McCain and Palin's meeting with Bono canceled

[Nambe]

Source: CNN

NEW YORK (CNN) – John McCain and Sarah Palin’s meeting with Bono was canceled Wednesday due to scheduling reasons, according to the campaign.

Instead, McCain and Palin will chat with Bono by phone this afternoon about the ONE Campaign, the U2 front man’s initiative to raise awareness of AIDS and global poverty. ...

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/24/mccain-and-palins-meeting-with-bono-canceled/

[Muttocracy]

1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[MUAD_DIB]

7. Team McCain just keeps on spilling that apple sauce...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Palin still hasn't found what she's running for.

[WCGreen]

5. Oh my, that is clever....

[Muttocracy]

10. I didn't get that until the other reply - D'OH! - Good one. nt

[City Lights]

14. From here it looks like she's running to stand still.

;-)

[DS1]

29. Nice!

:thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. I learned from the master.

;)

[Roland99]

38. Not a Beautiful Day for the McCain ticket

[grannie4peace]

3. i'm glad i didn't want him sullied by her

[thereismore]

4. What? No photo op? Bono did not want to be used. nt

[hamsterjill]

22. Exactly!!

I was hoping he was going to be smarter than that!!! Or perhaps The Edge smacked him a good one and brought him to his senses.

I figured that Palin would want to compare her specks to his!

[rockymountaindem]

6. So they set aside a whole day for a meaningless meeting that was canceled?

Get out of the way because that campaign is in freefall.

[Virginia Dare]

8. A little phone chat with Bono, and then Sarah..

will be an expert on AIDS and global poverty. She's a real fast learner that one..:eyes:

[crossroads]

25. A real wizz kid! From dummy to diplomat in hours... nt

[Captiosus]

9. I'm thinking someone in the McCain camp watched Countdown

Last night they discussed that Bono isn't media shy and the silver lining to Palin meeting Bono was that reporters could probably easily get an interview with Bono and discuss Palin.

[skypilot]

11. That last sentence is a doozy.

"Unlike McCain and Palin’s other meetings with dignitaries in New York this week, most of which had been open to reporters and photographers, the Bono meeting was listed as closed to the press, at the rock star’s request."

What utter bullshit. I wonder how long it will be before we find out that it wasn't Bono's request that the event be closed to the press.

[maxsolomon]

36. SOP for Bono

he's serious.

[Solly Mack]

12. the phone line can always die when the talk turns too complicated for Mcpalin

[Cheap_Trick]

13. Where the streets (to nowhere) have no name.....

[FightingIrish]

15. She said she was very upset at not meeting Bono

"I've Got You Babe" was always one of her favorite songs.

[firedupdem]

16. ROFL!!! That was a good one!

:rofl:

[City Lights]

17. LOL! nt

[colonel odis]

18. they must have just found out he was killed in that skiing accident and thought

this irish guy posing as sonny might be up to some trickeration.

[kay1864]

23. Ireland, Ireland...

That's in Latin America, now isn't it?

:rofl:

[pointblank]

31. Latin America?

They thought Ireland was somewhere wedged in between Iraq and Iran, and quickly rushed to cancedl the meeting...you know, its one of them "I" countries hehe

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. She was really upset when she found out Sonny Bono was dead

He was such a good Republican

[Janice325]

27. "I've Got You Babe" was always one of her favorite songs.

:rofl:
Thanks. I needed a good laugh today.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Wow..she really does phone in her job duties, just like they said. n/t

[YDogg]

20. when palin thought he had skied into a tree?

or when she found out cher couldn't make it?

[Patriot Abroad]

21. Thank goodness, it's demeaning to Bono to have to meet with Palin.

It must have been hard enough for him for the last 8 years pretending to respect Bush ...

[GinaMaria]

24. Do they have time for this?

They are so busy with economic crisis and impending depression scare tactics that they want to cancel the debates Friday, but they have time to chat with Bono? McLame will not speak to the American public on Friday, but he's making time for Bono? WTF is going on?

[Carni]

28. Why the F are they talking to Bono anyway? LOL

I am sorry...I used to be a huge U2 fan but Bono as a policy expert on anything is a bit much, esp since the hypocrite moved his own holdings out of Ireland so HE wouldn't have to pay Irish taxes.

Bono can piss in the wind IMO

[undeterred]

32. Somebody thinks he's a foreign leader?

Or he wants her recipe for mooseburger.

[babydollhead]

33. Love and Peace or else...lyrics

Lay down
Lay down
Lay your sweet lovely on the ground
Lay your love on the track
We're gonna break the monster's back
Yes we are...
Lay down your treasure
Lay it down now brother
You don't have time
For a jealous lover

As you enter this life
I pray you depart
With a wrinkled face
And a brand new heart

I don't know if I can take it
I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart you can break it

I need some release, release, release

We need
Love and peace
Love and peace

Lay down
Lay down your guns
All your daughters of Zion
All your Abraham sons

I don't know if I can make it
I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart and you can break it
I need some release, release, release

We need
Love and peace
Love and peace

Baby don't fight
We can talk this thing through
It's not a big problem
It's just me and you
You can call or I'll phone
The TV is still on
But the sound is turned down
And the troops on the ground
Are about to dig in

And I wonder where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Love and peace

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Bono has no interest in talking with those heartless..

theocratic fascist.

They would end AIDS research funding, it is bad enough how much has been cut out already.

[BelgianMadCow]

35. A Bonogo

:shrug:

extinct anyway
;-)

[Bluenorthwest]

37. He took the meeting, he's taking the call...

Bono's praise of Bush, not to mention Santorum and the rest, left me unable to listen to his product, music to my ears no more. Product of the most calculated type.
This pr wiz Bono just saw the writing on the wall, and knew he could not keep cashing in with many if he did the photo ops with Palin like he did with Bush and Santorum and all of that. He saw it would cost him image points and money, so he pulled out. Monday he was willing to take that meeting, and that says what needs to be said about Bono.
Bono on Bush: "I think he has done an incredible job, his administration, on AIDS."

Bono on Santorum: "I would suggest that Rick Santorum has a kind of Tourette's disease; he will always say the most unpopular thing. But on our issues, he has been a defender of the most vulnerable."

Santorum for the forgetful: "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything."
Bono's denfending this guy for saying 'unpopular things'. Santorum is not talking about marriage equaity, but about the private lives of Americans at home. "unpopular" is a spin that makes me vomit. Bono is an apologist for the worst of the worst, for haters and open bigots.

[Dukkha]

39. Bono collaborates with the enemy again

I don't care what your cause it, you don't save the world by making deals with the devil. The way he constantly paled around with Bush, Helms, Santorum and others and praised them did nothing more than earn the scorn of his fellow artist peers. His meeting with Mcpalin is completely useless because he's making it out like they are legitimate world leaders which they are not. It's more for appeasing his massive ego than actually doing good for world poverty. Other activists know better that you're much better off dealing with the private sector and the European union who have done a great deal more. By collaborating with the swine of America you only legitimize what they stand for.

[KansDem]

40. McCain's new nickname: "McAncel" (nt)