This the day after he conceded that he agreed with Obama that it actually worked?

McCain can't keep anything straight.

Also pride in being a liar.

i think the mccain camp is confident that the he can talk out of both sides of his mouth, knowing that he can talk to his high-information base and his low-information base at the same time even though he might say nearly contradictory things.

otherwise, they are just running like a chicken with its head cut off

what? didn't he say the other day that Obama was right and the AAA was right and that people SHOULD inflate their tires?

i guess thats what happens when you're 72...you can't remember your talking points from one day to the next.

Keep that tone right there, McLame - keep sounding like a grumpy old man.

McLame is punching himself in the face.

Here is the problem with this whole stupid thing. It is typical republican nonsense. Talk about tire pressure guages for weeks on end and avoid talking about other issues. They can befuddle the masses with this nonsense, which they are doing.

I say we need oil slick adds coming from the dnc or dccc, not necessarily from obama directly. Add in being aggressive in the ad and on right-wing media shows that off shore drilling will do nothing concerning the price of gas and oil and will only be helpful to big oil and boost their profits at the expense of americans. Comeon, go on the attack!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/07/leaked-mccain-memo-paint_n_117484.html

This is a clue into the McFudlle campaign's thinking of what will work against Obama..the real irony is that McFuddle will not be coherent enough and clear in his messages to carry it out!

McCain just brought up his STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS AGAIN....

I was reminded of a Saturday Night Live sketch that Senator John McCain did back in 2002 last night on The Verdict with Dan Abrams. McCain tried to start a singing career.

He wasn’t bad to be hones; but the one song he partially sang gave me the idea of great campaign ad.

The song was "Memories, light the corners of my mind, Misty water-colored memories, of the way we were." song by Barbara Streisand.

Can’t you just picture an ad using the theme of McCain debating McCain (as Obama stated yesterday) showing the following:

McCain first saying he’s supported President Bush almost 90% of the time then a video showing McCain saying he’s nothing like Bush.

McCain saying on MTP that he voted against the tax cuts, then a video showing where he supports the tax cuts.

McCain saying he’s against Oil drilling, then another showing he’s for drilling

McCain saying he’s against new energy ideas, then another showing he’s for them

Etc….

Then showing the Straight Talk Express bus driving away and in the background McCain is singing…."Memories, light the corners of my mind, Misty water-colored memories, of the way we were."

Tom Toles's take:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/toles_main.html?name=Toles&date=08072008&type=c?hpid=opinionsbox1

mccain debating mccain

mccain is seeking to contrast his plans to confront the energy crisis to obama's by not truly portraying obama's plan.

do we expect sen. obama to follow suit by making such an agregious claim?

if sen. obama did, would be able to have the same effect without driving down his positives amongst independents and moderate republicans?

if sen. obama did falsely portray mccain's energy (as boldly as sen. mccain to his) would he get the same free pass in network media coverage as sen. mccain?

mccain is able to make this statement, because once he agreed with sen. obama on the tire gauge thing, it tampered down the criticism that mccain didn't understand the problems of the crisis and the set of solutions offered by obama. this put the issue of tire gauges/obama on the frontburner as a legitimate way to reduce fuel consumption, which allows mccain to speak to crowds and criticize the tire gauge issue as if it were the centerpiece of the energy plan.

it is a simple deflection and pivot from a retraction/flip flop into another attack. i think it shows boldness on the part of the mccain campaign, because they believe they can (and they probably will) get away with it.

This is just becoming stupid. McCain himself has said that off shore oil drilling will not add significantly to the price of oil at the pump. Now he is acting like this is the be all and end all of energy policy. Why is nobody challenging him to the role of OPEC in the world. OPEC was formed to controll the supply of oil in the world market. If the U.S. produces more oil, OPEC will just take product out of the market,nobody is factoring that in. Any oil trader will tell you this, we are spending all this capital on 3% of the world supply. Another thing, why would Exxon drill in the U.S. with all the red tape involved and the revenue sharing with the states, when they can drill in Africa and pay only 10% to Angola or Equatorial guinea, and no environmental laws to deal with. That is why they are not using the leases they have in the U.S. It is cheaper in Africa

"Senator Obama a couple of days ago said that we ought to all inflate our tires, and I don't disagree with that. The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it, but I also don't think that that's a way to become energy independent."

"My opponent doesn't want to drill, he doesn't want nuclear power, he wants you to inflate your tires."

“Instead of calling on his party’s leadership to return to Congress and carve out an ‘all of the above’ approach to America’s energy crisis, Barack Obama would rather tell commuters to inflate their car tires,”