McCain Campaign Mocks Media’s Relationship With Obama

How about suggesting a song for McSame: Jealous Again by the Black Crowes!

“McCain once jokingly referred to the political press corps as “my base.”
And today he’s whining, sounds like a couple in the middle of a break up, doesn’t it? Nothing sadder than an old man dumped by his sweetheart.

McCain is really starting to act like a whinny loser.

Obama would be nothing without the media.
He has them bought and paid for.
He has to utilize the media to keep his reinforcements of his mind conditioning working to the limit.
If Obama loses media appeal he will sink like a concrete block in the river.
The media and Obama’s over inflated ego is what keeps him a float.

The NYT rejected McLame’s opt-ed
for precisely the reasons they clearly stated. McBush does not spell out what his foreign policy strategy for Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan.Secondly he does not clarify any of his positions on energy, education, healthcare or infrastructre renewal. Lastly it is a bit unseemly that an Old warrior can only whine like a baby that the media isn’t giving McCan’t the same coverage. I say the MSM has given a free ride of sorts, with all the gaffes and missteps of McSame & his campaign. I can only hope that McBush gets his wish and gets more coverage and scrutiny. i.e. McBush stated Monday about the serious problems on the border between Iraq and Pakistani border. Unfortunately there is no such border, just like there is no Czechoslavakia. Just imagine what the media hoopla would be if Obama had made any of these gaffs, the media would have labeled him as inexpierienced, naive and not CinC material. Talk about a double standard. I hope the media will start doing it’s job and stop Giving McWhiner a free pass , give McWhiner the coverage & Scrutiny he really deserves!
An expert in foreign policy is MacCain not!
Obama 08

After a decade of the media loving McCain, it appears he’s lost that loving feeling.

Maybe Mccain should be asking why the republican party leaders (some of whom own the independent cable operating stations acroos the state) dropped MCNBC from their basic cable line up this past week.
isn’t that interesting…they are leading with FOX NEWS across this battleground state…

Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”

If McCain did get the kind of media attention that Obama gets Americans would realize just how unelectable he is in about five soundbites.

LOVE ME DADDY!

Rush Limbaugh said: McCain, a snake is a snake. McCain is just jelaous that he is not longer the “darling.” McCain was dumped and can’t stand it!!!!

NAT
Ive been ready since the primaries,cant wait for the SURGE of change thats coming long time coming 0bama 08

JJ says – “Obama will pull this nation out of its ignorance and bigotry into a bright new day and a bright new way for freedom!” Get off the Kool-aid and open your eyes. Obama is a dirty Chicago politician – full of hot air and not much else. He has been in senate for about 140 days – no experince, no integrity – he is selling you dreams – he will take this country down.

Gloria Borger of CNN wrote a piece basically stating that Sen. Obama has to be careful of too much European support. Arianna Huffington asked…“What do Borger and the McCain campaign think would play better in Missouri, Obama getting off the plane in Germany and having the locals throw tomatoes at him? Would that endear him to the people in Middle America — who, in McCain’s World, are like an insecure girlfriend, panicked by just the thought of someone else finding their guy attractive? Sadly, this absurd line of thinking is spreading fast. Thankfully, most Americans understand that having a president who is lauded around the world is infinitely better than having one who is loathed.” ___ I’m going to introduce a new phrase and I hope it catches on. “McCain is guilty of rock-star envy!”

“Isreal is a strong friend of Isreal”.

Phil Graham got it wrong we have a nation of republican whinners !!!
I read McCain’s essay on the druge report,NYT was right to reject it. All McCain said was what he has been saying verbally ,the surge worked Obama was wrong,and about winning. He said nothing about what defines a win or getting out of Iraq,that is because he plans to never leave,like he has said so many times about Korea

By David Gergan …
“…Barack Obama made the first mistake of his trip, in my judgment, in releasing a statement in which he said exactly what Maliki had said in those conversations. We have a long tradition in this country that we only have one president at a time. He’s the commander in chief and the negotiator in chief. I cannot remember a campaign which a rival seeking the presidency has been in a position negotiating a war that’s under way with another party outside the country.”
(Is there no end to his ego?)

Obama is the most egotistical, arrogant candidate since GWB.
As far as the media, NBC, CBS and ABC should be ashamed of themselves for so blantantly exposing themselves as they really are; and they all have the nerve to say Fox News is biased?? Incredible.
Obama is a flash in the pan; no substance, no experience. What a loser!
I quit watching NBC, CBS and ABC, they no longer represent the American people.

Media bias?
Read the quotes on this page and tell me honestly how the media would have reacted if it had been Obama saying these things:
http://www.StopThinkVote.com/quotes.html

Press heart Obama?
“I Know I’ll Never Find Another You” – Tom Springfield/The Seekers
Last time the press was in love it was Jimmy “Peanut” Carter. How’d that work out for the press?
In November it will be, “Cry Me A River” at the DNC. At the RNC, it will be “Hail to the Chief”. At Nat’s house, it will be “Puff the Magic Dragon” same as every day.

POLLS MEAN NOTHING
polls mean nothing right now until after the debates and the debates will come after the conventions!!

To para-phrase Obama re debates: That’s a fight i look foward to–anytime, any place.

I do wish the media would give McCain the attention he wants so that everyone could see just how out of touch the man is with reality. If more people would hear the ridiculous things this man sometimes says, they would laugh him off the convention stage.

Obama and the press have become such a joke. No one in my office will take anything he says for real – how can we tell what is real or simply what the press wants us to see? Are we still in America? Seems like Chavez just pulled something like this not too long ago…..only show the citizens what he wants them to see……

mcain doesnt need any media coverage he is just the same thing we have heard for the last 7 years so why would they want to listen to old ideas that have failed for decades every republican thinks that if you give to the rich they will create jobs… wrong!!!!!!! they will only be richer … give to the working class and the poor and they will spned it on products the rich make there by making all classes better off. but you just cant get that thru the stupid skulls of racist hate and fear and war mongering republicans.

Then why are the polls so close? Maybe the koolaide is diluted.

But Israel is a strong friend of Israel. Give me break– this novice wants to be POTUS? Maybe Pres. of the United Social workers.

But Kentucty is closer to Arkansas than Illinois.And there are really 57 states–trust me–have another sip Angie.

Any time any place–that’s a fight I won’t miss. Can I bring my teleprompter?

good judgment – subjecting your own daughters to even occasional hate-filled speeches…..in a church, no less!

Tell me again about that kid in the ER who was given a breathalyzer.

an inspirational candidate – one whose followers were so inspired, they started throwing around racist epithets at African-Americans who chose to support Senator Clinton because (Gasp!), they thought she would make a better President (rightfully so)

McCain may whine but all you Obama supporters are coolaid drinking thoughtless followers. Just like your leader.

Chris,
Hillary who? Don’t you have to sponsor a few million car washes to cover that $25 large debt? That’s million.
Man, beat it. You are so “Old Mutual”.
Last time I checked, WHINING didn’t pay that well.
POTUS OBAMA – ITS INEVITABLE

I don’t care what the media says. I’m almost as old as McCain. I’d rather vote for a bright young politician with fresh ideas instead of an “experienced” military man whose policies are stuck in time, promising the same off-track economics and expanding disparity between America’s rich and poor.

This is so comical. Like this stunt will make one bit of difference in how people vote. Everyone sees Obama for what he is. He is a dangerous person and would do real damage to this country. No way he is going to get elected. Obama supporters (all 12 of you) keep dreaming! You are in for a real surprise on election day. Can’t wait!

McCain is being disingenuous with this one. His strategy is to make the election a referendum on Obama. We all agree on that one, right?
Well, how can you do that, other than focusing the attention on Obama? In other words, the media is focused where McCain wants, and now its McCain whining that he is getting what his strategy called for.

a candidate so ready to take the reins of responsibility that he borrowed many ideas and plans from his main rival

a candidate so flawless, that there is no possible reason why someone would not support him except that they must be racists

a candidate with such “educated” followers that they are too smart to realize how funny it is to hear them describe others as “whiners”

Didn’t Obama give UC a few million of state funds and then his wife gets a huge pay raise?

Ohio — dead even. News Alert.

a candidate so perfect, his supporters make dubya’s supporters look like liberals

Let’s talk substance: Obama will give free healthcare for illegal criminals.

Another Dem: “Everyone sees Obama for what he is.”
I’ve never figured out why the internet makes people say such stupid things. No, not everyone shares your view of Obama, no matter how many times you repeat it nor how many exclamation marks you type. And this stupidity, of course, isn’t limited to McCain supporters.
I’m guessing the state by state polling is a little more accurate than some of the sweeping statements we see here. No, Obama doesn’t have just 12 supporters. No, not everyone agrees that McCain is showing signs of dementia, and/or flat-out ignorance.
Make your cases, but try to at least be a little accurate in the generationalizations.

Robert in Cleveland… That’s right, thank you for pointing it out. Angie and Nat Turner are of course the two Obama supporters.

lemmings so sure of themselves and their candidate, its more constructive to argue with a wall

lemmings so sure of themselves and their candidate, its more constructive to argue with a wall

mccain gets a huge free ride from the press
if he wants all the attention on him, then maybe you guys should give it to him
i think that would kill him faster then obama standing in the spotlight
this way he could fly under the radar and maybe actually walk away with the presidency, the other way, it seems mccain ends up looking senile and pathetic

NAT
I Hope the local hospitals will be prepared for the surge of the cynics come nov because the tears just wont stop!!!!!

if anyone is in danger of an emotional breakdown, it is the obama lemmings, given their psychological tne emotional ties to this messiah of a man

News flash– 52nd. State of the Union found between Kentucky and Arkansas. Nat, check yourself into that ER and give us a first person report.

the fact remains that Senator Clinton is the only candidate who is capable of being the best President that our children, our troops and our country needs right now….its on your conscience if you have supported lesser candidates (mccain/obama) to take on the great responsibility of protecting and leading those we love, at home and overseas…

Nat – his best bets are:
1) that gas pumps start to really, really hurt voters to the degree they don’t care if analysts are saying drilling won’t help for decades… they just want more oil, and
2) a terrorist attack or some similar crisis that again gets independents looking toward superficial stereotypes (like Republicans being better at that stuff) than the more substantive discussions.
Plus, there’s always a chance another scandal could erupt (involving either). Campaign dynamics change, and we’ve still got over three months.

Wow, first McCain has to cancel the caucus in Nevada because he couldn’t even get his supporters there TWICE in six months; And NOW he can’t even hold his real “base” the media! Well if Republicans find him repulsive, and the media favor the real Democrat over the Democrat impostor with the R by his name, then I think John has to get a grip on reality and realize that short of the unthinkable (which I’m sure Bush-Cheney have proven their capable of) he’s got NO CHANCE, NONE!!! Don’t blame me, I’m just a Republican who wouldn’t vote for these two Democrats to save my life! Where did the non-interventionist, proponets of peace and prosperity go??? Ah well, either way we get more debt and war thanks to the McCain-Obama ticket. (You think there’s any difference since either got the nomination??? You need to look harder!) Get a shovel folks, either way were in DEEP…!!!!

I also should point out that there’s no guarantee McCain will be the nominee. I’ve heard a couple comments here and there about a possible attempt to nominate someone else.
Bottom line is this – McCain presented himself as a national security expert, and his gaffes now have people wondering whether he deserves benefit of doubt on that claim. Plus, events having been going his way.
So, maybe its possible that a cadre of party insiders could get him to back out on the basis of some excuse – like personal health – and then nominate a different candidate at the convention.
McCain has to go along, because obviously the nomination is his if he demands it. And its hard to imagine him not doing so. But if he can be made to see that his chances have really dwindled and that Republican donors just have lost confidence in him… maybe.

Shame, Shame you old senile goat, jealousy will get you nowhere.
Apparently the only thing McCain can say is: “The Surge Has Worked.”
McCain can take his surge and stick it where the sun don’t shine. This man is disgusting.

The real WHINER IN CHIEF is Obama, he would shout, cry, and scream at people who dare to mention his wife’s behavior!

John– what about accepting Public financing and debating anywhere anytime?

Robert in Cleveland — Public funding, public financing, same diff.
I did forget about the Town Meeting debates.
My guess is he was told he couldn’t bring his teleprompter.

Robert in Cleveland — Public funding, public financing, same diff.
I did forget about the Town Meeting debates.
My guess is he was told he couldn’t bring his teleprompter.

Nat– nap time for you, take a sip and rest, you’re starting to sound like Che.

“As Clinton found out, its tough to beat a good ground game, no matter how many dollar signs are in your rolodex.”
It also helps when the media has painted you as the return of Jesus Christ himself, complete with the halo.

Nat– why is the messiah already ziggying? See John’s post and my earlier one. No teleprompter–no townhall debates. Anytime any place.

John – I’d say the media has actually been fairly critical of Obama.
This gets back to blog matter, but I think the media is simply reacting to easy instincts – cover the more ingriguing story.
And any validation needed that Obama is more intriguing than McCain comes in the form of daily e-mails to the media by the McCain camp. Those e-mails are all about Obama.

Obama is the anti-Christ. He came up from no where and rose to the top in no time. That is a move of the anti-Christ. Beware of this man, he is the ultimate distroyer.

“John – I’d say the media has actually been fairly critical of Obama.”
Oh man! I almost fell out of my chair!
Wait! Wait! I’ve got one!
There’s a priest, a rabbi and a nun…

I love this ad!! It’s so true, Mr. Obama is a gift to us in so many ways. I don’t understand how this is an opposition advertisement. It’s really a testament to Mr. Obama’s communication skills and ability to move people, even generally objective journalists. He is a force of our American nature, and I think this ad is terrific! I love how he is infectious, and perhaps a future indicator of his effect on the world. I wish I could get a copy of this ad, as it makes me smile, laugh and think about how much our country is going to change with Mr. Obama in the Whitehouse. I love this ad!
P.S.
On a more serious note, as the ad states, all school children should see one of Mr. Obama’s speeches, as they will remember him like people remember Kennedy, or Roosevelt.

Che– who were the founding terrorists you referenced? Where can I read this –on your wiki page?

Nat – “Remember, this country was founded on terrorism.”
That kind of depends on your definition of terrorism. There were some guerilla aspects to the war, especially by the Massachussetts militia before Washington was named commander, and there were some attacks on civilian interests (in support of both revolutionary and loyalist causes).
But I wouldn’t call that terrorism.
Terrorism is meant to scare your targets into giving in to your political goals. Not that we were above terrorist tactics, but there wasn’t much we could do to scare the King of England. We could irritate him, even by eventually winning, but terrorizing him was beyond our means.

Just because the LIBERAL BIAS MEDIA IS IN LOVE WITH THE AMERICAN IDOL OBAMA, does not mean the backbone of this country is. The hard working, bible clinging, gun toting, patriotic AMERICANS who put COUNTRY before PARTY and DETERMINE the outcome of every election WILL elect JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN and NOT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. Hollywood Liberals, blacks, college kids and the like will not elect our next President, much as MSM would like.
McCain would have to torch himself to get the media covrage.
He should announce Romney as his running mate (yesterday) and steal some of Obama’s ridiculous thunder abroad.

Revolution is when good men take up arms against tyranny. Terrorism is when bad men take up arms against a good gov’t. Your such a ninnie Nat.

I see, so one man’s terrorist is another man’s revolutionary.
I suppose I could see that perspective, depends on which side you’re on.
Good thing we’ve got the ballot box, so we don’t have to take up arms against our country.
Though if the Obamessiah gets in there and starts putting people in the Supreme Court, we won’t have any arms to take up.

Debra,
Do you make your tin-foil hats out of Reynolds Wrap or do you use the store brand?

If McCain wants more attention than the news media should air a special on The Charles Keating Savings and Loan scandal in which McCain fronted for his benefactor who was busy defrauding thousands of retired people of their life’s savings.
McCain never apologized, but just said, ” I showed poor judgment.” What an understatement. He has shown poor judgment his whole life. He is not to be trusted in matters of war or peace.
His bragging about ” I know how to win wars.” shoud be a wake up call to concerned citizens. Don’t place this angry, irritable, and forgetful man anywhere near a nuclear button. He is simply a very dangerous person- and a liar.

The American media turns the presidential candidate into a movie star. Everyday in the news, the American people constantly hear about Holywood dyfunctional families. American people today are living in an immoral society just like Holywood.

Elizabeth,
I only want the media to follow McCain around 24/7. It wont be pretty. There is a great article about the myth of McCains so called great Town Hall meetings. It was written by a supporter who is not looking forward to having McCain and Obama share the same stage.
Here is a link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/john-mccains-fake-town-ha_b_113041.html
But Google Mayhill Fowler – Mccains fake townhall meetings if the link gets scrubbed.

One more point before I have to go. There’s a lot of references to Obama supporters seeing him as some sort of messiah. I’m sure you could find individual examples of things close to that, but for the most part, we don’t.
We know Obama is a politician. We just happen to like him better than the politicians he’s been up against. That’s all.
This is why that cult claim really didn’t have much impact when he was up against Clinton and the other Democratic candidates. It won’t have much impact now.
As a sidenote – these blogs aren’t representative of any larger whole. At least I don’t think so. These forums tend to draw extreme individuals, or draw extreme statements out of otherwise more sensible people.

The Maverick should be applauding his fellow Senator instead of whining about his warm reception and ability to cut through traditional roadblocks to peace and stability. It’s pretty obvious that wherever Obama has gone, people feel he can begin to repair the damage of the Bush years. Get on board, John or be left at the station!

John McCain graduated at the bottom of his class in Annapolis. The only reason he graduated at all is because his dad had been an Admiral in the Navy. McCain’s most prominent credentials in his early years are as a partier and a brawler. Later, he became an unlikely “hero” in the Viet Nam war by losing his plane after twenty some odd missions. In a war where experienced pilots regularly flew four and five sorties a day, McCain’s wartime experience amounts to about a week of service before loosing a multi-million dollar plane in flames.
Now, John McCain – the flyboy brawler and college dunce – wants to defend another entirely unpopular, unprovoked, and unnecessary war. He cites “experience” as his trump card. He can’t even get it right when it comes to the “Iraq-Afghanistan border”, yet he whines that Obama is getting all the press!
The old Republican Party has been driven into the ground by the neocon extreme right wing. And, our country is being run into the ground by the Republican Party – and we should believe John McCain. John McCain and the Republicans have some troublesome deep thinking to do.

FOX news had a similar article about the New York Times refusal to run McCain’s OpEd piece without modifications. I posted in thier blog that it was wrong of the NYT to do so, (IMHO) and that wasn’t it a great irony that I was posting that at FOX?
FOX refused to post my comment!!!!!!
It bothers me that McCain is not getting “love”. I’m an AZ resident who will likely vote Obama.

Robert,
McCain has run on his superior Foreign Affairs knowledge.
Obama never ran a geography platform.

Can the media help it if viewers are more interested in Obama than they are in McCain?
This sounds like a lot of whining–like an underperforming basketball player bitching to the ref. How about shutting up and playing ball?

Jane my dear– which gaffe is worse??

“Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me.” (Performed by Linda Ronstadt.

the media is smart they have seen alot of elections come and go and they know who the winner will be long before the rest of us that is why they dont give a crap about mccain he is old news and is just more king george policies. why would they want to listen to the same fear and ignorance and evil they have listened to for the last 7 years

But if you’re running on a healthcare platform– you should know the difference a breathalyzer and a nebulyzer.

But if you’re running on a healthcare platform– you should know the difference a breathalyzer and a nebulyzer.
Posted by: Robert in Cleveland | Jul 22, 2008 3:49:32 PM
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Agreed! I will never agree with either candidate 100%, heck I don’t even agree with my husband that much. But it is about who I agree with MOST of the time.

Anyway Jane –good comments and humor. Enjoyed it. Think I’ll go argue with my wife(The Allatollah) now.

Think I’ll go argue with my wife(The Allatollah) now.
Posted by: Robert in Cleveland | Jul 22, 2008 3:58:57 PM
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Just keep repeating “Yes, dear” and all will be fine!
Best to you and yours :)

Obama or McCain doesn’t do any good for this counrty because the American government system is out of date. American people have a do nothing Congress with a majority of representatives are Democrats and a lousy President is a Republican. The system is an old cloth, it’s time to buy a new one. It’s time for American people to stand up and defend for their rights. American people have been raped by the gorenment for so long. Time to say NO.

This trip paid for by the taxpayers certainly does not make Senator Obama more qualified or presidential. It is more like the circus and he is the clown. The MSM needs to tell the absolute truith about this corrupt Chicago politician. He is lacking in experience and judgment. He can not be trusted.

Mary, have you looked at Mccain lately.. The gaffes alone make him the clown and we are the audience watching, waiting, and laughing at each one of his misspeaks (gaffes)…

Mary, since you insist on telling lies about Obama, I understand why we need the media to continue to tell the truth about Obama — that he is a much better and more credible candidate than John McSame.
Obama 08

McCain’s whining is getting tiresome.
He keeps insisting on defining the surge of troops as success/failure in Iraq and determined by the US (alone?!)
He picks this one topic but then refuses to examine the stupidity that got us into Iraq – because that’s not helpful. What does he not understand about preventing further misteps?
Until we the people speak up and insist the administration is ACCOUNTABLE and learns to identify costs, benefits and consequences of their actions we will continue to see wasteful spending that enriches defense contracting firms and hits the taxpayer pocketbook.

This makes John McCain and the Republicans look envious, childish, desperate, and just plain silly. Why post videos showing how much the media covers Obama?? What’s the point… to further highlight how no one is paying attention to McCain? Perhaps he wants to alienate the press even more? Who runs this campaign? Complete idiots!

Do you feel it? I feel it. It’s running up and down my leg. Wait a minute, wait a dam minute, that was Obama. Why can’t he get any media coverage? It ain’t fair. I feel it, I’m going to cry.

McCain is a big, fat, ancient crybaby. Also, he needs a new supply of baseball caps; the ones he has left hardly cover the big bald spot on the back of his head.

Complaining about your opponents media coverage is about as newsworthy as it gets for McCain. What else useful can he run on? That he used to fly planes 20 years before computerization so he’s a techie? That he’s never had a job that wasn’t funded by taxpayers, so he’s an economic guru? That he’s never led anybody that didn’t have to follow him because they were paid to, so he’s a leader of men? On top of that, he’s too old to handle anything beside being a Senator or a Walmart greeter, with the Walmart job being the tougher one for him to perform at this stage in his long long lifetime.

hehehehe, now Obama is even getting FREE publicity from McCain!! And it looks like all the McCain campaign ads are being written by the the Obama campaign people!!! Do you notice how much face time Obama gets in the McCain campaign ads? McCain gives Obama at least equal time in his McCain ads – with a nice photogenic picture of Obama included!!! Do you notice how enthusiastic McCain’s ads are for Obama while the speaker deadpans her lines for the McCain campaign? Is it really true that there is no media who are not in love with Obama, and the Obama supporters are producing the McCain ads too!

Andrea Mitchell might be a doyenne of the liberal media, but she has her reporter’s pride and principles, which have been trampled by the way the Obama campaign has managed the media during the candidate’s current trip to Afghanistan and Iraq. Mitchell let loose on this evening’s Hardball, speaking of “FAKE INTERVIEWS,” and decrying that she was unable to report on pertinent aspects of the trip because the media has been excluded and that the video released is unreliable because it’s impossible to know what has been edited out.
Let me just say something about the message management. He didn’t have reporters with him, he didn’t have a press pool, he didn’t do a press conference while he was on the ground in either Afghanistan or Iraq. What you’re seeing is not reporters brought in. You’re seeing selected pictures taken by the military, questions by the military, and what some would call FAKE INTERVIEWS, because they’re not interviews from a journalist. So, there’s a real press issue here. Politically it’s smart as can be. But we’ve not seen a presidential candidate do this, in my recollection, ever before.
Life in Obama’s banana republic.

I wish this had been done MONTHS AGO!!!!

In response to Pennsylvaniavoter, one is best to let voters make up their own minds. They know who is best for this country as president and it is not your choice McSame, that is for sure.