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(Updated) McCain Campaign Panics: Rezko, POW, and Pointy Headed Professor.

by TomP, Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:30:25 PM EST

Yeah. All at once. Out. of Contol. In McMansion McCainville.

You all know what happened. McCain couldn't remember how many houses he owned. Obama smacked him on it, with comments in a speech and a TV ad. Now McCain's campaign literally is going nuts. They know it's a game changer.

"We're delighted to have a real estate debate with Barack Obama," said spokesman Brian Rogers, adding that the press should focus on Obama's house. "It's a frickin' mansion. He doesn't tell people that. You have a mansion you bought in a shady deal with a convicted felon."

snip

That's fair game now," he said. "You are going to see more of that now that this issue has been joined. You'll see more of the Rezko matter from us."

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He also added: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," referring to the prisoner of war camp that McCain was in during the Vietnam War.

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"In terms of who's an elitist, I think people have made a judgment that John McCain is not an arugula-eating, pointy headed professor-type based on his life story."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-tra il/2008/08/21/mccain_spokesmans_retort_o bama.html

I think they are losing it!!

It's not McCain's number of houses we're questioning, just his judgment. :-)

This is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Opening a Rezko website now!! Panic in McCainland. Keep pushing back on this.

Sen. John McCain's campaign is fighting back against questions about his house holdings by opening a website focusing on past questions about Sen. Barack Obama's dealings with controversial Chicago businesssman Tony Rezko. The campaign was getting the site ready Thursday afternoon. McCain surrogates on television were being armed with facts about Rezko's relationship to Obama's purchase of his Chicago home in 2005. Previewing the message the campaign will seek to drive, a McCain spokesman said: "In an attempt to make something stick, Barack Obama has re-aired his dirty laundry with convicted felon Tony Rezko that led to a highly questionable land deal. Rezko’s dirty dealings are well-documented and his relationship with Barack Obama goes back 20 years."

McCain attacks Obama on Rezko

Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain (all tags)

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Pointy Headed Professor?? (2.00 / 6)

They are really desparate!!

by TomP on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:31:17 PM EST

I hope obama (2.00 / 3)

responds that according to McSAME because he doesn't make 5 million a year he's middle class

McCain - a serial Opportunist, from marriage to policy positions

by TarHeel on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:32:50 PM EST
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Re: Pointy Headed Professor?? (2.00 / 2)

I can see why McCain likes the pointy headed professor attack, as McCain always finished at the bottom of his class in college.

by magster on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:27:41 PM EST
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Re: Pointy Headed Professor?? (none / 0)

Isn't the term "pointy-headed professor" somewhat anti-Semitic? The term dates from the 1950s when Joe McCarthy and co. went after intellectuals and they used the term "pointy-headed" all the time. I think it was supposed to reference the prevalence of Jewish intellectuals associated with the Left.

Is this true?

by elrod on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 05:57:12 PM EST
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Hey... (none / 0)

How did that Rezko thing turn out with the last person to use it?

Hillary 4 life.

by Hill4Life on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:49:48 PM EST
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Re: McCain Campaign in Panic: Promises to GO (?) N (2.00 / 2)

yeah, why settle for arugula when you can have filet mignon?

by the mollusk on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:37:52 PM EST

Rezko? are they SURE they want to go there... (2.00 / 5)

Yeah, they are DYING to bring up Rezko.

Can you say Keating Five? Bet Obama's campaign can...

On Nov 4th, Barack Obama officially ends the Southern Strategy....

by WashStateBlue on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:41:59 PM EST

Re: Rezko? are they SURE they want to go there... (2.00 / 6)

That's the poker player in Obama coming out:

I'll see your Tony Rezko and raise you a Keating Five!

Two riders were approaching......the wind begins to howl!

by John in Chicago on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:06:05 PM EST
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Re: Rezko? are they SURE they want to go there... (2.00 / 2)

Everybody has heard about Rezko by now (thank you d-bags!) but the Keating 5 scandal has been flying under the radar for some time now.

I haven't been this hyped about the election in some time now.

GET EM!

Welcome to a landslide WITH white working class, latinos, women and holding on sweeties!!!

by spacemanspiff on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:18:38 PM EST
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Re: Rezko? are they SURE they want to go there... (2.00 / 3)

Obama is going all out:

Obama Campaign Launches New TV Ad And Holds Events Throughout The Country On John McCain Losing Track of How Many Homes He Owns

Highlights Just How Out of Touch John McCain Is

CHICAGO - Today, the Obama campaign released a new 30-second TV ad, Seven, discussing just how out of touch John McCain is with the struggles of everyday people. The ad highlight's John McCain's desire to just offer more of the same economic policies we've gotten from President Bush, as just yesterday he declared "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" and lost track of how many houses he owns.

In addition, Obama supporters are speaking out in battleground states across the country about how out of touch Senator McCain is. Listed below is information on the ad as well as just a few of the events happening today across the country.

BURLINGTON, VT: Vermont State Representative Rachel Weston will be speaking outside her home about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

LA CROSSE, WI: State Rep. Jen Shilling and La Crosse Obama supporters host a news conference on McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

MADISON, WI: Former US Senator Jean Carnahan holds event in Madison with Women For Obama where she will talk about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

DES MOINES, IA: Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius campaigns in Des Moines this afternoon where she will discuss McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

KANSAS CITY, MO: Obama Heartland Change RV Tour with State Senator Wes Shoemyer will visit a Missouri family in Kansas City to discuss McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

ST. PAUL, MN: State Senator Tarryl Clark discusses McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

BANGOR, ME: Rep. Mike Dunn, and House Majority Whip Sean Faircloth will hold a press conference to talk about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

PUEBLO, CO: State Rep. Terrance Carroll will hold an event with Obama supporters in Denver and State Sen. Abel Tapia about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

OH: Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen will talk about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns at events throughout southeast Ohio

ALTOONA, PA: State Senator John Wozniak will headline an event in Altoona, PA on McCain losing track of how many homes he owns and the campaign is also announcing a statewide search for anyone who doesn't know how many houses they own

MI: Campaign for Change offices across Michigan are launching a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: McCain Edition" contest where volunteers will be able to win a free "Exxon-McCain" bumper-sticker if they correctly guess the number of houses John McCain owns. Prizes will be only be awarded after McCain clarifies exactly how many houses he owns. To win, the answer must be specific -- "at least four" doesn't count.

TAMPA , FL: Campaign for Change in Florida launched a statewide search to find Floridians who, like John McCain, have so many homes that they just can't keep track of the number.

Raleigh, NC: Campaign for Change in North Carolina is holding a press conference in Raleigh with Representative G.K. Butterfield to talk about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

BILLINGS, MT: A local family will hold an availability in front of a house slated for foreclosure

NV: Congresswoman Berkley will host a conference call to talk about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

ANCHORAGE, AK: Local residents will hold a press availability to talk about McCain losing track of how many homes he owns

If this isn't on every evening news broadcast in the country tonight and over the next few days, your traditional media are frickin' out to lunch.

Give kudos to kitty at kos for this info

by venician on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:17:27 PM EST
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Re: Rezko? are they SURE they want to go there... (none / 0)

Holy shit, they really are going all out with this. I love it.

And McCain wants to run w/ Rezko? Its a non starter. Obama paid like 3% less than market value for the property in question, and there was never any connection w/ Obama and Rezko's shady dealings.

McCain would be better off running ads of Obama bowling. Not that I think that's a fair attack, but it would work better than Rezko for Chrissakes.

Two riders were approaching......the wind begins to howl!

by John in Chicago on Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 10:13:37 AM EST
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Re: Rezko? are they SURE they want to go there... (2.00 / 3)

And it opens the door to question Cindy's fathers ties to the mob??

by venician on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:01:29 PM EST
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and didn't Corsi write about that, too? (2.00 / 2)

But, you know, you just have to have a sense of humor about these things.

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:09:16 PM EST
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They want to argue elite here? (2.00 / 2)

One thing you gotta give John McCain credit for.

He is old school Republic, he made his money the old fashioned way.

He married it.

On Nov 4th, Barack Obama officially ends the Southern Strategy....

by WashStateBlue on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:45:37 PM EST

Hurts, doesn't it? (2.00 / 5)

McCain campaign losing it.

There are in big trouble and they know it. How many houses, John?

And what does POW have ot do with it?

JohnMcCain has been trading off of being a POW for a long time. It dishonors all the others who were there. It's his answer to anything.

I call McCain gutless.

Shove off, troll.

by TomP on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:47:31 PM EST

Re: McCain Campaign in Panic: Promises to GO (?) N (2.00 / 4)

Why all the hating on arugula?

by TCQuad on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:49:26 PM EST

Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 1)

Who the hell even knows what it is?

by Glaurung on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:57:52 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 4)

it's a spicy green leafy vegetable that grows best in cold climates. try it sometime on a blt, but instead of lettuce, use arugula. it's good stuff and very easy to grow in the garden.

yes, i am aware of how big a dork i am.

by the mollusk on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:10:43 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 1)

Thanks. Now you and I know what argula is.

But I thought Republicants were supposed to be masters at comminicating with the unwashed masses who use words like "lettuce."

by Glaurung on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:17:21 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 1)

yeah, i realized that half-way through my comment, but i was having too much fun to stop.

by the mollusk on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:27:14 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (none / 0)

What the hell. Pass the arugula and capers, please.

by Glaurung on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 07:00:36 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 1)

Nothing dorky about arugula. Pretty much anyone who does their own shopping knows what it is.

I think it's only Republicans who think "arugula" is somehow elitist.

by looty on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:18:34 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 1)

I have a distinct memory of buying Green Leaf lettuce in Alabama when I first moved there. It was at a Wal-Mart (I know, I know) and when I took it up front to buy it, the cashier asked rather incredulously, "What's that?". "Lettuce" I said. "Lettuce? Around here people eat regular lettuce." By 'regular lettuce', of course, she meant Iceburg Lettuce. Nearly all of the Iceburg Lettuce in the country in grown in California. In Alabama, you could probably grow Green Leaf lettuce from seed in a matter of weeks and practically year-round. Strange what people consider to be "regular" isn't it?

by the mollusk on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:26:20 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (2.00 / 1)

I like to make a salad with arugula, some parmesan cheese, croutons, and a very light French champagne vinaigrette dressing.

Sound snobby? I can buy every single ingredient in my middle-class DC-suburb Giant.

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by mistersite on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:35:59 PM EST
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Re: Why all the hating on arugula? (none / 0)

I'm more of a Romaine person myself.
Ooh, NPR is playing the clip of MCain stumbling on the house question, with Obama's out of touch message at a speech. Next up- the quote from Rick Davis about Rezko, saying "Does Obama really want to go there?"
"Apparently, YES!" Says NPR, then plays about 10 seconds of Obama's 30 sec ad (featured on the FP).
This is great!

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:51:04 PM EST
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Re: McCain Campaign in Panic: (2.00 / 4)

Their panic is directly proportional to their squealing. Apparently we hit a soft spot.

by rfahey22 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:49:32 PM EST

You want to see McPanic? (2.00 / 3)

Wait until Obama hits him with his draft comment...

Woman asked: "If we don't reenact the draft I don't think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell."

McCain replied: "Ma'am, let me say that I don't disagree with anything you said

Come on Obama -- kick him in the groin!

by Glaurung on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:56:42 PM EST

Re: You want to see McPanic? (none / 0)

Huffington Post said the comment did not happen like that. It was more a large question about veteran services.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. ~ Sun Tzu

by Tumult on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:39:42 PM EST
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Re: You want to see McPanic? (none / 0)

Why don't you ask McSmear for that kind of charity toward Obama? And when they stop laughing at you in GOPville you can come back here and cry on our shoulders about it.

by Glaurung on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:58:17 PM EST
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Re: McCain Campaign in Panic: Promises to GO (?) N (2.00 / 1)

John McCain = Noun- Verb - POW

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

by jsfox on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 02:58:16 PM EST

In a panic? (none / 0)

The McCain camp simply uses the issue as a justification for bringing up the Rezko connection, throwing that right back in Obama's face, and that is evidence the McCain camp is in a panic?

I see this being at best a draw for Obama -- and he might lose, due to the hypocrisy factor, namely, who is Obama, who made 4 million last year, to declare McCain out of touch economically?

I guess by this reasoning the McCain camp was "in a panic" when they threw the celebrity ad at Obama after Obama's big event in Germany?

Pretty good panic, that. A few more panics like that and Obama's out of the running.

by frankly0 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:00:31 PM EST

Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 1)

Yes. He is thrwoing everything at him and using POW as a crutch.

I disagree with how you see it.

Rezko was coming anyway. Hell, they'll work Rev. Wright in somehow, but this just feeds the story of McCain's houses.

A few more panics like this and McCain is out of the running. Yes.

by TomP on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:03:10 PM EST
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McCain loses the theatre of this one... (2.00 / 3)

...one Chicago lowlife

...ten glittering mansions.

The ten glittering mansions win.

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:05:00 PM EST
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Re: McCain loses the theatre of this one... (none / 0)

I call it most likely a draw.

And the problem for Obama is that he fired first, which makes it quite possible it will backfire on him if he's considered to be living in a glass house on the issue (esp one got with the assistance of a man who was clearly corrupt).

by frankly0 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:10:58 PM EST
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No, the problem is that no one who (2.00 / 2)

hasn't been closely following the blogs the last year through the Dem primaries really knows anything about Rezko. It's too hard to explain in one soundbite, and you'd have to start talking about the trial and then you'd have to try to talk about how come Obama never went to trial if he was in cahoots with this guy and what did he do wrong and how is the house tied into all that etc etc etc.

Versus

Ten. glittering. mansions.

That's what I mean by theatre.

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:17:03 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 1)

Nice history here.

How much does the McCain campaign pay you to defend him on Democratic blogs?

On Nov 4th, Barack Obama officially ends the Southern Strategy....

by WashStateBlue on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:05:12 PM EST
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Um, (1.00 / 0)

so pointing out that the response of the McCain camp is hardly evidence of a panic is "defending" him?

Reason much?

by frankly0 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:08:34 PM EST
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Re: Um, (2.00 / 1)

"pointy headed professor?"

Seriously?

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:12:54 PM EST
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Re: Um, (none / 0)

Umm, the fact that McCain trolls all the sudden popped up in liberal blogs en masse today to defend forgottenhomes-gate is pretty good evidence that McCain campaign is in attack mode

by KLRinLA on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:39:35 PM EST
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Re: Um, (none / 0)

er "attack" should be "panic"

by KLRinLA on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:40:00 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 2)

I love the smell of McCain Points in the morning!

by Dreorg on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:09:37 PM EST
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So if one points (1.00 / 0)

out that declaring that McCain is "in a panic" is little more than a delusion, that's a "McCain point"?

Does reality and fact ever intrude into your little world?

Again, I see this as most likely a draw.

Try to remember one important reason that Bush Senior lost big time over the supermarket scanner issue. It wasn't simply that he was perceived as economically out of touch over the issue, it was that the same could not be said for his opponent, Bill Clinton, who certainly at the time was not making 4 mil in a single year, and did not have himself a reputation for being out-of-touch economically.

Obama and McCain going after each other on this point is going to be the Pot and the Kettle trading insults.

A draw.

by frankly0 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:18:04 PM EST
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Re: So if one points (none / 0)

Hey, can we call this one "SenilityGate?"

I think it has a good ring to it!

Reporter - "Hey John, how many fingers am I holding up?"

McCain - "Um, well, see if thumbs are...I'll have my staff get back to you."

Great times ahead folks!

Leno, Letterman, Kimmel, O'Brian will all be running with this theme.

Good times!

"Can We Build It? Yes We Can!" - Bob the Builder

by Stipes on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 05:18:38 PM EST
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Re: So if one points (none / 0)

Obama earned his money. He grew up poor and worked hard for everything he has.

John McCain is the son of an Admiral and married Cindy and her wealth.

This isn't about McCain being rich, per se. It's about him being so rich he doesn't understand the economy.

The Rezko thing doesn't make a bit of a dent in this narrative, especially since Obama was cleared of any wrongdoing in that issue.

by elrod on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:05:48 PM EST
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Re: So if one points (2.00 / 1)

Well, let's be fair here... he didn't just marry Cindy and her wealth... he left his first wife to marry Cindy and her wealth.

McCain/Palin... even scarier than Bush/Cheney... and that's saying something!

by JenKinFLA on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:38:44 PM EST
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Re: So if one points (none / 0)

Defending McCain on every issue that's come up in the last several weeks while simultaneously attacking Obama as a liar. That's a "McCain point", and you've been racking them up by the bundle.

by bottl4 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 07:33:05 PM EST
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Re: So if one points (none / 0)

Not really. For one, not nearly as much free media play going on for the Rezko ad. additionally it's way old news and easily debunked "more of the same McCain".

As for the Money thing, using McCains own words Obamas 4 million makes him middle class, and he actually earned that money by writing his own books. McCain left his crippled wife to marry his. Highlighting his insane wealth leads to questions about the dishonorable way that he got it.

The rezko thing might have had a better chance of sticking if it hadn't come after a day of spastic flailing for a message.

I have no doubt that McManchurian's little propaganda shop will come out with some new vile smear in a few days cause really thats all he's got.

by tired of dynasties on Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 03:02:50 AM EST
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Re: So if one points (none / 0)

Hmm... deliberately misinterpreting the meaning of "McCain Points" so as to make the reader think one's not a troll? Or genuinely just misguided?

Basically, I'm stuck trying to decide if you're being clever or clueless.

by Dreorg on Sat Aug 23, 2008 at 12:53:24 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 3)

No, this is good stuff. What the public cares about is whether a candidate can dish it out as well as take it. I don't think the public cares that McCain has seven houses. If Obama can go all the way, though--"Who says the economy is doing well? Scrooge McDuck McCain"--that'll show he can mix it up.

In real life people don't respect it when someone takes crap and doesn't dish it out. In this situation the Dems have an added bonus--McCain probably is the sort of thin-skinned guy who can dish it out but can't take it. That's how Bush beat him in 2000.

by IncognitoErgoSum on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:13:43 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 1)

Good point about 2000. I bet the Obama camp has studied that campaign's dynamics and taken note of McCain's buttons. The guy has a notoriously short fuse, and you know it's going to be lit and relit from now til Novemeber.

"This victory alone is not the change we seek -- it is only the chance for us to make that change." -- Nov. 4, 2008

by BobzCat on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:26:36 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (none / 0)

Speaking of buttons, how thick do ya think the KGB psych profile sitting on Putin's desk might be? I wonder what the going rate for that will be around the world if johnny goes marching up to the WH.

by tired of dynasties on Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 03:05:22 AM EST
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Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 1)

Exactly! I can't wait to see him meltdown during the bebates. You'll be able to see the hatred on his face as he clenches his jaw so tight you fear he might crack his dentures.

by venician on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:09:27 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (none / 0)

You don't get it at all. McCain's houses and forgetfulness tie into several themes - age, memory, wealth, the economy, and aloofness. Rezko says nothing about those themes. People vote based on issues that affect them, not inside baseball scandals (in which they assume that all politicians engage).

by rfahey22 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:19:46 PM EST
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Re: In a panic? (2.00 / 1)

Obama only made $4 million last year?
That's not even rich by John McCain's standards:

Asked by Warren "at what point--give me a number, give me a specific number--[...]do you move from middle class to rich?", McCain replied "How about $5 million?"

Obama has worked his way up the ladder.
John McCain got a legacy appointment to the Naval Academy and dumped his wife after coming home from Vietnam to marry a rich heiress. Since then he's spent almost 30 years in Washington living off the government and his wife's money.
And you think Obama is out of touch because he made money off of book sales in 2007?

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC

by skohayes on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 07:03:02 PM EST
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McCain's 2006 home... (2.00 / 5)

..."everything in the house is grand..."

..."plenty of space for Cindy's designer clothes"

..."a pool the size you'd find at a resort"

Seriously, this is too good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwjC0Wbk 3Q

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:02:16 PM EST

Re: McCain's 2006 home... (2.00 / 4)

LOL!!

That's great.

This is so good, because it so undercuts McCain's narrative.

by TomP on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:04:04 PM EST
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Re: McCain's 2006 home... (2.00 / 5)

It was featured in Archetectural Digest...that's not just walkin' around money to get featured in that magazine.

And, this is one of their current properties: http://www.2211camelback.com/

It has its own soundtrack...

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:08:44 PM EST
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Re: McCain's 2006 home... (2.00 / 1)

"...that's not just walkin' around money to get featured in that magazine."

Damn, you go girl!

"It has its own soundtrack..."

Can we book you on the new Rachel Maddow TV show?

On Nov 4th, Barack Obama officially ends the Southern Strategy....

by WashStateBlue on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:36:29 PM EST
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Sure! book me... (none / 0)

...for Rachel I have all the time in the world ;-)

Somehow I don't see that happening...

by grannyhelen on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:49:40 PM EST
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Re: This Is Change We Can Believe In? (2.00 / 3)

And just how many houses are you planning to buy with your McCain Points?

by Dreorg on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:07:47 PM EST

Re: This Is Change We Can Believe In? (2.00 / 2)

campaigns are all about nonsense.

by the mollusk on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:12:54 PM EST

McCain camp must be feeling like...... (2.00 / 3)

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

President-elect Barack Obama spent the day thanking the people who helped him win the election. Obama's first phone call was to Sarah Palin.

by wellinformed on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:13:43 PM EST

Wow, talking point city (2.00 / 5)

They're not going to have any ammo left by October if they respond like that to Obama calling him on one ridiculous comment.

The pebbles have voted and the avalanche has begun.

President-Elect "That One"

by Dracomicron on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:20:50 PM EST

Re: (Updated) McCain Campaign Panics: Rezko, POW (1.00 / 2)

Obama was unwise to talk about real estate.

I will stop there until its clear who the VP is.

by dtaylor2 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:11:45 PM EST

Re: (Updated) McCain Campaign Panics: Rezko, POW (2.00 / 2)

what, in case it's clinton, and then you won't bash the ticket?

by venician on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:20:00 PM EST
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Come on. (2.00 / 3)

The Rezko thing is over and done with. Obama was never even mentioned in the trial. Clinton almost certainly isn't going to be the VP; if that's what you're holding off for, don't. You can always say it was a joke later.

The pebbles have voted and the avalanche has begun.

President-Elect "That One"

by Dracomicron on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:22:13 PM EST
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Re: (Updated) McCain Campaign Panics: Rezko, POW (2.00 / 2)

From what I read about the Rezko trial, Obama wasn't really mentioned but Karl Rove and the GOP was.

Rezko expected the AG to be replaced by Karl Rove and the White House with someone that would not continue the case. I really don't think McCain camp should be bringing him up.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. ~ Sun Tzu

by Tumult on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 06:45:06 PM EST
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"Where the hell is Hillary Clinton" (2.00 / 2)

She's campaigning for Barack Obama.

What is The October Protocol?

by Koan on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:48:37 PM EST

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