Bill Cunningham says McCain campaign told him to trash Obama

[Ichingcarpenter]

Cunningham: His people told me to give the faithful red meat. Give them red—raw—meat.

He’s a big favorite of Spawn Hannity and so it was not a surprise to see him on H&C last night to comment on the day’s events. (He reminds me of David Lynch’s hard of hearing character from Twin Peaks called Gordon Cole.) If he’s to be believed then McCain has more more splainin’ to do because he said that McMaverick’s people told him to throw out the red meat for his opening.

Even if McCain wasn’t familiar with his act—his camp knows it and to tell Cunningham to go all out only means one thing—the apology was a fraud. The straight talk express is being as disingenuous here as it has been with regards to his own finance law that he’s failed to comply with. And that’s really the story here. Who cares if a wingnut walkie-talkie is upset about being dissed.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/27/draft-bill-cunningham-says-mccain-campaign-told-him-to-throw-out-the-red-meat/

[Lerkfish]

1. when rethuglicans disagree about who shafted who, its hard to work up any sympathy

for either side, nor care who is right, IMHO

[TwilightGardener]

2. HA! I called it as a set-up from the moment the story came out. Doing a smug

victory lap, be right back!

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. I said the same thing too

when it happened.

[napi21]

3. Rachel Maddow said as much on Keith's show last night.

They were talking about Cunningham's popularity, and Keith said he knew about him for YEARS! Rachel said it is "possible" that McCain didn't know him, but "not possible" that the people on McCain's campaign didn't! I'll be interested to see if this story dies just as quickly as the NYT story did!

[Disturbed]

7. The Hypocrisy of McLame will be obvious to millions soon.

It will take a build up of McLame's hypocrisy because the US Corp Media
has favored him for many years but it will surface, never the less.

The Bushification of John McCain

By Ari Melber, AlterNet. Posted November 15, 2005.

The bad blood between the two men has been infamous since 2000, when Bush's campaign lied about McCain's family and war service, and McCain told Bush to "get out of the gutter."

But during Bush's reelection in 2004, McCain strained to embrace his former rival -- literally. In their first joint appearance, they hugged dramatically before 6,000 soldiers at a Fort Lewis rally. Those events made for great campaign visuals. Yet while most Americans saw McCain's big heart, Republican leaders saw hungry ambition.

Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative magazine National Review, recently described that campaign bear hug as nothing but proof of "the senator's presidential ambitions." Lowry argues it's just part of McCain's scheme to get "the Right to stop loathing him." In targeted moves since the election, McCain has continued his Bushification by changing positions on conservative priorities like creationism, gay marriage and tax cuts.

As the costs of Hurricane Katrina mounted, McCain went on national television and told Chris Mathews the Bush tax cuts must be maintained. But McCain voted against those tax cuts.

In fact, he was one of only two Republicans to oppose Bush's signature 2001 tax cut. Given the surging costs of Katrina, Iraq and Medicare, there is no policy rationale for reversing his position now. The only rationale is political pandering. And that's exactly how some influential conservatives see it. Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, recently said that although McCain has "flip-flopped on a number of issues," he is still "anti-taxpayer" because "he's voted against every tax cut."

Yet the mainstream media is so attached to McCain's maverick image, most journalists didn't cover the tax reversal.


http://www.alternet.org/story/28266 /

[ck4829]

5. McCain asks Cunningham to smear Democrats

Cunningham does so.

McCain 'attacks' Cunningham.

McCain looks like a moderate, mission accomplished.

You can't put ANYTHING past a Republican.

[goforit]

6. Interesting set up.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. What I said when it happened

It was typical Repuglican tactics

[CanonRay]

9. So who is McStain going to fire from his staff?

[DefenseLawyer]

10. Cooper!

You remind me today of a small Mexican Chi-wow-wow!

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. I liked the twin peaks reference too

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. This story won McCain Keith's worst person in the World Award

Crooks and Liars should be proud

[spanone]

13. did karl rove leave the white house to work for mccain?

[goforit]

14. Bring him on!!!! America is ready to kick his ass!!!