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Awkward!
October 02, 2008 10:48 AM
As the Senate voted on the economic rescue bill after 9 p.m. in D.C. last night, Congressional Quarterly's David Nather was watching the Senate floor (I was doing the West Coast update for "World News with Charles Gibson") and he reports that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was talking to his fellow Democratic senators on their side of the aisle and then walked over to the Republican side of the aisle to where Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was talking to Sens. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
Nather writes that Obama "stretched out his arm and offered his hand to McCain. McCain shook it, but with a 'go away' look that no one could miss. He tried his best not to even look at Obama. Finally, with a tight smile, McCain managed a greeting: 'Good to see you.' Obama got the message. He shook hands with Martinez and Lieberman — both of whom greeted him more warmly — and quickly beat a retreat back to the Democratic side."
- jpt
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Sounds like McCain is a SORE LOSER.
Posted by: JC | Oct 2, 2008 8:50:44 PM
Good for McCain. How do you recognize something that was made up?
Posted by: RL in Illinois | Oct 2, 2008 7:37:44 PM
I agree, that congeniality is a must, but that goes for both sides. You just can't have it both ways.
I get this feeling Obama has a hard time understanding that there are possibly people out there that don't buy his every word, or believe everything he says.
Posted by: Jeanie | Oct 2, 2008 6:31:41 PM
Concerned in Ohio -
Pls. stop peddling this Acorn and CRA nonsense. It's simply not true and it ignores the role that Wall St. greed and manic deregulation played in creating this mess.
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Don't blame it all on deregulation....
And hile associating greed with "Acorn", don't dismiss the dirty money and unsavory deals which attached themselves to Obama during the course of his political career and went on to pepper
his unsavory real estate associates with equally their equally lucrative barrel of "pork".
It began way back when in his days as a
Posted by: klondike kate | Oct 2, 2008 5:59:45 PM
Question ?
Why was my post Oct 2, 2008 4:45:35 PM
edited ??? Post is not as submited ???
Posted by: James | Oct 2, 2008 5:22:27 PM
"Funny the Bots are out in force condemning McCain - but refused to see anything wrong with Obama's famous ignoring of Hillary in the Senate."
Funny the RWBots are out in force defending McCain refusing to see anything wrong with his actions today while bringing up incidents that are months old.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 2, 2008 5:03:57 PM
"quickly beat a retreat back to the Democratic side."
JPT what exactly constitutes "quickly beat a retreat" ? Given that Barack made the contact it would seem clear that your choice of words seem far from appropriate, accurate, factual or true!
Posted by: James | Oct 2, 2008 4:45:35 PM
Funny the Bots are out in force condemning McCain - but refused to see anything wrong with Obama's famous ignoring of Hillary in the Senate. I'm sure you can find the video on the web if you don't know what I'm talking about.
Posted by: marylou | Oct 2, 2008 4:32:09 PM
Ryan:
Not just the style, but the effects of the style cycle after cycle. It diminishes us. It has turned us into Red States and Blue States. I have to believe we can do better.
Think about this: at the beginning of the Democratic primaries, all parties more or less promised to run a healthier election than those run previously. Even McCain was talking this line.
Here at the end of it, it is one of the more vicious elections I remember this side of Alabama gubernatorial politics in the 1960s.
Why is that? What is it that makes us turn so mean so fast despite our best intentions? Maybe we need to start understanding it and ask ourselves if we can do better, or if the politics of the playground sandbox are all America is capable of achieving.
We have the best country in the world. We have the resources. We have the media. We have the constitution. Why do we always come back Nah Nah Nah Boo Boo?
Posted by: len | Oct 2, 2008 4:01:04 PM
Life just isn't fair....The media calls me on my lies, now. The economy is tanking and I can't remember how many houses I have...Wah....Life is not fair.....Wah.....Oh that Liberal, whipper snapper.
Posted by: McWhiner | Oct 2, 2008 3:42:26 PM
McCain has an ornery personality....Not one to make friends.....that is why he is a maverick....No one really likes working with him..not even his own party...That is why his friends include outcasts like Joe Lieberman....My personal feeling is that no one will really for McCain. They will either vote for or against Obama.
Posted by: indy_voter | Oct 2, 2008 3:36:06 PM
"I'll take your word for that, Ryan. I can't transition from Hillary to Obama because he's a Democrat anymore than it makes sense to transition from Hillary to Palin because they are both women."
Len,
You could slip a piece of paper in the differences in the two's policies and goals so its more than Democrat yellow doggism.
Though I understand if for you its a matter of campaign style.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 2, 2008 3:31:57 PM
I'll take your word for that, Ryan. I can't transition from Hillary to Obama because he's a Democrat anymore than it makes sense to transition from Hillary to Palin because they are both women. The means make a difference. Obama has a long history of tactics that break all deals as far as I am concerned.
So given a choice, I am not necessarily voting for McCain although I might. I like Palin and I respect McCain. I know that a minority president trying to live up to his family's reputation and a hockey mom smart enough to become a State Governor have a chance of doing the right thing and not overdoing the wrong thing.
But my reason for being here? I am fighting the tactics that are turning the Democrats into Republicans and the Republicans into the Nazis.
If the election goes to either side as it will, we'll get by. But if we turn ourselves into deceitful chumps for either side, both sides lose. I don't give a fig for the politics. It's two rich classes both using us, but I care very deeply that the America I believe in survives for my children's children. Call it moronic or simple minded or naive or uneducated, but it is the one thing in the race I think is worth fighting for.
"I'll have the monster burger. Oh by the way, is that fresh monster?"
Posted by: len | Oct 2, 2008 3:17:54 PM
Someone has way too much time. Expecting a french kiss...sheesh...where's the news?
Posted by: Captain America | Oct 2, 2008 2:37:17 PM
Yes Two Jakes, I was a Hillary supporter.
Supported her husband in 92 & 96.
Supported both of her Senate runs.
Supporter her run for the nomination.
Voted for her on Super Tuesday.
Realized the race was likely over in Wisconsin.
Fought until PA.
And now I support Obama.
Perhaps you can point to an instance where I declared I would not support Hillary because the opinion of a sociopath like you doesn't carry much weight
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 2, 2008 2:29:11 PM
RYAN said:
Len,
I was a Hillary supporter and we gave as good as we got.
We went after the media, we went after Obama supporters, we fought every battle tooth and nail. Its been hard to reconcile with some Obama supporters whom I crossed swords with though for the most part bygones are bygones.
I love Hillary but she listened to that weasel Penn and decided not to build her ground game until it was far too late.
And that cost her the nomination.
I did like Obama though as I liked most of the Dem nominees.
So after a few weeks away from the fray, I decided to support Obama.
The more I see him the more I like him.
The more I see his campaign, the better I feel about our chances to win the White House.
Obama telling people to stand up against lies is not wrong len.
Its something every American should be doing.
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Well Ryan, nice try both good and original. Sadly, what was good was not original and what was original was not good. Seeing the above from the ever so obvious Ryan C. feigning, that he was a Hillary supporter is like watching Jake Tapper being vetted for the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Neither ever did or ever will happen.
Posted by: The Two Jakes | Oct 2, 2008 2:07:44 PM
McCain is now pulling out of Michigan.
Tonite could be the coup de grace for the McCain campaign.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 2, 2008 2:05:12 PM
"Enemies with McCain? Didn't Lieberman and Obama have a fight but they greeted each other warmly. More like McCain making enemies and infusing Presidential Politics into Congress"
MM,
I am unsure what you are talking about here.
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 2, 2008 1:39:23 PM
October 1st is the day McCain started airing Rev. Wright ads. I guess he ran out of things to run on? A Democrat hasn't won in Virginia in quite a while, but Obama is pulling ahead in both Virginia and North Carolina.
Posted by: MM | Oct 2, 2008 1:30:44 PM
Ryan C
Enemies with McCain? Didn't Lieberman and Obama have a fight but they greeted each other warmly. More like McCain making enemies and infusing Presidential Politics into Congress.
Posted by: MM | Oct 2, 2008 1:28:49 PM
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