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Highlights 1) MSNBC: Former Palin staffer accuses the governor of lacking curiosity and qualifications LARRY PERSILY: "No, I don't think she should be vice president. She's not qualified. She doesn't know what she thinks she knows. She's too immature politically and just doesn't bring anything to the ticket other than this cheerleader we're seeing." 2) MSNBC: Analyst suggests McCain's mortgage plan to buy mortgages doesn't seem serious; has lost his political conscience TODD PURDUM: "I think there's been a tremendous backlash from people who were once close to Senator McCain like John Weaver, his former chief adviser and the people like that are suggesting John Sidney McCain ought to put in a 911 call to Jiminy Cricket, that he's forgotten something about [...] how to run an honorable campaign." 3) MSNBC: McCain apologist says Ayers both was and was not a mentor to Obama in same discussion JP FREIRE: "[Obama] has always aligned himself with people that have wound up embarrassing him. That shows an astonishing lack of judgment on his part and something that the American people should be looking into." 4) MSNBC: Tucker Bounds on the TUCKER BOUNDS: "I share Rick's sentiments here." 5) MSNBC: McCain's econ man blames Obama for the negative ads against him DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: "This is a problem Senator Obama's making. He has simply failed to make a full documentation of these relationships – Bill Ayers in particular." 6) MSNBC: Major conservative pundit invokes schizophrenia to describe the McCain campaign PAT BUCHANAN: "[The strategy to tie Obama to Ayers] reflects a certain schizophrenia in the McCain camp." 7) MSNBC: *Countdown* airs video of particularly vitriolic republicans MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #1: "That guy gets elected, he hangs around with terrorists." 8) MSNBC: Bi-partisan legislative committee rules against Palin in troopergate MICHAEL CARY: "MICHAEL CARY: [T]he important thing, I think readers or viewers should understand right away is the committees that released this [report] are bi-partisan committees. This [process] is not like Washington where one party or the other is in control. The legislators who released this [report] are bi-partisan. The senate president is a republican. The chairmen of the judiciary committee is a democrat." 9) MSNBC: Chuck Todd: republicans and McCain campaign's negativity being trumped by economic crisis 10) FNC: McCain Audience Member Refers to Obama as "Arab", McCain Retorts with "No […], he's a Decent Family Man" No video: 1. MSNBC – DAVID SHUSTER: "Earlier tonight, at a town hall-style event in Lakeville, Minnesota, Senator McCain had to reap what he has sewn and was forced to call on his supporters to be respectful." Clips Highlight #1 *Former Palin Staffer: She Has No Intellectual Curiosity and Is Unquestionably Unqualified to Be VP *(MSNBC 10/10/08 5:12pm) LARRY PERSILY: No, I don't think she should be vice president. She's not qualified. She doesn't know what she thinks she knows. She's too immature politically and just doesn't bring anything to the ticket other than this cheerleader we're seeing. CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, how'd she get elected governor of your state? PERSILY: Because the governor we had before her was so incredibly unpopular she came in and said, 'I'm not Frank Murkowski [...].' I don't think she brings enough to the job, in terms of intellect or experience [...]. [She is] not intellectually curious, but also the governor of Alaska, of any supreme court [case], should know the Exxon-Valdez case where the Supreme Court came down and said, 'Exxon you have only got to pay 20% [...] of what the lower courts said.' [...] The Governor of Alaska should have remembered the Exxon case. MATTHEWS: More fundamental, she wouldn't say what she reads on a daily basis. Does she read the papers up there? PERSILY: I don't know. MATTHEWS: Why wouldn't she say she reads the papers? It's just stupid. PERSILY: She's big on talk radio. She really listens to it, but the question is, even if you don't read the newspapers, remember the names of a couple and just say so so you don't sit there looking like you don't read. MATTHEWS: You say she's unqualified. PESILY: Oh yeah. No question about it. [...] MATTHEWS: [J]ohn McCain said [Palin is] one of the great experts [...]. Is that accurate? Does Governor Palin know energy? PERSILY: No [...]. She's no expert on it. When she ran for governor in 2006 she was off quite a bit when she was asked, 'What's the price of oil?' that day. [...] She talked [...] about Alaska supplying 20% of the nation's oil [...]. Alaska's about 12%--not 20%. She just yesterday at a town hall meeting in Wisconsin, she got it all wrong about federal bans on the export of oil and gas. She's not an expert on it. She just happens to be governor of Alaska who has an interest in it. […] PERSILY: [Palin] can really get people behind her, without dealing with the facts. MATTHEWS: You're talking about a demagogue. PERSILY: Yeah. Maybe a small 'd' on demagogue, but there's a bit there. Highlight #2 *Todd Purdum Suggests McCain's Mortgage Plan to Buy Mortgages Doesn't Seem Serious; Has Lost His Political Conscience* (MSNBC 10/10/08 1:46pm) ANDREA MITCHELL: [O]n a conference call just now campaign manager for John McCain, Rick Davis was asked why the candidates are not talking more about the economy and--quote--he answered, "I don't think that you want to turn a campaign into a CNBC news show." Close quote. [...] TODD PURDUM: [I]t's hard to know what he meant by that except that he was trying to make light of something that's obviously a very serious situation. They know that they--it's hard for them to have anything constructive to say. They've shown that they run [...] from saying anything too specific about what they do. [...] PURDUM: [McCain] tossed [his mortgage buy-up plan] out with such vagueness that it seemed [...] it wasn't really a serious proposal. MITCHELL: [P]eople are looking to leadership. [...] So people are looking to these candidates and they don't seem to be drawing much sustenance from that either. [...] MITCHELL: In fact the McCain campaign seems to be trying to challenge the competence and the character of Barack Obama in the face of this crisis and connect the Bill Ayers attack with economic concerns. I'm not sure--do you think they're doing it successfully? There seems to be sort of a split personality going on. PURDUM: I think there's been a tremendous backlash from people who were once close to Senator McCain like John Weaver, his former chief adviser and the people like that are suggesting John Sidney McCain ought to put in a 911 call to Jiminy Cricket, that he's forgotten something about [...] how to run an honorable campaign. [...] MITCHELL: Right now we're watching the DOW. It is now down below 8,000. We're talking about a drop of 592 points as the market volatility continues [...]. [...] PURDUM: [McCain] needs some kind of over-arching message that he would be the person with the policy, with the plan, with the economic answers to go forward here and he seems to struggle to have articulated something like that. He hasn't gotten there. Highlight #3 *McCain Apologist Says Ayers Both Was and Was Not a Mentor to Obama in Same Discussion* (MSNBC 10/10/08 2:14pm) ARI MELBER: [N]ow you have, of course, this increasing negativity and hate speech, really, at times erupting at McCain-Palin rallies; a disturbing thing, obviously, for a serious campaign with serious challenges [...]. Has the Straight Talk Express become the hate talk express? It's not a good sign when you have the secret service investigating your rallies. That's happened this week, unfortunately, because of the way that Senator McCain is conducting his campaign. [...] JP FREIRE: [I]t's not really hate speech. This is just the classic trumping up of the hate card--excuse me, of the race card. [...] [...] FREIRE: [I]f you're talking about the hate in which someone brings up the serious questions about Barack Obama's judgment in selecting mentors that are '60s radicals [...] I guess we can call that hate [...]. MELBER: You heard me mention the example of the unfortunate remark that was made at the rally that the secret service is investigating. That's part of what I'm talking about. Do you have a response to that? FREIRE: No, of course not. I have no idea what backed that up [...]. [...] DAVID SHUSTER: Since when is Bill Ayers a mentor [...]? FREIRE: [H]e also blurbed [Ayers'] book, he served on a board with him, he-- SHUSTER: But that doesn't make him a mentor, does it? FREIRE: No [...]. However, he has always aligned himself with people that have wound up embarrassing him. That shows an astonishing lack of judgment on his part and something that the American people should be looking into. [...] MELBER: [W]hen it's raised as a substantive matter you can go back to the primary debates where this [Ayers issue] was already fully vetted. [...] The republicans want to play this six degrees of Kevin Bacon. I mean, it really is pathetic, but it's the pathetic place that I think the John McCain campaign is in. Now you don't have to take my word for it. If you look over the past couple days, you have his own former advisers, Mr. Weaver saying that this is a low road and he shouldn't go there. The former governor of Michigan who endorsed McCain in the primary said that he doesn't even know John McCain anymore and this is sad. Ed Rollins, who, of course, successfully directed Ronald Reagan's re-election said that, you know, it's over and you can see that because nobody cares about these attacks anymore. Mr. Rollins said that yesterday. So you have a whole fleet of high-level, senior republicans really separating themselves from these desperate tactics not only because [...] some of them do see these as really wrong and need to stop but also because they see McCain as losing. It's a sinking ship and it's a desperate ship. The people who aligned themselves with it really endangered their own credibility [...]. Highlight #4 *Bounds on the Ayers Attack; Gets Folks; Shares Davis' Sentiments about Avoiding Serious Economic Analysis* (MSNBC 10/10/08 3:05pm) NORA O'DONNELL: [I]s you campaign trying to stoke anger and division? TUCKER BOUNDS: [W]hether [Obama's] argued that Americans cling to their guns or religion or now that they're angry about the greed on Wall Street and the ineffectiveness of Washington--it shows that he just doesn't understand middle class, hard-working Americans. I think that rural Americans don't cling to their guns and religion and I sure as heck don't think that middle class Americans are frustrated and angry because they're being stoked by divisions about Barack Obama's associations. I think they're mad at Washington and the way that Washington's under-performed. O'DONNELL: [I]f the McCain campaign isn't trying to turn the page [...] on the economy, why aren't you running ads about the economy? Why are you all running 100% negative ads and [...] introducing new ads about a 1960s radical every day rather than an ad perhaps on the new proposal that John McCain put forward today? BOUNDS: [W]e launched a new ad today about the economy this morning and it was focusing on Barack Obama's honesty about his record. It focuses on whether he's being honest about his relationship with an unrepentant terrorist in Bill Ayers and whether he's being honest about Fannie and Freddie Mac when he stood back and shielded them from regulation that they needed so that [...] we could have avoided this crisis. [...] RICK DAVIS: I don't know if you really want to turn a campaign into a CNBC news show on the stock market. [...] I'm not exactly sure what you say every day. O'DONNELL: What does that mean [...]? Should not a presidential candidate be showing leadership and talking to the American people about what's happening in terms of their economy [and] the loss of investments? BOUNDS: [...] I know exactly what Rick was saying when he said it's not the job of a president to give analysis of the stock market every day. Certainly John McCain even today has talked about the concerns and the growing frustration that we have [...]. We are primarily focused on the economic crisis. O'DONNELL: [...] He didn't talk specifically about the huge sell-off yesterday on Wall Street or today. BOUNDS: He has talked specifically about the frustration that Americans have with the markets, the effect that it's having on their home loans, the effect that it's having on their pocket books. I share Rick's sentiments here. [...] [Americans] are gonna have a long pause when they see a candidate like Barack Obama who's proposed $1 trillion in new spending, who's voted for middle class tax increases and frankly has only been in the senate for three years and has no real record of bi-partisan reform to show for it? It's rookie in the White House at a time we can't afford it. Highlight #5 *Holtz-Eakin Blames Obama for McCain's Negative Attack Ads* (MSNBC 10/10/08 01:10pm) ANDREA MITCHELL: Why is it not… a bailout of Wall street again, at the expense of the taxpayers… ? HOLTZ-EAKIN: Barack Obama is a gifted campaigner and his words are intended to divert from having to talk about his proposals… if Barack Obama's policy is to put people into default and bankruptcy then we're happy to have that debate with him and it's not something that's good for the economy, it's certainly damaging to neighborhoods and families. MITCHELL: Do you feel comfortable with that attack of William Daley? HOLTZ-EAKIN: This is a problem Senator Obama's making. He has simply failed to make a full documentation of these relationships – Bill Ayers in particular. […] This is an ad about the relationships Barack Obama has failed to explain… what else is he not explaining? Every time this comes up he chooses to go on the attack with John McCain…. […] MITCHELL: has got to be explained about a relationship with the former Secretary of Commerce, now a partner in JP Morgan… and I know that John McCain knows…? HOLTZ-EAKIN: Why does this standard not apply to Senator Obama who on a daily basis attacks John McCain's campaign staff as riddled with lobbyists. If Senator Obama is comfortable mischaracterizing the relationship of John McCain with the aides who have served him so faithfully, why is Senator Obama not held to the same standard? … all we're asking is that he solve a problem that he has started. MITCHELL: I'm not quite sure what you're saying… I still don't understand the sort of guilt by association tactic […] HOLTZ-EAKIN: We've gone positive. We've gone positive… he wants to have us talking about ad campaigns. We'll talk about the issues if he'll engage on them in a full and open fashion. […] I would suggest to Senator Obama if he's genuinely concerned about small businesses, he shouldn't raise their taxes, he shouldn't impose a health mandate on their employees that will cost 12,000 dollars… he should not be playing games with NAFTA and other international trade agreements Highlight #6 *Pat Buchanan Calls Republican Campaign Schizophrenic* (MSNBC 10/10/08 6:35pm) PAT BUCHANAN: But if you're going to make the case that Barack Obama's character is deeply questionable, you do it long ago. You don't suddenly bring these things up and introduce them in the middle of a financial collapse and economic crisis. It looks opportunistic, it looks belated. People say, why now? I think that is why it has […] been ineffective. And it may very well be too late. […] It reflects a certain schizophrenia in the McCain camp. You know John McCain told em, North Carolina, they're going after Reverend Wright, and McCain said "don't do that. That's off limits. And so now he's gotta go back and do what he […] told others not to do. It's tough on credibility. Highlight #7 *MSNBC Airs Video of Spiteful McCain-Palin Supporters* (MSNBC 10/10/08 8:20pm) DAVID SHUSTER: [McCain's attacks] have certainly resonated on another level, by stoking fears and calls to violence among his supporters. Just listen to what some [...] in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania had to say on Wednesday when their remarks were captured by the folks at Keystone Progress, as supporters were waiting to get into a McCain-Palin rally. MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #1: That guy gets elected, he hangs around with terrorists. CAMERA OPERATOR: Who's the terrorist? MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #1: Obama. MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #2: Obama's a terrorist! Don't you know that? MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #3: Obama's a Muslim! He's a terrorist himself! CAMERA OPERATOR: You believe that Senator Obama's a terrorist? MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #3: I believe he supports terrorism. MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #4: A terrorist. MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #5: Screw Obama! Boo! MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #6: He is a Muslim. CAMERA OPERATOR: Is Senator Obama an American too? MCCAIN-PALIN SUPPORTER #7: I don't know what he is. Highlight #8 *Bi-Partisan Legislative Committee Rules Against Palin in Troopergate*(MSNBC 10/10/08 8:20pm) DAVID SHUSTER: Breaking news out of Alaska where that report involving Sarah Palin has now been released. A legislative committee, investigating the governor has said, 'She unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner.' [...] That prompted an investigation, which Sarah Palin said that she welcomed and that she would cooperate with and then when she was named John McCain's running mate, she decided she would not cooperate. The McCain campaign tried to squash subpoenas to many members of her staff, but again--this report out tonight says that, in fact, there were more than 19 different phone calls from Governor Palin, her husband, Todd, her gubernatorial staff, as part of the effort to pressure Public Safety Commissioner, Walter Monegan to fire Palin's brother-in-law. [...] The investigative report concludes the family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Monegan, but says it was a contributing factor [...]. [T]hat undercuts what Sarah Palin has been saying for the last several months. [...] MICHAEL CARY: [T]he important thing, I think readers or viewers should understand right away is the committees that released this [report] are bi-partisan committees. This [process] is not like Washington where one party or the other is in control. The legislators who released this [report] are bi-partisan. The senate president is a republican. The chairmen of the judiciary committee is a democrat. SHUSTER: So, in other words, you have a bi-partisan commission that is signing off on a report that says essentially Sarah Palin broke state law. CARY: [Y]es, I gather that's correct. The important thing to realize is it's not surprising they could come to this conclusion because of the amount of time, effort and intensity, over a period of years, the Palins have invested in somehow getting Trooper Wooten fired and it's important to remember he's a member of the classified personnel; he's a union member. He's not an employee who can just be fired at-will. It's very unusual, by any standard. [...] CARY: [T]his is another example the trouble the Palin's have had of separating their personal life from their political life; the per diem, the living at home and accepting money from the state, the use of their private email accounts for state business--these are all examples of how the Palins, Sara and Todd have had a very difficult time separating the personal from the professional. [...] SHUSTER: [T]he Palins had a choice. This summer, Sarah Palin could have come out and said, 'Yeah. You know what? I didn't like that trooper. I didn't like what he did to my sister. So, of course, that was a factor in why I tried to get rid of him,' but she didn't say that. She said, 'No, I got rid of him because I wanted to move the department in another direction or because he did some things that weren't under my authority,' [...]. She had the choice [...]. [...] SHUSTER: [F]inding number one, from this report that came out tonight, the legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest, through official action, is a violation of that trust and, again, a bi-partisan board, in Alaska, saying [...] that Sarah Palin has violated that public trust. Highlight #9 *Chuck Todd: Republicans and McCain campaign's Negativity Being Trumped by Economic Crisis* (MSNBC 10/10/08 6:40pm) CHUCK TODD: […] There's something that happened today in Minnesota that I think it didn't happen in isolation. The Republican incumbent there, Norm Coleman, made a decision. He's pulling all of his negative ads. Now he's in that race within Franken, it's been a very negative race; Minnesota's a state that we've some negative ads in the presidential race. There is something now that you do wonder. Are the Republicans seeing the negativity is hurting them in general, the economic crisis is hurting them as well. And a lot of them need to figure out how to change the tone., change some things there. I wonder if you're going to start seeing that maybe the McCain campaign saw their negatives come up, that's why we saw what McCain said today. […] I just wonder in general, is this economic crisis trumping everything right now? Highlight #10 *McCain Audience Member Refers to Obama as "Arab", McCain Retorts with "No […], he's a Decent Family Man* (FNC 10/10/08 7:50pm) QUESTIONER: I gotta ask you a question. I do not believe in- I cant trust Obama. I have heard about him, and he's not- he's not- um, he's an Arab. [McCain shakes head] He is not- JOHN MCCAIN: No ma'am, no ma'am. QUESTIONER: No? MCCAIN: No ma'am. No ma'am. He's a- he's a- he's a decent family man-citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that's what this campaign is about. He's not. Thank you. -- Jacob Roberts PAO 208.420.3470 (c) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. 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