Anyone else struck by the irony that it was "the media" that McCain ADMITTED was his base for years?

It's the same as hiring my brother to ref my basketball game and then spending the whole game calling him a bum.

As I've noted in other posts, I think McShame is so batshit crazy unhinged that, realizing he cannot win the old fashioned way -- by getting the most votes (even Electoral College votes) -- he's willing to unleash the crazies out there who think Obama is the anti-Christ or a muslim or a terrorist or a brother from another planet. Whether intended or coincidental, this would represent the most heinous behavior ever seen by a presidential candidate -- even outdoing is serial lying. This ought to be a matter for the FBI and the Secret Service. Seriously.

Research 2000 Nevada Poll:

Obama 50 McCain 43

http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/inside_nevada_politics.pbs&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a47c0e9e3-2bcd-439f-8b7a-bfc5884a1123Post%3aa4f5bfd5-75de-4710-a96b-1da0bb404d53&sid=sitelife.rgj.com

"McCain has so overtly taken on the media -- they're doing it to rile the base," he continued. "And low and behold, the base is good and riled."

What a surprise. The dull-witted are grunting and coming through the village carrying clubs and torches.

It's only a matter of time before one or more of the more unhinged supporters attacks a reporter.

Plus ca change ...

Palin, in my view, is the most cynical VP pick since Spiro Agnew. He, also, was selected to rant against the press (those "nattering nabobs of negativity") and for "law and order."

Agnew and his boss made it to the White House. Let's hope, forty years on, that America can redeem itself for that monumental blunder.

It is the Karma, bitches, for years of shilling for repugs. Welcome to the people side of the world.

It's worthy of note that any number of similarly self righteous folks have followed the same route,,,, Idi Amin Dada, Mugabe, Allende, Goebbles, Trotsky, Franco, the KKK, and the list goes on,,,, McCain is known by the company he keeps.

Attack the media as liberally biased, thus your core supporters will not believe the fact-checking done and thus McCain, Palin and the GOP in general can get away with saying anything they want.

All they got left is lies.

As I said on other threads. Just give every reporter and camera-person a flack jacket and a helmet. Then make sure the cameras get some good shots of reporters dressed to battle gear for mcShame Vendetta Events.

This will drive home where the danger lies. Not from Barack Obama or his supporters. But from rabble rousing by the Vendetta Twins.

I predict that it won't take long before the Twins settle down.

What I want to know, is if as reported the Palin campaign was keeping the Press in a specified location away from the crowd, and then a "Palin supporter" hurls a racial epithet at a member of the press, would it had to have been a member of the campaign that hurled the epithet? Certainly a member of the campaign would have to have heard/witnessed it.

McCains goons getting all racist and acting out against media reps? What a friggin surprise, huh? Who do we think the base is if not the lowest of the low?

As for the media getting their panties twisted into a knot, too fuckin' bad. If the news media had done their job even ten percent of the time since Nixon was elected, the USA would be a safer, healthier, happier place to live instead of a paranoid chip-on-the-shoulder excuse for a civilized nation.

these people are dumbasses for sure, but you know what? fuck the media.
they enabled so much crooked shit over the past 8 years, they deserve the shit that gets thrown at them. what, they didn't see this comming? they didn't realize that one day these crooked bastards would turn on them if it served their purpose? please.
welcome to the new america you helped create. hope you wear a flak jacket.

These right wing talking heads sure have their talking points down and they're going to play the fear card for as long as they can.

Let them play the character card. John McCain has shown throughout this race that he will do anything to win--including changing who he is, what he said he once stood for, etc. John McCain sold his soul, character, whatever you want to call it because this isn't, by a long shot, about country first. It's about putting John McCain first.

We've now seen him in action in this campaign and when he's tested, really tested, he folds. He is willing to do and say anything to get elected.

Yes, Senator McCain, when things get tough that's when your character is put to the test. And things did get tough. The campaing isn't going your way. And the result has been ugly. You've failed--not only have you failed your country, you've failed yourself.

And now we have to ask ourselves, who is the real John McCain?

When Obama comes out ahead tonight in the post-debate polling...THAT'S when this game will be over.

Palin has to delegitimize all media in advance of this coming Friday's Troopergate findings.

It's not going to happen, but I wish Brokaw would do a vetting-and-choosing the Veep question tonight.

That's so sad..."he and other reporters were pelted with boos"...I hope they're ok.

Would someone...ANYONE...in the press please grow a pair and call these assholes out on the simple teeny tiny fact that McCain's campaign is USING the mainstream media to garner attention they would not be receiving if they just sat back and ran a tasteful campaign!

Hey, if you're losing bad, keep your name in the spotlight by any ridiculous means necessary! Who cares what people think after the election because Americans have short-term memories anyway!

Oh, by the way...a Republican pundit on CNN just let leak (in a matter of speaking) that McCain's campaign may revive a new kind of "circling wolves" terrorism ad just before the election.

Whoever was anchoring kept trying to get more inforamtion out of the guy, but he kept declining to say more. He sounded like he was trying to take it back. It was on CNN radio, so I wasn't able to see the "Oh Shit, I let it out" look on the guy's face who said it.

PPP Ohio Poll

Obama 49 McCain 43

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_Ohio_1007785.pdf

Like no one was expecting a last second barrage of 9/11 and "Hey Soccer Moms, Bin Laden wants to knock on your door and harm your kids and kill your dog" ads one week before the election.

They probably have at least 25-30 tv and web ads they're sitting on for the last two weeks.

Desperation + predictability = The Republican Party

How very maverickety, to rail against the media (which doesn't have high public confidence as shown in polls), rather than to support the media against all polls! Maverickety, indeed.

"Who is the tall dark stranger there?
Maverick is the name
Ridin' the trail to who knows where
Luck is his companion;
Gambling is his game..."

Maybe Sarah and Todd can bring in some AIP goons to beat up some reporters and "teach'em a lesson." Images of Altamont are starting to come to mind . . .

How about a question for McCain tonight?

"Senator, you and your running mate have been turning up your rhetoric recently, to the point where supporters have been to heard to shout "Treason!" of Senator Obama, "Kill him!" of either Senator Obama or William Ayers, and "Sit down, boy" to a black member of the media -- all in the past couple of days. Do you plan to temper your rhetoric to avoid prompting this kind of reaction?

Palin is the true threat to America and should be put on a 'timeout' for at least 10 years.
It scares to me think that some people believe this woman.

Just a thought, but Dana Milbank being an unbridled asshole spawned hostility to the media with me.

Many Americans have died defending our freedom. McCain and Palin attacking the press is VERY unpatriotic given that a free press is one of the main ideals for which our forefathers were willing to give our lives.

Obama and Biden should go on the offensive lambasting McCain and Palin for attacking the free press. These attacks are chilling in their anti-American implication.

I don't think Palin understands or appreciates the freedom of the press and the role of the press to ask her any question in good taste that they would like her to answer.

And to think all this time I thought Milbank was a woman.

I like how Sargent refers to "the Palin". Perhaps we all should.

The media needs to do one of two things:

#1 start filming and filing reports on the attacks against you by McCain supporters, or

#2 Stop covering their campaign altogether.

McLame and Failin' are so stupid, they don't even realize they need you guys. How do they think their message will get out without reporters- ESP?

In an attempt to fire up their base, they are inciting violence and a mob mentality. Somebody is going to get hurt.

As I said on other threads. Just give every reporter and camera-person a flack jacket and a helmet. Then make sure the cameras get some good shots of reporters dressed to battle gear for mcShame Vendetta Events.

This will drive home where the danger lies. Not from Barack Obama or his supporters. But from rabble rousing by the Vendetta Twins.

This would be a decent tactic.

Although, I think a better one would be to make sure the cameras get a couple of good shots of these reporters being abused by McCain/Palin rally attendees, and then use it as the erfect excuse to pull out of covering their campaign altogether.

Let's see how well they get their message out, when nobody but FOX News will cover them...

Sorry, I have no sympathy for the media.
You brought it upon yourselves with your blatent in-the-tank biases for "The One".
If I'm at a rally, I would be calling you out with "Shame" as well. I am sooo glad people are starting to talk back.

After all, it was OBAMA who told people to go out there and "get in people's faces", so you must be pleased, very pleased, with the result.

The basest base...