Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/12/mccain-gets-grilled-on-the-view/#more-18270" target="_blank">http://politicalticker.blogs.c...re-18270</a> Of all people to finally put some questions to McCain, Barbara Walters and her group ask questions that should have been asked from the get go. One part I find interesting is that McCain whines that since Obama wouldn't do Town Halls with him, the negative attack ads that are obviously distorted and false are still ok by him. Which means he's sacrificed his principles and is willing to blatantly lie to get elected. Jerk. The comments on the CNN link, which contain reaction from all sides, also reveal that not everyone posts on some Branson board.
Originally Posted By ecdc I saw this too. Hopefully the attack ads come back to haunt him, they're just so blatantly false and just about every reputable media source (including the non-partisan factcheck.org) says so.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder And, I didn't distort his justification for them, either. That's what is really sad.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder From the link: "McCain was later pressed on the increasingly derisive tone of the campaign, and his new television commercial that carries the widely discredited claim Obama supported comprehensive sex education of kindergarteners as an Illinois state senator. McCain defended the ad’s claims, as well as those of a Web ad that said Obama’s “Lipstick on a Pig” comments were directed at Palin. He added that if Obama had agreed to a series of townhalls he’d proposed, the tone of the campaign might have been more amicable. "If we had done what I asked Senator Obama to do, I don't think you'd see the same tenor of this campaign," he said. “Why don't you ask Obama the next time he's on this show why won't he be in town meetings with me?"
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder And the answer to McCain's question is because his campaign will keep self-destructing with these ads and won't be able to withstand the bold faced lies he's propagating.
Originally Posted By Disneylandspeople The girls went crazy, it was funny seeing them act like the crazy far left that they are. Now lets see the brave Obama go on a show with 4 hard right against him. Obama won't even go one on one with McCain in town hall meetings LOL
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<The comments on the CNN link, which contain reaction from all sides, also reveal that not everyone posts on some Branson board.>> That's kind of a duh, isn't it? Is it a surprise that liberals post on a CNN board and conservatives post on a Branson board? What DID surprise me was the level of animosity towards Obama that was on the Branson board.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << it was funny seeing them act like the crazy far left that they are. >> Why is it "crazy far left" to confront a politician about lying? Is telling the truth an ideal only conveted by the "left?"
Originally Posted By fkurucz When one considers the culture of lying and cheating on Wall St., someone who tells the truth would have to be considered "crazy"
Originally Posted By FaMulan This quote is very disconcerting: "If we had done what I asked Senator Obama to do, I don't think you'd see the same tenor of this campaign," he said. “Why don't you ask Obama the next time he's on this show why won't he be in town meetings with me?" So, just because his opponent didn't bend to his will, he ok's getting down, dirty and twists the truth? Do I really want this to continue to run the country? It already has for the last eight years.
Originally Posted By utahjosh <bend to his will> By having a town hall meeting. Is Obama scared of the American public?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Josh, what a load. What's your reaction to McCain saying he's playing dirty because Obama won't do what he wants?
Originally Posted By utahjosh <Josh, what a load.> My "load" is on par with half of the liberal posts on LP. <What's your reaction to McCain saying he's playing dirty because Obama won't do what he wants?> Do I have to react to everything anyone's ever said? It's very exhausting. But I don't like it, either. I've said it before and I'll said it again: I don't like dirty politics. Stick to the issues!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder And therefore lies the problem here, Josh. McCain has done nothing but play dirty since his convention. We have a problem with that.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Do I have to react to everything anyone's ever said? It's very exhausting. >> It is very exhausting trying to defend a liar.
Originally Posted By utahjosh It's exhausting to be a conservative on a board populated mostly by vocal liberals. I could go hang out over on some conservative board where we'd just pat ourselves on the backs all day.
Originally Posted By ecdc Here's video of McCain's appearance. We ought to have the co-hosts of the View conduct more interviews with the candidates. They did great. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/mccain-grilled-on-the-vie_n_125972.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...972.html</a>
Originally Posted By mele <<I could go hang out over on some conservative board where we'd just pat ourselves on the backs all day.>> If LP is so exhausting, then maybe you should go hang out on a conservative board. Sheesh.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Now lets see the brave Obama go on a show with 4 hard right against him." Well, Obama did go on Bill Oreilly's show...
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I think McCain's response to the negative ads is a little petulant and whiney. Just because Obama didn't agree to town hall meetings, he's going to get down & dirty? So, basically, he's saying it's Obama's own fault things got so nasty...that's just tacky. The only reason McCain wanted those meetings was because they were where he felt most comfortable. Why should Obama give him that advantage? Was McCain willing to do something like that to make Obama look good?
