‘This Week’ to Host John McCain Town Hall

Let’s not forget what Obama has been listening to for the past 20 years.
Malcolm X’s statement on Black Liberation Theory:
“Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community … Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy.”

This McCain’s best type of venue. he comes across in such circumstances as controlled, caring, and intelligent. It will go over well, (unless Obama, once again, has *plants* in the audience shouting disruptive stuff).

Marty
Yes, audiences are a tricky part of the townhall meeting format. The idea is to get questions from “regular folks.” But it is generally not “regular folks” who attend town meetings, rallies, or debates. The people most motivated to attend are the ones who are most partisan and want to influence the race in some way. That works well when a single candidate has a town meeting with supporters, but if both candidates attend a televised town meeting, it is likely to become something of a zoo.

John McCain repeatedly asked for joint town hall meetings across the land with Obama. Obama did not agree, instead preferring to address adoring fans in huge rallies where he can simply read his rhetoric from a teleprompter, with even foreign crowds that cannot even vote !
The polls in Real Clear Politics show a sea of red !
As a lifelong Democrat, I am sad that my party bosses annointed a rookie and shunned a real candidate with gravitas- Hillary- who would be winning by a landslide now

I have to agree that Obama should have agreed to McCain’s offer for joint town hall meetings all across America.
I think he didn’t because it’s “not his preferred venue” shall we say. But it makes him out of touch with real voters.
The speech in Germany and the Greek columns were a real turn-off to me. The email ad was downright insulting.
In contrast, both John McCain and Sarah Palin seems very rah-rah America to me (in a good way).

Did ABC forget to invite someone? What about Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney? You remember her, don’t you, George? Here’s a reminder.
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/what-truth-to-power-looks-like/

I wonder if this will be a McCain-style “town hall”? You know, where they only let in McCain operatives and weed out minorities to the extent they even eject black reporters.

Palin is nothing more than a face
Let’s look at her record…..
1) Notes thanks but no thanks for bridge to nowhere, truth flopped on support for bridge after media pressure from congress. She also kept the earmark money for the bridge and spent it on other pet projects in Alaska the truth is she never rebuffed congress (NBC 08/31/08,Anchorage Daily News 08/31/08, CBS 08/31/08, Reuters, CNN, CBS 09/03/08)
2) Not in Iraq as previously stated only at Kuwait-Iraq boarder…Didn’t have clearance to enter Iraq. (Boston Globe 09/13/08, CNN 09/13/08, NBC 09/14/08)
3)Against earmarks is not a true statement the truth is Alaska is the largest state per capita for the use of earmarks (LA Times 09/03/08, Washington Post 09/11/08)
4) Posable abuse of power (Troppergate) Used her position as governor to fire her ex brother in law due to bitter devorce with her sister. (CNN 09/11/08, NBC 09/03/08, Anchorage Daily News 09/05/08)
5) Wasting taxpayers money. Charges perdium for working out of home as governor for 312 nights along with travel for her family for a total of $43,490 for the year
Palin may say the media is out to get her but the truth is she doesn’t tell the truth. She says she is a reformer reformer of what she uses the system better than anyone

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The press needs to give a fair and balanced coverage of Sarah Palin and her family. Here are pics and videos of Sarah’s unmatchable sacrifices for the betterment of Alaska:
http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm

Let’s hope the ABC “town hall” has a cross section of voters — not just GOP voters like the typical McCain “town hall.”

So, who gets to invite the audience? I suspect the McCain campaign will “vet” the audience more than they vetted their vice presidential pick. Gotta make sure the “right” folks attend. Don’t want to have any of those hard questions asked. And please–GS ask hard questions? He’s too concerned about proving that he’s not part of the so-called liberal media! He’ll suck up to McCain as usual.

McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said this to the Politico about the increased media scrutiny of the campaign’s factual claims: “We’re running a campaign to win. And we’re not too concerned about what the media filter tries to say about it.”
who needs the truth?

So ABC offers a free hour of spin to McCain? Unless Obama agrees to their terms and McCain’s on where to meet?
Nice going. Obama should get some other network to do the same for him. If ABC and George want to blackmail anyone they should just come out and say it.

McCain still harps about Obama not going to all the town hall meeting with him. Well mabey McCain doesn’t understand that Obama isn’t his boy and he’s running his own campaign and they have their own seperate schedule and if McCain wants to be along with Obama mabey he ought to join in on Obama’s tour.

John and Cindy McCain looked very patriotic visiting ground zero, hand in hand. Barack Hussein Obama looked like a guy who couldn’t get a date to the prom. Where was Michelle Obama? Does she really hate America so much that she celebrates the terrorist attacks of 9/11 at home in a turban?
Barack Hussein Obama and his anti-American wife spent 20 years listening to spews of hatred and “God Damn America” in a so-called church of God. Apparently Michelle believes America caused 9/11. All these radical teachings have been instilled in their brains by Jeremiah Wright.
For over two decades Obama turned to, was counseled by, and formed a strong personal bond with a minister who is a divider and a hatemonger. This simply cannot effectively act as a unifying force for the USA.
The best result out of Obama’s campaign may turn out to be progress in the form of all American cultures accepting that each individual, regardless of race, is to be rightfully held accountable for their actions, affiliations, as well as the doctrines that they adhere to and cultivate in others.
The embarrassing litany of anarchy, filth and hate that Rev. Wright spews should not be excused away as simply “the way our people speak”. Wrong is wrong and is not to be determined on a sliding scale according to skin color.
Obama has told too many lies. He has too many ties to anti-Americans and terrorists.
Have you thought about what might happen if Obama really is a closet Muslim and becomes president?
Vote for John McCain in November. Country first!

777 is, I see the usual resident racist. There are so many these days.
Why not talk about how republicans have managed to utterly destroy the economy, or anything else people actually care about?
Why try to distract us with racism? We don’t want your ugliness, slimebag.