Showing posts with label mccain leaves michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mccain leaves michigan. Show all posts

Friday, October 03, 2008

Palin Says Obama Unqualified

Palin passes her debate test and today she's out there spouting off, saying Obama is unqualified, which shows the depths of her stupidity. 
Hello, Ms. Sarah, you exceeded our expectations because our expectations were so low, and you aren't anywhere close to being vice presidential material. Palin has a daring overconfidence that has yet to match reality.
She could be reacting to poll numbers. Palin didn't help McCain in the daily polls today. In fact, Obama is up at Gallup and McCain is down.
CNN: Sarah Palin said Friday several of Barack Obama's comments about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been "reckless" and disqualify the Illinois senator for consideration as the next commander-in-chief.

The comments are among the Alaska governor's most pointed to date regarding the Democratic presidential candidate's readiness to serve and come one day after she aggressively jousted with Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden.

"Some of his comments that he has made about the war…I think, in my world, disqualifies someone from consideration as the next commander-in-chief," Palin told Fox News Friday. "Some of the comments he's made about Afghanistan, what we are doing there, supposedly just air-raiding villages and killing civilians — that's reckless."
The Moose is on the Loose. Palin responds to questions:
NYT: “Honestly, the Sarah Palin in those interviews is a little bit annoyed,” Ms. Palin said, smiling broadly, “Because it’s like, man, you know, no matter what you say, you’re gonna get clobbered.”

“In those Katie Couric interviews,” she said, “I did feel that there were a lot of things that she was missing.” As she had in the debate, Ms. Palin then demonstrated her ability to pivot, trying to turn the negative attention to the top of the Democratic ticket.

“I wanted to talk about Barack Obama increasing taxes which would lead to killing jobs,” she said (in an assertion disputed by the Obama campaign.) She went on to say that he would increase government spending by $1 trillion, and said he had made comments about Afghanistan “that in my world disqualify someone from becoming commander in chief.”
Blaming Katie Couric and the media isn't going to fly. Here's why. We've had 8 years of a secretive administration and people are tired of it. By bashing the media and keeping them at a distance, McCain and Palin seem to want to extend that kind of arrogance of secrecy.

Palin on the McCain camp bailing in Michigan (Obama's got a big lead). Palin needs some pom poms.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

McCain Pulls Out of Michigan

Obama is leading by 10 points in Michigan.
Detroit News: John McCain is ending his attempt to win Michigan, a serious blow to the Republican's presidential hopes.
A Republican source with knowledge of the move told The Detroit News that the campaign would stop airing television ads in Michigan and pull most staff and other resources from a state Republicans had once believed was within reach.
McCain campaign officials were not immediately available for comment.

Winning Michigan's 17 electoral votes, captured in the last four presidential elections by Democrats, had been a major part of McCain's campaign strategy. But recent polls have shown Michigan slipping from the Arizona Republican's grasp, including a poll by Public Policy Polling released Thursday that showed Democrat Barack Obama with a 51 to 41 percent lead in the state. A Detroit News/WXYZ Action News poll published last week put the contest at 48-38 percent, with Obama on top.
The move is likely designed to allow the McCain campaign to move resources into other states that his camp believes are still competitive. But it also means Obama's campaign can do the same, giving the Democrat who leads in most national polls a significant advantage in the final four weeks of the campaign.