September 24th, 2008: McCain/Palin’s EPIC FAIL day

I haven’t seen anyone compile everything that turned sour for McCain and Palin yesterday, so let me take a stab at it.  If I missed anything, please let me know in the comments.

Okay, I’m exhausted, but I’m sure I’ll be adding more.  In all of my way-too-long adult life, I’ve never seen a presidential campaign have a worse day than what the McCain/Palin camp endured yesterday. Let me know what else I missed (or got wrong) and stay tuned.

Posted by Kevin K. on 09/25/08 at 11:19 AM • Permalink

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Kevin I have an “exclusive” on the latest McCain situation which I just put up over at me blog.  Apparently John McCain is being held hostage

Comment by iceberg wedge on 09/25/08 at 12:29 PM

And the very next day, Bill Kristol writes an op-ed calling McCain “Presidential.”

Kristol never disappoints. Jeebus, even K-Lo didn’t fall for McCain’s malarkey.

This would be awesome.

Also, I am a little steamed at the McPainlin campaign for making it so difficult to come up with crazier and funnier shit than they are.  How are we supposed to be satirical with this level of crazy happening?

Comment by iceberg wedge on 09/25/08 at 12:53 PM

I just have to borrow the words of a poster I saw on another thread somewhere:

Best. Campaign. Ever.

I mean have we somehow got locked into a new dimension where all the world is a gigantic Saturday Night Live skit?  Only crazier?

Okay, it’s your jobs to make me feel better. I mean, it’s not your jobs, you have real jobs (for the time being) that pay you money and stuff. But usually you do make me feel better, so clear my head up about this, if you don’t mind: today’s Gallup poll.

Oops, that was not today’s Gallup poll I linked to. Here is today’s Gallup poll. My sincere apologies.

I have no answers for that, Lady P. Weird.

I’ll just follow the lead of my wingnut pals and yell, “Outlier!”

Lady Penelope, see TPM’s poll run-down here, if you haven’t already. Also, 538 has comprehensive polling data and sometimes helps me stay sane.

The tight race has me fighting frequent bouts of nausea as well. But maybe the McSame campaign’s series of epic fails yesterday will be reflected in the next round of polling.

Lady P, Rasmussen, which has been about the tightest poll I’ve seen, has Obama trending upwards in their daily poll.

Kevin K.: Making readers feel better one poll result at a time.

I think this is the first day the campaign HASN’T made my stomach hurt. Ice cream for everyone!!!

BTW Kevin, one more for the list.  Last night Rachel Maddow brought up four McCain “smear Obama by association” adds in four days and decided it was time to thoroughly revisit the little Keating 5 matter.

Chris Matthews was also on the show and brought up McCain’s constant tactic of pullling “razzle dazzle” stunts to distract the public’s attention from things he doesn’t want noticed.  Could this be the explanantion for “Suspend the Campaign!” and “Postpone the Debates!”  I mean, in terms of the smell test, the very first thing you listed is pretty damn rancid.  On a slow news day that might have gotten a lot more coverage.  But I have barely seen a peep about it today.  Everyone’s focused on “Suspend the Campaign!” and
“Postpone the Debates!”  And nobody is looking at Rick Davis slipping out the back door.

Here’s more sunshiny data for you, Lady P. (And also for Elisa. I want her to finish her ice cream.)

Last night Rachel Maddow brought up four McCain “smear Obama by association” adds in four days and decided it was time to thoroughly revisit the little Keating 5 matter.

MD, yeah, I saw that. I’m torn about Keating 5.  I think it’s too old, they’d have to educate a lot of people about the details w/ not much time left and McCain only got a wrist slap for it. A few of my friends and my lovely wife Chris disagree.

Thanks, folks. I do feel better now. Can’t wait for that debate on Friday! Hope McCain remembers to show.

and McCain only got a wrist slap for it

To me that’s one of the most telling things about it.  He was in just as deep as the other senators but he (the POW) and John Glenn (the astronaut) only got wrist slaps.  I agree it’s probably not going to get a ton of press but in the development of John McCain’s character it’s important.  First evidence that if you were a POW you can duck real responsibility for screw ups.

And the very next day, Bill Kristol writes an op-ed calling McCain “Presidential.”

It is so awesome how Kristol argues that McCain returning to his senatorial duties will make him seem less senatorial.

“The Republican vice presidential candidate was baptized at the church but stopped attending regularly in 2002.”

Then she went running back to get their support in 2005.  Doesn’t seem like she really “believes” in them to me more like “I’m sure I can get these dumb schmucks to vote for me”

Obama supporters questioning whether Palin believes what her church teaches because she hasn’t been there in years, as if her attending that church was a political ploy?  Sounds familiar to… oh wait, Obama!  Didn’t he “attend” a church where he “missed” all the offensive sermons from the man who baptized his children, married him, and was the inspiration for his book?  Doesn’t that same church teach “Black Liberation Theology” which teaches that God doesn’t like whitey?  Maybe he just went there to get the dumb schmucks who went there to vote for him like Palin?  No, of course not. When Republicans do it, all you democrats cry and say its a political ploy, but when the Democrats do the same thing, its an innocent mistake.  I lament the pathetic democrats and republican parties.  They really both say the same thing.  You dumb schmucks who think Obama’s bringing anything other than another 4 years of corruption are delusional and will be disappointed.

Awesome collection of the September 24th info.

I myself also stated on the morning of the 25th that I declared McCain the official loser.

I posted it on my blog and some forums.
I knew Sept 24th was the day Obama won.

Thanks for the recap.

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