Many may recall this recent McCain incident in which he immediately repudiated statements made by a talkshow host prior to introducing McCain to a Cincinnati audience, with no prompting from the Obama campaign or any reporters:
After holding a successful, enthusiastic campaign rally at Cincinnati’s Memorial Hall Tuesday, the last thing John McCain wanted to do was to walk out in front of the media and apologize for what the warm-up act said.
But that is what an obviously irritated McCain did during the noon hour Tuesday, when he came out and denounced remarks made by WLW talk show host Bill Cunningham, who delivered a 10-minute speech in which he insulted Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton, and the media in general.
“I take responsibility and I repudiate what he said,” Sen. McCain told reporters after the rally at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine. “A person came out here before I arrived and made some disparaging remarks about senators Obama and Clinton and I regret that.”
Yesterday another talkshow host introduced Obama and insulted McCain:
Radio talk show star Ed Schultz warmed up the crowd, attacking Sen. John McCain as “a warmonger,” before Obama arrived in the room.
Obama thanked Schultz, saying he was the “voice of progressive radio,” and someone “who knows a little bit about sports.”
Schultz played football at Moorhead State University and was a sports broadcaster in Fargo for years.
Did we hear any repudiation from the man who is supposed to change politics? Nope….all we heard is silence until today, and only after being asked to repudiate the remarks.
After numerous inquiries from Obama’s traveling press, the Obama campaign eventually responded with a comment. “John McCain is not a warmonger and should not be described as such. He’s a supporter of a war that Senator Obama believes should have never been authorized and never been waged,” traveling press secretary Jen Psaki said in a written statement.
The campaign also pointed out that Obama did not hear the comment and stressed that Schultz is not an Obama surrogate.
Didn’t hear it? So what. Neither did McCain, but he was told of Bill Cunningham’s remarks by aides which I’m thinking is exactly what happened after Schultz’ remarks. No way to prove that but either way, McCain’s camp called for an apology not long after the remarks were made and it took a full day to get anything from the Obama camp.
To top it all off Obama spread the lie….again….that McCain wants to continue the war for a 100 years:
The McCain campaign picked up on the story and quickly asked Senator Obama to condemn Schultz, but while Obama mentioned McCain at his rally in Missoula, Montana, this morning, he remained mum on Schultz. “[McCain] is basically running for a third Bush term. He wants to continue this war in Iraq maybe for another 100 years.
Just more tired hysterical rhetoric from a same ole’ lefty politician. Nothing new has come from this “messiah” and nothing will.
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Google Ed Schultz and bar fight. Around here (Fargo, ND) we have taken to calling him bbmonger … Bar Brawl Monger.
Barrack has a case of selective hearing. If he can’t hear what’s going on in his immediate area, there is no way he will be hearing what goes on around the country.
So Obama didn’t hear THESE remarks and wasn’t in the pews when Rev. Wright made his hate filled rants???
Can we just chalk this up as another example of how he talks and acts more and more like the Clintons every single day?
it just goes to show you how classless the liberals can be, they are so righteous and full fo themselves that they believe they are above countering a nasty statement. mccain isn’t always on the same page as i am, but he has a bit of class. could that be because he has been in the political arena for many years and has a great deal more experience than obama? i think so, i think obama will say and do whatever it takes to get his mulloto butt elected. i wish i could shake them people who think he is the second comeing and is the best thing for this country. he is bigoted and a big lying turd.
If anyone hasn’t noticed, he out-Clintoned the Clintons and he did it a while ago.
Bill Clinton has a need to almost get caught or get caught and get away with it. Its like he wants you to know what he did but you can’t touch him for it.
Obama and his Campaign have all the skill and then some of Clintons without Bill’s need to shove it in your face.
Obama had Ed Schultz do his intro/warm up? OMG! Talk about yet even more aligning yourself with fringe….
His campaign bookers really need a cleaning house. How could any of them be so unbelievably stupid.
Obama has selective hearing alright. His radar is tuned into Code Pink, Move On and the rest of the “Loon Party’s” messages. When he does turn his head to re-adjust, it points to the good ole’ rev and the “Victim’s Retribution” party.
No other messages get through.
As an ex-POW in a communist country which didn’t give a hoot about Geneva Conventions, I’m sure Mr. McCain is not a warmonger. Of the three main candidates still in the race, I’m sure he will do what has to be done to win.
I’m hoping he doesn’t play “flipper” and back out when we’re winning. Sometimes he does have a tendency to listen to the other side of the aisle and take them at their word.