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McKinnon and Dowd -- Together Again

March 26, 2008 1:45 PM

Wish I'd been there. The gentlemanly Evan Smith at Texas Monthly offers a debrief of an evening with former Bushies Mark McKinnon and Matthew Dowd (the latter of whom is an ABC News contributor.)

Among his re-creations of the night: "McKinnon re-re-reaffirmed his now famous commitment to step away from the McCain campaign if Obama is the nominee, though he'll continue to be a cheerleader, support him, attend the debate prep sessions in an unofficial capacity wearing his lucky hat, etc. When asked why, he said he liked Obama, respected him and what he was capable of doing for the country while at the same time fundamentally disagreeing with him on major issues, and therefore didn't want to be responsible for creating ads tearing him down. When I asked him if he'd be comfortable creating ads tearing down Hillary, he said, without pausing, 'Absolutely. I'd do it in a minute. I'd burn my house down to do it.'"

Read the whole thing HERE.

- jpt

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SFG, how McCain could win, he cannot even make a proper speech. He went to Michigan and told voters that jobs will not comeback, yesterday made a major economic speech and told voters again that government has to seat down and relax while houses are closing down and wenres are losing them (Forclosures NO Problem for McCain). McCain is too old and finished, has no plan, no ideas, no strategies, no leadership, all he knowns is Irak and the war. No, that is not leadership at all. McCain has to pack and go home like her beloved friend Hillary. Goodby. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

Posted by: BKMC | Mar 26, 2008 8:26:10 PM

What makes Hillary Clinton so uniquely qualified in foreign policy experience? Her own say so? Her exaggerations have diminished her credibility, and fall into the same vein as her bragging once that she had been named for Sir Edmund Hillary's feat of climbing Mt. Everest, though that took place long after Hillary was born. Old story: Both Clintons exaggerate and cajole to win votes. Why didn't she just run on her Senate record? Both she and Obama have sponsored exactly two pieces of legislation. Even her statement about her "misstatement" regarding the Kosovo landing had an exaggeration: she speaks "millions" of words daily. When did we think that church membership and what kind was a valid question for candidates? A truly sad state of affairs.

Expect McCain to win this fall and the Democrats [read Clinton party) to help make it possible. I'm one who worked very hard for Bill Clinton to be elected. He let us down the second term and he's not going anywhere now.

Posted by: SFG | Mar 26, 2008 5:20:30 PM

Rep Texan: Calm down. There are a lot of ugly comments made by supporters of both sides on this blog and others. I would count yours as one of them. A big part of the Obama camp's problem, as manifested by your comments, is the presumption that anybody who doesn't like your man is a "racist." But at the same time, Obama supporters argue that the election isn't about race, and that we should transcend the rhetoric of polarization. You can't keep calling people who support the other candidate racists and expect to heal the racial divide.

Posted by: shellray | Mar 26, 2008 3:53:02 PM

ROTFLMAO Ya gotta love honesty!
OBAMA 08

Posted by: Sam | Mar 26, 2008 3:33:40 PM


Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is far better qualified to be the president of our country than any other candidate, including Senator Barak Obama. Mrs. Clinton’s deep grasp of issues and policies makes her far more ready to take on the presidency than Mr. Obama and besides each debate I see Mr. Obama merely copying her; without originality in thought or words not to mention the depth of grasp that she has. His lack of foreign policy experience makes him even less qualified to be our next president.

Posted by: charleschaplin | Mar 26, 2008 2:48:08 PM

Exactly!

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

Posted by: Jackt51 | Mar 26, 2008 2:37:46 PM

Loyalty doesn't appear to one of Mr. McKinnon's strong points. Mr. McCain would be better off to replace him sooner, rather than later.

Posted by: texasdemocrat | Mar 26, 2008 2:17:27 PM

McKinnon's description upon first meeting Bush:

"Then he fell in love, and everything changed. As he famously told a reporter, McKinnon saw Bush at a party and had the feeling that a man has “when he’s at a party with his wife and sees a beautiful woman across the room.”"

Now that is special. LOL

Posted by: marie | Mar 26, 2008 2:13:27 PM

And that my friends is the state of mysoginy in America.

Something your friend Mr Dowd has participated in and is obviously aok with.

Posted by: s.b. | Mar 26, 2008 2:03:46 PM

I totally understand and respect Mark McKinnon's position. I even share it.

I'm shocked to see how the monstrous Hillary has has made monsters of her supporters here as well. These Dems are a lot more racist than the large GOP majority. Their racism is the only solid base for their Obama hate. Even a Rep recognizes the unusual qualities of the guy, though we don't support his policy proposals. The Dems who fight him would have fought MLK with the same fervor, though of course they think and say they wouldn't. White racist Dems are the folks I despise most in this country.

Posted by: Rep Texan | Mar 26, 2008 1:55:00 PM

what a priceless quote. that says a lot about who might be able to poach votes from independents and moderate republicans ...

Posted by: Chuck | Mar 26, 2008 1:54:01 PM

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