McCain in NC yesterday: "McCain’s Monday Campaigning Leaves Some Puzzled"

[Lex]

McCain’s Monday Campaigning Leaves Some Puzzled

Several things about John McCain’s Monday caused some head scratching, including the tease of some new economic policies to a town hall meeting with no Q&A.

It began with McCain’s close friend Sen. Lindsey Graham who said McCain would propose new tax policies this week. Yet Monday brought two stump speeches with no new economic proposals. Instead, McCain reiterated what he’s been saying for weeks.

A conference call with the campaign provided little guidance. It seems Monday was all about unveiling a new stump speech, according to campaign spokesman Brian Rogers.

On Tuesday, McCain will outline “specific new measures,” according to Doug Holtz-Eakin, the campaign’s economic policy director, on a conference call with reporters. He declined to elaborate any further, saying only, “We just need to look forward to hearing from him.”

Then came the event in Wilmington, N.C., held at — irony alert!– Cape Fear Community College. McCain stood in front of the crowd and said he would take questions or comments after he delivered his remarks. He finished his prepared speech and tacked on a longtime stump story about the bracelet he wears. But then the music and handshaking began. No questions or comments to be heard—at least those directed at the senator. “I thought this was a town hall meeting?” a man asked the press corps.

To cap off the day, McCain tried channeling Clark Gable. During an interview with CNN, reporter Dana Bash asked about McCain’s attacks on Barack Obama, including the Democrat’s relationship with Bill Ayers, the 1960s radical turned college professor.

“Very frankly, Dana, I don’t give a damn about an old unrepentant terrorist,” McCain said.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/13/mccains-monday-campaigning-leaves-some-puzzled/


Keep it coming, McCane.

[tblue]

1. I think I'll start calling him Mr. Magoo

[Arugula Latte]

2. Then he yelled at a cloud. nt

[southerncrone]

4. and asked for more pudding.

[alsame]

3. And then they wonder why McCain is called erratic?

[yardwork]

5. McCain is not right in the head. I don't know what's wrong, but he's not right.

His campaign is erratic because McCain himself is erratic. Adding Palin to the ticket made things worse. She can't help, she has to be told what to do, and she's attracted a dangerous group of followers.

A McCain presidency would be a worse disaster than W's, and that's saying a lot. The media needs to stop twiddling their thumbs and start reporting some semblance of the truth. No rational person should even consider voting for McCain, and they wouldn't if the media were doing their job.

[AlCzervik]

6. that's some strateegery right there.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Pitiful

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