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McCain & Charlie Gibson
October 31, 2008 1:00 PM
Charlie Gibson just concluded an interview with Senator McCain in Ohio. It's a wide-ranging, end-of-the-campaign conversation -- covering everything from people a President McCain would draw advice from (Kissinger and Schultz, Meg Whitman and John Chambers), current cabinet members he might ask to stay on (Robert Gates), his dissatisfaction with the way the $700 billion rescue program is being implemented, the polls (he believes they're tightening) and Sarah Palin's future, win or lose. Here are a couple of early excerpts...full transcript later:
GIBSON: Senator, everybody's focused on November 4th.
MCCAIN: Yes. Understandably.
GIBSON: I wonder how much thought and planning you've given to November 5th and what begins then.
MCCAIN: Yes. I've thought about it and I've talked to my adviser about it. And we lay out a tentative kind of thing. But, frankly, Charlie, Americans don't like for you to measure the drapes. They want you to win first. And that's why we have a period of time between the election and the inauguration. So, of course, I think about it. But for me to start picking my chief of staff or that kind of stuff is something we've got plenty of time for.
GIBSON: You said irresponsible to measure the drapes. But do you have in mind a spreadsheet of people that you would bring into a McCain administration?
MCCAIN: Oh, sure. Yes. Yes. A long list of or acquaintances and people that I've known for a quarter of a century but there's also people who are wise people who may not come into the official position -- Henry Kissinger. Henry Kissinger is a man I've admired and respected ever since the day I came out of prison camp in Vietnam. I call Henry all the time. Now, are Henry and I always in agreement? No. George Schultz, secretary of the treasury, secretary of state, probably wouldn't want to come back and work in Washington, but I'm in constant contact with him.
GIBSON: But are these new faces we would see in a McCain administration? You've talked about change?
MCCAIN: Well, Democrats as well as Republicans. And if I start going down a list of names -- but they are respected people in America.
GIBSON: Democrats?
MCCAIN: Of course. No, no. A lot of Democrats. But I think the key now, restoring trust and confidence. How do you do that? By having trusted and respected people in your government, people -- Meg Whitman, founder of eBay. People say, gee, that's the person that turned the ten employee business into one that employs 1.3 million people in America. That's a person -- a woman we can identify with, a leader we can identify. Those kinds of people. Of course, I would look to Silicon Valley as well. Some of the success stories there. John Chambers, the CEO of Cisco. Fred Smith, who's made a great success out of FedEx. Obviously, I would want the advice of someone like Warren Buffett and Paul Volcker and others who are respected Democrats. Others that Americans can say, hey, this will give us some confidence and trust back.
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So McCain would draw heavily on Kissinger, sure, why not, they are of the same age and experience, losing Vietnam.
Posted by: JR | Oct 31, 2008 1:19:53 PM
McSame old tired crap, nothing newsworthy from McCain.
Posted by: Vicki | Oct 31, 2008 1:22:54 PM
I would want the advice of someone like Warren Buffett and Paul Volcker and others who are respected Democrats.
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Hey these are Obama's advisors anyway, so what is the point of voting for McCain if he is planning on getting the same advice Obama is. Might as well vote for somebody who doesn't poison our environment with vile smears the way McCain has done.
Vote for the good of the people, vote Obama.
Posted by: Truth Matters | Oct 31, 2008 1:24:25 PM
McCain is wrong that Meg Whitman founded eBay. He seems to have a lot of difficulty getting his facts straight.
From wikipedia.
"The online auction Web site was founded in San Jose, California, on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb."
Posted by: Ken | Oct 31, 2008 1:33:37 PM
If this does not show peopl how old and far back this jerk goes wellllllllllll.
Posted by: NH voter | Oct 31, 2008 1:35:44 PM
McCain is looking to reach across the aisle instead of only picking people who thinks like he does.
This is refreshing since we all know what happens when you disagree with Barack HUSSAIN Obama -- you get thrown off the messiah's plane.
Posted by: JoAnn | Oct 31, 2008 1:37:20 PM
Don't vote for OBAMA....!
Posted by: Joe V | Oct 31, 2008 1:37:37 PM
Hey Charlie - I haven't seen the interview yet. Did you look down your nose at McCain the same way you did Palin? Good Stuff. Unfortunately, when they win the election don't count on an interview from either. GO MCCAIN!
Posted by: fitzgma | Oct 31, 2008 1:37:58 PM
For those salivating about the Obama throwing off journalists off the plane, see "Dowd, Maureen". Tossed off the mccain plane weeks ago!
Posted by: RT | Oct 31, 2008 1:41:36 PM
Oh my gosh Jo and Joe too late....You should have told me before opssssssssssssm,Like this nation can stand anymore years of the republicans crap.
Posted by: NH voter | Oct 31, 2008 1:42:41 PM
This is an "Obamanation!"
Posted by: Joe V | Oct 31, 2008 1:49:59 PM
Meg Whittman did not found e-bay. She was the CEO.
His list reads like a history book. We want, no deserve, change.
By the way, looking at who you want to appoint is not measuring the drapes. It's called being origanized. McCain would know that if his campaign was organized.
Posted by: TexGal51 | Oct 31, 2008 1:52:12 PM
Bush used the "Measuring the drapes" quote when he ran agianst Kerry.
McCain has the same campaign staff that Bush did, but we're expected to believe that he's different?
Please.
Posted by: TexGal51 | Oct 31, 2008 1:53:36 PM
It truly is sad that you guys are making this a 'race' issue. Obama can't win the race without calling out the 'race card'. Same ole crap.
Posted by: fitzgma | Oct 31, 2008 2:08:57 PM
fitzgma,
If Obama was skeptical about Joe the "Plumber" it was because the man isn't licensed.
Joe seems to be pursing a career in entertainment rather than fixing pipes.
Posted by: Skeptical independent | Oct 31, 2008 2:17:50 PM
Race?
Did someone mention race?
Martin Luther King - "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
McCain - Obama
Overall 68 - 23
Army 68 - 23
Navy 69 - 24
Air Force 67 - 24
Marines 75 - 18
Retirees 72 - 20
White Non-Hispanic 76 - 17
Hispanic 63 - 27
Black/African-American 12 - 79
Enlisted 67 - 24
Officers 70 - 22
We still have a long long way to go to get rid of racism in this country.
Posted by: Noz | Oct 31, 2008 2:25:10 PM
In a survey of economists conducted by "The Economist", a well-respected conservative economic weekly, over 70% would rather work for Obama, vs. around 10% for McCain. Go figure.
Posted by: teddymaniac | Oct 31, 2008 2:38:10 PM
It is not comforting to hear that Senator McCain mostly names people who served in the '70 and are now in their 80's: Kissinger is 85 and Schultz is 87. McCain seems very out of touch -- not just with computers but with a lot of things even more important than that!
Posted by: Bob | Oct 31, 2008 2:59:44 PM
McCain IS a DEMOCRAT!!!
Posted by: hmn | Oct 31, 2008 3:04:04 PM
McCain WISHES he were a Democrat!
Posted by: meg | Oct 31, 2008 6:00:14 PM
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