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McCain Campaign: No Leaks Tonight
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ABC's George Stephanopoulos reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wants to win the election in November. But he does not want to steal Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., thunder this evening, as the Democrat becomes the first African American to accept a major party's nomination for president.
A senior McCain campaign official tonight said the news of the Republican's running mate, which is scheduled to be announced tomorow in Dayton, Ohio, will not upstage Obama tonight.
"There will be no announcement tonight. There will be no leak tonight. This is Barack Obama's night. His nomination is a singular achievement. Tonight's his night to make his case," a senior campaign official said.
Earlier today, the McCain campaign issued an unusual ad, congratulating Obama on his historic achievement of accepting his party's nomination 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech."
"This is truly a good day for America. ... Tomorrow, we'll be back at it, but tonight, Senator, a job well done," McCain says in the ad.
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Biden then quipped, "If I had your hair I'd be president, you know what I mean? I wouldn't be screwing around with this job."
Great choice Obama. A hair-obsessed bitter loser who is just "screwing around" as a V P candidate.
Posted by: geevill | Aug 29, 2008 8:43:10 AM
Hillary and McCain show what true adults act like. Contrast that with childish classless Obama.
Posted by: geevill | Aug 29, 2008 8:44:22 AM
So tonight the McCain campaign felt the need to announce "there will be no announcement tonight."
Um, okay. Kind of reminds me of an ADHD kid who is told to sit quietly, and who constantly feels the need to tell everyone how quiet he's being.
Posted by: Paul | Aug 29, 2008 9:02:05 AM
Biden then quipped, "If I had your hair I'd be president, you know what I mean? I wouldn't be screwing around with this job."
Geevill - I know you are DNA programmed to see the worst in people, but I think Biden's line was pretty funny.
Contrast that to McCain's sense of humor, which seems to always involve either people being killed or women being trashed.
I don't know. I guess its all in the eyes of the beholder, but I'll take Biden's jokes over McCain's.
Posted by: Paul | Aug 29, 2008 9:05:32 AM
Actually, speaking of Biden, I was pretty impressed with his life story. I didn't know a lot of that.
Forget the hair - maybe if more people had heard he was more than willing to give up his Senate seat to care for his injured kids - "Delaware can always find another senator, but my sons can't find another father." - I don't know, maybe he would be the nominee.
There's something simple and honest about a guy who gives up happy hours at the Hawk n Dove for a three-hour trainride every night.
Posted by: Paul | Aug 29, 2008 9:24:57 AM
It's interesting, every comments section I read on every article about this election shows a definite trend.
The posts by conservatives are generally written with tact and thoughtful analysis. The posts written by liberals more times than not resort to juvenile name-calling and insults.
Proves again that conservatives operate from a base of thought and logic, and liberals operate from a base of emotion.
Posted by: Ragtop | Aug 29, 2008 9:39:48 AM
It's interesting, every comments section I read on every article about this election shows a definite trend.
The posts by conservatives are generally written with tact and thoughtful analysis. The posts written by liberals more times than not resort to juvenile name-calling and insults.
Proves again that conservatives operate from a base of thought and logic, and liberals operate from a base of emotion.
Posted by: Ragtop | Aug 29, 2008 9:40:04 AM
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