I find this continuance by McCain to say Obama's getting preferential treatment by the media to be absolutely ridiculous. If the media hadn't been in love with McCain, he wouldn't be the Republican Nominee for President.

Figures; McCain goes to Canada, Columbia, London, etc. and that's okay. Obama goes to Berlin and because he got more press coverage (200,000 people did not show up to see McCain)McCain is unhappy. Maybe if he would quit making so many gaffes and start making some sense he might generate more interest. He can start, since he is at a LiveStrong event, by explaining why his health care program plans on taxing employee health benefits?

Jeez, I'm watching Andersen Cooper on CNN right now and he is wondering if Obama came across in Berlin as "elitist" in Berlin today!!!

Well, I'll give him this much: Unlike pretty much all his past attempts at humor, at least this one is actually somewhat funny.

It really bothers me the way McCain SMIRKS after calling Obama a traitor!! And they keep showing it over and over again. This is funny????

From Bob Cesca:

And today, the word of the day in the corporate press is... presumptuous. Used in a sentence: Senator Obama is being presumptuous during his trip -- acting all presidential and dignified. How dare he be presidential while running for, you know, president. Presumptuous. During the live CNN web feed of the Berlin address, an anchor used it to describe the event. Joe Klein used it in a blog post today. Of course Joe attributed it to racist voters rather than very serious reporters -- racist because it's presumably a synonym for 'uppity' and we can't accuse the press of such awfulness. And Candy Crowley used it in her post-address analysis on CNN. That's a lot of coincidences. "Presumptuous" must really be a popular word. Odd that it's being used so often by people who want Senator Obama to win.

AP: "In a speech that risked being seen as presumptuous..."

TIME Magazine: "capable to become the Commander in Chief of a superpower -- without seeming presumptuous..."

The National Journal: "He is well aware voters here at home might see that as presumptuous..."

Washington Post: "Whether by the end of this week he will be seen as presumptuous or overly cocky..."

Chicago Tribune: "That means walking the fine line between looking presidential and appearing arrogant and presumptuous..."

Boston Globe: "plus the growing sense in some quarters that the presumptive Democratic nominee is getting a little presumptuous..."

Can you feel the wanting-Obama-to-win love radiating off your computer screen? No?

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-barbeque-media-wants_b_114843.html

Armstrong is campaigning with BOTH candidates, forcing them to talk about the issues he cares about. A more interesting to use his celebrity than merely endorsing someone.

The French hate Lance because he kicked their ass. Prove the EPO slander or shut the hell up.

Can we all just agree that there is alot that's funny about this Obama overseas spectacle?

I mean come on, the man looks the opposite of presidential. He looks like a man trying to be a cool GQ model with his sunglasses, rolled up shirt-sleeves, and jacket slung casually over his shoulder. The only thing missing was a diamond stud in one ear.

He descends the stairs of his newly painted plane (sans American flag) onto his campaign provided red carpet while chewing gum like good manners do not apply to him. (It was nice to see that he's learned that shaking hands is probably more 'presidential' than 'fist bumping' though so a point for that.)

This is all in his first minute on his overseas tour. The sad thing is he can pimp-walk all over the world doing meet and greets and giving speeches but it won't make him ready to be president.

Nine days does not an experienced leader of the free world make.

he is very presidential, charismatic, intelligent, smart, classy...His tour is a mega success, and I am sorry to bring the bad news to you but he has impressed the leaders he met with so far...

So I am sure you will agree that you have lost, and you just need to pack your bags and join the McBushSame campaign.

Here's an interesting link from Drudge Report that shows journalists' campaign donations as proof of their bias to the Democrats.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=301702713742569

What's really strange about their numbers is that journalists at FoxNews have only donated to the Democrats, and have given $0 to Republicans. I guess they were among the Republicans donating to Clinton to help keep the primary going until June.

Speaking of FoxNews, has Lanny Davis become a Republican? He's talking more like one every day.
Today he was praising McCain for the surge.

maybe the press doesn't want to talk to McCain because, you know, he's a dick.

Let's face it. McCain's a dick. Always has been, it's just that not many people paid much attention. By November pretty much everyone will realize that McCain is a just a dick. He's a loser.

worst. candidate. ever.

If McCain keeps batting zero every time he steps up to the plate, I suspect by the time the Repug Convention rolls around they may have another candidate in mind to represent them. Delegates be damn!

Really McCain?

Trying to avoid being portrayed as a whiney spoilsport, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) broke with his advisers Tuesday and told Katie Couric of CBS News that news coverage of the presidential campaign has been fair and even "fun to watch."

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Asked whether he believes he'd had unfair media coverage, McCain replied: "I don't think so. I think ...it is what it is. I'm a big boy. And I'm enjoying every minute of the campaigning. And I'm certainly not complaining. And, in fact, I think it's fun to watch."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/23/mccain-coverage-is-fun-to_n_114473.html

I guess you aren't a big boy after all. Maybe you should just be glad the media edits out your gaffes for you...something tells me they don't do the same favor for Obama.

http://www.thepersonalispolitical.com/2008/07/mccain-screws-up-more-facts-about-iraq.html

What Obama did in Germany was nothing short of remarkable. Germany has not been a country well know for racial harmony in recent years and to see people of all colors, coming out in the hundreds of thousands, to hear an African American candidate from the US give a speech,...the accomplishment cannot be understated, despite haters like David Brooks and the NY Times. Can you imagine how they would have gone after him if he was specific on policy pronouncements overseas? And the juxtaposition of John McCain in a German restaurant, without a minority in site. But, let's not make this a racial issue (even though the elements are there), what it's really about is smart and dumb. And I'm not talking about the candidates. This country was dumb to vote for George W. Bush and I would hope enough good people are smart enough this time to vote for the candidate that will actually do something to improve the people's plight and advance our place in the world. In my humble opinion, you're not going to get that from John McCain, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, or Cynthia McKiney.