Anybody watching McCain's "news making event"?

[LiberalAndProud]

[sktmax]

1. yep

[FSogol]

2. Did he wake from a nap or tell those kids to get off his lawn? n/t

[LiberalAndProud]

7. congratulation to obama and clinton

against a green background

[ps1074]

40. .

:rofl:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. No

what did he do, sing a second chorus to "Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran"?

[my2sense]

4. I'm watchng - I hope he names Hillary as his VP n/t

[niyad]

13. and do you want obama to name powell as his?

[my2sense]

71. Powell' s not interested.....

not quite understanding your point. Hillary has openly praised that she think McCain and NOT Obama is ready to be POTUS...

[WeDidIt]

5. What, did he pass gas and come out with that goofy yellow grin again?

Are we looking at cottage cheese on lime jello again?

[Bicoastal]

6. Whaz he doang?

[my2sense]

14. He sent Obama

a letter offering to hold joint democratic townhall meetings.....

[gravity]

8. yawn

[niyad]

9. not near a tv. what is blood reign mclame doing?

[uponit7771]

10. I heard he was going to have one but went to sleep before I found the channel

[MidwestTransplant]

11. watch me watch me I will make history too! I hope he doesn't moon the camera.

[LiberalAndProud]

12. talking about 1968 campaign

wants townhall format for campaign

[LiberalAndProud]

15. wants to share Obama's plane

10 townhall meetings, 1 per week with 200 attendees

1st on june 12 in new york city

[Stagecoach]

19. Translation

I'm going to have a hard time raising money to get my face on TV

[cliffordu]

34. Doesn't his wifey have a brazillion dollars??

[ErinBerin84]

24. share Obama's plane?

Why, what a McMaverick! This is fine by me, the more times that Obama and McCain can be side by side to show comparison, the better :)





Oh god. I just turned it on. Did they do a focus group or something that told them that green was a good idea?

[ebdarcy]

38. I don't know, but green is not a good idea for him.

At least not that shade of green.

[Kittycat]

44. Come on - it compliments his yellow teeth.

[Heather MC]

49. I keep expecting him to pull up to the mic in a golf cart.

My God the green is perfect. listening to him speak is like watching grass grow
boring and a major waste of time

[MaineDem]

Of course he does...he has no money!

Tough luck, McCain. Find more fat cats to fund your campaign.

[Stagecoach]

16. he wants 10 town hall meetings with Obama

between now and the election

[Chimichurri]

22. I would LOVE to see that! Obama would eviscerate him.

[skooooo]

17. personally I try to avoid falling into deep comas, so...

...i'm not watching it!

[Chimichurri]

18. "democrat" convention... I love how he keeps on embracing

everything Bush -
Keep it up!

[LiberalAndProud]

20. right change vs wrong change

going forward vs going backward

[goletian]

48. lol, does he really wanna say goin backward would be bad? backward from bush?

haha, mccain is so stupid.

[tulsakatz]

64. McCain certainly knows about going backward!

JFK & Goldwater had the idea to travel together almost 50 yrs ago!!!

I don't think McCain has ever had an original idea on his own, mostly he seems to imitate ideas from others......

[sniffa]

21. Nope - shut off the tv as soon as he started talking

[cyberpj]

23. Now, of course, he wants to small-down the campaign to town meetings. No big media. Gee...

I wonder why.........

no money?

trying to steal Obama's tactics?

no camera presence?

what?

[LiberalAndProud]

25. limit crowds

the contrast between tens of supporters and thousands will be stark

[cyberpj]

26. yes, of course, I forgot that one. The crowds difference will be phenomenal. nt

[KSinTX]

39. Not as many can be present

things sometimes look worse in real time than when televised. That plus cost-sharing :evilgrin:

[TornadoTN]

27. It's official - the Republican's are in panic mode

They are trying to take away anything that Obama excels at, just to try to level the playing field with him.

They know they are in trouble, serious trouble.

[Chimichurri]

30. Even McCain sounds defeated. He's just going thru the motions right now

[Stagecoach]

33. They're going to have money problems

That's why he wants town hall meetings. He knows television will cover them....so he can get his face on television without having to pay a dime in advertising.

[TornadoTN]

41. I hope Obama seizes on this opportunity

I would love to see him accept the debates with McCain but shun him on everything else. Tell him that he doesn't get to dictate terms to him and to let him know that he is going to make his case to the American people on his own time (and dime).

[cbc5g]

28. He's trying to show that he's the adult and the one in charge by setting the debates

Obama should not give in to his demands at all.

[cliffordu]

29. He just made a joke about france.....This fucking guy is clueless...

[L0oniX]

31. Did he win at the bingo parlor again?

[LiberalAndProud]

32. achieve energy independence

Nuclear power

National Security
can't be dependent on Nigeria?

[ebdarcy]

35. He can't tell us what the Iranians are going to do, but he knows

they're up to no good? Who the hell writes his speeches?

[Willo]

36. Obama should invite him to a few rallies

that will give a boost to McCain's bored looking group.

[kentuck]

37. Obama should ignore him as much as possible...

Of course McCain would like to be on the same stage with Obama. It would give him the appearance of an "equal". Mostly, he is irrelevant and should be treated thusly. No need to give him more credibility than he deserves.

[KSinTX]

46. I agree. That bizarre political malady McCain suffers

might rub off with too much contact. There are all those amorphous positions flying around him.

[Barack_America]

42. I thought it was a "snooze making event"!

I was about to declare it an absolute success!

[Heather MC]

43. I am trying to, I keep nodding off, every time he says "My Friends"

:rofl:

[npincus]

45. he is so HORRIBLE.. dull, uncomfortable, and what the f*ckis up with a GREEN wall?

[JimGinPA]

59. Must Be Cindy's Favorite Color

[Stagecoach]

47. He can't complete a sentence

without stumbling through a word. These town halls like this is when he usually makes statements like "100 years". Waiting to see what kind of crazy answers he gives today to people's questions.

[Stagecoach]

50. Some of the people in the back 2 rows

aren't even clapping anymore. They look bored to tears!

[LiberalAndProud]

51. we're drawing down troops in Iraq

success in Iraq
Obama didn't support the surge

Iran wants to destroy Israel
Iran supporting Iraq war

Obama wants to negotiate, naive, lack of experience, lack of judgement

[tedoll78]

52. Has anyone tried the "my friends" drinking game yet?

I'm sitting this one out - my liver is young and healthy, but it couldn't take this! :P

[Willo]

53. Inviting Obama to a town hall meetings is a news making event?

False major announcement - great way to get media attention.

[ShortnFiery]

54. At least McCain for all his disgusting bluster had the GRACE to congratulate Obama on ...

being the Democratic Nominee. :(

[Iwasthere]

55. He should say, "Lets have one tomorrow!"

Obama would annihilate him.

[LiberalAndProud]

56. he believes he can inspire the new generation?

the man is delusional

[Thrill]

57. Should Obama do these Town Halls? They obviously think Town Halls are McCain's strengths

But if I'm Obama, any time I can get a chance to be on stage with McCain. I would do it in a heartbeat

[Willo]

62. I'm somewhat agreeing with Kentuck

I don't think Obama should limit any of his rallies but also do a townhall or two with McCain.
Notice McCain asked for a townhall in NY, a state more suited for a big rally.

[Independent-Voter]

58. Obama needs to ignore Gramps and start his stadium tour

[krawhitham]

60. He needs to work on his definition of "brief"

He started out his speech claiming it would be a brief speech because it was a town hall meeting and he want to hear from them.

That was like an hour ago, or maybe it just seems like it, the man is SO boring

[Stagecoach]

The reason he wants town halls

is because he wants to campaign against Obama, on Obama's dime! Sharing a plane traveling around the country, etc.

[krawhitham]

65. He made no bones about that

He said in his speech if was partly due to money issues

[Blue-Jay]

61. Did he fart and NOT stand uncomfortably still for a minute?

[Doityourself]

63. Gawd ...let me you something MY FRIENDS...he's awful

[Imagevision]

66. If Obama can deal with both Clintons, McBush will be entertaining

It'll be the best comedy on tv

[Tatiana]

67. As Tweety would say... "HA!" No sale, grampa!

If you want face time, you need to pay for it.

I think 3 town hall meetings is more than enough. Gives the public enough of a glimpse of the stark visual contrast between Obama nd McCain and allows Obama to slam him around a few times in order to make McSame look bad.

But, I think if Obama is seen as beating up on McCain too much, people may start to feel sorry for McCain.

[TeamsterDem]

68. "News making"? What's he doing, going 20 minutes without a diaper replacement?

[Thrill]

69. Why should Obama give McCain free air time?

[Vinca]

70. The only way McBush will get a crowd is if Obama shows up with him.

As Tony Soprano might say, "Fuhgeddaboudit."