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McCain Adviser: We’ll Stick to the Future if Obama Does
October 07, 2008 6:20 PM
McCain and GOP aides are putting out the word before the debate that this won’t be a night for withering attacks -- it’s not the right format, they’re saying, but expect Sen. John McCain to get in his tweaks, maybe up to and including a mention of Bill Ayers.
That said, would the McCain campaign really agree to the deal that top McCain adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin said he’d accept a little while ago?
This from MSNBC earlier this afternoon:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Would you accept a ground rule tonight in the debate that there will be no personal references to someone else’s long-past associations? In other words, no mention tonight of Charles Keating, no mention tonight of Bill Ayers, no mention of the Jeremiah Wright. Would you accept a ground rule on behalf of your candidate: No attacks on old associations, we’ll only talk about the future? Would you accept that as a deal tonight?
DOUG HOLTZ-EAKIN: Chris, sure. Look, we tried to get Barack Obama to appear in a town hall with John McCain --
MATTHEWS: Would you accept that as a deal, we’ll only talk about the future?
HOLTZ-EAKIN: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Would you accept that as a deal? Just talk about the future tonight?
HOLTZ-EAKIN: Absolutely.
-- Rick Klein
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Lol - Nanny Matthews is still looking out for his boy and I am sure Ms. Olberman is somewhere wringing his hands. :D
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 - In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” - Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Oct 7, 2008 6:30:37 PM
I'll bet>>>>>> he knows nothing of the future.......
Posted by: NH voter | Oct 7, 2008 6:54:31 PM
His ads are so full of hate and lies .How can onyone look at this man and believe anything he says.He is something else .
Posted by: indp voter | Oct 7, 2008 6:56:24 PM
Want to bet that McCain will keep his word? I didn't think so, not with his track record.
Posted by: JR | Oct 7, 2008 6:56:29 PM
Around the end of February 2008, I thought that Ms. Clinton should exit gracefully. It, certainly, would have been better for her if she did, because she may have other political opportunities.
In the case of Mr. McCain, although it is nearly certain he would lose (perhaps, the question is how badly?, he does not have much time left for other political ambitions. So I guess he wants to fight this out. And he should even though he will lose. At least, he got a little further now than in 2000!
Posted by: Onlooker | Oct 7, 2008 7:04:55 PM
McCain Adviser: We’ll Stick to the Future if Obama Does
Wasn't it the McCain camp and Parrot Palin who started the negativity? Obama has been sticking to what matters. I am glad he didn't sit back on the last bashfest.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:10:01 PM
I hope this doesn't mean I can't ask Sen. McCain if he Brazilian girlfriend did, indeed, refer to him as her "little coconut".
Posted by: B. Bear | Oct 7, 2008 7:10:49 PM
John McCain: Tell Lilly Ledbetter to drop dead.
John McCain: Woman should be treated like children who are incapable of making moral choices when it comes to her own body.
John McCain: People should be able to divert their Social Security contributions to PRIVATE ACCOUNTS.
Since this money is currently paying for your Mother's or gransmother's retirement, this mean that Social Security will enter TECHNICAL DEFAULT sooner than without McCain's privatization plans.
John McCain: Health insurance companies should be regulated by a Republican, industry friendly state of the companies' OWN CHOOSING, simply by reincorporating in that state.
PUMA: Stick woman's rights and senior citizen's social security UP YOUR A**
Posted by: John McCain's conscience | Oct 7, 2008 7:12:53 PM
LEE LEE 07--GET A LIFE! YOU BELIEVE ALL THE GARBAGE McIDIOT IS PUTTING OUT. YOU MUST BE A PHONY AA FEMALE AND LOSER!
Posted by: READY99 | Oct 7, 2008 7:13:08 PM
JOHN MCCAIN OPPOSED THE LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT! What a jerk!
Background on Lilly Ledbetter:
Of all the appalling decisions the Roberts Court issued last year, one of the worst was the 5-4 ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, which gutted the equal-pay provisions of the Civil Rights Act and overturned a decades-old employment-law precedent.
The plaintiff, Lilly Ledbetter, worked for nearly two decades at a Goodyear Tire plant in Gadsden, Alabama. She brought an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against Goodyear after she discovered that for years she had been paid less than male co-workers with the same job. The justices ruled that employees can only file a wage-discrimination complaint within 180 days of when the payroll decision was made.
After the Supreme Court issued its decision, which leaves women and minorities in Ledbetter's situation with no recourse, congressional Democrats pledged to pass legislation that would give employees two years to file a complaint, in accordance with the law before the Supreme Court issued its decision.
Posted by: John McCain's conscience | Oct 7, 2008 7:15:06 PM
LEE LEE 07--GET A LIFE! YOU BELIEVE ALL THE GARBAGE McIDIOT IS PUTTING OUT. YOU MUST BE A PHONY AA FEMALE AND LOSER!
Posted by: READY99 | Oct 7, 2008 7:13:08 PM
I was an avid Hillary supporter but I made the choice to do what she wanted all her voters to do and that was to vote for Barack Obama.
Any person with any intelligence can see McSame and Parrot Palin are not good for this country.
To vote against everything Hillary believed in is just plain stupid.
These people who will vote McCain to teach the Democrats a lesson are just hurting themselves. In the end it won't make a difference except to their pocketbooks.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:17:29 PM
Yes a future with Obama, Wright and Ayers. How refreshing.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:18:17 PM
LeeLee07, get over it, Hillary will not vote for McPalin as you know very well, you're not a supporter of HRC rather a McPalin supporter, please remember that McSame has tried to divide democrates and women by selecting an inexperienced Sarah but he failed miserably. Feminism is not about sex, it is about a value system, but McCain with his very low IQ and lack of understanding of anyhting is not in a position to understand that distinction.
Posted by: BKMC | Oct 7, 2008 7:20:12 PM
How about a future with McCain. Liddy, Keating and Iran/Contra. How refreshing.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:20:14 PM
"These people who will vote McCain to teach the Democrats a lesson are just hurting themselves. In the end it won't make a difference except to their pocketbooks."
Some people will not vote for a far left-wing radical candidate with ties to racists and terrorists. Very simple.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:22:11 PM
"How about a future with McCain. Liddy, Keating and Iran/Contra. How refreshing."
How many bombs did they plant again?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:24:05 PM
Some people will not vote for a far left-wing radical candidate with ties to racists and terrorists. Very simple.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:22:11 PM
Do you have any actual proof of those claims? Every myth about that has been debunked, but you Republicans keep beating it to death.
You people deserve for this country to go to hell if you elect McCain after what Bush has done.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:25:32 PM
"Do you have any actual proof of those claims?"
Open your eyes and do a little research. The truth is out there.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:26:56 PM
How many bombs did they plant again?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:24:05 PM
Unless Obama took his scooter along and did it he didn't plant any. That is like calling you a terrorist because you work with somebody who might have done something like that in the past.
How about old Songbird?
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:28:05 PM
Do you have any actual proof of those claims?"
Open your eyes and do a little research. The truth is out there.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:26:56 PM
Sorry I don't listen to Rush, Hannity or the other pukes that spread bs. Quit watching that crap you might learn something.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:29:31 PM
"Unless Obama took his scooter along and did it he didn't plant any. That is like calling you a terrorist because you work with somebody who might have done something like that in the past"
How old was he when he was sitting in Ayers' living room seeking his guidance to help launch his career? Why did he lie about his relationship with him?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:30:11 PM
"Sorry I don't listen to Rush, Hannity or the other pukes that spread bs. Quit watching that crap you might learn something."
No, stick with Dailykos, MSNBC, CNN and Huffingtonpost, etc. where you can get the truth.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:31:45 PM
HEY REPUBLICANS!!!
PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSES, MONEY IN THEIR RETIREMENT FUNDS, CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR FOOD, GAS, ELECTRIC BILLS AND NO JOB!!!
TONIGHT IS NOT THE NIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST BUT THE FUTURE!!!
BLACK AND WHITE, WE ARE ALL IN THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS TOGETHER!!!
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 7:32:33 PM
How old was he when he was sitting in Ayers' living room seeking his guidance to help launch his career? Why did he lie about his relationship with him?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:30:11 PM
Why does McCain lie about everything? McCain has just as many questionable associations.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:32:47 PM
No, stick with Dailykos, MSNBC, CNN and Huffingtonpost, etc. where you can get the truth.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:31:45 PM
Don't get my info from there either. Try again! I occasionally watch CNN but not very often. Try again.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:34:59 PM
Like we the seniors are going to vote for this a-- hole.Do you know how much money he has lost us in the past three days.We find it hard as it is to keep up now this makes it worse.MC Cain my words can not be put in print....Lets just say I dislike you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.Palin is the bottom of the list....She is a gd f b
Posted by: me | Oct 7, 2008 7:35:46 PM
HEY REPUBLICANS!!!
PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSES, MONEY IN THEIR RETIREMENT FUNDS, CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR FOOD, GAS, ELECTRIC BILLS AND NO JOB!!!
TONIGHT IS NOT THE NIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST BUT THE FUTURE!!!
BLACK AND WHITE, WE ARE ALL IN THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS TOGETHER!!!
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 7:32:33 PM
Well said!
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:35:52 PM
"Don't get my info from there either. Try again! I occasionally watch CNN but not very often. Try again."
Oh so you're a graduate of the Obama indoctrination camp, and get your lies fed to you directly.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:37:23 PM
Ayers was awarded "Citizen of Chicago" in 1997 for his work in eduction.
His work is funded by WALTER ANNENBERG, Republican and friend of REAGAN and papa BUSH.
Why don't you republicans simply call Homeland Security and have the Ayer terrorist arrested and executed?
Posted by: rufus | Oct 7, 2008 7:38:26 PM
I really hope McCain sticks to issues. That's what voters want to hear about -- not personal attacks.
I hope the polls the last few days have made McCain realize that going negative -- especially with such flimsy material -- was a bad idea. Voters don't like it, and the Democrats this time didn't hestitate to respond in kind.
I support Obama but at one time had a lot of respect for John McCain. I really hope he conducts himself in a way that counters the bad impression he's made lately.
Posted by: Alex | Oct 7, 2008 7:38:42 PM
Oh so you're a graduate of the Obama indoctrination camp, and get your lies fed to you directly.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:37:23 PM
Nope, try again.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:38:44 PM
McClame - Phailin '08
Posted by: Jeff | Oct 7, 2008 7:38:57 PM
"Like we the seniors are going to vote for this a-- hole.Do you know how much money he has lost us in the past three days"
He has lost you? I think you may be lost. You may want to thank Freddie, Fannie, Obama, Dodd, Frank, etc for some of this mess.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:39:24 PM
Remember Gore - Loserman?
Well, Loserman is the brains behind McClame - Phailin '08
Posted by: Jeff | Oct 7, 2008 7:40:32 PM
Mack, Your boy sold arms to iran then talks about bombing them. I think he was senile back then. He is connected to nazis who tortured and killed thousands in South America with money they made in the Iran Contra deal. He did this while he was an adult. He cant say he was 8 then. YOU are a racist and just cant stand liberals. You should get used to saying President Barack H. Obama, it will be good therapy for you. Im sure your therapist would agree, you @ss.
Posted by: Fairfax | Oct 7, 2008 7:40:47 PM
Why don't you republicans simply call Homeland Security and have the Ayer terrorist arrested and executed?
Posted by: rufus | Oct 7, 2008 7:38:26 PM
Exactly. They spout off this nonsense. If they were so concerned you are right they should do that.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:40:48 PM
Posted by: Fairfax | Oct 7, 2008 7:40:47 PM
But that's ok because he is a Republican. See how that works?...lol
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:43:15 PM
"I hope the polls the last few days have made McCain realize that going negative -- especially with such flimsy material -- was a bad idea. Voters don't like it, and the Democrats this time didn't hestitate to respond in kind."
I live in a swing state and have heard attack ad after attack ad from the Obama campaign for the last month. He even blamed McCain for an air-conditioned ferris wheel that was built in Iraq. I just tune it out now. That's where all that money that you fools sent him is going.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:43:16 PM
Mack get a life you must be a republican. A person who thinks this man is ok to lead this country 8 more years of the same old crap,,,,,This so called republican has been in congress for yearssssssssssssssss he is a old man who who has one foot in the grave and one on a bananna peel and is running mate is a time bomb who is ticking..... Not for this person ty.......
Posted by: me | Oct 7, 2008 7:44:56 PM
I live in a swing state and have heard attack ad after attack ad from the Obama campaign for the last month. He even blamed McCain for an air-conditioned ferris wheel that was built in Iraq. I just tune it out now. That's where all that money that you fools sent him is going.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:43:16 PM
It hasn't affected Obama's numbers any. Must not be too negative.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:45:06 PM
"YOU are a racist and just cant stand liberals."
Pastor Wright? Is that you?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:45:42 PM
It was McCain, Graham leading the way in deregulation. yeah the elitists friends mcCain Graham, who said that the 'common people" are a bunch of whiners, just because they hate to lose their homes. I wonder if Phil Graham, who is McCains economic advisor, still thinks we are in an "imaginary" recession. And deregulation is without a doubt the cause of the present economic mess, Mack. You are a delusional racist hater.
Posted by: grumpybumpy | Oct 7, 2008 7:46:55 PM
"YOU are a racist and just cant stand liberals."
Pastor Wright? Is that you?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:45:42 PM
Another non issue response.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:47:45 PM
PEOPLE!!!
90 YRS OLD WOMAN SHOT HERSELF BECAUSE HER HOME WAS IN FORECLOSURE!!!
90 YRS OLD, I SAID!!!
A MAN IN LA JUST KILLED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY DUE TO FINANCIAL PROBLEM!!! HE HAD AN MBA!!!!
PEOPLE LOST 2TRILLION DOLLARS IN RETIREMENT FUNDS!!!
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT MCCAIN'S AND OBAMA'S PAST!!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
THERE IS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT REALLY MATTERS IN THIS CRUEL AND UNJUST WORLD!!!
WE ARE HEADING INTO A DEPRESSION!!! CAN ANYONE SEE, WHAT IS GOING ON!!!
WE ARE LIVING IN OUR LAST DAYS!!!!
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 7:47:50 PM
He's blowing through those campaign contributions faster than him and Ayers blew through the $49.2 Million from the Annenburg Challenge.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:47:56 PM
If Chris Matthews came at me maniacally and repetitively demanding I agree to "a deal," I would agree to it just so he wouldn't turn beet red and start drowning in his own spittle.
Posted by: Tracy Lynn | Oct 7, 2008 7:50:40 PM
"WE ARE HEADING INTO A DEPRESSION!!! CAN ANYONE SEE, WHAT IS GOING ON!!!
WE ARE LIVING IN OUR LAST DAYS!!!!"
So sell your i-phone on e-bay.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:52:34 PM
Its actually gonna be funny after the elections and people like Mack shoot themselves because they cant stand to live in a black governed nation. That will be truly poetic justice. Hey Mack, if you cant bring yourself to do it, just let me know and I will help you out.
Posted by: SemperFi | Oct 7, 2008 7:52:47 PM
He's blowing through those campaign contributions faster than him and Ayers blew through the $49.2 Million from the Annenburg Challenge.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:47:56 PM
You remind me of the adults on the Peanuts cartoons. They never had a real voice it was like mwah wahh wahh.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:52:47 PM
MACK!
I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN08
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 7:55:40 PM
"Its actually gonna be funny after the elections and people like Mack shoot themselves because they cant stand to live in a black governed nation."
Minister Farrakan is that you?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:57:17 PM
MACK!
I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN08
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 7:55:40 PM
Somebody needs to.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:57:36 PM
Its actually gonna be funny after the elections and people like Mack shoot themselves because they cant stand to live in a black governed nation."
Minister Farrakan is that you?
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 7:57:17 PM
Instead of posting negative stuff, why don't you post something worthwhile like talking about the economy and the other messes we have going on. You are just making yourself look like a twit.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 7:59:48 PM
Bless your kind heart sisterdearest09, you truly care and isnt it interesting that you, as a caring individual are wise enough to know the proper path for our country to take, while the hateful ones like Mack simply choose to wish evil upon us.
Posted by: Jo | Oct 7, 2008 8:01:55 PM
"MACK!
I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN08"
Maybe you should be praying for the babies that survived an abortion that Obama wanted to leave to die like pieces of trash.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 8:05:13 PM
Mack your hatred and devisiveness are not attractive. They will eat you alive.
Posted by: Jo | Oct 7, 2008 8:07:20 PM
Maybe you should be praying for the babies that survived an abortion that Obama wanted to leave to die like pieces of trash.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 7, 2008 8:05:13 PM
Maybe you should quit being so vile and hateful.
Posted by: J | Oct 7, 2008 8:07:52 PM
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
THEY WILL SWEEP ACROSS AMERICA IN MASSES!!!
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 8:09:27 PM
Lets all pray for people like Mack who find it better to be political and hateful than to be working together to find ways to help those most in need.
Posted by: JJ | Oct 7, 2008 8:09:29 PM
MACK
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT ARE ALREADY HERE WHO ARE STARVING, BEING ABUSE, MURDER, AND MOLESTED!!!
APPARENTLY, YOUR PARENTS FORGOT TO INSTILL IN YOU, HUMAN KINDNESS AND COMPASSION!!!
ALSO, MCCAIN DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE 23,000 ELDERLY SENIORS WHO LOST THEIR LIFE SAVING IN THE SAVING & LOAN SAVING SCANDAL WHEN HE HELPED HIS DEAR FRIEND CHARLES KEATING!!!!
MCCAIN DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR THIS COUNTRY!!! HE IS JUST USING ALL THE IGNORANT PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIM JUST LIKE YOU!!!
HE IS JUST USING RACISM AND FEAR TO HIDE BEHIND HIS MANY FLAWS, YOU, MACK!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN08 IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | Oct 7, 2008 8:30:20 PM
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