McCain in KC -- trashes Obama's voting record, clashes with his Missouri state campaign chair

[mloutre]

McCain did a dog-and-pony town-hall-meeting stop in Kansas City yesterday, in which he managed to fumble some of his lines, put himself at odds with a critical campaign ally, and falsely smear Obama's "left of socialist" voting record all in one swell foop.

Gee, imagine my surprise.

As the Kansas City Star reported:

Sen. John McCain on Thursday renewed his call for a “brief” gas tax holiday — and quickly ran into a political fender-bender with his new Missouri campaign chairman, Sen. Kit Bond.

The Republican told an estimated 1,200 people at Union Station that suspending the federal tax on gasoline and diesel fuel would help put millions of dollars into the hands of businesses and lower-income Americans.

Such a holiday, he later told The Kansas City Star, could be justified by cutting wasteful spending: “The most pork barrel-laden aspect of everything we do are the highway bills.”

One of the most vocal supporters of past highway bills? Bond, appointed this week as McCain’s state chairman.

“Sen. Bond and I have strong disagreement — have strong disagreement on pork barrel spending,” McCain said. “We have fought on the floor of the Senate, and I think the American people are fed up with earmark, pork barrel spending which has caused corruption.”

Bond — who opposes a gas tax holiday — deftly deferred.

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He also said Obama had the “most extreme” record in the Senate.

Asked later if he thought Obama was an extremist, McCain said: “His voting record … is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.”

Does McCain think Obama is a socialist? “I don’t know. All I know is his voting record, and that’s what people usually judge their elected representatives by.”

Obama’s campaign, in a statement: “John McCain squandered an opportunity to talk with Missourians about solutions to our economic problems and chose instead to launch the same old tired political attacks that the American people are sick of.”

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[cbc5g]

1. I think his new handlers while trying to make him sound better are making him sound like an asshole

You can tell the difference in his style now than what it was 2 weeks ago .. and he really is coming off as an asshole more so now than in the past.

[mcctatas]

2. Can he ever have one "gaffe free" day?

the straight talk express took a left turn at Asshole town and ended up in Crazy Old Man-ville!

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. It was pretty much a joke

Obama has been here at least twice in 2008. The first time he was at an auditorium that held maybe 5000 and there were at least 2000 outside who couldn't get in. They waited out in the cold for a couple hours until Obama went out and talked to them. The last time he was at a smaller venue that only holds 1000 and all the tickets were given out in 90 minutes the day before the event. We even had some local Republican pranksters who took tickets so there would be empty seats in the auditorium. But there were hundreds of people who lined the streets outside to shake Obama's hand.

For this McCain event, they asked for online reservations for tickets. But so few people asked for them that they just opened the doors to the public. There were even people wearing Obama shirts there. LOL

[mloutre]

4. thx 4 teh extra BG info!

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Hey, McCain...You got a LOT of balls...

McCain said: “His voting record … is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.”

You ain't fit to shine Bernie Sanders shoes you right wing piece of shit.
I don't give a fuck how long you spent in a prison cell.
OOOOH... John McCain is a WAR HERO!
FUCK YOU.
Max Cleland and John Kerry are what?
According to the right wing party you belong to, these men are traitors, LIBERALS, devoid of any praise or honor.
Only RIGHT WING WAR HERO'S are worthy.

The fact that this asshole is even IN this thing astounds me.
And reaffirms one of my most closely held beliefs.
WE ARE ONE EXTRA STUPID COUNTRY.

McCain, you ain't shit without your wife, her money and your right wing media lapdogs.
I hope you choke on one of your beloved "Dunkin' Donuts with sprinkles".
Go the way of your boy Phill Gramm.
Just go away.
You suck.
War Hero my ass.

[book_worm]

6. So all McCain could pull was 1,200 people in KC?