McCain's brother blasts campaign

[JonLP24]

Source: Baltimore Sun

Complains GOP candidate too controlled, not being shown as 'a great leader'

WASHINGTON - Frustrations inside John McCain's camp boiled over on the eve of tonight's presidential debate as the candidate's brother unleashed an e-mail blasting the campaign's "counter-productive" strategy.

"Let John McCain be John McCain," wrote Joe McCain in a missive sent out shortly before midnight Monday. "Make ads that show John not as crank and curmudgeon but as a great leader for his time."

McCain's younger brother was sharply critical of unnamed top campaign officials who "so tightly 'control the message'" that they are preventing reporters from speaking with those, like himself, who know the candidate best. His complaint echoed those of other McCain intimates who have chafed for months at orders not to speak with the news mediawithout advance permission from the campaign.

The younger McCain called this news management strategy "counter-intuitive, counter-experiential, and counter-productive" because it conflicts with his brother's reputation for openness. The clampdown "has gradually bled away all the good will that this great man had from the press," he wrote.


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[Demeter]

1. Time to Trade in Older Brother, Joe

You want the new, improved model!

[SpiralHawk]

7. "I'll soon be available." - First Brother Neil 'Silverado Skankster' Bush

"Like candidate McSame, I have lots of experience ripping off the American taxpayer through shady bank deals. Smirk."

- Neil 'Silverado Skankster' Bush

[Callalily]

2. If McCain in the leader he says

he is, then he should be calling the shots for his own campaign.

This is just a bunch of whining!

[sendero]

6. Exactly.

.... what a load of bollocks. They have all but lost the race, the fingers of blame that Republicans are so expert at will be wagging at full speed now.

At some point, someone is going to mention the 800 lb Caribou Barbie sitting on the kitchen table, Palin sunk McCain's chances, he rolled the dice and he lost - simple as that.

[kikiek]

3. So John McCain isn't being himself? Doesn't inspire confidence. Who wil lhelp him run the WH?

Apparently he doesn't trust his own judgment.

[DeeDeeNY]

4. Show him not as a crank and curmudgeon?

Are they miracle workers?

:shrug:

[Ferret Annica]

5. This ain't exactly the fat lady singing

but the young brother whining makes for high entertainment.

[NI4NI]

10. She's not singing exactly yet, but she is clearing her throat

and humming a few bars

[Virginia Dare]

16. Tomorrow she will take the stage...n/t

[niceypoo]

8. McCain is stupid to let people control him

He isnt good at being controlled, thus when he speaks his mind, it contradicts his campaign.

Bwahhahahaha

[tanyev]

9. Uh...his own campaign is going make ads that show John in his best possible light.

If John's best possible light still comes off as cranky and curmudgeonly, there's not much they can do to fix that.

[wilt the stilt]

11. McCain has southern roots

If you do a search on his genealogy McCain is a southerner. I wonder if there is latent prejudice that is driving him nuts that he is losing to a black man.

[mr1956]

15. Southern does not equal racism

I grew up in Northern Ohio. I can tell you the south is not the only place it thrives.

[wilt the stilt]

18. of course it doesn't

but in the south it is more of the culture

[tomg]

12. I think the next stage of

the meltdown is when someone claims that McCain has been kidnapped by his campaign managers who are secretly working for Obama.

[seafan]

13. So, Joe "Northern Virginia is Communist Country" McCain sees the GOP circling the drain?

Tough

[Virginia Dare]

14. Joe McCain is the guy who called Northern Virginia a communist country..

not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed either...:eyes:

[JI7]

17. McCain has a brother ?

[onager]

19. Go Joe! Keep amping up the Billy Carter Factor!

:rofl:

[RedLetterRev]

20. If the McKook campaign is an example of "tight control"

now I have a clear picture of what that old expression "more twists and turns than a snake on a griddle" means.

I think "letting McKook be McKooK" is exactly what the GOP is afraid of. Then again, it would be mildly amusing to watch the total implosion of the GOP and the nut contingent with it :popcorn: