Originally Posted By WorldDisney Funny, L.A. Times ran this tidbit 6 MONTHS ago!! I mean, c'mon, can McCain and Co. jump on something that hasnt been bought up, printed, debated and forgotten already? More desperation. I have a feeling they will be begging to bring up Obama's exgirlfriend he cheated on in High school as the October surprise at this point.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Q: <<< Funny, L.A. Times ran this tidbit 6 MONTHS ago!! I mean, c'mon, can McCain and Co. jump on something that hasnt been bought up, printed, debated and forgotten already? >>> A: No. That's what happens when you decide that actually running on the issues is a losing proposition. It continues to amaze me that when this happens, it seems out of the question to consider that you might actually be out of step on the issues.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Two words: Michael Goldfarb. Has anyone heard him on this issue?
Originally Posted By chickendumpling It's up on YouTube now. Behold Michael Goldfarb... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCaOCWYpPk4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...OCWYpPk4</a> If he's unfamiliar to you, he's one of the online editors for Weekly Standard and blog god for McCain.
Originally Posted By mele Interesting "spokesperson" technique. What an a-hole. Who the hell was he referring to?
Originally Posted By mele This just makes me angry. There is no way for McCain to deny that he is implying that Obama is a Muslim/Arab/terrorist. This makes me absolutely sick. How are these jerks getting away with this? There needs to be more of an outcry against this behavior.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< There is no way for McCain to deny that he is implying that Obama is a Muslim/Arab/terrorist. >>> At least Michael Goldfarb is an unbiased observer of the issue at hand!
Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103003244.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/...244.html</a> And now the Washington Post takes McCain to task for this latest, desperate hail mary.
Originally Posted By Mr X Love that term, "idiot wind". This Khalidi guy seems interesting, to say the least.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Jack*** Goldfarb may be but he's McCain's Deputy Communications Director and has been since about June iirc. And like I said before, he's McCain's blogger and took the job to work as the "on line rapid response guy" for McCain. I haven't heard that Goldfarb is taking any heat from McCain or his campaign for saying the things he said. Maybe tomorrow... Oh, wait... Goldfarb IS the campaign...