McCain Flacks Appear On Five Six Cable Shows Within Hours Of Campaign’s ‘Suspension’
McCain Flacks Appear On Five Six Cable Shows Within Hours Of Campaign’s ‘Suspension’
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain announced he would be suspending his campaign after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in order to return to Washington for negotiations on the bailout:
Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. … All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.
The McCain campaign, however, has not “temporarily set politics aside.” In the five hours after McCain’s speech, aides Nancy Pfotenhauer, Tucker Bounds, and Mike Duhaime appeared on Fox News and MSNBC five times, frequently criticizing Obama and Democrats:
– PFOTENHAUER: Well they could always have Joe Biden and if it’s on foreign policy, Obama and Biden can debate each other! Hahaha! [MSNBC]
– BOUNDS: Democrats were trying to pivot and push this issue into John McCain’s lap. [Fox News]
– BOUNDS: Barack Obama is trying to play politics, I think, in many regards on a lot of these issues. [MSNBC]
– BOUNDS: And here we are. I think we’re in a very different situation because of the leadership of John McCain. [MSNBC]
On Fox News, McCain political director Mike Duhaime said McCain “decided to put campaigning and politics aside.” Watch a compilation:
In none of the five appearances, however, did any media anchor ask the aides about the double standard.
Pfotenhauer also was scheduled for a live chat at the Washington Times at 11 a.m., well after McCain’s CGI speech. Greg Sargent writes, “McCain’s suspension of his campaign apparently doesn’t apply to his own advisers.”
Sen. McCain left his lunch in the Capitol at 1:50 pm and returned to his Russell Senate office with Sen. Lieberman and Rick Davis. ... As I type, Sen. Graham and Doug Holtz-Eakin have entered the Senate office.
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It’s not going to matter, they have now resolved it to the point where Grampy isn’t needed there and he will have no more excuses
September 25th, 2008 at 2:37 pm“So if Senator McCain has suspended his campaign to set politics aside while he works in Washington, then what are you doing here?”
That should be the very first question.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pmWell, we have to remember, that McCain doesn’t actually speak for the McCain Campaign….
September 25th, 2008 at 2:38 pmWell, that is understandable. Take a look at how India viewed Sarah Palin’s talk with the Indian PM.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20080925/888/twl-palin-leaves-manmohan-singh-speechle.html
Anything to distract from that!
September 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm– BOUNDS: Barack Obama is trying to play politics
– - Fer crissakes, it’s 40 days from a presidential election. EVERYTHING both candidates do is political. Geezus.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:41 pmLook, John McCain offered Barack Obama the opportunity to “suspend” his campaign too!
If Obama would have accepted, I think we’d be seeing an entirely different mode of campaigning from McCain. John McCain would have really “suspended” his campaign, just like he promised the American people!
It is all Obama’s fault for never putting the American people first like the FORMER POW John McCain always does!
September 25th, 2008 at 2:42 pmTell me Palin isn’t an escapee from a Christopher Guest film. Gawd, this surreal:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4478156n
September 25th, 2008 at 2:42 pmThey’ve been correcting him all of the time anyway, they might as well just speak for him entirely. I wouldn’t be surprised if McCain keeps under the radar aside from the debates he bothers to show up for.
Either way, it’s weird to me that politicians can be made fun of for “playing” politics over a national and political issue. Apparently in this case the only way to not be “playing” politics is to do exactly what McCain’s camp wants.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:43 pmSuspended campaign — my ass!
September 25th, 2008 at 2:43 pmBadmoodman Says:
That’s the analogy that I was looking for. I was thinking of Monty Python, but you’re right, this is like the 5th in his series: Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Running For Office.
With Parker Posey as Sarah Palin….
September 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pmSsssshhh… I have a secret:
“Suspending the campaign”… is part of the campaign.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:46 pmThat’s not all:
-McCain is still scheduled to attend a Beverly Hills fundraiser Wednesday.
-McCain TV ads are still running.
And Palin attended “a swanky charity gala” Wednesday night with her pal Rupert Murdoch.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:48 pmMcCain led nothing on the financial crisis, which exploded last Thursday. Show me in his schedule what leadership McCain provided?
He’s five steps behind and flat footed. Now he gets to ride into Washington and act like the bi-partisan meeting was all his idea. Sorry John, those efforts were already a week old and would terminate in a joint meeting, whether you picked up the phone or not.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm.
If Johnny McSuspended his campaign during a crisis…
… Does this mean he’ll suspend being president should there be a crisis, too?
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pmIt’s just another one of McCain’s “word games” he likes to play. “He” is suspending his campaign. He didn’t say that his “surrogates” would be suspending their campaign. But the advertisements on TV are a problem because he said yesterday his staff was canceling them.
Barney Frank says that they are close to a bi-partisan deal. Boner says they aren’t. I’m betting that Boner and crowd are going to hold off as long as possible trying to give McCain cover. Then they will agree and credit McCain for their agreeing and they will say it’s only because McCain sacrificed that the bi-partisan agreement was reached.
The voters know it’s a pile of dog doo, though.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pmI don’t even really get it. He’s not going to be able to change this single handed. They want to make it seem like he’s a hero who put aside the evil of politics to save all of us. Even though he clearly has no idea what’s going on (comments since then certainly back that up) and many already see him as being in the way.
Let’s not pretend that the meeting with Bush is anything more than a photo op.
Absolutely nothing about what McCain is doing here is not playing politics. It’s completely rooted in it. All he’s trying to suspend is the debate. I’ll be surprised if the ads are off TV by the end of this week. Certainly his goonsquad hasn’t let up.
I think this honestly makes me more sick to my stomach than anything this man has done so far.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm.
SO,
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH…
… THE MAVERICK RUNS AWAY?
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm#AmericanPie Says:
Rep. Barney Frank must take 99% of the blame for this mess.
I think McCain feels he must watch Frank to make sure he does not make matters worse.
WTF, Barney Frank is 99% responsible for the financial meltdown of our economy.
You really do need to change whatever it is you are smoking. It’s doing seriously bad things to your brain.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm“I think McCain feels he must watch Frank to make sure he does not make matters worse.”
I’m sure he’ll be shaking in his boots at the prospect…
September 25th, 2008 at 2:52 pmPFOTENHAUER: Well they could always have Joe Biden and if it’s on foreign policy, Obama and Biden can debate each other! Hahaha!
Nobody’s stepping into your mouse trap, hack Pfotenhauer.
Your not-so-bright idea is not our problem. The people tend to agree!
September 25th, 2008 at 2:52 pm.
In a fimamcial crisis, the best thing for someone seeking to become the head CEO/Decider of the USA is to show up AND campaign… “Well, folks, here’s what we need to do right now… and here’s how I’m gonna fix it…”
… And not run away.
When opportunity knocks, Johnny’s a McChicken!
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:52 pmA call to arms for progressive bloggers!!!!
Liberals, please come to Speak Free Politics it’s an easy to use message board blog dominated by right wingers. My name there is osamabinforgotten. I need to recruit some lefty bloggers as i am being ganged up on and called a terrorist for being a liberal. All bloggers are invited to come there and check it out.
Johnny B. Goode!
Deep down in Arizona close to Mexico
Way back up in the cactuses where it never snows
There stood an ancient mansion made of gold and wood
Where lived a a corrupt politician named Johnny B Goode
Who’d never learned the difference between Sunni or Shia so well
But he could pretend to chase Osama to the gates of Hell
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He used to carry his bribe money in a gunnysack
Go sit beneath a tree and count his Keating kickbacks
Old lobbyist on K street would see him sittin’ in the shade
Laughing at the doubletalk and flip flops he made
The people passed him by they would stop and say
Oh my but that little old mummy really hates the gays
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Once upon time the state of Arizona couldn’t host a superbowl
Because it was legislated by a group of white supremacist trolls
The bigots were led by an angry fascist who was a goose-stepping man
A millionaire, senator who belonged to the Klu Klux Klan
Johnny B Goode was a maverick when it came to recognizing MLK
So the old cracker donned his klan robe and voted against a holiday
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His mother told him someday you will be an old man
And you will be the leader of a murderous criminal clan
Many people will be blown to bits from miles around
To see you launch the nukes and take us all down
Maybe some day you will make mushroom clouds so bright
Sayin’ “Johnny B Goode pushed the button tonight”
Go! Go! Go! Johnny!
September 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pmGo! Go! Go! Johnny!
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So if the McCampaign can’t staund up to a financial crisis, how can the McPresident stand up to al-CIA-duh?
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pmAmericanPie Says:
Rep. Barney Frank must take 99% of the blame for this mess.
I think McCain feels he must watch Frank to make sure he does not make matters worse.
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OK troll we know you are a liar and a fool. At this point you are spewing stupidity levels that would put most organic beings into a coma. Since Frank is a representative and McStupid is in the Senate exactly how would he watch him. You have already proven you are incredibly stupid. You are only doing hivemind troll duty trying to annoy us by saying the most ignorant things imaginable. Really all you are doing is humiliating yourself and making yourself an object of pity
September 25th, 2008 at 2:54 pmAmericanPie Says:
“I agree with you 100%.”
So, you agree that McCain is playing politics with the Financial crises while pretending to be doing the exact opposite? Cool.
“I believe Murdoch is friends with Obama and believes he will be the next President.”
No, but when his girlfriend asked who she should vote for (between Clinton and Obama) in the Primaries, he said that she should vote for Obama because he would sell more papers…
Care to share any more of your faith-based facts?
September 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pmMcCain’s manager:
September 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm“That’s a big lie by the media,my candidate never suspended any debate, the old man was simply looking for his suspenders”.
Grampy McGonnaDieSoon says – My friends I am gonna throw Obama off his gains by screwing with him, hey, why can’t I see out of my left eye? Must be nothing, anyway, first I’m gonna put politics aside by telling my attack dogs to keep telling outrageous lies, no one notices them and the MSM ignores them, then I can show up at DC and have lots of pictures taken of me, hey, why can’t I keep my balance? Must be nothing, anyway Boner will hold things up till Monday and I can say that Obama doesn’t care about America because he went to the debate, and I can tell another obvious lie by saying that America is saved because I went to DC to fix everything, because I know how to fix stuff, but I ain’t telling tell I steal the…er win the election….I think I just sat on a lobbyist.
We know the game you are playing, and the eye thing is called a stroke.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm.
I saw a political ad FOR McCampaign this morning here in Seattle on the local CBS affiliate channel…
… What a McLIAR!
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pmWHY do these hacks get any air time at all expect on Fake News…???
Is it just to get the KoolAide high to start kicking in or is the baby formula still too hot..??
Sure hope these people DON’T have a real day job since someone would actually have to tolerate their tongues flappin…
September 25th, 2008 at 2:57 pmOfficials from Ole Miss told ABC News today that a cancellation would be “devastating” to the University — and that a postponement might not be possible:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/ole-miss-officials-debate_n_129057.html
September 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm#28 AmericanPie Says:
… Ahh-what??? Who???
You are kidding… NO?
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September 25th, 2008 at 2:59 pm“Watch what we say, not what we do.”
This sums up the Rethuglican platform for the last thirty years in one simple sentence.
Cheers,
September 25th, 2008 at 2:59 pmFlag the American Pee troll.
Nice try…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pmWhen I see that hack Nancy P. I turn the TV off …… but who the hell is that little whiney jerk Tucker Bounds? Where did he come from? He is a horrible little fellow isn’t he? He can actually tell incredible lies with such ease it’s amazing.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:02 pmI stood in line for over two hrs in Clearwater Fl yesterday with appx 15,000 ppl to see Obama speak. He really is a true leader. I look forward to calling him President Obama
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… And McCrazy said:
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September 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pmHey American ‘Cow’ Pie, are classes let out for the students to watch the DC Carnival?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pmAmericanPiss Says:
***Flag this Troll***
September 25th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
No can do, but I did wipe my ass with your flag.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pmrachel has a copy
of a memo sent out
by the mcsame campaign
on how to campaign while
the campaign is suspended.
*
thank you.
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September 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pmNothing like a little AmericanPie-in-da-Face…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm… NO?
To the Reich-wing ‘free market’ Rethugs and their cheerleading trolls wanting the U.S. taxpayer bailout of the Wall Street “drunken geniuses”, I will quote your idol, Ronnie Ray-gun.
“What’s wrong with bankruptcy?”
September 25th, 2008 at 3:05 pmLOL! Pretty transparent, aren’t they? When Bounds make a comment the NEXT DAY about McCain’s “leadership”, it all comes into focus, doesn’t it?
These same guys were saying the economy is fine and we are overracting just a few weeks ago. And now after house has already burned down, they call the fire dept!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:05 pmAmericanPie Says:
“Bush and some Republicans and Democrats tried to fix Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae in 2005.”
And what did McCain do? Hired their lobbyist to run his Campaign and lied about it… What’s your point?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:06 pmEarlier, I saw a McCain spokesman tell Andrea Mitchell that McCain is taking credit for the bailout agreement.
Who could have guessed.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:07 pmSecret McCampaign suspension directive #342…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:08 pm… Get back to McTrolling the Blogs!
Once again, John McCain doesn’t appear to speak for the McCain Campaign, eh?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:09 pmsatirev Says:
This may be known as McKeating’s “mini stroke time out” aka….”the left eye droop”. Oops!
If that is true, I wonder who Flailin will choose as her new running mate? Maybe Pamela Anderson … or … Paris Hilton …. or anyone from American Idol?
Gotta keep those ratings up with the pro rasslin’ crowd!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:10 pmAmericanPie Says:
“You know this how? Show me the quote Troll!”
It’s in the most recent Vanity Fair. Go buy your own copy.
“U are a Hillary supporter..get off this blog.”
Actually I campaigned for Obama against Clinton in the primaries…
Can you not truly represent yourself and your “conservative” beliefs because you no longer see them as valid? You’re not alone. You guys have gotten rather pathetic and it’s so much more obvious than you know. Good luck in November!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pmNow that Congress has come to an agreement, why does McCain feel that he cannot attend the debate tomorrow? Is he staying in Washington to twist Bush’s arm?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pmIs he staying in Washington to twist Bush’s arm?
Perhaps McDroopy is making a late-night pit-stop at Bethesda…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:16 pmI thought he would spend Friday night in Dick Cheney’s man-sized safe in order to avoid debating with Barack Obama.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pmThe “Hysterical Ninny” camp. Wow – what a bunch of excuse-making Losers.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pmThe only thing McCain wants to suspend is the Palin-Biden debate!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm“– BOUNDS: And here we are. I think we’re in a very different situation because of the leadership of John McCain. [MSNBC]”
Since when was running from a schedule debate and hiding behind your mother’s skirts showing “leadership?”
September 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pmAmericanPie Says:
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Rep. Barney Frank must take 99% of the blame for this mess.
I think McCain feels he must watch Frank to make sure he does not make matters worse.
Please, just go away.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:26 pmI have to say that when I was watching McCain on TV last night, the first thing I thought was that his eyes looked weird. I thought his right eye looked weirder than his left eye though.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:27 pmMcCain is going to regret speaking these words.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:32 pmSo now when the deal is done (no thanks to mr maverick) McCain can end his silly stunt and show up for the debate tomorrow. No more excuses. Lets get it on.
Unless McCain has to call in sick of course
September 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pmAmericanPie Says:
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Rep. Barney Frank must take 99% of the blame for this mess.
I think McCain feels he must watch Frank to make sure he does not make matters worse.
September 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Because McDepends is some sort of watchdog and an economic expert ?
He wasn’t too hawk-like when involved with Charles Keating , was he ?
BTW
Aren’t you the same American CowPie I used to slap around on Huffington Post ?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pmAmericanPie Says:
U are a Hillary supporter..get off this blog.
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You are a punk and a moron troll go back to your bridge
September 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pmHey, American Fart:
Hillary supporters are Democrats and Progressives etc, just like Obama supporters.
We had our spats, some of us still fight a bit about it, but Hillary supporters are welcome at thinkprogress just like Obama supporters.
ESPECIALLY SINCE THINK PROGRESS “is headed by John D. Podesta, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.”
You are a fukcing moron.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:42 pmAmericanPie Says:
Bush and some Republicans and Democrats tried to fix Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae in 2005. Frank lead the charge to kill the reform bill. He was successful.
This is one his shoulders. No one else.
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You are a liar and a fool and incredibly stupid. The Republicans did NOT try to fix anything. They TALKED about it then Wall St put on the pressure and it didnt even make it out of a commitee that was run by Republicans and had a two Republican majority. Your bizzarre halluciantions aside this is a republican deregulation mania crisis all the way. Spin all you want in your trademark ignorant fashion, wont change a thing. You MAY be stupid enough to buy this bilge, it wont change a thing.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pmEugeneDebs Says:
AmericanPie Says:
U are a Hillary supporter..get off this blog.
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You are a punk and a moron troll go back to your bridge
Naw, that is just our old troll, mr. p, and he has already gone back to his N. VA 3rd tier school classes where he is in his 7th year as an undergrad student.
He lives with his mom, not under a bridge.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:44 pmSorry that should say “The Center For American Progress” is headed by John D. Podesta. Thinkprogress.org is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which in turn is a part of the Center for American Progress.
I may have messed it up a bit there, but you are still a moron.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:44 pmBarney Franks is responsible for the Freddy and Fanny bail-out? Now that’s some classic hilarious stupidity. Especially since he was among those, along with every economist with a functioning brain and conscience, who have been screaming that the whole house of cards will collapse since Ronny Raygun was in office.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pmAmericn Pie – what is your take on Rick Davis accepting $15,000 a MONTH since 2006 from Freddie for lobbying mccain while working for mccain ? Just wondering.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:24 pmMcCain’s attempt to suspend reality has only been successful in his mind.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pmDid they have to turn the power back on in McCain’s office? Early April was the last time McCain voted on any bill in the Senate. He could have saved the taxpayers a lot of money by having the power turned off. Just wondering.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:18 pmAre all Tucker’s dumpkofts?
September 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pmTucker Bounds is someone I would love to go couple of rounds in the alley with. What a squirrelly little good for nothing liar.
September 25th, 2008 at 6:21 pmSet politics aside, my ass. This is a stunt to bail out McCain’s sinking campaign, nothing more.
September 26th, 2008 at 10:10 amIf the election were held on paper ballots, this would have been the end of the McCain campaign.
The hell he suspended his campaign. The very next morning after announcing the “suspension,” an ad from McCain ran on our local CBS station.
September 26th, 2008 at 10:58 pm