Comments on: McCain Q&A http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Fri, 16 May 2008 03:24:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91104 Enlightened Liberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:11:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91104 Another thing- I was watching Access Hollywood last night about the Britny Spears accident. If we assigned THOSE reporters to McCain his chances would be over in 15 minutes. Britney Spears is actually asked critical questions, but our presidential candidates are not. How wrong is that? Another thing- I was watching Access Hollywood last night about the Britny Spears accident. If we assigned THOSE reporters to McCain his chances would be over in 15 minutes. Britney Spears is actually asked critical questions, but our presidential candidates are not. How wrong is that?

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91103 Duros62 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:10:12 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91103 No, PD, doesn't count. Ken Lay is dead, so all bets are off. I guess. No, PD, doesn’t count. Ken Lay is dead, so all bets are off. I guess.

]]> By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91102 Enlightened Liberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:04:32 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91102 In the late 1960's sports reporting changed to a more journalistic approach from the earlier approach where sportswriters wrote only in admiring terms without talking about players flaws. The difference was that earlier reporters were completely sponsored by the team- their meals, travel, dry cleaning and everything. When reporters began to be reimbursed by their newspaper their reporting became- well, reporting. Maybe if the same thing happened in politics then we would get some real insight into St. McCain rather than the usual pablum. In the late 1960’s sports reporting changed to a more journalistic approach from the earlier approach where sportswriters wrote only in admiring terms without talking about players flaws.

The difference was that earlier reporters were completely sponsored by the team- their meals, travel, dry cleaning and everything. When reporters began to be reimbursed by their newspaper their reporting became- well, reporting.

Maybe if the same thing happened in politics then we would get some real insight into St. McCain rather than the usual pablum.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91101 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:57:45 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91101 <blockquote>- AP reporter (Liz Sidoti) apologizes for asking him a question he won’t like then asks him about his age. The deference is pretty stunning.</blockquote> No worries, OW. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402633_pf.html" rel="nofollow">Liz brought doughnuts!</a> <blockquote>McCain's moderators, the AP's Ron Fournier and Liz Sidoti, greeted McCain with a box of Dunkin' Donuts. "We spend quite a bit of time with you on the back of the Straight Talk Express asking you questions, and what we've decided to do today was invite everyone else along on the ride," Sidoti explained. "We even brought you your favorite treat." McCain opened the offering. "Oh, yes, with sprinkles!" he said. </blockquote>

- AP reporter (Liz Sidoti) apologizes for asking him a question he won’t like then asks him about his age. The deference is pretty stunning.

No worries, OW. Liz brought doughnuts!

McCain’s moderators, the AP’s Ron Fournier and Liz Sidoti, greeted McCain with a box of Dunkin’ Donuts. “We spend quite a bit of time with you on the back of the Straight Talk Express asking you questions, and what we’ve decided to do today was invite everyone else along on the ride,” Sidoti explained. “We even brought you your favorite treat.”

McCain opened the offering. “Oh, yes, with sprinkles!” he said.

]]> By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91098 Enlightened Liberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:41:52 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91098 IOKIYAR IOKIYAR

]]> By: PD100 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91096 PD100 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:38:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91096 Pardon me for sounding elitist but if equality of principles were applied in the wingnut wankosphere shouldn't Kenneth Lay's dontaions the the Bush presidential run get a teenie bit of a scrutiny as well? Pardon me for sounding elitist but if equality of principles were applied in the wingnut wankosphere shouldn’t Kenneth Lay’s dontaions the the Bush presidential run get a teenie bit of a scrutiny as well?

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91091 jr Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:49:44 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91091 McCain has a Warren Jeffs-like control of the media McCain has a Warren Jeffs-like control of the media

]]> By: TXLiberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91077 TXLiberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:14:48 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91077 <blockquote>Hey, Oliver, nice Jack Abramoff icon. Is that in honor of the news that Obama collected $125,000 from Abramoff’s lobbying firm?</blockquote> The insinuation that Obama was taking money from "Abramoff’s lobbying firm" is an outright lie. This was from the employees who worked there and not the firm. I believe that's illegal. Of course lying is a typical tactic of the followers of people like Nixon, Bush, Cheney, Rove and McCain.

Hey, Oliver, nice Jack Abramoff icon. Is that in honor of the news that Obama collected $125,000 from Abramoff’s lobbying firm?

The insinuation that Obama was taking money from “Abramoff’s lobbying firm” is an outright lie. This was from the employees who worked there and not the firm. I believe that’s illegal. Of course lying is a typical tactic of the followers of people like Nixon, Bush, Cheney, Rove and McCain.

]]> By: TXLiberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91074 TXLiberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:51:57 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91074 <blockquote>Obama has now raised about $125,000 from Greenberg Traurig employees -- nearly half of it at the time of the event -- more than from any of the other top law and lobby firms.</blockquote> Typical quote from a repug whose party has nothing left but their own garbage to suck on. Their party no sucks because it has been destroyed by GWB, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. Their candidate, McSame sucks because he has transfigured himself into a political reincarnination of Bush. We all know Bush sucks. What else do you expect from the whats left of the party that sucks?

Obama has now raised about $125,000 from Greenberg Traurig employees — nearly half of it at the time of the event — more than from any of the other top law and lobby firms.

Typical quote from a repug whose party has nothing left but their own garbage to suck on. Their party no sucks because it has been destroyed by GWB, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. Their candidate, McSame sucks because he has transfigured himself into a political reincarnination of Bush. We all know Bush sucks. What else do you expect from the whats left of the party that sucks?

]]> By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91059 Enlightened Liberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:03:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91059 Wait a minute, you posted the wrong link. That link talks about money that Obama got from lawyers who work for the law firm that <b> formerly </b> employed Abramoff and fired him when he began to be investigated. Don't see that he got a nickel from the law firm and don't see any connection to Abramoff. Surely you wouldn't have been lying when you said "Is that in honor of the news that Obama collected $125,000 from Abramoff’s lobbying firm?" Of course at first I figured that you forgot to insert "former" before lobbying firm, but no, that's still wrong because he didn't collect any money from the lobbying firm, just its employees who support Obama. And I guess you didn't read page 2, where it stated that McCain raised $138,000 from firm employees. If you read it you would also have found that Mrs. Clinton raised $139,000 from the same firm's employees. This wouldn't be <b> another </b> example of the sloppy reporting that Wiz is known for, right? Wait a minute, you posted the wrong link. That link talks about money that Obama got from lawyers who work for the law firm that formerly employed Abramoff and fired him when he began to be investigated.

Don’t see that he got a nickel from the law firm and don’t see any connection to Abramoff. Surely you wouldn’t have been lying when you said

“Is that in honor of the news that Obama collected $125,000 from Abramoff’s lobbying firm?”

Of course at first I figured that you forgot to insert “former” before lobbying firm, but no, that’s still wrong because he didn’t collect any money from the lobbying firm, just its employees who support Obama. And I guess you didn’t read page 2, where it stated that McCain raised $138,000 from firm employees. If you read it you would also have found that Mrs. Clinton raised $139,000 from the same firm’s employees.

This wouldn’t be another example of the sloppy reporting that Wiz is known for, right?

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91058 Jay Tea Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:53:52 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91058 Enlightened, right here: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usobam0413,0,6020233.story J. Enlightened, right here: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usobam0413,0,6020233.story

J.

]]> By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91057 Enlightened Liberal Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:16:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91057 JT, I haven't heard about Obama getting money from Abramoff's law firm. Link? JT, I haven’t heard about Obama getting money from Abramoff’s law firm. Link?

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91056 Oliver Willis Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:11:47 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91056 Actually I didn't go there because I was writing the flipping thing in real time on an iPhone. Ok, for 1 out of the last 7 years of Bush we've had a a Democratic congress - a Democratic congress with an obstructionist Republican minority in the Senate. Actually I didn’t go there because I was writing the flipping thing in real time on an iPhone. Ok, for 1 out of the last 7 years of Bush we’ve had a a Democratic congress - a Democratic congress with an obstructionist Republican minority in the Senate.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91054 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:07:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91054 Mr. Tea? OW has been using that icon for more than a year. You just now notice it? Mr. Tea? OW has been using that icon for more than a year. You just now notice it?

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91052 Jay Tea Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:21:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91052 Hey, Oliver, nice Jack Abramoff icon. Is that in honor of the news that Obama collected $125,000 from Abramoff's lobbying firm? I think I need to whip up a Tony Rezko icon for myself. J. Hey, Oliver, nice Jack Abramoff icon. Is that in honor of the news that Obama collected $125,000 from Abramoff’s lobbying firm?

I think I need to whip up a Tony Rezko icon for myself.

J.

]]> By: Poll Report: Aftermath | Comments from Left Field http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91048 Poll Report: Aftermath | Comments from Left Field Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:56:53 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91048 [...] off of this controversy either, though it is important to note, as Oliver Willis brings to light, McCain seems to be softening on his attacks against Obama being an elitist.  This makes me believe that at least McCain seems to understand the potential for blowback that [...] […] off of this controversy either, though it is important to note, as Oliver Willis brings to light, McCain seems to be softening on his attacks against Obama being an elitist.  This makes me believe that at least McCain seems to understand the potential for blowback that […]

]]> By: Enlightened Liberal http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91046 Enlightened Liberal Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:47:12 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91046 STFU farris. Better yet, go suck on an exhaust pipe. Make sure you put premium unleaded in the car first. STFU farris. Better yet, go suck on an exhaust pipe. Make sure you put premium unleaded in the car first.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91041 Duros62 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:53:48 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91041 Yes, Farris, back when you were predicting BIG wins for the GOP. Remember that? Good times.... Yes, Farris, back when you were predicting BIG wins for the GOP. Remember that? Good times….

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91040 SaveFarris Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:36:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91040 <b>TO DATE</b>. I guess you missed that part. Your bleatings would be totally justifed had Oliver said "up until 2006", but Oliver didn't go there because it took off just a little too much rhetorical edge for his tastes. Hence, the more damning (yet more innacurate) "to date"... PS: If you'd have appended "HTML" to your last statement, you'd be TOTALLY justified! TO DATE.

I guess you missed that part. Your bleatings would be totally justifed had Oliver said “up until 2006″, but Oliver didn’t go there because it took off just a little too much rhetorical edge for his tastes. Hence, the more damning (yet more innacurate) “to date”…

PS: If you’d have appended “HTML” to your last statement, you’d be TOTALLY justified!

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91037 Phoenix Woman Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:23:10 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/14/mccain-qa/#comment-91037 Meanwhile, Obama is holding steady in Rasmussen and going UP in the Gallup tracking polls (he's got a ten-point lead on Hillary and a two-point lead on McCain today): http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/14/105421/976/959/495355 Meanwhile, Obama is holding steady in Rasmussen and going UP in the Gallup tracking polls (he’s got a ten-point lead on Hillary and a two-point lead on McCain today):

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/14/105421/976/959/495355

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