McCain at a rally today:
I feel momentum, I feel it. We’re going to win it. We’re going to win it, right here in the state of Colorado,” he said to a roar of approval.
McCain cackled, then went on to implore people “not to let the faint urine smell” that follows him around be a deterrent to voting for him, any more than it would deter them from visiting a loved one in a nursing home.
There’s really nothing left to do but mock McCain at this point, is there?
There’s a cool little gallery of variations of the “tongue” over here.
Apparently Palin’s and not-Joe the not-Plumber aren’t the only serious mental defects out there shilling for McCain. Who the hell decided to let this caveman speak and thought it was a good idea?
As I’ve mentioned recently, there’s been some whining about the media favoring Obama over McCain, and indeed, the Obama coverage is more positive. But it’s because the two different campaigns are like night and day… one is extremely well-organized, focused, and ideally, appealing to peoples’ better nature. The other is floundering, ever-shifting, increasingly negative, pathetic and desperate, and is appealing to the xenophobic, anti-intellectual anti-progress crowd. How is that positive?
Anyways, have a look at John F. Harris & Jim Vandehei’s Why McCain is Getting Hosed in the Press over at Politico today:
There have been moments in the general election when the one-sidedness of our site — when nearly every story was some variation on how poorly McCain was doing or how well Barack Obama was faring — has made us cringe.
As it happens, McCain’s campaign is going quite poorly and Obama’s is going well. Imposing artificial balance on this reality would be a bias of its own.
He’s running a shitty campaign and he and Bible Spice like to lie. A lot. They say things that assume their audience is stupid and reactionary, which seems to prove itself true, time and time again. That’s not saying Obama has been straight up about everything (he most certainly hasn’t), but there’s no way to put a shine on the sheer amount of bullshit and bad judgement coming out of the McCain campaign, and it’s a stark contrast to the Obama campaign. I have a lot of reservations about Obama, but since I’ve been following politics closely over the last 15 years, I’ve never seen a campaign run this well on many levels. It’s astounding, actually. There’s the occasional hiccup, but afterwards, he seems to come out of it even stronger than before.
McCain spent $8,672.55 on makeup last month. Who knew mortician’s wax was so expensive?
were nowhere to be seen at the entrance of this McCain rally:
Somehow I suspect they won’t be going to any other ones, either. Remember, McCain said at the last debate that he is very proud of the people who show up at his rallies. Go figure.
Yes, as you first watch this and have to put up with the really bad theme song, you’ll probably be thinking WTF? But it’s freakin’ hilarious. Enjoy.
Well, that was a lot more wonky than I thought it would be, surprisingly run quite well by Lehrer, compared to the “Where’s your flag pin?” nonsense we’ve become accustomed to. McCain did not look well, as though he was still stewing over his ridiculous “campaign suspension” nonsense and the fact that most people saw it for what it was: a stunt. I think he was pissed that he couldn’t weasel out of it. I was waiting to hear him say he didn’t have to debate because he was a POW or something.
Nevertheless, Obama has a new ad out pointing out how McCain never used the term “middle class” once during the debate.
Curiously enough, nobody’s put out an ad mentioning that neither one of them mentioned “poor Americans” or “poverty” in the entire debate. The focus always seems to be on the middle class who are entering the ranks of the poor. Nada about the people who already there, or the ones who have always been there.
And that reminds me of my thoughts on the last night of the DNC in Denver, when I was on the last bus of the evening, missed my stop, and had to ride it for another half hour until it came back around. I saw a lot of people sleeping on bus stop benches, a profound contrast to the spectacle of the convention. Come to think of it (and someone correct me if I’m wrong), I don’t ever remember “poverty” or “poor people” mentioned there, either.
One of those fine Americans not worthy of mention at last Friday’s debate
I can’t help but wonder if this latest stunt (and that’s exactly what it is) by Pappy McCain (“canceling the debate”) is really the beginning of the end, like jumping off of the Titanic or something. Not to be a concern troll, becuse anything that improves his odds of losing is undoubtedly a good thing, but jeezuz, this is stupid by any stretch of the imagination. It boggles the mind. Obama should go to the debate anyways and debate a picture of McCain (like Ed Flanagan did with his run against Jim Jeffords years ago, and yes, I know, he lost). It’d look like this:
UPDATE: John Cole knows why:
McCain’s entire campaign is composed of lobbyists, and they need to be in Washington to get their cut of the $700 billion. They can’t miss this shot at the trough.
Eh, howzabout “falls mainly on his face”? By now you’ve probably heard of McCain’s Spanish interview in which he apparently thought Spanish PM Zapatero was some Latin American leftist kook, and he didn’t even seem to understand that Spain wasn’t in Latin America. He’s either confused as his aging synapses continue to deteriorate, or he’s just so conditioned by the neocons to react that way toward anyone with a Latino-sounding last name.
Or perhaps he feels Palin is beating him in the cluelessness/stupidity department, and he’s striking back, his gooey POW manliness threatened. I’d like to say that these two are making Bush look like Mensa material. Palin, perhaps is already there, but at this rate McCain’s not far behind.
