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*Main Topics:* Veepstakes, Oil Rig Publicity Stunt, Bush 3rd term
*Summary of Shift: *Running mate speculation overtook other stories to be
the dominant news of the night. Although there seems to be a consensus that
a pro-choice Vice President for McCain would enrage the GOP base, the mere
possibility of such a pick has given McCain's 'veepstakes' coverage more air
time. Also, McCain's choice of landing on an oil rig to tout his
pro-drilling agenda provided for continuous attention from the news. Fox
News ran an hour long bio-documentary on McCain, and CNN plans to run a
segment on McCain's marriage(s) tomorrow evening.
Nonpolitical coverage centered on the Olympics, an attack in
Afghanistan which left 10 French soldiers killed, Tropical Storm Fay, and a
renewed debate over the legal drinking age.
Highlights:
1. CNN: Cafferty Sounds Off On Oil Industry Lobbyists; Giving More To
McCain
2. CNN: 'John McCain Has Now Attached Himself To This Massive Oil Rig'
3. CNN: Ridge Promises Not To Attack Obama's Patriotism, Defends Record
At Homeland Security Administration
4. FNC: Bounds Touts Benefits Of McCain Drilling Policy
5. FNC: Cameron Says McCain Uneasy About Aides Taking Control Of
Campaign
6. NBC: Mitchell Questions Seriousness of Lieberman VP pick
7. MSNBC: Olbermann Highlights McCain's Own Words About Ambition
8. MSNBC: Olbermann Notes John Lewis Not In Consultation With McCain
9. MSNBC: Large segment of Republicans Don't Want 'Third Bush Term'
Clips:
*Highlight #1*
*Cafferty Sounds Off On Oil Industry Lobbyists; Mentions They Are Giving
More To McCain *(CNN 08/19/08 5:09pm)
JACK CAFFERTY: See, a lot of Americans blame the big oil companies for our
energy problems. The oil industry is fighting back, they're spending tens of
millions of dollars on lobbyists to keep Congress from doing anything that
would punish them. The big oil companies are on track to surpass last year's
record spending for lobbyists of 83 million dollars, according to the Center
for Responsive Politics, and it seems to be working. See, suddenly the oil
industry is the subject of a bunch of proposed legislation in Congress –
none of which is good for the oil companies – Democrats and
environmentalists generally favor higher taxes on the oil companies, and
more funding for renewable energy. Republicans want to drill more wells.
When it comes to lobbying the Presidential candidates, big oil spending
there too - 11 million dollars so far. *Republican candidate John McCain has
benefited the most, he's received 1.4 million dollars in cash contributions
from oil company employees. *That's the most of any candidate, three times
as much money as Barack Obama has received. Remember I said it's working? So
far, no legislation is cleared Congress on any of this. Gas prices have come
down a little bit on their own, Congress is on vacation. A financial analyst
would suggest the tens of millions spent on lobbying by the oil companies is
money well spent.
*Highlight #2*
*CNN Segment States 'John McCain Has Now Attached Himself To This Massive
Oil Rig'* (CNN 08/19/08 6:15pm)
CNN VOICEVER: Images are crucial in any campaign, so, for better or worse*,
John McCain has now attached himself to this massive oil rig 150 miles off
the coast of New Orleans. *[play clip]
JOHN MCCAIN: Whole lot of oil and natural gas. As we speak they are
producing ten thousand barrels of oil a day. [end clip]
VOICEOVER: A dramatic way for McCain to lambast Barack Obama's skepticism
about boosting offshore oil and gas drilling. […] Obama has said he's open
to such drilling but only as part of a broader energy fix that includes
electric cars and other alternatives to oil and gas. […] A CNN research poll
last month found 69% of Americans favor an increase in offshore drilling.
But the poll also found only 51% believe more drilling will reduce gas
prices in the next year – a point environmental groups have jumped on to
defend Obama.
GENE KARPINSKI: Senator John McCain's plan is a hoax, and he should know
better. New drilling in protected areas offshore is going to do nothing to
reduce gas prices.
VOICEOVER: McCain insists an all of the above approach is needed to deal
with the current crisis.
*Highlight #3*
*Ridge Denies Failing In Search For Al Qaeda, Says He Will Never Question
Obama's Patriotism* (CNN 08/19/08 4:30pm)
WOLF BLITZER: Joining us now to discuss this and a lot more, a top McCain
supporter, often mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice, the
former governor of Pennsylvania, former of secretary of Homeland Security,
Tom Ridge.
Governor, Secretary -- I don't know what to call you -- thanks very much for
coming back in.
TOM RIDGE: Tom is fine. It's nice to be back. Thank you.
BLITZER: What do you prefer?
RIDGE: Tom.
BLITZER: Tom. I'm not going to call you Tom.
RIDGE: Good.
BLITZER: Either way, it's nice to have you in THE SITUATION ROOM.
Rush Limbaugh, he really went after the notion that Senator McCain should
pick any one as his running mate who supports abortion rights, as you do.
And listen to what he said on Monday.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
RUSH LIMBAUGH, CONSERVATIVE TALK SHOW HOST: It just would be a shame. It
would just be a sad thing if he chooses a pro-choice vice president or even
a Democrat, because he could just obliterate all the success and all the
progress that he experienced on Saturday night with the wrong choice.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLITZER: He's referring to his remarks at the Faith Forum...
RIDGE: Right.
BLITZER: ... out in California. Well, it looked like you were one of those
guys he's referring to.
RIDGE: Well, Rush has never known to be shy about his giving his opinion and
I'm sure his point of view may be held by other people within the party. All
I know is that my friend of 25 years, John McCain, is strongly and forever
pro-life. He also believes that you shouldn't be judgmental on other
people's point of view with regard to this and some other very difficult
issues. And, as I said before, I think he will make the right choice for his
vice presidential nominee.
And, at the end of the day, I think Rush and everybody else, hopefully, can
see that there's a clear choice, regardless of who the vice presidential
candidate, a choice that says John McCain is needed now as president of the
United States in this perilous time.
BLITZER: And, if he did pick you, he would be the president. He would be
calling the shots. You would be the vice president. You would be doing
whatever the president asked you to do.
RIDGE: You know, it's an interesting situation. Everybody would be proud to
serve as vice president. But, at the end of the day, you're only a private,
independent voice giving your opponent and counsel to the president in a
private way.
But, at the end of the day, publicly, you echo the president's position. And
I think every vice president understands that and appreciates that's the
rule.
BLITZER: Let me get back to the top story, Senator Obama today speaking
before the Veterans of Foreign Wars. And you're one of those veterans...
RIDGE: Correct.
BLITZER: ... yourself. You served in Vietnam.
He really went after Senator McCain and others in the McCain campaign for
questioning his patriotism. And I will play a little clip for you.
RIDGE: Right. OK. Thanks.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: We do have differences in this election, but one of the things that
we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree
without challenging each other's character or their patriotism.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLITZER: The suggestion from Senator McCain, Senator Lieberman, others,
that, you know, Obama would do something for political purposes, even if it
was against the interests of the United States.
RIDGE: Well, I don't believe that. Neither does Senator McCain.
I was a little disappointed. And he gives great speeches, strong rhetoric,
but the notion that Senator McCain, of all people, would challenge anybody's
patriotism is strictly a straw man that I think he had to put up in front of
that group of VFW and then knock it down.
But I think Senator Obama needs to understand, when you're at the national
level, vying for the president of the United States, if we challenge your
point of view, in the sense that your energy policy is inflating tires, as
opposed to drilling and nuclear, we're not challenging your patriotism.
We're challenging your judgment.
If we challenge your view on the surge and its success in Iraq, we're not
challenging your patriotism. We're challenging your judgment and experience.
BLITZER: But there have been comments that have been made...
RIDGE: Never from John McCain.
BLITZER: ... that get very -- very, very close to that specific charge from
Senator McCain and from Lieberman, among others.
(CROSSTALK)
RIDGE: Well, I don't know. All I'm saying is, he referred to my friend of 25
years, Senator McCain. I take it very personal. John McCain doesn't question
anybody else's patriotism.
And, if Senator Obama thinks that the Republican Party or anybody else, even
people within his own party, who challenge him on his issues, challenge him
on policy, challenge him on the approach he's taking, we're challenging his
experience. We're challenging his judgment. We are going to challenge his
equivocation on some of the critical issues.
We never, we haven't, and we won't challenge his patriotism.
BLITZER: *So, you believe he's a patriotic American...*
RIDGE: *Absolutely.*
BLITZER: ... who would do -- even if it were against his political
interests, do what is best for the United States?
RIDGE: I certainly hope so. I mean, the responsibility of the president of
the United States is not to read the polls. It's to render the judgment
based upon experience and based upon relationships based on your assessment
of what's going on.
So, I don't think Senator McCain or anybody else will ever challenge s man's
patriotism.
BLITZER: Here's another criticism that Senator Obama leveled against Senator
McCain today at this Veterans of Foreign Wars event. Listen to this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: so for all of his talk about following Osama bin Laden to the Gates
of Hell, Senator McCain refused to join my call to take out bin Laden across
the Afghan border. Instead, he spent years backing a dictator in Pakistan
who failed to serve the interests of his own people.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLITZER: All right. As someone who knows a lot about homeland security and
the hunt for Osama bin Laden, what do you say?
(CROSSTALK)
RIDGE: Well, I think Senator McCain has been strong in support of the
president's overall initiative to combat terror around the world. And,
clearly...
BLITZER: But did -- did the U.S. take its eye off the ball by going into
Iraq and moving out of Afghanistan and the hunt for bin Laden?
(CROSSTALK)
RIDGE*: No, we didn't -- there were certainly fewer troops in Afghanistan.
But you ask those men, hundreds -- thousands of individuals who spent
months, if not years, looking for Osama bin Laden, they did not take their
eye off the ball, clearly.*
BLITZER: More -- more, though, could have been done if troops wouldn't have
been stretched that thin.
(CROSSTALK)
RIDGE: *There are two -- there are more than two venues. Even al Qaeda has
said right now, the central venue -- again, this is questioning -- not
questioning his patriotism, but his judgment -- even al Qaeda said, the
central venue where we really want to make a difference is not in
Afghanistan. It's in Iraq.*
(CROSSTALK)
RIDGE: And, so, John has his priorities consistent with the enemy's
priorities, Iraq and Afghanistan. He's never wavered from either.
BLITZER: Senator McCain was out on an oil rig today talking about a
critically important issue, energy independence.
(CROSSTALK)
BLITZER: Now, you served in the Congress with him.
RIDGE: Right.
BLITZER: You go way back with Senator McCain.
(CROSSTALK)
BLITZER: And the question is this.
When he -- for 26 years, he's been in Washington. And Senator Obama keeps
saying, you know what? He never really did much, if anything, to get America
weaned off of foreign oil.
Can you look back and think of something he did do in his legislative record
that -- that helped move the United States away from this addiction?
RIDGE: Well, I think there have been -- again, I don't know his legislative
record as well as the campaign does, but I do know -- I think it was '03,
'05, '07 -- there were efforts to deal with nuclear energy. There have been
efforts to deal with alternative energies.
I think the senator has a pretty good record in dealing with, in a
responsible way, as a senator does, in a very piecemeal way. But what he's
called for as a presidential candidate, let's not just talk about tax
credits for renewable energies; let's not just talk about clean coal
tragedy; let's not just talk about nuclear; as the president of the United
States, I want an all-in approach; I want to talk about nuclear, drilling,
clean energy technology, conservation, renewable fuels.
A far different perspective you have -- and you must have -- as a president
than dealing with individual votes on the floor of the Senate.
BLITZER: I didn't know at the top whether to call you Mr. Secretary or Mr.
-- or Governor or Congressman. Maybe somebody day I will call you Mr. Vice
President.
RIDGE: We will just have to wait to see, won't we?
(LAUGHTER)
BLITZER: Well, it probably won't be that long to find out.
*Highlight #4*
*Bounds Insists McCain Is Against Higher Taxes And Helping Americans With
His Drilling Push* (FNC 08/19/08 5:10pm)
TUCKER BOUNDS: John McCain is watching as skyrocketing gas prices pinch
American families and the real revelation in this race is that Barack Obama
is sitting by the wayside, opposing reasonable measures to bring down gas
prices for our working Americans. So in our minds, it is really about John
McCain's all of the above approach to tackling skyrocketing gas prices. It's
positive footing, we're working toward election day, we feel very good about
where we are.
E.D. HILL: What about the idea of raising taxes on America?
BOUNDS: Well I think it's a bad idea. I think it's something that we pointed
to and Barack Obama's record voted in support of higher taxes 94 times in
three years, something like that. That's a concerning record for Americans
that value their hard work and hard earned dollar. American family budgets
are hurting, people are trying to make their dollars go further, and if you
really want to be able to stimulate the economy and grow jobs, you gotta cut
taxes and you gotta beat back wasteful spending in Washington. John McCain's
going to do it.
HILL: When John McCain takes a look at our economy, what does he think is
the number one thing he can address right way to try to improve it?
BOUNDS: Well I think that what you're seeing today is a good indication,
E.D., he's out on an oil rig, talking about taking measures to lower gas
prices, which are actually driving up the costs of food, inflation rates,
it's a serious impact on the American economy*. It works all the way down to
the kitchen table. He's doing what he can and he's surrounded himself with
very intelligent people that are giving him great advice. He knows and
understands the economy after chairing the Commerce Commitee for so many
years and understanding exactly how this economy works. I think you're going
to see him take significant measured approaches to improving our economy.*
*Highlight #5*
*Carl Cameron Says McCain 'Uneasy About His Aides Have Sort Of Taken Control
Of His Candidacy'* (FNC 08/19/08 6:11pm)
CARL CAMERON: A real wild card would be Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat
turned Independent. If McCain picked him, that would really shake things up
but that's about a long as a shot as anyone can calculate.
BRETT BAIER: And now that you've nailed down a date, the McCain camp will
surely change it.
CAMERON: *Oh absolutely. Senator McCain has been a little bit uneasy about
his aides have sort of taken control of his candidacy and they're wondering
when he's going to take it back.* And they think the way he may take it back
may be the way he exemplifies his control.
*Highlight #6*
*Mitchell Highlights the Seriousness of Liebermann as McCain's VP Pick* (NBC
08/19/08 7:05pm)
ANDREA MITCHELL: Sources say McCain is seriously considering a registered
democrat, Joe Lieberman. The right wing is threatening a revolt.
RICH LOWRY: You're gonna have a lot of conservatives throwing up their
hands saying, this is a ticket we can't support.
CHUCK TODD: It's a message of independence. It brings back the maverick John
McCain. It solidifies his image with independent voters.
MITCHELL: The Liebermann possibility is so serious that state party
officials say that they have been asked to check their party rules to see if
a non-republican can be on the ballot in their state. […] If he does chose
Liebermann, McCain would promise to serve for only one term. A much safer
political choice for McCain, […] Tim Pawlenti.
*Highlight #7*
*McAmbition: McCain's Book in 2002 Reveals His 2000 Running was Based Solely
on Ambition* (MSNBC 08/19/08 8:25pm)
KEITH OLBERMANN: Barack Obama strongly rejected John McCain's claim that
ambition only; not principle, not patriotism drives him. McCain has also
run a fowl of a previous presidential candidate that claimed McCain himself
ran in 2000 explicitly not for patriotism, specifically not to pursue his
reform agenda, but for, yes, ambition. Who made this startling claim about
McCain? […] It was John McCain. In the book he wrote in 2002, […] 'I didn't
decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political
reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of
patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my
ambition to be president. I was sixty-two years old when I made the
decision and thought it was my one shot at the prize.'
*Highlight #8*
*McCain's "Wiseman" John Lewis not too Keen on the Idea* (MSNBC 08/19/08
7:22pm)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Here's John McCain at Saddleback Forum with Rick Warren
picking out his personal wiseman.
RICK WARREN: Who are the three wisest people you know that you would rely
on heavily in an administration?
JOHN MCCAIN: I think- John Louis. He can teach us all a lot about the
meaning of courage and commitment to causes greater than our self-interest.
MATTHEWS: Well, he should have checked with Congressman Lewis before he made
that claim. The democratic congressman gave a statement to Mother Jones […]
saying, quote, 'Senator McCain and I are colleagues in the U.S. Congress,
not confidantes. He does not consult me. And I don not consult him.'
*Highlight #9*
*Large Segment of Republicans don't Want a Third Bush Term* (MSNBC 08/19/08
7:22pm)
RITA HAUSER: I think I speak for a very large number of republicans who did
not find this going to war, the way it was conducted as normal type activity
for traditional republicans. You fight when you are attacked and seriously
threatened. Not go off on adventures. What's important in McCain shows no
sign of being willing to wind down on our commitment in Iraq, being willing
to address the problem seriously, that have been caused by our commitment in
Iraq, like doing the right thing in Afghanistan, Pakistan. And he says
bluntly that he will stay there until 2012 or 2013. And that is not
acceptable to a very large number of republicans and former republicans who
now call themselves independents.
[…]
JIM LEACH: […] I think any sense of perspective has to indicate that
America has gone through a rather tough patch. And the fact of the matter
is that we have diplomatically, economically, militarily been behind the
8-ball in an increasing degree for each of past 4-5 years. And the question
is, do we want a new direction? Do we want a new direction rooted in
historical American values, or one that might be described as abborational,
as unusual, in which we attack countries that haven't attacked us, in which
we laid plans for long-term occupation of a land where America and the West
are deeply resented. It's time for a change and I think that change has to
come quickly.
[…]
MATTHEWS: Are you afraid, Ms. Hauser, that despite his Maverick reputation,
that Senator McCain […] is as much enthralled with the neo-conservative
policy of foreign adventurism
[…] preventive war, which means go to war to prevent a war. […] Do you think
he's as much of a thinker in that regard as George W. Bush became?
HAUSER: *And even more so, in all of his statements. There's no question
about it, we would have Bush 3. I think a lot of people are nervous about
that, including a large segment of republicans. This war has never been
paid for properly, in fact it hasn't been accounted for, and we don't know
the extent of what it has costing, and what damage it is doing to our
economy. So that's another reason republicans like to balance their books,
they like to be managerial correct, and they like to know what they're
getting themselves into. I also want to speak as a woman.** * There's a
very large number of republican women for choice, and McCain, the other
night at the faith forum presented himself as the most pro-life senator in
the congress, and one who would seek to repeal Roe v. Wade, and would put
various justices on the court to try to do that. […] We have never had an
appropriate place at the table of this President Bush for those Republicans
who are for choice. And they are a very large segment of the Republican
party.
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