[big campaign] MMR: McCain Remains Confident in Campaign Position as Underdog, Kristol vs McCain Surrogates, Evening 10/13/08

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*Highlights***** 1. CNN: John McCain Confident in Campaign Position: "We got 'em where we want 'em" JOHN MCCAIN: We're doin just fine. I'm happy where we are. We are as I said in my statement, we got 'em just where we want 'em. We're gonna be just fine. 2. FNC: Tucker Bounds will Take Up "Foolish Things that Made Print" with Bill Kristol After Election Day TUCKER BOUNDS: […] I know Bill Kristol is an intelligent guy, I just don't think what he had to say was very intelligent. […] I look forward to talking to Bill after Election Day, when we talk about some of the more foolish things that made print. 3. MSNBC: Meg Stapleton: "This Governor Did Nothing Wrong, and Nothing Unlawful" STAPLETON: The bottom line […] is that the governor absolutely did use her proper and lawful authority to reassign Walt Monegan. 4. MSNBC: Mike Duhaime Says John McCain hasn't Changed MIKE DUHAIME: It is the real John McCain. I think that John McCain is the same John McCain you heard throughout this election, throughout the primary, throughout his whole life. 5. FNC: Mike Duhaime Declares that Obama's "Got a Lot of Money" DUHAIME: This happens all the time with Barack Obama. He says what he needs to say at the moment to get your vote… he's got a lot of money… he's got a lot of money. 6. MSNBC: Brian Jones Announces that McCain "Runs Best when Behind" BRIAN JONES: He's someone who always runs best when he's behind, this is another comeback for John McCain. * * *Highlights, No video:* FNC: BILL KRISTOL:* *Why do we have Tucker Bounds and a bunch of nice young kids who are spokesmen out there spinning implausibly on behalf of the McCain campaign. McCain is better than his campaign, he needs to liberate himself from his campaign. CNN: ROBERT GIBBS: I think the Republican Party knows pretty well about Herbert Hoover, because Herbert Hoover was a Republican. We've seen a little of what Herbert Hoover's done. Right now in the last eight years, we've seen hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs. ABC: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: The [McCain] campaign has been hoping for weeks that this financial crisis the fever would break on this financial crisis. It may have happened today; and if that happens, McCain may have at least a chance to break through on other issues in the next three weeks. CNN: DANA BASH: […] It is also a political tactic for him to say what he said. You know, that I'm not down, I'm not out. You know, don't count me out yet, because it's a signal that he's sending to his supporters who are frustrated, who are worried. They want to make sure that they are not sort of, so upset that they don't go out to the polls, that they don't work for him and volunteer for him. […] He understands the hard, cold reality." *Clips: * *Highlight #1* *John McCain says "We got 'em where we want 'em", and discusses the "Unacceptable" John Lewis *(CNN 10/13/08 5:34pm) MCCAIN: We're doin just fine. I'm happy where we are. We are as I said in my statement, we got 'em just where we want 'em. We're gonna be just fine. The overwhelming majority of people that come to my rallies are good and decent and patriotic Americans. And if they're worried about this country's future, that's correct. but to some how, to some how intimate that of the thousands people, […]that the overwhelming majority of those people with rare exception are some how not good Americans or are motivated by anything but the most patriotic motives are insulting. And I won't accept that insult. I will tell you right now, I'm proud of my supporters. I'm proud of the people that come. I'm proud of those veterans who have served their country, that come to my rallies and fire me up. I love 'em. And for anybody to intimate that the overwhelming 9 and 99 to 100% is anything but patriotic and good Americans is frankly unacceptable and I won't stand for it. A respected member of Congress, John Lewis, who I admire, and have written about how much I admire him- somehow linked me, and Governor Palin to racism, to segregationism, to some of the worst aspects ever appear in American politics. […] It's unfair and it's outrageous. […] The accusation the Congressman Lewis made is so far out of bounds, and so disturbing to me- of course it stopped me in my tracks. I never believed that John Lewis, who's an American hero, who I admire, would ever make a comment of that nature- even referred to the bombing of a church in Birmingham. That's unacceptable. It's totally unacceptable. And of course I'm not going to accept it, and I'm going to reject. […] I say when anybody says anything like that, that is so beyond the pail, that it stuns me. Because that's not what America and this debate should be all about. And so I will reject vigorously, and I will reject that kind of language. And again, I'm so disappointed in Congressman John Lewis. […] *Highlight #2* *Tucker Bounds: "I know Bill Kristol is an intelligent guy, I just don't think what he had to say was very intelligent." *(FNC 10/13/08 2:25pm)** TUCKER BOUNDS: […] I know Bill Kristol is an intelligent guy, I just don't think what he had to say was very intelligent. […] I look forward to talking to Bill after election day, when we talk about some of the more foolish things that made print. […] TRACE GALLAGHER: What about the debate on Wednesday? Is he gonna hit him in the debate on Wednesday? Is he going to go after him on those points in the debate on Wednesday? BOUNDS: Well Trace, so much of the debate is determined by the moderator and the questions that are posed to the candidates. I expect it could come up, and I expect John McCain will ask Barack Obama to speak truthfully about his relationship with Friend and unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers. I think that voters deserve to know, deserve to vet these candidates to the fullest extent. […] *Highlight #3* *Meg Stapleton: "This Governor Did Nothing Wrong, and Nothing Unlawful"*(MSNBC 10/13/08 1:27pm) MEG STAPLETON: The bottom line is the sole purpose for this investigation was to find out and figure out whether this governor executed her proper and lawful, constitutional and statutory authority to reassign Walt Monegan. And the bottom line […] is that the governor absolutely did use her proper and lawful authority to reassign Walt Monegan. Beyond that, an opinion was expressed on behalf of one individual who said that, […] the governor maybe could have done more to tell her husband to stop talking about this rogue trooper… The governor is absolutely free and clear of anything and any of the accusations that have come forward… This governor did nothing wrong, and nothing unlawful… The politicized nature of it was, well we just spent 100,000 bucks, let's figure out what we can say try and do something damaging, and so they created their own opinion on this […], they have no authority to do anything with it, because it's not within their authority to say she had any ethics violation. ANDREA MITCHELL: The timing on that [report] was tactical, if nothing else, because that would put it after the election […] STAPLETON: No, that 's not true. […] There is an investigator who has already begun the work. […] It very well could be that an outcome comes before this election, and the independent investigator knows that he needs to conduct this, and is conducting this in the most expedition of manner possible. *Highlight #4* *Mike Duhaime: "John McCain is the Same John McCain"; "We Cannot Take Responsibility for Every Word [...] Said by Every Volunteer"* (MSNBC 10/13/08 1:05pm) MIKE DUHAIME: It is the real John McCain. I think that John McCain is the same John McCain you heard throughout this election, throughout the primary, throughout his whole life… We cannot take responsibility for every word that is said by every volunteer around the country. I think you saw Senator McCain's comments last week. I think they speak for themselves in terms of respectful disagreements between candidates. [...] DUHAIME: If you would see some of the protests that were out for Governor Palin last week in Philadelphia, they were just completely over the line in terms of some of the things that were said that were quite frankly disgusting, and they were done by the Obama campaign, or certainly their supporters. I just heard a report on National Public Radio last week, where you have Obama campaign supporters and volunteers exclusively talking about the candidates, John McCain's medical history and his age, some of the things they've done on that campaign are way beyond the pail, and I think unfortunately, a lot of coverage only goes one way in this campaign. *Highlight #5* *Duhaime: Obama's "got a lot of money", his tax plan is a "disaster" and he's not ready to lead* (FNC 10/13/08 05:17pm) MIKE DUHAIME: People would be better off in terms of the amount of money they pay for healthcare [under McCain], they would be able to pay less and have more portability and more choice in healthcare as opposed to Barack Obama. […] And most importantly, let's look at what [Obama] didn't talk about today. He left out again, he refused to rule out that he would raise taxes on the American people which would a disaster in a recession like this and as he so often does, he went back on his word about something he said in the primary… his proposal on a moratorium for foreclosures, it's the exact same proposal Hillary Clinton had in the primary and he lambasted it in the primary because he thought that would be best for his primary campaign. This happens all the time with Barack Obama. He says what he needs to say at the moment to get your vote… he's got a lot of money… he's got a lot of money […] Barack Obama is a great speaker but I just don't know if he's ready [to lead]. *Highlight #6* *Brian Jones: McCain "runs best when behind"; McCain/Palin want to "get back" to important issues* (MSNBC 10/13/08 04:38pm) BRIAN JONES: He's someone who always runs best when he's behind, this is another comeback for John McCain. He'll be talking more about the economy in the days and weeks to come but this information was simply incorrect. DAVID SCHUSTER: Ok Lindsey, Lindsay Graham was wrong, that's fine. […] Did [Palin] not read the report Friday Night? JONES: Well, here's what you have to understand about this report… the report said there was absolutely [no unlawful behavior] but the report was done at the behest of two democrats who were both Obama supporters… do you really think that the Obama campaign or the DNC would allow this report to come out were there not being some type or decision, or some type of ruling that potentially would look to harm the governor. […] SCHUSTER: Let's turn that question into who actually released the report. I mean it was ten republicans on this legislative committee who voted out this report and four Democrats… they started on this investigation before Sarah Palin was even named to the ticket so to suggest that Barack Obama someone had a hand, or that his supporters has a hand in this seems a little misleading. […] JONES: Sarah Palin, John McCain want to get back to discussing the issues that really matter to the American people, like the economy, like healthcare, and move past this incident. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. To post to this group, send to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] E-mail [email protected] with questions or concerns This is a list of individuals. It is not affiliated with any group or organization. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---