Glenn and McCain got cleared by the Senate of any wrongdoing,

…cleared by a Democrat Senate, BTW.

Bruce has easily lost tens of thousands or maybe millions of fans with his let-me-tell-you-who-to-vote-for-while-I-have-you-as-a-captive-audience speeches in between songs.
People pay to hear SINGING BRUCE. Maybe you could put your lefty views in a song like… like… like A SONGWRITER? Or start advertising your shows as a rally not a concert, Dumbass. Thanks, I feel better now.

kongzilla on October 6, 2008 at 2:54 PM

Acknowledged. That is simply the way it is, and what we must contend with. It would be that way with McCain or anyone else.

But you point to another factor: Apathy. In this case, we can turn that in our favor. A lot of people don’t pay much attention to elections until about this time. So what have they seen:

1. McCain do well against Hussein.
2. Palin “exceed expectations” (i.e., “Hey, that hot Palin babe ain’t the ditz people said she was”).
3. The beginning of the attack.

Now is when it counts. Hussein can’t play rockstar now, and IF Mc-P open up with everything (and what they can’t or won’t use, the rest of us use [regardless of what Mc-P say--this is about the country and stopping Hussein, not them personally]), this can be won.

A friend of mine says the economy will kill McCain. His mistake is to think only in formulaic, rather than dynamic, terms. The anti-Hussein campaign simply goes to its strengths and attacks the enemy’s weaknesses. It’s all it can do.

That’s convenient, actually. No room for debate. What you need to do and what you can do are virtually one and the same.

Tommygun on October 6, 2008 at 1:51 PM

You make good points, nothing I would really argue with. But you can’t deny that a lot of Americans just simply don’t pay attention and fall for the touchy-feely crap.

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funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 1:08 PM

I’ll assume since you post so much that you read all of the comments. But obviously you don’t really pay much attention to what they’re saying. The majority of us want McCain to be more aggressive. A man like Obama shouldn’t even be this close to the presidency. You have a lot of nerve calling us pacifist when McCain himself won’t go on the attack! If Obama becomes my brother’s Commander in Chief you can blame McCain himself for waiting until 30 days before the election to fight for it.

kongzilla on October 6, 2008 at 1:21 PM

I appreciate your sentiment. However, please consider.

As for BHO (I’m trying to be nicer about using, “Hussein”) being so close to the Presidency, that has nothing to do with McCain. It has to do with movements of the country to the Left, a Leftist media, and frankly, too little activism by the conservative/Right. When the Left can turn out hundreds at a simple “anti-war” protest, but the Right can barely get five people to counter it, people on the Right need to look at themselves.

When a Democrat campaign office is filled with workers and their families, while the GOP office has one person there because everyone else is “too busy,” people need to ask where their priorities are. (NOTE: I hear you: “I work.” “I have a family.” “I have responsibilities.” I’ve heard ALL the excuses, and most of the time, they are just that–excuses.)

When Leftists can gang up on a conservative, and other conservatives just let it happen–”It’s not my fight”–because they’re self-focused and so devoted to “individualism” they won’t back up the ideological cohort, people on the Right need to ask themselves how they would expect NOT to lose.

“Individualism” is self-defeating. Such a person willfully refuse to submit and commit to a cause, and then when the resultant defeat at the hands of an organized collective enemy occurs, he/she lose that individual freedom. How ironic.

If Obama does become CinC, I’ll blame the American people. I’ll blame the entire Right wing for not opposing him and his ilk more strongly in the YEARS and DECADES leading up to this. I’ll blame their focus on their own personal interests (faith, family, finances, fun, etc.), which led them away from standing against the Left.

It’s not just this election. It’s a history of neglect. Could McCain do more? Yes, and hopefully he will. Could he have done more before this, maybe.

But consider: People told me McCain was doing wrongly by laying low in the summer while Hillary and Hussein fought it out. I told them he was conserving resources (money and effort) until that was resolved. When it was, McCain let Hussein go too far with the “celebrity” factor, and then slammed him on it, along with his inexperience. And things evened out.

Now, McCain-Palin have had to struggle against some down points, including a less-than-solid backing from the GOP and the Right.

There is also another factor: MONEY. McCain does not have the foreign financial contributors Hussein does. He also, as stated above, does not have the volunteer base. He is at a big disadvantage that way, and thus must use his resources more wisely. Launching strong attacks without the ability to followup with campaigning can actually be counterproductive. The opposition and the media (same thing) can refute the attack, and then when you do try to follow up, it’s already been debunked in people’s minds.

Now offers an improving opportunity for the campaign. The debates offer some free exposure over the top of the media. And it’s easier to maintain a 30-day offensive than one a lot longer.

Please consider.

right2bright on October 6, 2008 at 1:19 PM

This is your weakness. You are willing to let our guys off the hook. You refuse to accept any blame at all. We were in the majority until the last 2 years. Once McCain’s cosponsored bill died (without much support from other republicans by the way) no serious attempts were made to do anything. Even now McCain refuses to call anybody out. He better start doing it tomorrow when he has a national audience.

Pure, unmitigated bullshiite. You would rather sit back and beetch at John McCain, and blame him for your lack of interest in keeping Barack Obama out of the Oval Office.

McCain is studying for tomorrow’s debate. People here were screaming that Sarah Palin wasn’t out in public enough the days before her debate….and then she rocked, likely because of the time she spent preparing.

You know, sometimes work takes, oh, actual work. And sometimes work is done away from the crowds and cameras.

Oh, and shouldn’t it be a sign of John McCain’s STRENGTH that he’s willing to let his VP candidate be the public face of the ticket for a few days? She is out there answering the question of whether she can stand on her own two feet quite admirably.

But all you can do is beetch at John McCain.l

Typical of hotair commenters. sad

funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 11:18 AM

How can I advocate for McCain when he keeps shooting my arguments in the foot… illegal immigration, global warming caps, business bailout…

And you think we’re the problem????

dominigan on October 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM

And Obama bin Biden would be better?

Here are some basic issues to use:

War on Terror
Second Amendment
Pro-life
Not a freaking Leftist (Hussein got Communist Party endorsement)
No terrorist ties

You play to the strengths, and “respectfully acknowledge” any “differences”. On most of those differences, McCain will come out ahead in a “lesser of two evils/weasels” comparison.

I was reminded of this by Benjamin Franklin recently, in opposition to “independent-minded” people bringing his statement about “liberty” versus “safety” comment (with the common misquotation): “We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”

In most elections, that would all be metaphorical. With “Mr. Truth Squad” Barack Hussein Mugabe, I’m not so sure.

So what? If a tree falls in the woods and the media doesn’t report it. It never happened.

ronsfi on October 6, 2008 at 11:35 AM

Until later when the squirrel involved in the ‘attack’ declares the govt at fault (bcs of forest service management) bcs he lost all his nuts & demands the taxpayers bail him out of his current food crisis. Then we’ll hear about the tree. Heads will roll & no one will care that it was never initially reported.

funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 1:08 PM

I’ll assume since you post so much that you read all of the comments. But obviously you don’t really pay much attention to what they’re saying. The majority of us want McCain to be more aggressive. A man like Obama shouldn’t even be this close to the presidency. You have a lot of nerve calling us pacifist when McCain himself won’t go on the attack! If Obama becomes my brother’s Commander in Chief you can blame McCain himself for waiting until 30 days before the election to fight for it.

We’re in this mess because we didn’t hold our side accountable. Funky chicken would rather call you a democrat than admit any weakness in McCain.

kongzilla on October 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM

Good try again…
We are in this because the dems blocked every effort to reform. They voted in block, lockstep to not go along with the reforms McCain and the Republicans presented.
How can we “hold our side accountable” when the other side was in charge of the committees. And committee power dictates what comes up for discussion.
So if you meant “our side” as being the democrats then you are correct.
The Republicans did what they had to do, they just overrun by the democrats.
In the final weeks of a campaign, is the time to hold our voters accountable, we selected McCain, now let’s get him elected…unless you are a democrat.

You would rather sit back and try to take McCain down.

pathetic.

For those who don’t agree with them, please listen to Tammy Bruce’s radio show:

http://www.talkradionetwork.com/site/preview?pref=100&pid=1012

dominigan on October 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM

Ignore funky chicken. Just as you said, it’s about accountability. We’re in this mess because we didn’t hold our side accountable. Funky chicken would rather call you a democrat than admit any weakness in McCain.

God, I wish Romney or Giuliani was the nominee with Palin as VP. I know these men would attack and we would be in a better position for victory.

jencab on October 6, 2008 at 10:56 AM

Yep. Although I doubt Romney would have picked Palin. He probably would have gone for Pawlenty or some other “safe” pick.

Meh, you go to war with the army you have, and at least we have one brigade with a killer instinct (and lipstick).

I understand your frustration, but if you don’t want to fight for McCain, then figure out what is important to you in this election and fight for it. There’s plenty more to fight for than just McCain. Hang in there!

Mr_Magoo on October 6, 2008 at 11:10 AM

Repeats previous comment believing the saying that 30 days is a lifetime in politics.

For the next 3 weeks, the objective MUST BE to defeat Barack Obama. It will take a concerted effort. Every person who spends time and demoralizes our efforts by attacks on John McCain is objectively working for Obama.

Friendly fire will kill you just as dead as hostile fire. It’s time to stop trying to frag John McCain.

Here’s Orwell:

Pacifism. Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, ‘he that is not with me is against me’. The idea that you can somehow remain aloof from and superior to the struggle, while living on food which British sailors have to risk their lives to bring you, is a bourgeois illusion bred of money and security. Mr Savage remarks that ‘according to this type of reasoning, a German or Japanese pacifist would be “objectively pro-British”.’ But of course he would be! That is why pacifist activities are not permitted in those countries (in both of them the penalty is, or can be, beheading) while both the Germans and the Japanese do all they can to encourage the spread of pacifism in British and American territories.

funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 11:48 AM

And what do you suppose drove Obama back to the left after he suddenly veered to the center after winning the nomination? His supporters went ballistic! I think he heard them loud and clear. Just so happens McCain is too stubborn to listen.

Surely you generalize. Talk show hosts all stick with their own format. If you want to hear 15 hours a week bashing Obama, listen to Hannity, Gallagher, or any number of hosts. And Malkin has done plenty for “our team.” She was all over the Gwen Ifill thing. Give them credit where credit is due.

For everybody else who isn’t ready to be a defeatist sob sister:

http://www.talkradionetwork.com/site/preview?pref=100&pid=1012