008 at 5:42 pmWhat will happen when Billo interviews Palin?
A. Mad, crazy sex when they realize they’re kindred spirits
B. Lots of inappropriate comments and stated fantasies by Billo which entitles Palin to half his paychecks
C. Cannibalization because a piranha and a barracuda just can’t coexist in the same place
D. The reverse big bang, due to their egos imploding on contact with each other
September 19th, 2008 at 5:42 pmBottom line: the McCain campaign is too chickenshit to go on Rachel Maddow’s show. Little Rachel scares the crap out of them. They need big bullies like O’Reilly and Hannity to lob them softballs with no follow-ups.
Obama, of course, went on O’Reilly.
I guess I can see their point. If your candidate can’t even get through “The View” without pissing himself, better steer clear of the very scary Rachel Maddow.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:44 pmSmear stories…..the truth is now smear if TP does it but Colon powell stood before the UN and held a vial of virtual WMD and told the world that Iraq had it and we knew where it was at……but I wouldn’t call that a smear, I’d call that a lie. A smear is what the right did to John Kerry and Max Cleland, two true American patriots….
September 19th, 2008 at 5:46 pmNettles Says:
Get real, TP.
If Gov. Palin was having a “lack of impact with women voters” you would not be running 12 smear stories a day about her.
Though I am a long time supporter of Senator McCain, going back to 2000, I will not be voting for him in November. As a champion of experience and the centrist, populist message, a badge worn with pride throughout McCain’s career in the Senate, I was gutted by the Palin selection.
Maybe you should refer to McCain’s actual voting record before calling him a centrist. Your post and comparison to the reality of his senate voting record makes you sound like a low information voter…. in other words, you sound like an ignorant f_ckwit.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:47 pmgus smith Says:
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Come on, Tom, with your foolish grade school comments. What do you know about Cindi McCain other than stupid sexist comments. Go play at FOX.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Well , I happen to know that she’s an adulterer , a thief , and a drug addict who has never worked a day in her useless existence ; “PERFECT” says the GOP and their imbecilic backers , “you’re 1st lady material in our party” …….
September 19th, 2008 at 5:49 pmthem_libs Says
September 19th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
HAHAHAHA!!!! The left worships the colbert report and Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Both of which call their self the fake news! So who gets there news from the comedy channel???
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I think “worship” might be a bit of an overstatement. Personally, I enjoy TDS and the Colbert Report, and rarely miss them (but I don’t prostrate myself before them or anything). However, I (like most “libs”) get my news from a variety of sources and don’t depend on one media outlet to do my thinking for me.
Second, these shows honestly call themselves fake news, and they don’t pretend to be anything but entertainment — unlike “fair and balanced” media who spew propaganda while pretending to be objective. However, those of us who watch a number of different broadcast media notice that the “fake news” often delivers more real news than the other guys.
And the shows provide laughs. Which we need in these times.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:52 pmSarah Palin is interviewed by Charlie Gibson and Palin’s stock starts its sink.
John McCain goes on The View and has a hard time with the questions from the old maid’s club.
Who thought the ABC network would be the downfall of McCain/Palin?!
September 19th, 2008 at 5:54 pmI’m not surprised. What I don’t understand is why Democrats would ever go on Faux News.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:57 pmWhen was the last time Billo called himself an “independent”?
When was the last time Billo tackled a hard news item that related to the GOP?
And yes…I’m asking rhetorical questions.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:57 pmGibson: Do you support the Bush Doctrine?
Palin: In what respect, Charlie?
Says it all. Clueless.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pmNotice how the Bushie says liberals “worship” Daily Show and Colbert. Of course, that says more about the Bushie than it does about liberals.
And this is great: Nettles: “If Gov. Palin was having a “lack of impact with women voters” you would not be running 12 smear stories a day about her.”
Try to keep up, Nettles. I know it’s tough these days because so much is going on. The gloss is off. Latest polls show Palin with higher disapproval levels than approval levels. And, she’s doing worse with women than she is with men! Once we got to know her a little…. well, you know. The point is, McCain’s hysterical, panicky gambit looks like it’s failed.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pmTo answer a question above, I think Obama went on FOX to reach their audience and prove that he wasn’t afraid to go on FOX and sit with their biggest, loudest bully. I think he did fine.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:01 pmmissmolly, you are way too kind to the troll.
It obviously wasn’t interested in a response as well-thought-out as yours was.
Still, the entire TP community benefits, so thanks.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:02 pmDid Sarah Palin learn her public speaking skills through Toastmasters?
September 19th, 2008 at 6:05 pmmisshusseinmolly: “Second, these shows honestly call themselves fake news, and they don’t pretend to be anything but entertainment — unlike “fair and balanced” media who spew propaganda while pretending to be objective. However, those of us who watch a number of different broadcast media notice that the “fake news” often delivers more real news than the other guys.”
I do think that during the Bush years, The Daily Show has sort of taken on the roll of the “Fool” in King Lear. Often, it seems as if they could get away with pointing out things that the main stream simply wouldn’t touch. For those not into the Bard, in King Lear, the only character who can tell the truth is “The Fool” because it’s just comedy, right?
September 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pmSarahcuda, the Republican Panty.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pmSarahcuda? That’s good. She’s real tough.
But something tells me there’s going to be a lot of whining and crying after the VP debate.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:16 pmRe Whoopi Goldberg’s question to John McCain:
McCAIN: No, I want people who interpret the Constitution of the United States the way our founding fathers envision-
Slavery was not only legal, but encouraged when the Constitution was written by the founding fathers.
GOLDBERG: Should I be worried about being a slave, about being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that you had to change.
Things that had to be changed in the Constitution… Let’s see, those would be amendments. wouldn’t they them-libs. So she was right, if the Constitution were interpreted strictly as the founding fathers envisioned, slavery would be an issue.
By the way, it was the 13th, not the 14th amendment that abolished slavery.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:33 pmIf he wants to be the president of everybody, he should go on with Rachel.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:44 pmsatirev, where was it Palin took a question yesterday? I’d love to see a clip.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:50 pmRachel has a very good show and her ratings are relatively high — Repugs are hesitant to appear on her show because she argues with logic and facts.
Dems appearing on Fox open themselves up to a shooting gallery of pompous hosts, false assertions and spin.
Repugs appearing on Rachel’s show would have to have reasoned answers to questions, so they stay away.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:54 pmsatirev Says
September 19th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
like fungible flag molecules. What she really meant was fungible flag flutters flying forth from Fiji.
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Okay, THAT made me laugh out loud. The remarkable thing is that your statement made as much sense.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:57 pmObama has done himself good in this week of financial crisis:
Seniors are desperately afraid of losing their retirement.
The working public sees little hope for them as $$$ is spend on Wall Street.
McCain is strutting, and uttering “Fire him” and “I know how to fix this.” Grampa, if you were not part of the problem, why haven’t you fixed it in 26 years? It was your party that deregulated the industry, something you endorsed for years.
Obama, on the other hand, is calm, his responses are measured, and he is acting presidential.
THIS is the guy who should be president. THIS is the guy who doesn’t get rattled and spout off inane responses. In a crisis, we all should want the calm, collected and reasoned leader.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:57 pmI greatly fear that McCain is losing it – and losing it rapidly. His gaffes, memory lapses and misspeech could all be excused if they occurred rarely, but they are occurring with greater frequency.
If he wins (shudder) he will NOT finish his first term. Palin will be the Potemkin president and the neo-cons (Cheney &Co.) will be back in charge.
September 19th, 2008 at 7:00 pmsatirev. you’re kidding about the Gibson soft touch on Palin, right?
Here’s the side by side’s from Gibson’s interview with Obama and Palin.
Obama interview:
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5000184
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech?
Palin interview:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09…with-abc-news/
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=29535
September 19th, 2008 at 7:02 pmIf they can’t stand up to Rachel, how the hell are they going to stand up against (Insert name of terrorist, tough competitor, despot, leader, gnome, etc. here)
September 19th, 2008 at 7:06 pmbackup, first off, is that a comprehensive list of questions posed to each candidate? Or is it a representative list, in your opinion?
Do you think any of those questions Gibson asked Sarah Palin are in any way beyond the bounds of responsibility for a journalist conducting the first national broadcast interview of an unknown quantity just nominated for the second-highest office in the land?
Obama’s positions and expertise are well known, since he’s been running for president for seventeen months and has been scrutinized very closely (despite what the right-wing pundits like to claim). He hasn’t made the kind of foreign-policy blunders that Sarah Palin’s running mate has made, and as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, his foreign policy credentials are fairly solid. In any case, it’s likely that he would have fielded the questions put to Governor Palin with practiced ease, thus resulting in a boring interview. Questioning him about whether he should choose Hillary Clinton as Veep, on the other hand, or whether he would debate McCain at a town hall are questions well tailored to generate controversy.
The fact that Charlie Gibson’s questioning seemed tougher on Palin than it actually should have seemed is a testament to the lack of preparedness of the candidate for the office she seeks, not a reflection on the quality of the interview.
September 19th, 2008 at 7:24 pmbackup Says:
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If he wants to be the president of everybody, he should go on with Rachel.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Do you actually believe McDepends’ claim that he’s willing to work across the aisle and that he has a history of bi-partisanship ?
Sounds eerily reminiscent of some retarded monkey’s claim that he’s a “uniter and not a divider” ………….
September 19th, 2008 at 7:33 pmmaybe McSame realizes that if the WSJ editorial board is dumping on him, Rachel Maddow sure isn’t a safe environment.
September 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pmOMG, if they can’t stand up to Rachel, how are they going to be able to stand up to Putin or some other world leader?
September 19th, 2008 at 7:56 pmthem_libs Says:
Yeah look at the of outlandish questions he got thrown at him during the view. I don’t blame him!!!
And which “outlandish” questions would those be?
September 19th, 2008 at 8:00 pmbackup Says:
If he wants to be the president of everybody, he should go on with Rachel.
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Sheesh, backdoor… this comment makes even less sense than your usual nonsense. What’s up? Having to defend McCalin/Pain, no matter how badly they embarrass themselves, getting to you?
Poor li’l feller… all tuckered out.
September 19th, 2008 at 8:01 pmNettles Says:
Get real, TP.
If Gov. Palin was having a “lack of impact with women voters” you would not be running 12 smear stories a day about her.
Though I am a long time supporter of Senator McCain, going back to 2000, I will not be voting for him in November. As a champion of experience and the centrist, populist message, a badge worn with pride throughout McCain’s career in the Senate, I was gutted by the Palin selection. I cannot in good conscience vote for a VP with zero foreign policy experience, a penchant for oral diarrhea in front of microphones, and whacked-out cultural beliefs.
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Wow… this one is hysterically funny.
TP is running what, “12 smear stories a day”… BUT, when poor Nettles makes a comment like “a penchant for oral diahrrea” or “whacked-out cultural beliefs”, it’s what… nuanced, informed opinion?
Oh… the irony… (undoubtedly lost on Nettles…)
September 19th, 2008 at 8:06 pm49erDem Says:
But something tells me there’s going to be a lot of whining and crying after the VP debate.
I’m betting there will be no debate. I am betting that she will have to rush back to Alaska to attend to her daughter who is having a miscarriage.
September 19th, 2008 at 8:09 pmThe DoubleTalk Express wants to avoid going down the Maddow highway. Can’t say that I blame them; Anyone lacking command of facts, and their interconnections, could never appear with Rachael and come out looking good.
Rachael is an American Treasure!
September 19th, 2008 at 8:23 pmot but a very bizarre
story at c&l about a republican
delegate and his misadventures
at the convention.
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you have to read it
to believe it.
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September 19th, 2008 at 8:49 pmGOOD! It’s more hilarious when they don’t show. 1 full hour of sanity and truth is kinda nice…I know which news shows to watch if I want to be lied to – but I do think Rachel should continue scrolling the never-ending, ever-growing list of McSame liars, that’s NEWS! Their fear is refreshing.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:12 pmLushInterior
is your name
Gabriel Nathan Schwartz?
:)
September 19th, 2008 at 9:22 pmjoe cantwell, I think you may have missed the subtle humor operating in Mr. Interior’s post. See, by pretending that Rachel Maddow is a boy, the erudite Mr. Interior is making a funny about the lesbian Ms. Maddow.
This is the kind of right-wing humor that fueled the tremendous success of the “Half Hour News Hour” at Faux News.
Well done, Lush Interior! Capital bit of humor! You know what tpped me off that it was sarcasm? The fact that you “thought” Rachel Maddow was a boy, even though her name (Rachel, decidedly a girl’s name) was in the headline. But for that unlucky happenstance, Mr. Interior’s wickedly sly wit may have gone over too well by half.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:00 pmThe “war hero” McSame can’t face the truth.
Rachel, you are more of a hero than McSame is. He’s of such high moral character, like adulterer, liar, self-promoting war hero.
McSame = bu$h= conservanazi scumbags.
“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” Sinclair Lewis.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:44 pmralph,
lush is a girl.
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good luck.
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September 19th, 2008 at 11:28 pmFor a fact Rachel would slice, dice and fillet these lying bastards.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:32 pmThey’re smart to be so chickenshit.
RU,
game, set,
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match!
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good luck.
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September 19th, 2008 at 11:40 pmYou posters should feel ashamed making fun of a pretend war hero who can’t raise his arms above his shoulders or his McOrgan(tm) above…well…anything, including itself.
Y’all need to show some deference to the King of Pork and his clever choice Sarah-Cuda, the Moose Princess. The guy is much more clever than you might guess, even in his advanced stage of senility. After all, who is more suited to changing his Grampers(tm) than a mother of five kids and a grandmother of… how many?
September 19th, 2008 at 11:47 pmNow thats ‘change’ you can believe in.
joe cantwell… do you think Ms. Lush Interior will forgive me?
I sure hope so.
maybe I can say I was making a funny?
September 20th, 2008 at 12:01 amMaybe McCan’t and Company would come out and play if Rachel didn’t play so hard. ’smatter Palin, you can skin a moose but you can’t go toe to toe with Maddow?
Hard to call it sexist when it’s another woman verbally beating you senseless.
But it would be so cool if she ticked Grandpa off and he lost his temper at the dinner table.
September 20th, 2008 at 2:26 amIf McZheimers went on Rachel’s show, he’d probably forget why.
September 20th, 2008 at 2:58 amthem_libs Says:
MCMetal Says:
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Pretty sad FOOL. Time to increase your medication. The left doesnt DO hero worship. That is you projecting again. The thing is we arent nearly as stupid as you. So the fact YOU WORSHIP. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and a whole host of other ignorant bloviating screechmonkeys doesnt really mean ANYTHING about the left. YOU are a moron
September 20th, 2008 at 9:42 amYou know Maddow is doing well when the Republicans are too afraid to even appear on her show. Barack Obama answered questions from Bill O’Reilly. So why is McCain that afraid of Rachel Maddow that he won’t even send an aide on her show?
I hope the Dems use the lack of unscripted interviews from McCain and especially Palin to show that if McCain-Palin are too scared to answer questions from the press, then how could they possibly be capable of handling unscripted terrorist attacks from Osama Bin Laden?
September 20th, 2008 at 1:34 pmTracy__5 Says:
So why is McCain that afraid of Rachel Maddow that he won’t even send an aide on her show?”
It would be a waste of campaign money…considering the low number of people who watch the show.
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You are a liar and a fool. Why do you bother with such ignorant and useless posts?
http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/09/19/rachel-maddow-ratings-are-in-shes-cleaning-house/
Former Air America Radio anchor Rachel Maddow just got her own show on MSNBC, and the ratings are through the roof! Her show has averaged at 1.8 million viewers, proving her success and even topping Keith Olberman’s ratings.
September 20th, 2008 at 4:18 pmLushInterior Says:
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You ignorant, bigoted piece of garbage please tell me you didnt really think that stupidity was funny. YOU are pathetic
September 20th, 2008 at 6:48 pm