Gee - so nice of him to grant us that concession. Who the f*&k made the GOP the patriotism police?

Oh yeah, the media.

I concede that McCain is Panamanian.

Importantly, though, they did not concede that he was not a muslim or that he's not a scary black man.....

Soooo, great now he is a patriot because the GOP officially acknowledges such? Give, me. a. break.

I want to know what in the heck is going on with the media? Why are they insisting on twisting and spinning McCain's talking points to obscure the fact that Obama has been very consistent about what he is doing in Iraq?

It is one thing for McCain to try this spin, it is another whole ball of wax for the media to pick it up and run with it, when they have no darn words that even IMPLY such out of Obama's mouth!

Does the media not understand the terms strategy and tactic? Do they not get that the President sets the strategic mission for the troops? Have they all jsut lost their cognitive ability and can only parrot the McCain spin?

I find this to be riDICulous coverage of a non-statement.

Then I heard the analyst this morning say DESPITE, Obama's changing Iraq position the Gallup poll shows a 6 point GAP between him and MCain with Obama at 48% and McCain at 42% in the polls.

I was like WTF?....gap..Gap? GAP?....since when did a LEAD in the polls turn into a GAP.

The coverage is so biased against Obama it is absurd.

He just "conceded" McCain's only shot at winning the election.

Concessions Day, is it? Concede the fookin earth is round, too, while you're at it.

The McCain camp's too busy trying to make Obama's and McCain's Iraq policy look identical to worry about their inability to make political hay of Obama's presumed lack of patriotism. The concession is all about the political tactic they chose to abandon. "We concede we're not getting anywhere with this dirty trick. We'll try another."

I concede McCain ain't fully dead.

The McCain campaign is going to have more opportunities to say "We concede." This is just them getting in some early practice.

Good for Charlie, I hope we now have that little bit of business out of the way. I guess the flag pin must have done the trick. Now we all can move on to more important issues.

I never could understand the stupidity of this "unpatriotic" thing.

My common sense says:
How could someone have even been elected and served as a State Senator and then have been elected to serve and continue to serve as a US Senator and be considered unpatriotic. By the nature of these "jobs" the person is being of service to the country and is patriotic. And don't their duties include at times leading the pledge of allegiance and other "patriotic" symbolic rituals? And don't US Senators have "security clearances" regarding national security that the rest of us don't. Hardly given to someone who is "unpatriotic."

"We don't want to talk about his patriotism and character," said McCain adviser Charlie Black.

I remember W using the opening of his daddy's presidential library to blast Bill Clinton, seated with the other presidents, saying something to the effect of, "Character DOES matter." Papa Bush took Jr. to the woodshed for his impertinence after the guests had all gone home.

Anyway, the G.O.P. is perfectly willing to run on the issue of character when they think it works for them. The REAL concession here might be that they don't think McCain fares well in a character comparison.

I don't think this is one to just let alone and move on.

Perhaps I'm just too cynical, but I think that throughout the campaign we will see one McCain spokesperson saying nice things about Obama while some more distant but higher visability surrogate says something nasty and questionable. Black is just innoculating McCain against cricitism. Unfortunately, as monotonous as it's become, I think we've got to keep going back to McCain and Black over and over again to reject the unfounded attacks of his surrogates, and restate the statement just made. Just watch - we'll see an attack on Obama's patriotism sometime this week from one of McCain's henchmen.

Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to concede . . .

These guys are a joke. It is like they really do not know what they are doing or saying. The latest on the economy is that the victory in Irag and Afghansitan will lead to paying of the deficit. I mean come on.

I concede that McShame is a complete idiot.

We concede that he's a patriot and person of good character. This is about big issues

Typical liberal media taking things out of context.

Here's the full quote:

We concede that he's a patriot and person of good character. This is about big issues.

On the other hand, the 527s, the RNC and state parties...

"I concede my defeat and congratulate President Barack Obama"
John McCain on November 4, 2008, after most media outlets project Obama's victory.

Right now he and his staff are rehearsing the imminent occurrence. Good job, guys.

Dropping By,
There is only one entrance to be a patriot: be a POW in Vietnam, in a manner your enemy missile brings you down because you are an under-average, unadept pilot and you don't know how to use parachute so you break your leg and the enemy captures you on Oct. 26, 1967. And in the captivity, you monologue it, "I love America." Then, you will be conceded the certificate of patriotism.
Meaning there is only one Patriot in America right now until the day of the election, Nov. 4, 2008, and there cannot be two until that day.