McCain: Press not all bad after all
After days of all-but whining about the blanket media coverage Barack Obama is getting on his overseas tour, John McCain's campaign this afternoon argued that the press in key swing states is actually focusing on the message it wants to present voters.
"In the past few days, the gap between what the national press corps is writing and focusing on and what actual voters in battleground states are reading is larger than usual," the campaign said in a memo on the "coverage gap." "This is extremely important to note because according to recent polls, the majority of Americans consume their news from local and regional newspapers and local television news programs. One survey found that only 19 percent of respondents regularly read a national newspaper while 64 percent regularly read a local newspaper."
The memo then lists headlines in The Washington Post and The New York Times about McCain's difficulties getting his message heard, including the cancellation of an event because of Hurricane Dolly. It contrasts them with headlines in local newspapers, including several in Maine and New Hampshire, about McCain's arguments on the Iraq war and his proposal on energy.
"[I]n the states where John McCain has traveled, the coverage has been focused on John McCain's record of bipartisan reform, his leadership and his vision for the country," the memo says. "Instead of focusing on process, the local and regional media have focused on informing voters about John McCain and his record. Further still, regional media have included in its coverage the concerns of undecided voters about Senator Obama's lack of experience and his limited, partisan record. While it may not be portrayed nationally, John McCain's message continues to resonate with voters in the states."
It's not that difficult to spot political bias in the press. I have not read the Baltimore Sun for more than fifteen years because of their overt and unabashed political bias. I refuse to even use the Baltimore Sun to line my cat's litter box. It would be an insult. To the cat, that is.
Plenty of liberal bias for Obama. That's to be expected in an election year. It makes for alot of fun but then the election takes place, and all the idiots go back to work again.
Frankly, despite all the rancor, I don't think Obama is going to win. Not by a mile. He's too radical for middle America, and it's generally middle America that chooses the presidents.
The Left acts like they're on drugs the way they follow Obama. But with his empty platitudes and the gushing media coverage that follows him everywhere, I feel this candidate is nothing more than an ungodly bringing together of Gary Hart and Michael Jackson in a single individual. I cannot imagine in a million years that the American people could be so inane as to make this fellow president. Then again, after the disgrace the Republicans went through with Nixon and Ford's pardon of same, they voted for Jimmy Carter. Which proves the old saying, "Never underestimate the stupidity of the people."
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The longer this campaign is..the more Obama looks like the consumate politician.
John McCain's campaign has just been "working the refs." If McCain disliked the national media so much he would not have invited them out to his wife's Sedona estate/ranch for barbecues and schmoozing. Besides, if CBS disliked John McCain they would not have edited his error prone replies to make it appear that he had some semblance of understanding of his signature campaign issue (The Surge).
Obama is deserving of the attention hes getting - good and bad. Mccain isnt doing anything interesting. Cmon, Obama is playing this very well. Mccain isnt even awake.
McCain happy? Sounds like he discovered Metamuscil, but he's still full of it (unless they've already redrawn the map to make Iraq border Afganistan.)
America needs new leadership and hope.It is time to end the republican nightmare.There can be nothing WORSE than running an economy down!They get an "F" for this one.They are fired!Theirs was a legacy of fear while Obama exudes hope ,not only in the US but all over the World.Just imagine another four years of a republican nightmare,six dollars gas,milk,unemployment ,foreclosures and homelessness.Don't be suprised if you find yourself living in the streets.Make the right choice,get off your denials vote for Obama.
Your comment about John McCain's campaign "whinning" about the coverage the press is giving Obama: RIGHT ON. The press is giving Obama about 80% more press coverage than McCain gets and you are doing it in a way that is outrageous: you state your opinions which are proObama when you should be reporting just the news and letting the American public decide for themselves instead of trying to brainwash the American public. You are just as bad as the press in Moscow, China, Venezuela, Cuba, etc., or mabe worse. You are not doing your job well. Damn almost all of the press in America.
McCain has not said anything substantive in months, unless you count recommending four more years of drilling while our chance to re-engineer our society away from oil dependence becomes more of a crisis.
He is reduced to characterizing the opponent, since he is without a clue about anything real.
"The opponent went on a trip while I went shopping for German food, so
I am the good one."
What about this:
In (my) recent memory McCain has been to Canada to praise NAFTA and also has been to Mexico and Columbia since he became the presumptive nominee.
One can only pray that his party insists that he submit to testing for the memory problem and possible incipient Alzheimer's before it gets any worse.
They can still nominate Huckabee or Romney and have a chance.
I'm starting to think now that most of the people who plan on voting Republican in November aren't really casting a vote for McCain so much as casting a vote against Obama.
Young people. Please participate in the election. Going to rallies doesnt count. You have to register and then vote.
You can vote by absentee ballot so you dont have to get up early the day of the election. I know that eliminates most of you since you didnt turn out, after all.
13% of women under 26 voted last presidential election. Think about it.
70% of people over 65 vote. Guess who elects the President and the Senate.
If you want real change, elect 65 or 70 Democrats to the Senate.
In case you didnt know, nothing real gets done in the Senate because without a big majority, either side can just talk the day away until there is a crisis and no money to fund anything.
More than half the women under 26 dont register to vote.
Your reproductive rights will be decided by the next choice of Supreme court Justice. Cant you get it together to register and then really vote, just this once?
Only 60% of registered voters bothered to show up, the last election, which was decided by 60,000 Amish farmers in Ohio. Millions of people dont even register.
Come on gals, show up and be citizens, just this once. We need you.
You need you. Please.
It's time for McCain to recognize that Obama is the superior leader between the two of them. McCain goaded Obama into going overseas. He made snide remarks about what Obama would find when he went abroad. Masterfully, Obama went abroad. In doing so, he won the public support and respect of the top leadership in Iraq, Germany, France and Israel. Moreover, an estimated 200,000 came to hear him in Berlin. By the time they left, they were in cheering support of Obama and his proposals. Obama has done this time and time again across the US, and now abroad. People love him and his proposals. In our global society, imagine what all Obama could accomplish with this type of global support.
John McCain should go easy on his criticism of the press corp. as they are giving him a free pass on the skeletons in his closet. A member of the family values party, he had numerous affairs while his first wife was recovering from an accident. He then divorced her and a month later married his current wife Cindy. Cindy shares something in common with Rush Limbaugh, a love affair with prescription drugs.
It seems like when it comes to religion, McCain flies a lag of convenience. A life long Episcopalian, suddenly in September 2007 while campaigning in South Carolina, a heavily Baptist state, he proudly announced he was a Baptist. Only problem, he’s never been baptized.
When it comes to finance, McCain got an early start on getting big money from big donors. The most notable being the $112,000 he got from Charles Keating. You remember Charlie, he’s the once convicted of racketeering and fraud after his Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed. As a result of this, John McCain became one of the famous “Keating Five,” a group of congressmen investigated on ethics charges. McCain’s wife Cindy was a $350,000 investor in a sweetheart deal involving a Keating shopping center.
So, Senator McCain, go a little easy on the press if they ignore you once in awhile, it might be a good thing.
Obama exudes hope on air i.e. -0- experience, Its naive to think "they" ran the economy down, democrats are equally responsible. McCain has not flip flopped as much as Barack Hussein, who wants to hang out w/ Iran. Hmmm better get used to poppys.
If Obama had had the temerity to say of McCain what McCain said of him today, the media would come crashing down on his head. After the bloodshed that McCain has helped bring our country into and has continued to endorse and foresees more of, the man has some nerve to accuse our future president of lack of judgment.
They are FIRED? Who are you? You, like Obama think you're GOD'S!!! Please share with us where Obama is getting all of these BILLIONS of dollars he's going to spend? And, back to subject, McCain's record and experience weigh TONS in my opinion over a man with little to no experience. PLEASE, keep drinking your kool-aid! McCain is far from perfect but he is a much better leader than NObama will ever be!
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