McCain Doesn't Want You To See This
This right here
Why? Because John McCain is a liar and a cheat.
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.--Sir Walter Scott
Why? Because John McCain is a liar and a cheat.
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.--Sir Walter Scott
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THIS IS HUGE!
Thanks as ever, c4Logic!
October 26, 2008 10:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
The political tone deafness is quite shocking. Did they actually think that no one would find them out?
October 26, 2008 10:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
They keep doing the same things over and over. They cheat. And they lie. And they assume they can get away with it.
What I found most amusing really was the way they blamed" the reporter! Again it's the same tactic that didn't work before. They blame others for their own immoral behavior!!! (I say amusing the way you'd be amused that a kid tried that excuse!)
I've sent this out to my email list. And I'm sure they'll send it out to theirs.
Did you email the info to tpm? This should end up in the MSM.
October 26, 2008 10:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
The poem could not possibly have been any more adequate.
October 26, 2008 11:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
What did the website display: I could not get it to load! What happened? Why is the poem appropriate??
October 26, 2008 12:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is no link to the embedded video, but to give you an idea of its contents, the blog entry says:
October 26, 2008 12:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here is the embedded link
It's a shockwave-flash file.
October 26, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you kindly. Do you know what the video showed that was provoking to CT4 and everyone who viewed it?
October 26, 2008 12:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
The video showed a McCain staffer in a Florida office boasting that they would win the state due to their army of volunteers. Volunteers, said the saffer, are the best carriers of the campaign's message and the best face of the campaign for the voters to see. That is why sending volunteers door-to-door works. He said volunteers about seventeen times in three minutes. He also said they did have some "paid" volunteers, but they were tasked with collecting absentee ballots and they were never sent to talk to undecided voters.
Cut to the parking lot where the reporter is interviewing several people coming out of the office, asking them what they are doing for the campaign. They pretty much all say the same thing. They are volunteers and are being sent door-to-door to talk about John McCain and to ask people to vote for him. The reporters asks if they are paid. They all say yes.
Then, after she talks to maybe five or six of these employees of the campaign, another employee comes out, puts his hand over her camera, and threatens her with legal action.
Good times.
October 26, 2008 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Orlando, Thank you! I was dieing of curiosity there.
Well, they are running true to form aren't they?
Mendacious to the core, they have to rig elections, hire "protestors" (a la Florida 2000) and hire "volunteers".
It would be laughable if it weren't for how powerful they are.
October 26, 2008 12:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Couple of thoughts:
a) Confidentiality agreements do not prevent anyone from asking you questions. It's about your giving answers. If the "volunteers" being hired by the McCain campaign don't understand that, they either haven't been briefed properly, or just dumb.
b) The reporter was correct for telling Rob (the aggressive guy) to go ahead and start a legal process. She was (a) outside on the sidewalk and (b) asking questions that could have been ignored. I don't suspect she was following people if they ignored her. I wish we could have seen the law show up and explain this to Rob.
c) I don't understand the significance of "volunteering" anyway. Who cares if they are volunteers or getting paid? Is there a legal issue at stake ("only volunteers can collect ballots"?) Who would trust your ballot to a stranger anyway???
October 26, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
a. Does anyone need that exaplianed?
The "volunteers" were not a problem. One admitted being employed via a "temp" agency.
c. The issue is LYING. The person interviewed made clear distinctions between those who are paid, and those who aren't -- that was the themse of the entire exchange.
The interviewer then interviewed individuals at random -- all of whom were doing things that only "volunteers" -- unpaid -- do. And all of them were -- oops! -- paid to do those things.
October 26, 2008 6:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joseph, your unique combination of vehemence, negativity, invective, and rage reminds me of religious right and other GOP tactics.
October 26, 2008 7:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
The righteousness of that first guy (in the parking lot) is astounding. The reporter should have pointed out the she had not signed a confidentiality agreement, so she could talk to whoever the hell she wanted. It's the, ehem, volunteer's who should shut the hell up, but seriously, why would a volunteer need to sign a confidentiality agreement? What, exactly, do they expect to go on at campaign headquarters that they want to keep hush-hush? Bi-sexual, multi-racial sex orgies?
Come to think of it, that would be a step in the right direction for the GOP . . .
October 26, 2008 10:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
And how much you wanna bet the second guy, who got "her card", was just being nice to get a date . . .
October 26, 2008 10:40 PM | Reply | Permalink