McCain's Predictable Spin and Ferguson's Slam

[webfarmer]

I noted in another forum how the whole "suspend the campaign" thing was going to be spun into the heroic John McCain once again riding to the rescue of his country even at the risk of losing the election. Good old Tucker Bounds (you remember him from the infamous Campbell Brown interview on CNN) comes through with the premature announcement of such heroics. Never mind that McCain hardly had anything to add to the big meeting that Bush called yesterday.

As Predicted: Tucker Bounds Tries to Say that McCain is Responsible for Breaking the Bailout Stalemate - Crooks and Liars - 25 Sep 08

And then after Letterman reems McCain, Craig Ferguson, a newly minted American originally from Scotland, takes a chunk out of him in is clearly a conspiracy by the liberal press. Yes, that's pretty much the McCain line these days too. Playing the victim of liberal elites keeps the moronic base fired up.

Craig Ferguson Knocks McCain for Suspending Campaign, Compares Him to Castro, Napoleon Caesar - Huffington Post - 25 Sep 08

"You can't suspend the democratic process because we're facing problems. At what point do you think, maybe we should suspend the election? We'll have the elections later. Some people have done that before: Castro did it, Napoleon did it, Julius Caesar did it. You can't do that.

If you like it or not, the campaign is part of the democratic process....You wanna take your time off, that's fine, but you don't say we're suspending the campaign. You can't say that. It's the democratic process. We didn't suspend it for 9/11, we didn't suspend it for Pearl Harbor, we didn't suspend it for the Nazis, we didn't suspend it for the damn British. We don't do that in America!"

Comments

[intelligentrix.livejournal.com]

Have you ever noticed that when Fergusen gets worked up, his accent gets thicker? It's charming. And last night he attacked those who called him a lackey of the Democratic party. I don't have a transcript in front of me, but he said something very close to "I'm not the Democrats bitch, I'm David Letterman's bitch." Heh. He also delivered a very effective screed against deifying anyone.

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

Excellent. He might win me over yet. ;)

[markmc03.livejournal.com]

Poor Tucker. I bet he was shoved into many a locker when he was in highschool, the kind who was always chosen last if at all when picking sides for baseball, the kind who didn't have friends to invite to a birthday party. And I bet he sniffs his fingers.

[blankphotog.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should just suspend the politicians.

It's good to see McCain doing the incompetent thing. After thing, after thing. Shows he's a Republican, not just Karl Rove's stooge. But that will change if Rove steals him the election. Won't take much at this rate, either.

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

Yes, no matter who you vote for, the politicians get in! :)

The McCain camp has been very good at using the media to keep Obama from getting into any sustained positive news cycle. They excel at that kind of disruptive marketing.

The Palin pick to stomp on the Dem election bounce, outrageous ads - Obama as sex ed provider to Kindergartners - that the scandal mongering media will pick up on for free, the stunt of going to DC to save the financial deal, etc..