tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33859999.post2491544112512542804..comments2023-10-31T07:16:39.443-04:00Comments on Jason's View from DC: How the Republicans will attack Obama?Jason in DChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04442861717390485392noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33859999.post-10069445432202412712008-02-29T06:59:00.000-05:002008-02-29T06:59:00.000-05:00Well in a couple of the news accounts that I saw i...Well in a couple of the news accounts that I saw if sounded like McCain was off stage and did not hear what the guy said.<BR/><BR/>I know that sometimes the candidate whomever he or she is arrives just minutes before they are introduced and are not in the hall when the warm up acts are there.Jason in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442861717390485392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33859999.post-40794787745393878562008-02-28T21:00:00.000-05:002008-02-28T21:00:00.000-05:00I blogged about this today, too. Maybe I'm just ex...I blogged about this today, too. Maybe I'm just extremely cynical after all these years of Bush/Cheney and Rove, but the McCain incident seemed a bit too convenient to me.<BR/><BR/>That radio nutjob used "Hussein" for obvious reasons, and while McCain did apologise, he did so AFTER his speech and to the media. If he thought it was so inappropriate, why didn't he apologise in front of the crowd. The mildly cynical might say he wanted to avoid a fight with hard core conservatives, with whom he has real problems.<BR/><BR/>But I see something more Rove-like, that he got to have Obama smeared AND got to look like a "good guy" for apologising, all without actually directly confronting the nutjob nor challenging his audience to rise above Rove's sleaze.<BR/><BR/>The folks who introduce candidates are vetted to avoid embarrassing incidents, so I'm betting it was all a deliberate act. After all, it's what Rove would have done.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.com