It's been a bad week for John McCain - and it's only Monday.
- After sowing the seeds of racism and hatred among his followers, John McCain's feelings were hurt when he was compared to George Wallace.
- McCain's religious fanatics are now trying to blackmail God into supporting their candidate.
- McCain has been called out for more negativity and race-baiting including his threat to "whip" Obama.
- McCain tried to link 911 & Iraq.
- McCain promised and then jis campaign retracted a new economic plan.
- McCain is now facing open mutiny in his own party.
- McCain is being overwhelmed by Obama's record fundraising.
- McCain is losing control of his surrogartes and has accepted comparisons between Senator Obama and Osama Bin Laden.
- McCain STILL doesn't understand that the economy is a crisis not a campaign issue.
- McCain's running mate broke the law
Since Sunday:
1) McCain has been criticized as a hate-monger by one of the 3 wisest people he knows
Over the weekend, McCain was criticized by someone he described as one of the wisest people he knows - Rep. John Lewis.
As one who was a victim of violence and hate during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, I am deeply disturbed by the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign. What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.
During another period, in the not too distant past, there was a governor of the state of Alabama named George Wallace who also became a presidential candidate. George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama.
As public figures with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all. They are playing a very dangerous game that disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy. We can do better. The American people deserve better.
McCain's rsponse was faux outrage. he quickly blamed Obama and demanded that the Senator disavow the comparison. Obama's response? - if the shoe fits...
Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States ‘pals around with terrorists.’ As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead," said Obama-Biden spokesman Bill Burton.
2) McCain's religious fanatics have started blackmailing God
At a McCain campaignh event over the weekend, Rev. Arnold Conrad, prayed the following prayer just before McCain spoke:
I would also pray, Lord, that your reputation is involved in all that happens between now and November, because there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah — that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons," Conrad said. "And Lord, I pray that you would guard your own reputation, because they're going to think that their god is bigger than you, if that happens. So I pray that you will step forward and honor your own name with all that happens between now and Election Day,
3) Spouting more negativity and race-baiting
On Sunday, McCain said:
I have always repudiated any comments that have been made that were inappropriate about Senator Obama. The fact is that William Ayers was a terrorist and bomber and unrepentant. I don't care about that. But, Sen. Obama ought be the candid and truthful about his relationship with Mr. Ayers..
Facing significant pushback against his negativity, Senator McCain promised to run a more respectful campaign.
I respect Senator Obama, we will conduct a respectful race and be sure everyone else does too.
I guess that will start right after he
whip(s) his you-know-what in this debate
4) McCain STILL trying to connect 911 & Iraq
Courtewsy of the Spanish language Univision interview:
McCain: We invaded a country that every intelligence agency said was developing weapons of mass destruction. Think of Saddam Hussein in power with oil at 100 dollars a barrel, and all that entails with his commitment which when after he was captured, he stated categorically that he would acquire weapons of mass destruction, and he would use them wherever he could. Now, Iraq--"
Host: But he had nothing to do with 9/11," the hosted interjected.
McCain: He had a lot to do with invading his neighbor Kuwait, and we had to go to war and fight there," McCain replied. "He had a lot to do with using weapons of mass destruction, he used them previously, so there's no doubt about his commitment to get them."
5) What about that new Economic Plan?
On Sunday, Senator McCain announced he had a new economic plan to solve the world crisis. On Monday, on behalf of McCain's campaign, Tucker Bounds clarified:
We do not have any immediate plans to announce any policy proposals outside of the proposals that John McCain has announced, and the certain proposals that would result as economic news continues to come our way.
6) Facing open mutiny from Republicans
John McCain's party isn't too happy with him.
Two former rivals for the party nomination, Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson, went on the record over the weekend about the disarray in the Republican camp. And a string of other senior party figures said Mr McCain's erratic performance risks taking the party down to heavy losses not just in the presidential race but also in contests for Congressional seats. Mr Thompson, a former governor of the swing state of Wisconsin, said he thought Mr McCain, on his present trajectory, would lose the state, and he told a New York Times reporter he was unhappy with the campaign. "I don't know who is," he added.
7) McCain has been overwhlmed by Obama's record fundraising
The Obama campaign has already announced that they will exceed the record 66 million raised in August.
8) McCain is losing control of his campaign
The Virginia Republican Party leader compared Senator Obama to Osama Bin Laden. Continuing his pattern of dishonorable behavior, McCain refuses to condemn this statement.
9) Foot + Mouth =
the economy has hurt us a little bit in the last week or two.
Republican deregulation has hurt all of us - not just your campaign.
10) McCain's running mate broke the law, abused her executive power in her shockingly amateurish administration, and lied about it repeatedly over the weekend.