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*Main Topics:* Oil contributions, bundlers, DHL and McLobbyist Rick Davis,
Bush tax cuts, tire gauges,
*Summary:* Opening Olympic ceremonies are set to commence in Beijing.
President Bush urges China to 'let the people say what they think' in a
softer tone than his remarks from yesterday. Beijing officials detained US
press members who had planned to cover President Bush's comments. *Washington
Post* reports that a new study cautions against attacks on Iran's nuclear
facilities. Bin Laden's former driver receives 5½-year sentence. Amtrak
riders surge significantly, which has led to overcrowding and will likely
slow expanded service. A confrontation between Georgian troops and
separatists threatens to pull Russia into the fighting.
In response to McCain's 'Original Maverick' ad, the DNC released a
new ad that points to McCain's drastic shift in persona and policy since
2000, with basically the same speakers from McCain's ad. President Clinton
is slated to speak at this year's DNC convention as is Dick Cheney slated to
speak at the RNC's. Raymond Geisel in prison for threatening to assassinate
the democratic nominee and commander-in-chief.
Highlights:
1. MSNBC: Adviser Nicole Wallace makes some questionable claims
a. Obama receives more than McCain from big oil?
b. Turns out he doesn't
2. McCain in Ohio
a. WKRC CBS OH: Anchor notifies viewers of Davis' involvement with DHL
b. WCPO ABC OH: Local man believes McCain is on his side on merger
3. MSNBC: Factcheck.com evaluates candidate claims on energy
Highlight No Clip:
1) MSNBC – JOE SCARBOROUGH [after he accidentally confuses the term *
website* with *email*]: 'I'm John McCain here.'
Clips:
Highlight #1
*Nicole Wallace Talks Campaign Contributions, Ads and Energy *(MSNBC
08/08/08 7:17am)
JOE SCARBOROUGH: *[The bundler scandal] is sort of the equivalent of people
in Northwest Florida having their hound dogs contribute to my
campaigns.*What's going on out there? Who are these strange people
contributing to
McCain's campaign?
NICOLE WALLACE: Wherever there's anything inappropriate, the flags are
raised, the sirens go off and anything that is inappropriately raised is
returned, but I think the money story of the week was the—
SCARBOROUGH: Hold on. That was inappropriate, though, right?
*WALLACE: Sure* and so corrections were made and any money that was
inappropriate was returned.
SCARBOROUGH: What happened is a guy that bundled a lot of checks, sent it to
McCain and there were some inappropriate checks in there.
WALLACE: I think it was a bundler's associate. So I think it was once
removed from the bundler and I think—
SCARBOROUGH: From the bundler and he got checks from people who couldn't
really afford to write those checks?
*WALLACE: I think what we uncovered was that maybe they weren't
whole-heartedly enthusiastic about John McCain's candidacy.* So that raised
red flags. The finance sirens went off and money was returned.
SCARBOROUGH: So the money's been returned.
WALLACE: That's what I understand.
SCARBOROUGH: Okay. So now, let's segue. What do you think is the real
campaign finance issue of the week?
WALLACE: The money story of the week is the day after Barack Obama launched
his ad, John McCain, George Bush, blah, blah, blah, big oil—turns out Barack
Obama has received more money from Exxon-Mobil *and from oil* than John
McCain has. So even his attacks have, you know a—
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Is that true?
WALLACE: —a suspension of reality. The Center for Responsive politics
yesterday released some kind of fact check information about how it's
actually Barack Obama who's—
SCARBOROUGH: Obama is getting more money from Exxon-Mobil?
WALLACE: —raised more money. It's on my Blackberry. I can forward it to you,
but the point is—
SCARBOROUGH: We'll check with NBC.
WALLACE: *—this is what gets lost in campaigns. It's not about who raises
money from where. It's what are you going to do?* Are you going to stand in
the White House and do the difficult things and that's the big choice. It's
great, this debate we've been having about energy. I think it's brought into
focus a great choice between these two. *We're not for entirely different
things, we're just for more things*, more things to make us energy
independent.
SCARBOROUGH: We showed ads at the top. The McCain campaign showed democrats
praising John McCain, but then democrats put out an ad that these same
democrats, senators that have been favorable, were very, very critical. Are
you all going to pull down the first ad now?
WALLACE: No. Certainly not. I think it's important for people to know that,
over the years, John McCain has worked with democrats and we're in the heat
of a political battle now. It's not surprise that they're going to, you
know, pull back some of their high praise for John McCain, but he continues
to feel warmly toward all of for them.
He continues believe that Senator Clinton broke every glass for women and I
think he's proud of what she accomplished. He continues to feel very proud
that *Joe Lieberman is his partner in crime*. They're in the senate making
bipartisan compromise and getting things done. He's very proud of his
relationships with democrats and republicans.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: But these, ads—Chris is giving me information on the money
in a second—but the ads in response, though, were the same people saying
negative things about John McCain. Is it a wash?
WALLACE: You know, voters are going to make that determination, but I think
voters understand. They've watched John McCain in the senate. They've
watched him work with democrats. *They've watched him really earn the ire of
the president and republicans in congress as he reached across the aisle and
got things done for the American people.*
WILLIE GEIST: They're checking on you right now.
WALLACE: Fact check. Here we go.
SCARBOROUGH: Obama actually received $345,410 from the oil and gas industry,
not $400,000, which is how much Clinton received, but you know what, the
bottom line is, the fact that we're talking about all the money that Barack
Obama got from the oil industry, the fact we just corrected it, actually is
not helpful to Barack Obama because we're talking about a guy who got a lot
of money from the oil industry who he now wants to tax.
WALLACE: Right.
GEIST: Nicole, we watch these polls every day—
SCARBOROUGH: By the way, […] did McCain vote for the energy bill […] a
couple of years ago?
WALLACE: The one that Barack Obama—the Bush–
SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, yeah.
WALLACE: No. Barack Obama voted for it. So Barack O—
SCARBOROUGH: Okay he voted for it. He supported—I could not understand it. I
was actually angry—sorry to cut you off, but I was angry with republicans a
couple of years ago for voting for that energy bill because it gave tax cuts
to oil companies.
WALLACE: It was also all mucked up with a lot of giveaways to special
interests and that's what—.
SCARBOROUGH: Why don't you criticize him for that?
WALLACE: Well, we have and we've made this point that Barack Obama—I should
take a note here—but we made a point that Barack Obama supported the
Bush-Cheney energy bill and John McCain voted against it.
SCARBORUGH: The […] reason I brought that up, Willie, 'cause remember, I
always wondered why Hillary Clinton didn't attack Barack Obama because,
again, my attack, […] I was angry because republicans—it was right after
hurricane Katrina, gas prices spiked. We couldn't find gas. In the midst of
this horrible crisis, republicans voted for tax cuts for oil companies and
Obama supported those cuts and I didn't know whether McCain did—
[…]
BRZEZINSKI: What we are getting, NBC News, is that McCain is at the top of
the list as of June 30th, receiving something like a million dollars from
oil companies. I just—I don't know where you're getting your numbers, but—
WALLACE: He didn't get much from it in that he voted against the energy
bill, the Bush-Cheney energy bill that Barack Obama supported.
BRZEZINSKI: But that's—
WALLACE*: I stand by what I said* and I'll forward over the source that I
learned that from, but—
SCARBOROUGH: Which was what was what? The center…?
WALLACE: The Center for Responsive Politics, which I think is pretty
reputable as a straight source.
SCARBOROUGH: All right. We'll clear that up. Energy bill, we cleared that up
too. Obama supported for the [sic] '05 energy bill, which republicans pushed
and I thought it was a horrific bill. Go ahead, Willie.
GEIST: Nicole, we look at these polls every day […].
WALLACE: We don't look at any of them.
GEIST: […] it seems to be holding steady, as in, Barack Obama's not getting
any distance, but John McCain's not making up any distance either. What's it
going to take? What's the break in this campaign? What are you guys looking
for?
WALLACE: I think it will be neck and neck until the end. I think—I hope we
will all be up late on election night and hopefully John McCain who is the
underdog in this race and I believe will remain the underdog until end. This
is a historically rotten climate for republicans. The fact that he's running
so strong is a tribute to his character and his record of working with these
democrats, who I understand, in the last 60 days in election, have to recoil
from all the positive things they've said about him, but these are his
friends.
He's worked with democrats. He's done the difficult things. I think, at the
end of the day, that's what Americans want.
GEIST: What's the one issue […]?
WALLACE: Drill, baby, drill.
BRZEZINSKI: There's our sound bite.
SCARBOROUGH: All right. not exactly what he campaigned on before. Not
exactly what Charlie Crist campaigned on before, but, boy, the climate has
changed.
*Morning Joe Follows Up on Wallace's Oil Contributions Claim* (MSNBC
08/08/08 7:33am)
JOE SCARBOROUGH: […] we got this email in—
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: From the McCain camp.
SCARBOROUGH: […] and they're actually quoting MSNBC's First Read, and […]
according to the Center for Responsive Politics, Obama's actually raised
more money from Exxon, through June, the center writes, 'Exxon employees
have given Obama $42, 100. McCain's $35,000. Chevron also favors Obama.
Chevron has given Obama more money, but BP has given McCain more money.'
So the entire oil industry's given McCain more, but Exxon employees have
given Barack Obama more.
BRZEZINSKI: See, I knew there was some disconnect in what Nicole and we were
talking about. There was two ways of looking at it.
Highlight #2
*Rick Davis Scores Some Local Coverage* (WKRC CBS OH 08/07/08 11:02pm)
ANCHOR: […] Not everyone was excited to see Senator McCain in Liberty
Township this afternoon. *Several dozen protestors with Progress Ohio
gathered outside the McCain fundraiser. *The group waved flags and held up
signs critical of McCain's energy and economic policies and his support for
the war.
KIT ANDREWS: Earlier today Senator McCain called for a federal investigation
of a plan that could cost thousands of jobs in Wilmington. German shipping
giant, DHL wants UPS to handle its domestic airfreight instead of having it
go through its Wilmington air hub.
After meeting with residents and elected officials privately, McCain said
the Justice Department should look into anti-trust issues. *McCain's
campaign manager, Rick Davis was among the lobbyist who helped DHL acquire
the Wilmington hub in from Airborne Express in 2003.*
*McCain Assuages Local Worries over His Opposition to DHL-UPS Merger* (WCPO
ABC OH 08/07/08 11:01pm)
JAY WARREN: […] Senator McCain expressed concern today about the proposed
merger between DHL and UPS and, after meeting there with employees in
Wilmington, he then traveled to Liberty Township* to visit the very people
who helped secure Ohio for President Bush in 2004.*
[Jeers from a crowd of demonstrators]
As the Straight Talk Express rolled into the Four Bridges Country Club, it
was met both by protesters and a few supporters. Kristi Bown says McCain has
her vote.
KRISTI BOWEN: I believe McCain has the knowledge, the experience and I
believe he *could be* a good leader.
WARREN: Lillian Townsend, however, explained why he won't be getting hers.
LILLIAN TOWNSEND: Because I want more for the people of the United States
and I feel, with all of us together, we can make a stand. We can do this.'
WARREN: Supporters paid a minimum of $250 for a chance to hear the Arizona
senator. Republican voters in Butler and Warren counties hope to do for
McCain what they did for President Bush in 2004.
[…]
Earlier today McCain spoke with DHL workers who stand to lose their jobs if
the company merges with UPS.
JOHN MCCAIN: Should this happen DHL will cede significant elements of
control over cost and service quality to one of its chief competitors this
raises serious concerns that consumers all over America would suffer in
terms of cost and quality in the services provided."
WARREN: He was persuaded to meet after a tearful request in July.
MCCAIN: I'm a strong supporter of our anti-trust laws and I believe they
should be vigorously enforced. I fully support a federal anti-trust review
of the case.
WARREN: If the deal goes through, a plan, he says, needs to be in place to
take care of 8k plus workers who would lose their jobs.
JOSEPFH TEUCHERT: After this meeting I believe now he is one hundred percent
against this Deutche post DHL-UPS merger and he will do everything in his
power to stop this merger.
WARREN: Meanwhile back at the fundraiser Jack Kuntz and Steve Burns were
hoping to give Senator McCain a ride in their electric car called the Amp.
The Amp is a retro-fitted Saturn, they say, built right here in Cincinnati.
They're answering McCain's call for providing electric vehicles.
[…]
WARREN: Now we checked McCain's campaign calendar and it seems like the
senator will not compete with the Olympics and he'll get out of the
spotlight, at least, for the moment. He doesn't have anything booked, at
least, right now until the Republican Convention in September.
Highlight #3
*Politifact's Bill Adair Labels McCain's Stance on Bush Tax Cuts a Full Flop
and Legitimizes Obama's Tire Pressure Comments* (MSNBC 08/08/08 06:42am)
WILLIE GEIST: There's been a lot of discussion about McCain's position on
the Bush tax cuts; we've talked a lot about this. In a December interview
he gave his reasons for supporting a measure to make the cuts permanent. Take
a listen and then tell us where this lands on the flip-o-meter.
[Clip of McCain]
JOHN MCCAIN: "Spending went completely out of control. It's still out of
control. Wasteful pork barrel and earmark spending is a disgrace and it
cause us to alienate our Republican base. So these tax cuts need to be made
permanent, otherwise they would have the effect of tax increases.
GEIST: *Alright Bill, is he flipping on the Bush tax cut?*
BILL ADAIR: *He is. We gave that a full flop. […] That was a full flop. You
know you go back to 2001 and 2003 and McCain voted against them. Made a
point of saying that they didn't do enough for the middle class and that he
was concerned about the price of the Iraq war. And then in 06' he voted in
favor of them and still supports extending them so they would be permanent.
A very clear full flop on the flip-O-meter.*
HAROLD FORD*: Now remember those ads where Democrats are praising him, a lot
of it was based on his position on these various issues.*
[…]
MIKA BREZEZINSKI: Gas tax holiday, puh-leeze.
GEIST: A lot of talk about the tire inflation campaign. […] Here it is,
tire gauge inflation. John McCain made fun of Barack Obama about this. Last
Wednesday in a town hall, Barack Obama told the audience that American's
could save as much gas by simply inflating our tires as we could by drilling
offshore. McCain campaign bounced immediately on the statement. After the
clip, tell us where Senator Obama's comments register on the truth-o-meter.
BARACK OBAMA: "There are things that you can do individually though to save
energy, making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple things. But we
could save all the oil that they talking about getting off drilling if we
just inflate our tires. And getting regular tune-ups, you could save as
much.
GEIST: Bill Adair, true or false?
ADAIR: *We gave that one a true on the truth-O-meter. It's important to
look at the way he said it. […] In this particular statement, the way he
said it, we interpret it to mean that he's referring to new drilling. And
when you do the math and you look at it, indeed if everyone where to fully
inflate their tires you would save more gasoline than we would get from the
new drilling in offshore areas.*
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Jacob Roberts
PAO
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