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McCain: 'We're Not Sending Any Negative Message'
August 12, 2008 7:43 PM
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: In an interview with National Public Radio which is set to run Wednesday on "Morning Edition," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., argued that he is not sending "any negative message" in his White House run.
"We’re not sending any negative message in our campaign," said McCain. "We’re drawing differences in positions between myself and Senator Obama, which are significant. He wants to raise taxes; I want to keep them low. He doesn’t want to drill offshore or have nuclear power; I want both. I’ve never heard Steve Schmidt say we need a negative message in the campaign. …I’ve run many, many campaigns and I have never believed that we need a strong negative message."
McCain defended the tenor of his campaign when asked about a story in The Wall Street Journal that credited recently elevated advisor Steve Schmidt with the philosophy that campaigns need one positive message about the candidate and one negative message about the opponent.
The Arizona senator argued that he is not sending any negative message even though he is running a series of ads portraying Obama as a lightweight whose fame is undeserving.
When asked if his ad blaming Obama for high gas prices is a negative message, McCain pointed to Obama's vote for the 2005 Bush energy bill which McCain described as having "all kinds of tax breaks and giveaways . . . to the oil companies."
"I believe strongly that if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem," said McCain.
Asked if he is comfortable with ads comparing his opponent to Paris Hilton, McCain said, "I’m very comfortable with my campaign and I strongly recommend that people who don’t find humor in that: relax, turn off the computer, and go on out and get some fresh air . . ."
McCain also spoke with NPR about the future of U.S. Russia relations.
"I don’t think that there’s going to be a re-ignition of the Cold War; don’t get me wrong," said McCain.
"I don’t think there’s going to be nuclear-weapons build-ups, etc., but I think that Russian behavior is not acceptable and we will do what we can to maintain our alliances and our friends and make the Russians understand that this kind of behavior is not a part of what we view as the 21st century."
The audio will be posted at approximately 10:00 am ET on Wednesday at www.NPR.org.
August 12, 2008 in Hunter, Duncan | Permalink | User Comments (143)
McCain will make by far the superior President.
Obama is in the same bed as Bush on appeasing Russia.
McCain/Palin 08
http://mccainpalinforprez.blogspot.com
www.palinforamerica.com
Posted by: Paul007ex | Aug 12, 2008 7:59:11 PM
Johnny "the Songbird" McCain is scarier than Bush even though they are basically being advised by the SAME people-- this will be born out with the increasingly bellicose rhetoric the "bald wrinkly OLD man" is broadcasting towards Moscow. God help us all if gets elected.
Posted by: pax vobiscum | Aug 12, 2008 8:06:04 PM
McCain saying that he's not sending any negative messages is as believable as saying the sun sets in the east.
Posted by: kat | Aug 12, 2008 8:10:49 PM
Oh Paul007ex
You have got to be kidding me. grandstand, belittle Georgia, and saber-rattle is right out of the Bush playbook.
I was waiting for him to start singing Georgia on My Mind. What a joke of a candidate McCain is.
When you say something derrogatory against your opponent in over half the ad ummmm that's a negative ad. I would say in almost EVERY ad McSame has released is NEGATIVE. How about McBush giving us some positiv information about himself (roll out that old tired video of him on in the hospital 40+ years ago).
To pull britner spears, paris hilton, waynes world, and taco bell into your ads are just plaing asinine stupid and childish. The country is struggling coupled with making a SERIOUS decision to pick the next president and he takes this low road. Oh please. How can someone sooooo old be soooo childish.
Grow up McCain.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 8:13:11 PM
The Pew poll says that Americans think that McCain is far more negative than Obama so John McCain, America does NOT agree with you.
Posted by: Sandy | Aug 12, 2008 8:19:15 PM
What is Obama's qualifications to be President? He is far less qualified than the jack... thats in office now. This democrats tired of every time someone questions Obama's experience, or the kooks he surrounded himself with, the media screams racism! How is Obama different other than his extreme lack of experience than any other politician! I'm a democrat but I'm not going to be forced into voting for him because I'm a Democrat and the republicans are attacking the black candidate, after hearing The Clinton's were attacking the "black" candidate! In this democrats mind he is weak and grossly under qualified and has made poor personal decisions since graduating college!
Posted by: John in Cape May | Aug 12, 2008 8:20:57 PM
What an insult McCain has been. This geezer is scary to say the least. DONT FREAKING LIE TO ME AND DONT FREAKING INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE.
MCCAIN YOU ARE A JOKE, AN EMBARASSMENT, A LOSER, A CARD IN THE ROVIAN DECK, A WATER CARRIER FOR BIG OIL, A LACKEY FOR THE WELL CONNECTED AND THE LOBBYIST.
wake up america. Refuse this garbage REFUSE IT NOW.
Elect Obama as President so we can rise again to prosperity hope and respect in the world.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 8:25:36 PM
If John McCain cannot be trusted to tell the truth on such a simple and obvious matter as this, he cannot be trusted to lead. He is a deceptive politician of the old school politics of personal destruction. He is not commander and chief material. Only Barack Obama has the good judgement and and integrity to lead our country.
Posted by: robby10001 | Aug 12, 2008 8:26:33 PM
This is what the world is waiting for with the community organizer OBAMA: China is waiting to invade taiwain and continue to arm Iran with no US troops in Iraq, Russia is waiting to arm itself and Iran and any other western-hating nation, The Palestinians are waitng to tape dynamite to themselves and blowup a school, restaurant or synagogue, Chavez and casto's brother a waiting to drink tea with Obama and then they can post pictures of themselves with Obama and their fellow countryman will laugh...Obama = Carter. Some in the world may hate us and some may laugh at our President BUT WITH OBAMA THEY WILL LAUGH AT US!
Posted by: John in Cape May | Aug 12, 2008 8:32:39 PM
War = Viagra for McWar....McCain is a freak and I pray this country is not stupid enough to let this man get his fingers on the button....
Posted by: jen | Aug 12, 2008 8:33:45 PM
Old school politics? How much do you koolaide drinkers know about how Obama ran his campaigns for State Senate and US Senate? But I forgot he is St. Obama and he will speak and the world will follow! I cant wait to Mccain brings up Obama's support for infanticide when he was in the Illinois state Senate. See how that goes over with Catholics - Kiss Pennsylvania and Ohio and probably Michigan Good-BYE!
Posted by: John in Cape May | Aug 12, 2008 8:39:25 PM
John in Cape Fear
You are a fearmongering lunatic. You got it wrong. Most of the world hates us and laughing at us and most of them are our allies.
This kooky picture you have painted no country can combat alone. Obama urges other nations unite to tackle the problems you suggested. If we as McSame suggest began to rattle our sabers and start blasting ultimatums even when it is known by all that we are stretched to the threads already fighting two wars (one ill-advised) is Russia calls ups us on our ante, where do we go from there. Russia invading Georgia is almost a carbon copy of how the US invaded Iraq. How high does the hypocrisy rise.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 8:42:03 PM
If America isn't ready for a woman president..they certainly aren't ready for a black president...
Posted by: SouthFlorida | Aug 12, 2008 8:44:26 PM
Pretty funny that the semi-literate Omentum wants to criticize someone else for being childish.
The Obamans cry whenever people do not bow down in amazement. Sure, McCain is making fun of Obama's lack of even one single accomplishment (other than figuring out how the Democratic primary voter's mind works) and his total lack of a platform other than "change". Seems like asking whether someone who has come from nowhere is who he says he is (this week), and asking whether that person is qualified to lead, is a pretty legitimate issue.
Besides, how can you have a "positive" campaign when Obama doesn't have any issues of his own, other than to change his position every 4 months when the facts on the ground prove that his empty rhetoric is simply wrong.
McCain has actually been pretty easy on Obama.
Posted by: gottabesomeonebetter | Aug 12, 2008 8:44:44 PM
Cape Fear
You know enough about Obama to know that if you continue this tired argument that America don't know Obama may continue to prevent folks people from voting for Obama. You don't know anything about Obama is because you CHOOSE not to. Obama is the most tech-savvy candidate ever in politics. Everything you need to know about him his policies are on his website. He also wrote TWO books. He has MORE experience that the Decider when he was running for president. I didn't hear you casting aspersions then. And if you did know anything about the Decider you would know he had the CLOSEST ties to the mastermind of 9/11 than ANYONE period. So much so is that he took specific care to fly his family out on that terrible day. Now McSame is basically in bed with Bush and his cronies and you call Obama a risk. Laughable.
I would agree that McCain hasbeen in the public eye for nearly 60 years and what I know of him make me run to vote for OBAMA.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 8:51:50 PM
Omentum: "There is an organization called The United Nations, The world doesn't need the elitist Obama to tell them to unite on issues where their is agreement. Who has he ever brought together? No Russia invading Georgia is purely to establish territorial redominance in a region and to prevent a country from being excepted in NATO. Who do you think Vladamir Putin wants as President? Obama The Mars attacks I come in Peace character! This Democrat is voting Republican for the first time in my life and bringing allot of democrats with me!
Posted by: John in Cape May | Aug 12, 2008 8:52:24 PM
baloney. mccain is flat out lying about Obama's position and record on taxes.
McCain released three new ads with multiple false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals.
A TV spot claims Obama once voted for a tax increase "on people making just $42,000 a year." That's true for a single taxpayer, who would have seen a tax increase of $15 for the year – if the measure had been enacted. But the ad shows a woman with two children, and as a single mother, she would not have been affected unless she made more than $62,150. The increase that Obama once supported as part of a Democratic budget bill is not part of his current tax plan anyway.
A Spanish-language radio ad claims the measure Obama supported would have raised taxes on "families" making $42,000, which is simply false. Even a single mother with one child would have been able to make $58,650 without being affected. A family of four with income up to $90,000 would not have been affected.
The TV ad claims in a graphic that Obama would "raise taxes on middle class." In fact, Obama's plan promises cuts for middle-income taxpayers and would increase rates only for persons with family incomes above $250,000 or with individual incomes above $200,000.
The radio ad claims Obama would increase taxes "on the sale of your home." In fact, home-sale profits of up to $500,000 per couple would continue to be exempt from capital gains taxes. Very few sales would see an increase under Obama's proposal to raise the capital gains rate.
A second radio ad, in English, says, "Obama has a history of raising taxes" on middle-class Americans. But that's false. It refers to a vote that did not actually result in a tax increase and could not have done so.
Posted by: cturple | Aug 12, 2008 8:58:57 PM
What does it say about a candidate that has to lie about his opponent? That his hero is george bush, and he's going to continue a policy of lying to americans. If you think George Bush is the greatest - you'll love McCain.
Posted by: cturple | Aug 12, 2008 9:01:58 PM
gottabesomeoneworser
Your post was complete garbage. I am not defending Obama nor the way he runs his campaign. What i am ticked about is that we now face a serious issue. Folks need to see less of McCains negative attacks (ie paris waynes world brittney taco bell) an more of his policies. I am sick and you also should be fed up with the low road ads mcluny is running. Interesting that these type ads didn't start until the Rove minion started running his campaign.
Dont you realize they know the BIG SECRET. Republican vote based on fear and numskull wedge issues. They also dont have the mental capacity or ability to think for themselves. If you say something enough time it
1) keep the true issues off the table
2) creates this cloud of confusion. Once republicans are confused ... which is often... they resort to the status quo.
3) people will buy into the lie.
So please continue keep passing the koolaid .... i truly believe american will not be drinking this time
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 9:02:43 PM
Negative ads? How about negative verbal blunders? I'm surprised that John McCain hasn't done what his fellow party candidates did during the primaries like calling Barack 'Obama Bin Laden' when they try to call attention to Osama Bin Laden, but are really intentionally putting it out there that Obama was a terrorist.
Or how about the other Republican UNTRUTH of saying, 'Obama is a Muslim' when Obama is really a Christian.
Not that religion should ever be a factor, but in the minds of many Americans religion does, but we all pretend that it does not.
Or how about the Old Republican sneaky tricky trick of calling Obama 'Flip flop Obama',
when in fact it is John McCain who holds the title for more than 8 years of being called 'Double Talk' by his own Republican party.
With any campaign can we ever expect there to be NO negative campaign ads? Wouldn't it just be lovely? Maybe we should put it up there with 'CAN WE JUST ALL BE FRIENDS?'
Posted by: lovinggrandma53 | Aug 12, 2008 9:22:29 PM
Today I speak for all americans. We are all Gergians...McCain 2008
Posted by: jude | Aug 12, 2008 9:46:05 PM
Every McCaine supporters are Georgians....
Posted by: james | Aug 12, 2008 9:47:05 PM
McSame: Same old negative politics even though he promised the American people that he'd run a positive campaign ....need I say more!
Posted by: Howard Gallas | Aug 12, 2008 9:47:08 PM
I think a lot of people believe that at some point in his life, Barack Obama was a Muslim. His Dad was a Muslim as well as his step Dad. He spent several years in a Muslim country (Indonesia). He can recite the Koran (the Muslim Bible) and is very proud of that. His middle name is Hussein ... in fact, all three of his names (Barack Hussein Obama) are Muslim. I don't mind if Obama had once been a Muslim (even as a child) or had been confused as to whether he was Muslim or Christian. What I find unnverving is that he continually just flat out denies that there is anything even remotely Muslim about him. The man is not Pope John Paul. He has an ambiguos past - I wish he would just explain it like it is and we can move on. He keeps denying his Muslim heritage and this just fuels the rumors
Posted by: Obama & Islam | Aug 12, 2008 9:48:36 PM
McCain sounds like Bush in saying up is down, night is day, and negative is positive. The guy and his Rovian henchmen are all delusional. His NPR interview will be fodder for Comedy Central and the late night talk show hosts. Pathetic at best!!
Posted by: Lou R | Aug 12, 2008 9:50:24 PM
McCain sure as he!! doesn't speak for me. Where does he get off making foreign policy before the election!?
Posted by: cturple | Aug 12, 2008 9:50:39 PM
To John in cape may.....You need to let the C.I.A. know about allyour inside imformantion.
Posted by: orange cat | Aug 12, 2008 10:13:44 PM
McCain is so full of it his eyes are brown! McCain ads about Obama's tax proposals are filled with multiple false and misleading claims.
People want to vote for something, not against something. "In the end, George Bush and John McCain are two sides of the same coin, and it doesn't amount to a lot of change!"
~Hillary Clinton
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 10:40:22 PM
McCain is a guy who chased women while he was still cohabiting with his first wife, so it's not surprising that he could bring himself to tell such an obvious lie to an interviewer.
Posted by: Patrick | Aug 12, 2008 10:42:53 PM
Top Ten Reasons for John McCain to Hate Barack Obama...
1.Obama looks GREAT in sunglasses, and you look, well, like an old fart wearing sunglasses.
2. Obama has at least thirty years left to live, maybe ten times McCain's remaining number.
3. Obama has a beautiful and intact nuclear family with no bimbo history.
4. Obama hasn't and wouldn't call Michelle a trollop or a c***.
5. Obama wouldn't use the fake ass "Gas Tax Holiday" pander s**t that McCain tried to sell as a good idea.
6. Obama has become a world famous celebrity while all McCain can do is try to make that seem like a bad thing.
7. Obama is loved by citizens of other nations while McCain is surely seen as just another American joke.
8. Obama draws enormous crowds while McCain draws yawns.
9. Young people are particularly excited by Obama, while McCain put his base to sleep.
10. Obama is going to kick McCain's ass and become president.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 10:45:36 PM
LeeLee07 -need to catch up on the news -Wright will NOt be publishing the book in October. Noted in a press release by Wright's daughter.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 10:52:42 PM
LeeLee are you going to be at the convention with the other 2 puma.
Posted by: ?? | Aug 12, 2008 10:59:16 PM
LeeLee07
Do you wonder why America lags behind sooooooooo far in academics. Why our kids are soooo far behind the rest of the world. People like YOU. Instead of dwelling on the crap like this
Don't feel bad. The media readily feeds your ignorance. The most important choice that we make as americans have been reduced to britney spears, paris hilton, rev wright and waynes world. God help us.
Notice all the meadia headlines
McCain slams obama
McCain rips Obama
This and that hurts Obama
Trouble for Obama
Obama struggles.
ALL THAT IS GARBAGE.
Here we have a rookie Senator leading a Senator, war hero, 26 year legislator AND OBAMA IS IN TROUBLE. Might I add he is a minority in a yet still color polarizing country.
God Help Us PLEASE!!!!!
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:02:59 PM
maybe mccain has confused negative with positive?
Posted by: antijake | Aug 12, 2008 11:04:08 PM
Mr Green Jeans than you! I also have alist of
Top 10 Reasons for Cindy McCain to Hate Michelle Obama:
10. Michelle's a lawyer and could take care of herself in a divorce if she had to. Cindy's best option is to wait for her husband to die.
9. Michelle can rock a $60 dress from the Gap. Cindy spends more than that on her face every day.
8. Michelle can be sure her kids would actually vote for their dad if they could.
7. Michelle can be sure that if Republicans used racial slurs against Barak's family, Barack would kick some ass that needs kicking. Cindy only knows that John only kisses ass.
6. Barack doesn't have a wife #1 ghosting around on a cane - unspoken warning, "better not lose your looks, Cindy."
5. Only C-word Barak has ever called Michelle is maybe "cupcake." And that not in public. Cindy has heard her husband refere to her as a **t and trollup.
4. Barack introduces Michelle to world leaders at classy dinners with wit and grace. John awkwardly pimps Cindy out for a topless banana-eating contest in front of a bunch of drunk bikers.
3. Three words: Vietcong roleplay fantasies. Michelle never has to.
2. Michelle wasn't rich when they got married. Michlle never has to worry if she was just picked for a lifetime supply of free beer.
and the #1 reason:
1. Michelle's going to be First Lady. Cindy's not a lady at all.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:06:27 PM
PUMA
Did you puma see what old Penn had in store for Obama that was rightfully rejected.
You are right Party Unity my .... but its not Obama's doing.
PUMA'S = GOP IN DEM CLOTHING
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:08:11 PM
Demsinthe USA - just goes to show - the new Dems have better research skills than you do, are smarter than you, will not be lead into another Bush third term, and will vote in their own best interests - not the interests of the oil companies.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:09:59 PM
I hope Jeremiah makes a fortune several times over on you numskulls trolling the sea for sand to throw in someone else's eyes when your own are open shut!
Posted by: shelgirl | Aug 12, 2008 11:11:41 PM
It sucks to be McCain. Running against a guy who's handsome, charismatic, has a beautiful (first and only) wife and family, is the best orator of his generation, who can sink a 3-pointer, who can think on his feet, who was top of his class at Harvard Law, who can snap his fingers and make money rain from the sky, and who will be the coolest POTUS ever.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:12:23 PM
Omentum - I don't feel bad at all, lol. I don't know about you, but I have had a very good education AND I do know how many states there are in the United States...
By the way, "meadia" is not how you spell "media."
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
buk, buk, Baraaaaaack!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:13:09 PM
Things really have deteriorated between John McCain and the press: even the Wall Street Journal editorial board is turning on him. The famously conservative group publishes a column praising the economic policy of none other than Barack Obama. Oh, dear, there is another one! Pigs are flying outside my window. What fun! Hope McCain is not standing below my window!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:16:31 PM
Sandy...oh my an Olympian double gold...but no Georgian flag pins for you babe you get the hide of the stammering stuttering LeeLee the PUMA
Posted by: Mr Green Jeans | Aug 12, 2008 11:16:33 PM
Hmmm, everytime I see Michelle Obama, I think of BigFoot, skulking through the woods...
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
Feathers! - feathers floating everywhere...
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:16:51 PM
LeeLee are you under sniper fire like Hillary was. Oops, no she wasn't. Was it a lie or was she just too tired.
Posted by: ?? | Aug 12, 2008 11:18:03 PM
Mr Green Jeans - hey! Maybe LeeLee07 is standing underneath my window! Would love to see the pigs do their "business" on him!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:19:27 PM
Mr. Green Jeans - are you related to Captain Kangaroo???
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
cluck...
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:19:39 PM
New Dems citing the establishment as the guiding light hahaha, Paris Hilton even said, Rockefeller said and look even the robber barons , Oh I'm soo smart I am brand new. See the establisment likes him can he come to dinner please , pretty please.
Posted by: Demsinthe USA | Aug 12, 2008 11:23:23 PM
Appropriate to see Obama come out with his golf jacket on to make a comment on the Russia/Georgia conflict.
Should an Obama regime emerge, the lead liberal will probably spend most of his time on vacation...as he has shown a propensity to do so far.
As for who the Obama tax hikes will affect, get a grip on reality, people.
When the wealthy are taxed, they will:
(a) pass the costs of higher taxes on to the working class,
(b) get laws passed to avoid the taxes,
(c) both of the above.
Oh, yeah. The wealthy will continue to laugh at the ignorant liberals who actually believe anything Obama says.
With Obama, believe half of what you see and none of what you hear...
Posted by: Jayhawk | Aug 12, 2008 11:25:56 PM
Pigs flying outside your windows? What is in that kool-aid you are drinking?
I must ask, don't answer if you feel as if I am delving into your personal business, but, do you often watch your pigs do their "business" on people?
What the heck are you into anyway????
LMAO!!! :D
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
Lock the henhouse door...
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:26:00 PM
LeeLee07
You prove my point so well.
So now I guess you think it takes a "good education" just to know that there's 50 states. Your ignorance or stupidy (take your pick) allows you not to realize that he was talking about contests (which includes territories and states)
feel so bright now.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:26:22 PM
I'm prior military, so I am pretty sure I can handle "sniper fire" or what passes for it on these blogs. Thanks.
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
peep...
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:29:10 PM
Demsinthe USA - are you just trying to be stupid or does it come naturally? There is no "Whitey" tape - how long do you intend to hold onto THAT lie? And do not demean Edwards for something McCain has done himself and that MSM has so religiouly covered up! Nor did Senator Onam make $200,000 a year when he started paying off his loans - he was a low-paid community organizer who had student loans to pay off for two pretigous colleges. I have $60,000 of college loans myself and it will take me forever to pay them off. AND, I have raised three children, have eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. I know plenty about responsibility and life. You are certainly not the one to be lecturing me.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:30:15 PM
LeeLee07
I guess if you say that 9.2 million crap long enough, you will start to believe it. Nobody else is.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:30:35 PM
I still want to know how many puma are showing up at the convention. I have heard zero on this. Guess it's not newsworthy.
Posted by: ?? | Aug 12, 2008 11:33:26 PM
LeeLee07 - do some Googling - P.U.M.A voters number 4.5 Million Nationwide and dwindling. 9.2 million my a$$!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:33:45 PM
Omentum -
I'll take stupidy for $100. It is spelled wrong. Repeat after me ...
S T U P I D I T Y.
What's more - that is your excuse for him saying "57 states." You can't spell stupidity so why should I believe you know what Obama meant to say? :D
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
here, chick, chick...
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:34:53 PM
While Aide Advised McCain, His Firm Lobbied for Georgia
Campaign Dismisses Timing of Phone Call, Contract
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By Matthew Mosk and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, August 13, 2008; Page A03
Sen. John McCain's top foreign policy adviser prepped his boss for an April 17 phone call with the president of Georgia and then helped the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prepare a strong statement of support for the fledgling republic.
The day of the call, a lobbying firm partly owned by the adviser, Randy Scheunemann, signed a $200,000 contract to continue providing strategic advice to the Georgian government in Washington.
The McCain campaign said Georgia's lobbying contract with Orion Strategies had no bearing on the candidate's decision to speak with President Mikheil Saakashvili and did not influence his statement. "The Embassy of Georgia requested the call," said campaign spokesman Brian Rogers.
But ethics experts have raised concerns about former lobbyists for foreign governments providing advice to presidential candidates about those same countries. "The question is, who is the client? Is the adviser loyal to income from a foreign client?
Posted by: CHUCK | Aug 12, 2008 11:35:12 PM
Amazing that the Obamabots can throw out labels of "stupid" and "ignorant" in the same posts that they are trying to explain or interpret Obama statements.
Obama...the Wright choice...
Posted by: Jayhawk | Aug 12, 2008 11:36:51 PM
Don't think so, Sandy, I'm a member of PUMA. Oh yeah, you can keep your A$$.
lol :D
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
I won't dare write "here, chick, chick..." on a blog addressed to you...
ROFLMAO!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:37:23 PM
LeeLee07 - satire.You have never heard of satire? But then satire is not something PUMA's would recognize.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:39:03 PM
LeeLee...former military men know a sniper does not show or announce oneself hence the term sniper, the most feared of all battlefield combatants. The assault was frontal as on your frontal lobe slopehead/ Mr Green Jeans says Senator Obama's margin of popoular vote victory will exceed the combined total of W's 00/04. Mr Green Jeans says Senator Obama's electoralcollege victory will excede the combined totals of W's 00/04. Captain Kangaroo was my Uncle, how insightful of you sport
Posted by: Mr Green Jeans | Aug 12, 2008 11:40:06 PM
LeeLee you are lost cause. At least you are smart enough to know what I meant. Maybe you should give up politics and become a spelling bee moderator.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:41:12 PM
"LeeLee07
I guess if you say that 9.2 million crap long enough, you will start to believe it. Nobody else is."
Yeah, Omentum, we know the only person you believe is Your Messiah. Pity.
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
cluck...
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:41:38 PM
Omentum - Naw, that's ok. I am doing pretty good in politics. Take care.
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:43:37 PM
Obama's elite schooling may prove a risky topic for McCain, who attended St. Stephen's, an exclusive school in Alexandria, Va., and then Episcopal High, a private boarding school in the same city, in the 1950s. The son and grandson of Navy admirals, he ended up at the Naval Academy, where, as he often reminds voters, he graduated in the bottom 1% of his graduating class. Had it not been for his family connections, McCain would ever have become a pilot. The bottom of one's graduating class is not from where pilots are recruited.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 12, 2008 11:43:42 PM
I am in Denver right now LeeLee. Looking forward to seeing you in the protest cage with your PUMA t-shirt on. What a fitting place for a PUMA. Please scream as loud as you can in protest to our next President. I will laugh at you uncontrollably.
I'll start now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:45:59 PM
yeah yeah yeah .. .... i know iknow iknow
puma 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to the polls with you
yyyyyaaawwwnnnn. zzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 12, 2008 11:50:12 PM
Mr. Green Jeans – I was really talking about the sniping that was going on in this board. But that’s ok, my response gave you a chance to show off your military expertise.
You have no idea who you are talking to and I am really tickled. I was sorry when your Uncle Kangaroo passed away, please accept my belated condolences and all that stuff.
I don’t own a crystal ball, but I will say you are one helluva optimist!
PUMA! 9.2 million voters and counting, coming to polls WITH you.
buk, buk, Baraaack!
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Aug 12, 2008 11:51:09 PM
LeeLee
By the way since you are a military man of an army of 9.2 {assuming that is million} where are the rest of your brave PUMA divisions...marching in Denver or in St. Paul perhaps?
You are neither military or educated because you have yet to learn your lesson sport, the final is the first Tuesday in November
Posted by: Captain Kangaroo's #1 nephew | Aug 12, 2008 11:55:31 PM
No one has a crystal ball but for those that think Obama doesn't have a chance just check out the electoral map.
Posted by: erin | Aug 12, 2008 11:56:39 PM
LeeLee just know that your actions create PUMA not OBAMA'S
Congratulations to you and the hundreds of others who perpetuate division in the democratic party. You and the other few hundred should be ashamed.
phooey
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 13, 2008 12:00:21 AM
LeeLee...spot on sport I do NOT have any idea who what where why you are. Nor does anyone careQOh my a nerve has been struck, are you, are you one of the Children of the Corn?the Boogie Man? A Georgian for the Day? A Country Music Star? Sean Hannity in drag? Hillary Clinton?
I fear no man only God, me wife and of course MeMum-In-Law sport
Posted by: In memory of me-late Uncle Kangaroo | Aug 13, 2008 12:02:09 AM
Great Republican planning. Obama's acceptance speech night is the 45th anniversary of MLK’s “I have a Dream” speech. McCain's acceptance speech is the same night as the opening night of the NFL. NFL - love the game - as do those white, middle class working voters -who will be watching the football game and not McCain! Sweet justice!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 13, 2008 12:03:32 AM
McCain 08!
Posted by: david from texas | Aug 13, 2008 12:04:58 AM
Obama 08,12
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 13, 2008 12:06:03 AM
Sandy, give it up already! We all know that Obama will NEVER give an acceptance speech since Hillary will be the nominee...you make me laugh!!!!!
Posted by: Jane Hussein Obama | Aug 13, 2008 12:06:57 AM
david from texas - you are in a sad state of you believe McCain can win in November. You know your party's unpopular when your office holders are told to stay away from your convention. Excitement isn’t exactly building for the Republican national convention, which is shaping up to be a “considerably more staid affair” than the Democrats’ gathering, writes Richard T. Cullen of Politico. The Republican gathering in Minneapolis-St. Paul will, among other things, be marked by “the conspicuous absence of many of the usual convention attendees.” Specifically: “Of the 12 Republicans running in competitive Senate races — five of whom are incumbents —- only three have said they will be attending the convention. Six are definite no-shows, and three are on the fence.” On the House side, Cullen notes, The Hill newspaper has reported that during a July 31 conference call, “National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma discouraged congressional hopefuls from attending, saying that doing so would potentially be a ‘waste of time.’” Not only are Republicans going to loose the presidency, they are going to lose control of the Senate as well.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 13, 2008 12:11:31 AM
Jane - only in your dreams!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 13, 2008 12:12:28 AM
Sandy and Omentum: I am glad you are on Obammy's team because you both are an insult to the human intelligence, much like your lord and master, Obammy. Keep drinking your Obamaberry Kool aid and think Obammy is going to win in November...remember, he has to be nominated first at the convention, which we ALL know is not going to happen. Thank you for the comic relief in your posts...you both are idiots!
Posted by: Obama4McCain | Aug 13, 2008 12:13:42 AM
Demsinthe Usa - ah! so your true colors are showing. Keep it up - you are sinking your own ship!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 13, 2008 12:14:18 AM
Obama4McCain - hate Kool-aid. Do not drink the stuff. Senator Obama will be nominated. He will win the election. Today, Obama picked up support from several key Republicans including a former Bush official, a former U.S. Senator and former member of Congress:
The three Republicans -- former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach (who formally endorsed Obama today), former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, and former White House intelligence advisor Rita E. Hauser -- announced the formation of "Republicans for Obama," which will launch a Web site in the coming days that will be a clearinghouse of information for Republicans who want to learn more about the Illinois Democrat. The site will highlight the differences between Obama and McCain on the issues and let them know where they can go to see the candidate and how they can help in his election effort. Looks like you will have to change your moniker to McCain4Obama!!!!! I can't help but LOVE it!
Posted by: sandy | Aug 13, 2008 12:19:27 AM
New Dems are sad, Repubs do not need to show up for the convention, he is locked in duh. Lets see the New Dems logic, Wall steet likes obama- cut to home loan fiasco, Cheney likes Obama - cut to energy vote. What else you going to give the Republicans. Paris hilton likes Obama, ..... He's the same as Bush a third term, No spine. I would rather not vote than vote f



