Pfotenhauer Claims McCain Has Made The Economy The ‘Fulcrum Of His Whole Campaign’
Pfotenhauer Claims McCain Has Made The Economy The ‘Fulcrum Of His Whole Campaign’
With close friends like Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) acknowledging that a focus on the economy has been bad for Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign, his adviser have announced a strategy for “turning a page on this financial crisis” in order to stop “talking” about the economy. But on the defensive about trying to avoid the most important issue of the day, senior McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer argued on Fox News today that McCain “has made the economy, and his economic policies, just really, the fulcrum of his whole campaign”:
PFOTENHAUER: Now, obviously, Senator McCain has made the economy, and his economic policies, just really, the fulcrum of his whole campaign. I mean, we spend about 80 percent of our time talking about it, unless Russia invades Georgia, and then there’s a little bit of a sidebar. But we spend most of our time focusing on those things because Senator McCain cares so much about it. And he’s been very clear, if I can be biased, he has a very comprehensive plan to get the economy back on track and we spend almost all of our time advocating it.
Watch it:
In reality, McCain has made every effort he can to talk about anything but the economy. In June, Fortune magazine asked McCain what he saw as “the gravest long-term threat to the U.S. economy.” Instead of mentioning an actual economic issue, McCain paused for 11 seconds before saying “radical Islamic extremism“:
He’s looking not at us but into the void. His eyes are narrowed. Nine seconds of silence, ten seconds, 11. Finally he says, “Well, I would think that the absolute gravest threat is the struggle that we’re in against radical Islamic extremism, which can affect, if they prevail, our very existence. Another successful attack on the United States of America could have devastating consequences.”
McCain’s pivot in his interview with Fortune is similar to the pivot he made during a primary debate earlier this year. Asked about why he was “qualified” to “manage our economy,” McCain said that his military background gave him “the vision and the knowledge and the background to take on the transcendent issue of the 21st century, which is radical Islamic extremism.”
Considering that McCain has previously admitted that he knows “a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues,” it’s not surprising that he would often choose to talk about “radical Islamic extremism” instead of the economy. What is surprising is that McCain’s advisers believe they can credibly claim McCain has made the economy “the fulcrum” of his campaign.
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October 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmUh, um... Nancy?
Are you feeling well, dear?
You look a little pale. Why don't you take a nice nap? I think it'll do you a world of good.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmAnd he’s been very clear, if I can be biased, he has a very comprehensive plan to get the economy back on track and we spend almost all of our time advocating it.
yes, dear, you can be biased. it's what we expect of you. But you cannot be delusional. Then you're no good to anyone. Not McSame, not Faux News -- no one.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:21 pmRachel Maddow had Pfotenhauer ( the best shill McCain has ) on her show last Friday and Rachel ( while being polite, professional and very cordial ) made Pfotenhauer look like the smiling weasel prevaricator McCain shill she really is.
It was great to see !
October 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmPfotenhauer Claims McCain Has Made The Economy The ‘Fulcrum Of His Whole Campaign’
- - Fulcrum is right. McCain has reached his tipping point.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmI thought he didn`t know much about economics.......Or does he still think the fundamentals are still strong, like the blue collar worker.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmAnd Nancy dear, have a donut or some pasta or some such carb, stat!
October 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pmPoor Nancy - she's as delusional as Moosie-Poo.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:36 pmPfotenhauer is not McCain's best shill, she is his worst. She lies so comprehensively and so flagrantly that she defies any credibility. The worse matters become, the more bizarre she sounds. I am not willing to be wildly optimistic and say that the wheels have come off the wagon, but all the lugs nuts are loose and so are everyone's lips. This campaign is experiencing a major disconnect with reality and they seem to expect the American people to believe all of this. How did this all get this far along? Sad.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pmBut on the defensive about trying to avoid the most important issue of the day, senior McCain adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer argued on Fox News today that McCain “has made the economy, and his economic policies, just really, the fulcrum of his whole campaign”.........
Making nonsensical and dishonest claims on FAUX isn't likely to help you at this point , Nance............
October 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pmWell he is pivoting now to inciting people to proclaim obama is a terrorist and palin is even inciting folks to yell "kill him!" From TPM:
He knows that on healthcare, taxes, Iraq war, and the economy, he has NOTHING TO OFFER. This is really sick, folks.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pmWho wound this silly little woman up? She has said nothing that has been true for three months. Wind her up and put the tape in her and she will repeat it over and over and over and never allow the other person to get a word in edgwise. What a miserable little human. There seems to be something terribly wrong with women who are right wingnut extremists. The all seem to have been dropped on their heads at birth or abused as a child. Examples: this hack, mAnn Coulter, Laura Ingrham, my ex-wife, congresswoman Blackburn, and Elisabeth Hasslebeck, et al.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:45 pmha! what, no rachel?
(listening now to the rebroadcast of that interview)
somewhat OT -
from a link at the end of the tiabi piece, Mad Dog Palin - another must read:
The Truth About Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin's credentials as a "reformer" are nothing but spin. She has sided with Big Oil, lobbied to increase pork spending and abused her public power to carry out personal vendettas. Here's a guide to separating myth from fact.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23140513/the_truth_about_sarah_palin
#8 is proof that this snowbilly (love it) was a complete make-over.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:50 pmSomeone check me on this; I thought the fact the McCain had been a POW was the "fulcrum of his campaign"?
Did I imagine that?
October 6th, 2008 at 7:51 pmHow can this woman tell these lies with a straight face. If it's McCain's number one priority and he has a brilliant plan for our economy, then why isn't he talking about it?
Trying to figure these people out gives me a really bad headache. The whole McCain campaign has become a total joke.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmOh, come on, Bilbo, don't be so naive.
When you're in a war, you can't tell the enemy your plan. If McCain sets a withdrawal date, all the economy has to do is wait him out.
October 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
How can this woman tell these lies with a straight face.
Years of practice lying and no conscience.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmThat plan, would that be the tax cuts for the embarrassingly rich and the Steely Dan for us?? Gee I wonder why you guys are on your way to a Goldwater shellacking. Must be something about the desert and being rich and stupid...
October 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmThe economy may be his fulcrum, but McCain's lever is much, much too short [when size matters most].
October 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmI don't even think McCain understands that a fulcrum is related to physics, because physics is a science and that would make it an inherent evil to the GOP by proxy alone.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:07 pmAre we all supposed to nod our heads and drool? We're not all Republicans, lady! Some of us are capable of independent thought.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmAre you Afraid of Freedom?
October 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pmIt's time for the Obama surrogates to push the McCain/G. Gordon Liddy, McCain/John Singlaub and Palin/Alaska Independence Party relationships. They can also bring up Vikki Iseman to tie McCain to the economic crisis.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmPalin supporters are yelling "Kill Him" at her rallies, when she says Obama is pals with Ayers.
Tell the MSM
The SarahBots are threatening assassination and she says NOTHING.
Stop the fascism, now.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmThe fulcrum... you know, like the thing a see-saw balances on in the middle. And the ends of the see-saw that go up-and-down, up-and-down... I imagine those represent the rest of his policy positions.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmSorry, but with McCain it doesn't matter where the fulcrum is, his lever is limp.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:14 pmSeems easy enough for a journalist to pull up Lexis/Nexis and count the McCain references to the economy.
Where are the press ?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmWow, what's that 500 pound gorilla on the other side of McCain't's fulcrum?????
The economic crisis???
Nancy is a little out of touch. Hope she keeps playing that fiddle while the economy burns (really bad spinning on her part).
October 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pmQ: Who da Pfunk decided it was "Dress Like A Martian Day"?
October 6th, 2008 at 10:19 pmFulcrum? More like a straight razor, shredding John's chances.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:24 pmpeople still buy this bunk rhetoric about russia invading georgia??
October 6th, 2008 at 11:25 pmJebus, Nancy is McCain's version of Dana Perino.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:33 pmPFOTENHAUER, pass the Botox.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:43 pm.
I suppose Nancy thinks that Johnny will simply McSuspend the economy during his presidency...
... NO?
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October 7th, 2008 at 1:17 amPrisoner of War = Strong Leader is a fabulously silly idea, but just look at how much this man has gained from the press having codified this little formula into an edict to respect and elevate him. It has conferred him with expertise on military and security matters. It appears to give him super-natural powers, because he certainly didn't get a lot of leadership experience in prison. Probably wasn't a war library at the Hanoi Hilton either.
It's all voodoo.
Can any but the true-believers believe what Pfotenhauer is saying?
October 7th, 2008 at 1:44 am