McCain Strategist Knocks Coverage Of Extreme Rhetoric At Rallies
In an interview with National Public Radio this morning, Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s chief strategist, suggested that the media have been unfair in their coverage of the extreme rhetoric that has surfaced at some recent McCain-Palin rallies.
"Now, both campaigns have thousands of people in their crowds, and we had one person yell something inappropriate at ours, and of course we condemn it," Schmidt told Renee Montagne. "You see that happen at Obama rallies. The difference is, it seems that when it happens at a McCain rally it gets covered on television. When it happens at an Obama rally, it doesn't get covered."
Schmidt also reaffirmed McCain's vow that Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, is (officially) off limits for the campaign. (Sarah Palin has discussed the relationship, saying, "I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country...")
"Yeah, there are certainly millions of Americans who have deep concern about that relationship," Schmidt said. "But Senator McCain has been clear from the earliest days of the campaign when the story first entered the American consciousness that he would not use this issue in the campaign, and that remains his position."
He also identified the states that he considers most important to a McCain victory.
"When you look at the states, we need to win Florida, we need to win Ohio, and we feel great about our chances to do that," Schmidt said. "We feel good about our chances to win in North Carolina, our chances to win in Virginia. We look out across the Midwest at a number of blue states that we need to pick up and we feel that we’re competitive in those states. We understand that, you know, the day of the beginning of the financial crisis, we were ahead in this race. With the financial crisis, we have fallen slightly behind in this race, and we have some ground to make up. The election isn't today, the election is in three weeks, and we feel good about our chances to come out on top."
"Now, both campaigns have thousands of people in their crowds, and we had one person yell something inappropriate at ours, and of course we condemn it," Schmidt told Renee Montagne. "You see that happen at Obama rallies. The difference is, it seems that when it happens at a McCain rally it gets covered on television. When it happens at an Obama rally, it doesn't get covered."
Schmidt also reaffirmed McCain's vow that Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, is (officially) off limits for the campaign. (Sarah Palin has discussed the relationship, saying, "I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country...")
"Yeah, there are certainly millions of Americans who have deep concern about that relationship," Schmidt said. "But Senator McCain has been clear from the earliest days of the campaign when the story first entered the American consciousness that he would not use this issue in the campaign, and that remains his position."
He also identified the states that he considers most important to a McCain victory.
"When you look at the states, we need to win Florida, we need to win Ohio, and we feel great about our chances to do that," Schmidt said. "We feel good about our chances to win in North Carolina, our chances to win in Virginia. We look out across the Midwest at a number of blue states that we need to pick up and we feel that we’re competitive in those states. We understand that, you know, the day of the beginning of the financial crisis, we were ahead in this race. With the financial crisis, we have fallen slightly behind in this race, and we have some ground to make up. The election isn't today, the election is in three weeks, and we feel good about our chances to come out on top."
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See all 60 CommentsSo stop pointing the finger of blame and constantly making excuses, OneAmerican - if McCain loses this election he has only himself and his actions (or lack thereof) to blame.
Another day and more proof that modern conservatism is a mental illness.
Rush Limbaugh who is the single most responsible for spreading hate, is attempting to clain that all hateful rally goers are Obama plants.
Obamas plan is going to run by all accounts 1,000,000,000,000. (trillion) dollars. He plans to pass that onto the incomes over 250K. Here is the PROBLEM: ONLY 1.5% OF AMERICANS MAKE OVER 250K. There are a little over 305,000,000 (million) Americans. Multiply 1.5 x 305,000,000. STAY TUNED. 458,000 thousand Americans, some only making 250K a year will carry Obamas 1,000,000,000,000.(trillion) plan. That is 2,139,037 (million) a piece. REALLY? He is going to TAX the rest of us when he gets into office, use your heads, this doesn''t make any sense. Do your math!! It can''t be done.
Obamas plan is going to run by all accounts 1,000,000,000,000. (trillion) dollars. He plans to pass that onto the incomes over 250K. Here is the PROBLEM: ONLY 1.5% OF AMERICANS MAKE OVER 250K. There are a little over 305,000,000 (million) Americans. Multiply 1.5 x 305,000,000. STAY TUNED. 458,000 thousand Americans, some only making 250K a year will carry Obamas 1,000,000,000,000.(trillion) plan. That is 2,139,037 (million) a piece. REALLY? He is going to TAX the rest of us when he gets into office, use your heads, this doesn''''t make any sense. Do your math!! It can''''t be done.
Posted by kight67i
Einstein, your calculations and data are completely wrong. Leave the thinking to the grownups.
Go back to Faux News.
Sen. Senator has had enough of those who sneaked under the tent, got in for free, and are looking for him to cook their meal as well. He''s not helping you out any longer, so go peddle your small-minded ideas somewhere else. Let him serve out his years as the nation needs him to, as a hero and outstanding American.
Acorn story;Obama only worked with them in the primary election, not this one.
So you were going to release you NEW economic plan today, you didn''t.
Instead, the news coming out of your camp was comparing Obama to bin Laden.
Rove and that guy who smeared you so bad in 2000, that you lost the election, now work FOR YOU.
One is driving your bus the other is deflating your tires.
There may be ONE thing they both have in common...
You, and your party, can''t CATCH either one !
Sincerly
A Thankful American
Whatever they are called the problem is that there is large number of them in the US.
McCain''s campaign is LYING about the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), set up by the Annenberg Foundation to reform public schools. Walter Annenberg is a well-known philanthropist and CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.
%u201CThe idea that the Annenberg Challenge was somehow the extension of the Weather Underground of the 1960%u2019s, that is just one of the most LUNATIC CONTENTIONS I can imagine,%u201D says Mike Flannery, political editor at the CBS Chicago affiliate WBBM who covered Chicago politics for 35 years. "Those of us who have covered politics in Chicago... simply don''t recognize the caricatures and the RIDICULOUS descriptions of this group."
Flannery says the other people on involved in the CAC with Obama and Ayers were "BUSINESS TYPES AND REPUBLCANS."
Obama chaired the board of the CAC but he DID NOT SERVE ON THE BOARD WITH AYERS. Ayers served on a SEPARATE advisory board.
%u201CThis was NOT the Bill Ayers and Barack Obama show,%u201D says Ken Rolling who was the Executive Director of the CAC and ran the organization, %u201CIt was created by a hundred people.%u201D
Rolling says that the CAC funded programs with the following purpose:
teacher training
music education
initiatives to strengthen parental involvement in public schools.
after school programs
improvements for literacy
arts programs
support for new school council candidates
education research
MCCAIN knows he LIES
MCCAIN HAS LOST ALL HONOR
If there is no problem, why don''t he go ahead and say the middle name "Hussein" and let people decide. According to you guys, his middle name is funny and exotic.
What about Fannie mae and freddie mac? What about Obama''s connection to those CEO''S? What about his connection to ACORN which demanded or threatened bankers to give loans to low income people?
Wait and watch the election night. In the rallies of palin, I see the excitement and the number keeps swelling. That means more motivation, more contact with RNC and they will be motivated to the poll.
Recently, there was a march by McCain supporters in Manhattan. You want to see the response of your liberal friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQalRPQ8stI
Enjoy the decent liberals of new york
ONE?????????????
%u201CGive me a break. Obama would not even keep his hand on the chest for the national anthem and you guys want to make him the president?%u201D
Brilliant!! The presidential qualification based on the hand placement during the national anthem. The depth of logic and the level of intelligence revealed in the above comment can only be matched by the G.W.Bush%u2019s speeches. Of course, with such logic we can understand why Sarah Palin has experience in the international diplomacy because Alaska is so close to Russia.
There was a time when I had to look up the KKK forums to find such an example of extreme stupidity. But 8 years of Bush presidency and McCain-Palin campaign have dug up the single digit IQ people from the bottom of the US population pool. If McCain-Palin wins we will see the decline of the US from the world super power down to a third world country.
Give US a break from old urban legends. A simple Snopes search will give you the facts about this and your other assertations. I''m astonished that these debunked rumors are still flying around, and still a factor for some folks.
"When is McCain and Palin going to repudiate the hate speech from the audience at republican rallies?"
The media is not being honest about our candidates. Actually they haven%u2019t been honest about Obama since day one.
Why is anyone pushing Obama and Biden?
Obama has no experience.
He%u2019s risky.
He is scary.
His friends, his associates and his background should be questioned daily.
Rev. Wright, Farrakhan, Rezko, William Ayers, Father Plaeger and now ACORN.
We have a racist, an Islamic leader, a criminal, a terrorist and a fraudulent grass root community group.
Obama is running for President of our country, not for American Idol or for a %u201Cpublic speaking%u201D position.
If the media doesn''t do it''s job. Obama and his group of %u201Cobama girl%u201D followers might end up in our living rooms.
Obama is embarrassing.
McCain is experienced and a true patriot.
If the media doesn''''t do it''''s job. Obama and his group of %u201Cobama girl%u201D followers might end up in our living rooms.
Obama is embarrassing.
McCain is experienced and a true patriot.
Posted by alicerea1 at 07:07 AM : Oct 14, 2008
The Financial Crisis gave us all a chance to see BOTH Men in a Crisis Situation and there WAS a Clear Leader and it was NOT John McSame. NO ONE wants a leader who will continue the Policies of George W. Bush and NO ONE wants another leader who''s response to a VERY bad situation is "Stay the Course". McSame has shown that his is THAT leader thus he''s being rejected by the American People.
Posted by realcomments at 07:30 AM : Oct 14, 2008
I think the proper question is did YOU finish the 6th grade? ANYONE watching the two of these men during this crisis should be able to SEE with their own eyes which is the better one in a crisis and it ain''t McSame. I noticed you did NOTHING but attack Obama too. Is that something in the Neocon DNA?
The media simply goes after whoever''s in power at the time because that''s where the sales are. I don''t recall any of you GOPers all up in arms when the media was covering Clinton''s BJ 24/7
For a person who makes less than 200K per year to vote Republican is for the slave to vote for the Slaveholder.
Posted by alicerea1
With Mc.Failin you get a 100% chance of four more Bush years. With Obama/Biden you get a 75% chance of something better and a 25% chance of something truly historic.
For a person who makes less than 200K per year to vote Republican is for the slave to vote for the Slaveholder.
Posted by alicerea1
With Mc.Failin you get a 100% chance of four more Bush years. With Obama/Biden you get a 75% chance of something better and a 25% chance of something truly historic.
Nicely Stated!! I agree 200%.
Posted by realcomments
No, but you obviously slept through the last three months during which Obama has refuted every point you mention here.
Posted by MsVoltaire
THANK YOU!
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