Jesus Christ, is the McCain camp serious? They call Obama's campaign "boys club bullying"?

[ErinBerin84]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0608/Obama_camp_tries_to_get_in_on_McCain_finance_conference_call.html

haha, the Politico comments page cracks me up. They are saying that the Obama campaign BBCing the email to the press is proof of the "Obama cult personality".




Obama camp tries to get in on McCain finance conference call



Hoping to dilute McCain's aggressive push against Obama for reversing his position on public financing, the Democrat's campaign has taken the unusual step of trying to get in on conference call that McCain aides set up for 5:30 tonight between reporters and counsel Trevor Potter.

In an email to McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker that was blind copied to their entire press list, Obama spokesman Bill Burton wrote the below.

Jill – hope you’re well. We’d like to add our campaign counsel, Bob Bauer to your conference call with Trevor Potter so that we can arbitrate some of the disagreements that the two of them have over the meeting they recently had. If you can please shoot me the dial-in, Bob is available to join for the first bit, go over his notes from the meeting with Mr. Potter and would be happy to take questions from him, the press corps or whomever. Sorry for the late notice.

We’re of course willing to split the cost of the call.
Hazelbaker declined Burton's offer -- and returned fire.

"We'd actually prefer to set up a meeting with the two candidates at 10 town hall meetings of Obama's choosing now through the convention, so we can fully discuss Barack Obama's abandonment of his pledge to take public financing," she said.

The last time Bauer sought to get in on an opponent's conference call, he didn't ask.

In March, Bauer dialed into a Clinton call and engaged in an unexpected (and enjoyable) dialouge with Howard Wolfson.

UPDATE: Hazelbaker writes in to add an even tougher shot at Burton's gambit, raising the gender card.

"This type of boys club bullying embodies an arrogance better suited for a frat house than a serious campaign about serious issues," she says.

[Me.]

1. Priceless

Putting your opponent on edge with audacity.

[blogslut]

2. hee hee

This is funny. :)

[InternalDialogue]

3. "Better suited for a frat house..."

Jeez, which frat house are they talking about now? I can't keep them straight.

There's the panties-on-the-head frat house, the waterboarding frat house, the piling naked prisoners frat house, and now the conference-calling frat house?

Republicans, seriously -- you're making my head spin... or is that another frat house as well?

[fascisthunter]

4. McCain's Campaign Sound Like a Bunch of Weenies

pretentious weenies.... "You wouldn't hit someone with glasses would you?"

[ErinBerin84]

5. haha, it's opposites day I guess.

The Obama camp is the bullying boys club, and Obama is the cowboy.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

7. Remember when they tried saying that Obama was "more of the same" and mcCain was change?

[caledesi]

6. The RW need new talking points. NT

[msongs]

8. oh sure call obama "boy" to keep the white racist christians happy nt

[blondeatlast]

9. Call the... Ah, hell. Let 'em whine. nt

[Berry Cool]

10. They can dish it out, but they can't take it.

Their limo will be arriving for them shortly.

[burythehatchet]

11. young Barack

[blondeatlast]

12. So the older kid is getting bullied by the younger one? Is that the problem?

That's just... okay by me.