DownWithTyranny!

Bush’s media strategy wasn’t too much for McKinnon to take, but McCain’s…Mark McKinnon worked for Bush in 2000 and 2004 as his chief media advisor. You may recall those were two of the dirtiest, nastiest most shameful political c…

And I just told them at the time that I thought that I would be uncomfortable being on the front lines

Then why the hell is he there?

I think he has great character.

barry is corrupt, a fascist, a racist and a liar. This guy is a liar or an idiot. This guy will sabotage the race.

However if Obama wants to play with the pigs, Mav will have no problem rolling up the sleeves.

mckinnon just told you he won’t fight hard against barry. Where the heck do you get this opinion?

Spanglemaker on March 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM

Hmmmm rooting for the country to fail, you sound like a Dem.

And why McCain has or had a gay advisor? And a former Mexican government official who wants to annex parts of America to Mexico?

Makes you wonder why Conservatives don’t like John McCain.

Indy Conservative on March 28, 2008 at 2:23 PM

I know those gays need to stay out of public life, we dont want them giving us AIDS.

One of the Flt 93 heroes was a gay mccain supporter, wonder why conservatives dont like him..

Oh he’s tough enough alright. Just ask Mitt Romnee about Maverick playing dirty in Florida. Mav learned after South Carolina in 2000 that is ok as long as it is in response. Mav knows that when they are on stage together and Obama can’t write a speech for the audience, that policy and position will rise to the top. However if Obama wants to play with the pigs, Mav will have no problem rolling up the sleeves. Hopefully, after Obama attacks Mav’s character, McKinnon will realize what we here at hotair already know. Barak is very smooth, but no different than any liberal who wants to drastically change our lives. Then, McKinnon(The best add man in the business) will lay down a few spots that will have “Hope” and “Change” begging for mercy. Can’t wait.

Rush was right: if the country’s gonna go to hell in a bucket, better a painfully flawed Democrat like Hillsbury do it. She’ll be impeached by lunchtime.

THE CHOSEN ONE on March 28, 2008 at 3:55 PM

I worry most about McCain not being tough enough against Obama. We know he can be sharp. (Remember how he treated Romney in Florida?) We have to see how much he’s willing to tick off independents who don’t like “negative campaigns.”

I think both sides will have this difficulty. So I expect to see surrogates taking most of the shots. That appears to be a disadvantage for McCain because he campaign won’t even tolerate a staffer linking to a negative Obama video.

But once the Democratic nomination is decided, and if Obama wins, McKinnon’s strategy is going to be as flawed as Jack Kemp’s decision not to attack Al Gore during the 1996 VP debate. Kemp got no points from the press by being a “nice guy” while angering his supporters, for failing to counter both the Clinton attacks on Dole that were taken up without scrutiny by the media. I’m not sure why McKinnon would think 2008 would be any different — the press may like McCain more than they liked Kemp, but Obama’s already as big or bigger a rock star among much of the media than Bill Clinton ever was.

jon1979 on March 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM

Yup, and if McCain thinks Obama’s campaign and the media will play by “nice guy” rules after the messiah is annointed the nominee, he’s delusional — or, shall we say, more delusional than previously thought.

I think he’s going to lose in Nov. Then we get Hillbama.

Crap.

“My good friend, Senator Obama, …”

I can hear it, now.

He’s such a great gosh darn guy, that we shouldn’t do everything we can to keep him out of the White House. Heck, he can destroy the country military and tax us out of oblivion, but he’s nice.

amerpundit on March 28, 2008 at 2:30 PM

I thought it only needed a tiny adjustment.

This guy obviously doesn’t have the sense of professionalism to discharge his duties. He should get out, or be thrown out, now.

It is just un-friggin-believable that so many of the voters in this country are such weak minded cows!

brtex on March 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM

The seeds of Socialism are illiteracy and ignorance. The Socialists have known this for a long time; and our public schools are the proof.