The debate is on: McCain leaving shortly for Mississippi debate.
The debate is on: McCain leaving shortly for Mississippi debate.
CNN is reporting that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will be attending tonight’s presidential debate and is leaving shortly for Mississippi. From the McCain campaign statement:
Senator McCain has spent the morning talking to members of the Administration, members of the Senate, and members of the House. He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations, including Representative Blunt as a designated negotiator for House Republicans. The McCain campaign is resuming all activities and the Senator will travel to the debate this afternoon. Following the debate, he will return to Washington to ensure that all voices and interests are represented in the final agreement, especially those of taxpayers and homeowners.
UPDATE: CNN anchor Tony Harris points out that McCain had originally said he that he would suspend his campaign “until a deal is done on this”:
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September 26th, 2008 at 11:34 amUm…”resuming all activities”??? What campaign activities were actually suspended?
September 26th, 2008 at 11:36 amGeez. What an ass.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:37 amGood. The debate bingo cards I made for my family and friends won’t go to waste.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:37 amMcCain will travel to the debate this afternoon?
Yeah but…the debate isn’t ’til tonight…
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September 26th, 2008 at 11:37 amLay off Old Cappy McPoopyhead !
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September 26th, 2008 at 11:40 amI hope Obama beats him like he stole something!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:41 amWait just a god damned minute…..he didn’t save the day.
Wait a minute……the bailout is still up in the air…..I expect him to stay in DC and work througout the weekend to get this crisis resolved…
Wait a minute……this makes him look like a fool.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:42 amAnyone else reminded of the GI bill McIIIrd fiasco?
Jump in at last minute with BS bill, withdraw said BS, then try to claim credit>? Hmm?
September 26th, 2008 at 11:43 amFred Says:
Wait just a god damned minute…..he didn’t save the day.
Wait a minute……the bailout is still up in the air…..I expect him to stay in DC and work througout the weekend to get this crisis resolved…
Wait a minute……this makes him look like a fool.
Wait a minute…he IS a fool.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:44 amThe McCain campaign is resuming all activities
– - Right Molly, you can’t resume what you never stopped.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:44 am“now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations. . .”
WTF?!? That’s the best he could come up with? Uncle Nutzi’s handlers think anybody is gonna believe that he ran off to Washington because Bush was shutting out the House Republicans?!?
Sweet Jeebus, if Obama doesn’t nail this senile clown’s head to the podium tonight he doesn’t deserve to win the election.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:45 amFred Says:
Wait a minute……this makes him look like a fool.
Oh he looked like a fool long before this
September 26th, 2008 at 11:45 amBtw, will McCain show up wearing tights and cape, in red, white and blue?
September 26th, 2008 at 11:45 amgreenpagan Says:
McCain will travel to the debate this afternoon?
Yeah but…the debate isn’t ’til tonight…
September 26th, 2008 at 11:37 am
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There’s robably some Super-Saver fare on the Straight Talk Express or something…
September 26th, 2008 at 11:46 amTo the tune of William Tell’s Overture:
Here he comes to save the day!
September 26th, 2008 at 11:46 amSaint McCain is on his way!
The bailout will have to wait another day!
Stunt failed. HA HA HA HA
September 26th, 2008 at 11:46 amAs McCain proceeds to Michigan for the debates, reporters mention the debate is in Mississippi. His reply, What debate?
September 26th, 2008 at 11:49 ammisshusseinmolly – debate bingo cards? Oh please share! How does that work?
September 26th, 2008 at 11:50 amdamn mccain is such a drama queen…
September 26th, 2008 at 11:53 amTonights installment of the Straight Jacket Express(TM) should be priceless :)~
September 26th, 2008 at 11:53 ammary Says:
misshusseinmolly – debate bingo cards?
Ooh, like buzzword bingo for company meetings? Instead of “pushing the envelope” and “think outside the box”, do the cards have “POW”, “Maverick”, “Reformer”, “Bridge to Nowhere” and all the other keynote words from the McStupid talking points?
This in gonna be fun…we we’re just going to do shots every time McCrappedMyelf mentioned “POW”.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:56 amYou could read anger on Obama’s face last night after exiting the White House/McStain political stunt.
He’s ready to fight tonight. I bet he makes McStain blow his top!
Do I hear the Fat Lady singing?
PEACE
September 26th, 2008 at 11:58 amPerhaps he should stay in Washington and just phone it in….
September 26th, 2008 at 11:59 amI will quote Kathleen Parker ………
If “Bullshit were currency Palin/McCain could bail out Wall Street on their own”!!!
September 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pmBut then Cappy is going back to DC after the debate. Shouldn’t he be taking a nap or something?
Hey Mother McCain! Bake your kid some oatmeal-raisin cookies or something. And don’t forget a little Budweiser in the mix…
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September 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pmI bet he makes McStain blow his top!
Please make that happen!!
September 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pmMcCain’s reaction after being thoroughly smacked down by the O man during the debate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA
September 26th, 2008 at 12:01 pm“mary Says:
misshusseinmolly – debate bingo cards? Oh please share! How does that work?”
that sounds like fun–we are having a drinking game where every time he lies or says POW we take a drink. Hope we have enough alcohol.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pmWonder if he’s going to have crib notes like Palin did for Katie?
September 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pmWell, if you want to start parsing words, to start going over things this guy has made, get comfortable.
He is such a chump. Can we get some ideas on the campaign spin going.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:05 pmLVoR ~ Designated drivers? We have Martinelli’s for those less fortunate…
September 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pmBREAKING NEWS!!
The McCain campaign has just released a video of John McCain’s pre-taped opening statement for tonight’s debate!
September 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pmthe Lone Voice of Reason Says:
Wonder if he’s going to have crib notes like Palin did for Katie?
More likely an earpiece and a bulge on his lower back, like Dubya had. Probably will be the same setup, as I am sure KKKarl will give the McCain a good deal on it.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pmI understand that McCain’s decision to attend the debate tonight is due to his following a string of doughnuts the press placed along the route leading to Ole Miss.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pmActually, I think McChicken’s trying a headline gambit.
That is, he’s making proactive moves, however ill advised, for the simple reason that the declaration sounds more positive than the ulterior motives…and most Americans don’t recognize being spun.
Skimming the headlines, the average person will see, “McCain, McCain, McCain…McCain suspending campaign to deal with economy,…McCain Flies to Washington,….McCain wants to postpone debate until economy is fixed,” etc.
Sounds heroic on the surface, and the MSM is only too happy to comply…with idiots like Blitzer carrying the mythos of campaign ’suspension,’ and soft-pedaling McChicken’s blazing incompetence. It’s an attempt to burn the McChicken name into the psyche of the voters.
Any thinking person will not be fooled but, unfortunately, there were a whole lot of inbred Cleetuses who voted for bush in 2000 and 2004.
You cain’t fix stupid…
September 26th, 2008 at 12:08 pmStutter much Dana?
September 26th, 2008 at 12:08 pmI don’t think Steve Schmidt or even Karl Rove is running the campaign. It’s P.T. Barnum.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:15 pmI don’t know which of these is more disturbing about McNumbNuts — his melanoma or his melodrama.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:16 pmmary Says
September 26th, 2008 at 11:50 am
misshusseinmolly – debate bingo cards? Oh please share! How does that work?
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Very simple. First, make yourself a list of buzzwords used a great deal out on the campaign trail. Then draw a five-by-five grid and write “FREE” in the middle square. Fill in the other 24 squares with buzzwords, making the pattern as random as possible.
To play the game, give everybody in your home a card. During the debate, any time a candidate utters one of the words, you cross it off the card. Five in a row, bingo-fashion, wins.
Because this debate is on foreign policy (and most probably the bailout situation), try to tailor your buzzwords toward that. Leave the “bridge to nowhere”, “thanks but no thanks” and the “pork-laden bills” buzzwords for the domestic policy debate.
Some possibilities (I’m sure others can add to this list):
maverick, “mission accomplished”, POW, “last (or past) eight years”, G-8, “failed policies”, experience, “more of the same”, “backdoor draft”, “no-bid contracts”, 9-11, “nuclear threat”, “axis of evil”, “cut and run”, reform, “global war on terrorism”, surge, victory, coalition, “Islamic extremists”, democracy, etc. etc.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:17 pmWhat an idiot!
So he “suspends” his campaign just so he can have the House Republicans select a point person. He could have just sent an email!
I bet you he’s not prepared either.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:19 pmhussein toasterhead Says
September 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
The McCain campaign has just released a video of John McCain’s pre-taped opening statement for tonight’s debate!
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Unfortunately, I can’t watch videos here at work, but I find it intriguing that one exists. WTF is a “pre-taped opening statement”? Is this like a slideshow advertising the candidate before the candidate is introduced, like at political conventions? Why can’t opening statements be performed live at the site?
September 26th, 2008 at 12:20 pmI bet he makes McStain blow his top! Please make that happen!!
Now that’s a “task from God”.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:21 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
Unfortunately, I can’t watch videos here at work, but I find it intriguing that one exists. WTF is a “pre-taped opening statement”?
September 26th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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I was just funning – it’s actually a Youtube video of Andy Kaufman’s “Mighty Mouse” routine. But it still perfectly sums up the strategery of the McCain campaign over the last three days.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:25 pmmcchimpy’s excuse number 1b:
I didn’t do so good at the debates because I was worried about the economy.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:25 pmupside99
It would be classic if McCain tried to replicate the Bush earpiece trick. He would spend the entire evening tapping his ear and growling “speak up Karl. I can’t hear you!”
September 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pmIt’s a good thing that McCain, the original Maverick and POW hero, rushed back to the capitol to handle this crisis — there was almost a bi-partisan agreement of some kind, which threatened to unravel the entire fabric of our two-party democratic system. With mavericky finnesse he managed to save our democracy. Meanwhile Palin was offering free “favors” in the back alley to anyone who would help McCain, or offer votes, or give her locations of any nearby moose (meese?).
September 26th, 2008 at 12:33 pmhussein toasterhead Says
September 26th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I was just funning – it’s actually a Youtube video of Andy Kaufman’s “Mighty Mouse” routine. But it still perfectly sums up the strategery of the McCain campaign over the last three days.
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OMG — I certainly fell for that one. But it’s kind of reasonable I would, considering how much pomp and pageantry the candidates put into their presentation. It wouldn’t surprise me if McCain found a way to do some kind of dog and pony show to hype himself up a bit.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:35 pmFor those of you who are interested in debate bingo cards, I found a site that generates them:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/debatebingo/azc_bingo.html
Just click “shuffle card” to generate a new one.
My only complaints with these are that there are frequent duplications on the same card, and the buzzwords aren’t tailored for a specific debate. Still, they’re pretty decent.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:37 pmI guess they repaired the device they are going to strap to McBush’s back with the answers.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:45 pm50. misshusseinmolly Says:
For those of you who are interested in debate bingo cards, I found a site that generates them
My only complaints with these are that there are frequent duplications on the same card, and the buzzwords aren’t tailored for a specific debate. Still, they’re pretty decent.
Heh….only I can’t find any with at least 25 Vietnam spaces…sure to be popular.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:46 pmI have 2 questions. Will McLame be able to take his normal Ambien during the debates? Isn’t 9 past his beddy-bye?
September 26th, 2008 at 12:47 pmIf Jim Leherer hits strong points the press will say he is badgering mccain after mccain’s tough week hammering out the Bill. Hope mccain’s earpiece is up and running so his handlers can give him the right answers. You know mccain isn’t horrible, he just sold his integrity for the golden ring.
September 26th, 2008 at 12:59 pmI would say that mccains lack of good judgement should be in question.
He put on his mighty mouse suit and flew to dc to save America and now he is slinking back, looking like a fool. Who would want this man making serious decisions in a crisis?
September 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pmInteresting. So, now Grandpappy McSame decides to attend tonight’s debate in Mississippi. Gee, I wonder why. Is because he was found out by the House GOP Aides that he is ‘not familiar with the details’ of the financial bailout which left him useless in Capitol Hill? Because McCain has two asses instead of one, he had no choice but to attend the debate. If he didn’t, his campaign would have been finito. By the way, I heard that there will be talks about the economy in the debate other than foreign policy. Tonight will be very interesting how McSame will weasel himself out of a question about our current economy.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:31 pmsatirev, I agree, his judgment should come into serious question over this drama queen play.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:43 pmI have a bingo card to use concerning mcchimpy’s answers. Just fill the boxes on the bingo card with the word “LIE.”
It’s a sure winner.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:58 pmRight, his electronic earpiece will be in place….
The crisis turned out to be not so urgent after all….just as Obama judged…..who’s the fool?
bush and the republicans manufacture crisis after crisis to push thier agenda…..now you’re mad because someone(Obama)called bullshit…..you’re sad but funny.
September 26th, 2008 at 2:04 pmYep and at the same time he keeps the focus off of his embarrassing side kick. I wonder what kind of headlines McCain will create to cover up or cancel the VP debate? How about this story:
McCain goes into orbit to solve the climate crisis
Following the recent alarming reports of record melting of the Arctic Sea Ice, Republican presidential hopefuls John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin will suspend their campaign and travel to the International Space Station. “McCain realizes the danger and the urgency of the Climate Change crisis and wanted to personally monitor the situation from space.” a campaign spokesman said. The McCain campaign has also cancelled tonight’s scheduled debate between VP candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.
Once docked at the ISS McCain and Palin will hold a video conference with the worlds leading scientists to discuss the situation. McCain says they will stay in space until a solution to the crisis has been agreed upon. The McCain campaign quickly dismissed criticism from the Obama campaign saying this just a political stunt. “Again Obama shows hes only interested in himself. McCains visit to the ISS shows the American people that he unlike Obama is willing to put aside petty politics and that hes ready to lead. Obama on the other hand would rather win an election than save the planet.”
September 26th, 2008 at 2:04 pm“Who would want this man making serious decisions in a crisis?”
I would!
You know… as opposed to the guy who only made it worse by creating a media fiasco and halted the agreements taking place to say “hey, look at me! I’m doin’ somethin’!”.
I’m sick of having an innefectual PR-President.
September 26th, 2008 at 2:09 pmTracy__5 Says
September 26th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
What are the main subjects/issues of the debate tonight?
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Tonight’s debate is supposed to focus on foreign policy. However, because of the Wall Street situation, most of the talking heads believe there will be some debate questions geared toward that as well.
McCain and Obama are also scheduled to debate two other times — on October 7, they will debate in a townhall meeting format, and on October 15, their debate will be on domestic policy.
September 26th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThis will be interesting!
September 26th, 2008 at 2:21 pm.
OMFG!!!
Johnny’s McFishin’ again…
… First he will, then he won’t, now he will.
O.K. yes it is a good thing for Johnny to keep his commitment to America and all, now we get to see him McFlip-flop live on T.V. Someone, PLEASE count the ways…
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September 26th, 2008 at 2:30 pmTracy:
McCain doesn’t need to prepare for this debate.
I imagine that he has his talking points all set to go:
Russia out of the G8!
Iran is evil!
Pakistan is sheltering all the bad guys!
Chavez is the enemy!
Israel has the right to defend itself!
League of Nations (my friends)!
Destroying Iraq saved Iraq!
Bully the planet!
etc. etc. etc.
If I hear an original idea coming out of his mouth I’ll fall over from shock!
September 26th, 2008 at 3:05 pmmcsame campaign jumps the gun.
declares victory before debate.
(from the wsj online)
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they work hard at making gaffes,
don’t they?
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September 26th, 2008 at 3:26 pmTracy__5 Says:
“Who would want this man making serious decisions in a crisis?”
The crisis would pass before Obama actually made a decision!
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So this is what you do. Just come in here to spew out REALLY ignorant nonsense like this. Is the point to PROVE how unbelievably stupid you are? Hey that has already been established you are a MORON supreme. You are stupider than the cork in a bottle of stupid. So you can just go back to your bridge you have your quota of ignorance already
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