Open thread: McCain and Palin on “Hannity & Colmes”
posted at 8:35 pm on October 8, 2008 by Allahpundit
9 p.m. ET on FNC, as always. Maverick himself reportedly goes after Obama on Ayers “with gusto,” so look out for that, as well as for the obligatory Fannie/Freddie fingerpointing. Asked for his reaction to the Ayers stuff tonight on ABC, The One invited McCain to say it to his face at the next debate. If he doesn’t, will Obama raise the subject himself to affect a little fightin’-nutroots-brand faux indignation, or is it simply too toxic a topic for him to broach in whatever context? The answer, as always: Depends on how the polls look next week.
While we wait, a sneak preview from the show in which McCain follows Cindy’s right hook this afternoon with a couple of jabs.
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Seriously? Haven’t we been over this?
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM
LOL @ “nice try, Allan.”
surrounded on October 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Palin/Bolton ’08.
If we want to scare the hell out of the left then scare the hell out of them.
Also, Sarah, how does Texlaska sound? We should talk.
Limerick on October 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM
He’d be running to win if kept repeating that promise, so he could become POTUS. Wouldn’t that make sense? Just a little?
Funky, I’m on your side, I just wish you’d acknowledge McCain’s flawed strategy.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Hannity is right. Axelrod and his boy are clearly panicking.
SouthernGent on October 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM
lorien:
When McCain was talking about making people famous it was when he was talking about vetoing spending bills if they had earmarks in them.
And yes he has talked about it this time, but since his own party dropped the ball on this he is just as well off to run against Washington in general. Do you really think that guys like Frank and Dodd could have gotten away with all this without the Republicans looking the other way? Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House when a lot of this insanity was being pushed through, what the hell did he do about it?
But hey, if you think McCain would be better off running against Dodd and Frank than concentrating on Obama the man who is actually on the ticket…then who am I to argue.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Great point, they need to just stick with Ayers and drive it home
KBird on October 8, 2008 at 9:54 PM
I agree! Let’s discuss all the mistakes and bad points and all the other screw-ups… ON NOV 5TH
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 9:54 PM
Yes!
jaime on October 8, 2008 at 9:55 PM
lorien:
What makes you an expert? How many elections have you run and won? You don’t know anymore about this than the rest of us do.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 9:55 PM
a huge story of his temperament..
funky chicken on Oct 8,2008 at 9:47PM.
funky chicken:You mean like Captain Queeg from the movie,
The Cain Mutiny,accept minus the two steel
balls in his hand,and minus the paranoia!:):)
canopfor on October 8, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Hmmm… sounds like I’ve had 10 margaritas when I try to say it out loud.
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM
My point is that he should run against Congress. Right?
Then he can add into that. Do you want this democrat congress and a democrat president? Two gas pedals on spending and taxes. No brake pedal?
So he’s upset about earmarks, but not about the guys who just lost us 700 billion dollars?
Now that’s a position i can get behind!
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM
I don’t think that’s fair. McCain can run against them like Obama has run against Bush, but McCain can do two things at once. At this point, the RNC needs to step in to have McCain run those ads as well to try and boost Congressional races. Also, McCain can run against them saying, do you want a Democrat government? Especially one that is friendly to this sort of BS?
I think that’d be the most effective strategy in the world, since he’s clearly lacking one right now anyway.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Where’s the original of the birth certificate? Why hasn’t Obama produced it?
scrubjay on October 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Mr. Clean and Febreeze, YES!!!
oh, sorry…
surrounded on October 8, 2008 at 9:57 PM
I’m thinking Alaxas flows off the tongue a little easier…
IrishEi on October 8, 2008 at 9:58 PM
I’m just speaking as a normal person who thinks these things are important. And that I think would resonate with everyone else as well.
Facts:
People hate Washington
People hate politicians
People want washington to work again
Promise them that. It’s not really that difficult, is it?
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 9:58 PM
What does Sarah Palin have in common with FDR?
Her great great great grandfather appeared with FDR on CBS Evening News on TV in 1929 talking about the depression.
tru2tx on October 8, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Go search the archives, Ed and Allah have hashed and rehashed this thing like forty times. I’m almost 100% sure the certificate has been released… Like, months ago.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 9:58 PM
That’s definitely the way to go.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 9:59 PM
John:
Last night in the debate McCain did mention the money that both Dodd and Obama got from Fannie Mae sources, needless to say his critics just blew right past that and pretended it never happened.
I think McCain has made references to all this in his repeated attacks on cronyism and corruption. But Obama is the man he has to beat right now.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:00 PM
I posted a link to that, Hannity.
SouthernGent on October 8, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Funky, I’m on your side, I just wish you’d acknowledge McCain’s flawed strategy. – lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Mistakes? He’s made a few…but then again…too few to mention. He did what he had to do and saw it through without exemption. He planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway…and more, much more than this, he did it his way.
ManlyRash on October 8, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Wiping away a tear here….*gulp*
surrounded on October 8, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Has he been beating him? All I’m saying is we need an actual strategy, and with the economy being the biggest issue, I think its about the only thing people want to hear about.
You make Obama complicit in this mess, you put one hell of an albatross on him.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:01 PM
You must have a crystal ball… Nov 4 will determine if it was flawed…. at this point, you disagree with how they are running it.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Yea – Sarah on Greta. You go, girl!
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Who else wants to see Greta and Palin make out?
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:02 PM
lorien:
No, you are speaking as a person who constantly asserts that McCain does not know what he is doing, but you on the other hand have all the freaking answers.
I am a normal person and I do not pretend to be some expert on running elections.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Hmmm… not so much. Must be a guy thing.
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:03 PM
You have blinded my mind’s eye.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Hmmm… not so much. Must be a guy thing.
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Look at the polls, they tell me McCain hasn’t a clue what he’s doing.
Even Fox calls the campaign erratic. Conservative radio/tv guys all complain that McCain isn’t naming names (like he promised) and doing what needs to be done.
I think I’m in good company, here.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I like you man, but you can be disturbing..
neuquenguy on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I think McCain is reluctant to go all out nuclear on Obama because he’s calculated there’s a better than 50/50 chance it won’t work or worse it will backfire on him in a big way. I really think the gambler in McCain has sized it up and decided to pass, even if, as it appears, it’s going to cost him the election. It’s almost like he can’t bare the thought of having blown it on some last-ditch attack rather than consoling himself with “the people just chose someone else”. Excuse the pop-psych, but it’s a curious thing.
sanguine4 on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Do you think we’re on a winning course right now?
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
This is an active case.
scrubjay on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I’m glad she’s wearing white again! Appealing to the guys, of course.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Sounds like a new pharamceutical ad: “Ask your physician about Alaxas. Side effects may include upset stomach, constipation, blindness, urinary bleeding, loss of hair, incontinence, frigidity, deafness, nasal congestion, night blindness, irritability, sleeplessness, priapism and diarrhea.”
ManlyRash on October 8, 2008 at 10:05 PM
I think I’m in good company, here.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Look at the polls, they tell me McCain hasn’t a clue what he’s doing.
Even Fox calls the campaign erratic. Conservative radio/tv guys all complain that McCain isn’t naming names (like he promised) and doing what needs to be done.
I think I’m in good company, here.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Don’t trust polls.
Think about who responds to pollsters. Why would any sane person risk being branded a racist by saying they are voting for McCain?
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:06 PM
She likes homeschooling moms
neuquenguy on October 8, 2008 at 10:06 PM
John:
Has he been beating him? What does that have to do with this? Honestly? Make him complicit how? He said Obama took more money from these people than any other Senator besides the man who chaired the committee which was supposed to be doing oversight. He did ads on Raines and Johnson. But considering the fact that Obama has only been in the Senate for about 3 years, it is difficult to blame him entirely for a policy that began years before he came to Washington.
McCain has made it plain that Obama is part of that mindset, but the idea that McCain can do some interviews and hang all the responsibility for this on Obama and a few other Democrats is absurd. The press will never let that happen.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Where is that from? Again, look in the archives, this has been settled.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Wow, lots of whistling past the graveyard here.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Is it the “naughty nurse” thing?
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Dang I missed it (I’m at work ATM). I set the PVR to record the Greta interview with Gov Palin but didn’t realise that both McCain and Palin would be on Hannity. Still after reading all the comments I wish Gov Palin could of had an opportunity kick the snot out of that douche bag Colmes and put him in his place especially after what he wrote about her on his blog.
If it had been me I would have snotted the SOB as soon as he opened his mouth.
Dreadnought223 on October 8, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Beats jumping in an open grave every day….
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:08 PM
No it’s been dismissed here by our hosts. It’s active in the courts.
Spirit of 1776 on October 8, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Even after the debate, McCain continues to disappoint.
When Hannity asked him why he didn’t mention Obama’s Ayres, Rezco, and Acorn connections during the debate, he said that he would let the American people make that judgment.
Senator McCain, you are the American people and to me it shows a lack of judgment and, especially, leadership on your part as you continue to “reach across the isle” in the debates not to offend.
As Governor Palin said in the interview Obama’s judgment needs to be questioned. But, as yet, I’ve seen no questioning on McCain’s part.
Right now, the Republican base is fuming.
pocomoco on October 8, 2008 at 10:09 PM
No, I just think she looks best in white. You liked the pastels I think. Me, not so much.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:09 PM
You’re not watching the same election I am, clearly. We’re behind in major swing states, we just pulled out of Michigan, and the extremely vulnerable, highly relevant areas for Obama are being ignored by McCain.
McCain saying that Obama is sort of kind of related, once or twice, isn’t going to help. Your issue about the press is absolutely correct, they won’t let him. That’s why HE has to do it, and he has to buy ad space to do it.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I hope so. I LOVE the naughty nurse.
ManlyRash on October 8, 2008 at 10:09 PM
lorien:
Oh please, McCain has been given up for dead time and again and each and everytime he has come back without any help from you.
Now the idea that any Republican could beat either Hillary or Obama this year was considered a fantasy just a few months ago. The fact that McCain is as close as he is, is more than a lot of polls and talk radio people were predicting a few months ago.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Oh… I could have sworn that was over… Think it will go anywhere? Also, I think I’d prefer to win the election, not on a technicality… Or have Biden as the replacement… Yikes.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:11 PM
They replay it in my time zone at 9 pm (Pacific). Can you dash home and set your recorder?
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:11 PM
McCain is only close cuz of Palin. Without her, he’s a dead goldfish.
McCain only won the nomination cuz of Rudy’s flawed strategy and winning in states with open primaries.
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:12 PM
As Rush said today:
“At this time in 2000, Al Gore was up by 11% and lost to George W. Bush” polls indeed.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Obama and the DNC are treating this as real. Why both to oppose it if nothing is suspect?
See the links.
scrubjay on October 8, 2008 at 10:12 PM
yep
funky chicken on October 8, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Yes, McCain has been declared dead multiple times. Yes, we thought we’d never be within ten points. But we also have to overcome massive voter fraud and we have four weeks to turn this around, he needs a message, doesn’t matter how many miracles you can pull off, he needs a message.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:13 PM
John:
I am watching the same election that you are, but it sounds to me like you want McCain to make stuff up in the hopes that the press won’t call him on it and the voters will take his word for it.
I don’t like Obama, I would not vote for Obama, but there is no way McCain or anyone else can blame all this on him. It just won’t happen and it is not even realistic to think it will.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Locker room crud. Seriously, it stinks. Let the kids at Dkos play that game.
Limerick on October 8, 2008 at 10:14 PM
No offense, but your preference is irrelevant. Citizenry matters.
Do I think it will go anywhere? I’m doubtful. But constitutional requirements should be verified. I don’t believe in a living constitution, nor do I believe it should be bent for appearances.
Spirit of 1776 on October 8, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Don’t forget the abomination to God that is Mike Huckabee… Without him splitting the social con vote three ways, McCain would have been toast, and Romney probably would have the nomination.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Nope, I like her in vivid colors — red, royal blue — but she looks great in everything… unlike that hideous Michelle Obama. She’s one bad dresser — hideous prints with necklines that accentuate her horrible posture.
Mrrrrrow! I’m being catty here. Sorry.
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:14 PM
heh
Lorien does seem to be quite desperate to have McCain trip Axelrod’s erratic angry dude trap, eh?
funky chicken on October 8, 2008 at 10:15 PM
What would he be making up?
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Is it amusing to anyone else that she references a newspaper every ten seconds now?
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:16 PM
John:
He may need a message, but he has to make sure that message does not backfire on him. He needs to have something real that will stick, not just a lot of accusations. This is an election year, people expect mudslinging.
And I think McCain has a message: Reform. People either want reform or they want a slick talking socialist. It might well be that the American people just do not agree with you {or me} about what is more important.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Puhleese, don’t start a Huck flame thread while Sarah’s still on Greta!
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Sarah with rolled up newspaper: “Bad, John! Bad, John!”
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Why won’t this stick? Why isn’t this real?
He’s been on the reform message forever, you want to talk about something that doesn’t stick, there it is.
And if Obama is a slick talking socialist, McCain isn’t much better. The reason no one is happy with him on economics is because he’s fighting Obama on which one of them has had more socialist views on the bailout, who wants more regulation and how companies are pure evil.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Nah I’m on a 12hr shift ATM and wont get home till its well and truly over (Usually just after red eye finishes). Its OK I’m sure it will be on the FNC website soon and ill watch it there.
Dreadnought223 on October 8, 2008 at 10:20 PM
The McCain campaign has made a calculation… that the conservative is in the bag for McCain… they have no choice. They cannot vote for Obama and they cannot give Obama a pass. I hate that as much as the next person, but (*** swallows hard ***) their calcluation is correct. A year ago, almost no one here wanted McCain as President. Now, if they don’t, they are a fool.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:20 PM
McCain,needs to go directly to the American
voters,like Ronald Reagan did,somehow,me
thinks!
Since the DNC,runs the MSM!
canopfor on October 8, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Terrye:
What would he be making up? You tell me. You are the one who is saying that McCain has to find a way to blame the financial meltdown on Obama. I have not seen or heard anything anywhere that would lead me to believe McCain can make that stick.
I know that Obama was a lawyer and a community organizer, but no one person made this mess, there were lots and lots of people who helped make this happen.
I think McCain has and will continue to charge that Democrats were culpable in all this, but that does not mean the public will think Obama brought down the global financial system.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Hot!
lorien1973 on October 8, 2008 at 10:21 PM
+1
We are lucky that Paul and Barr had a falling out and the Libertarians are not a factor this year.
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:21 PM
http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trsorbonnespeech.html
funky chicken on October 8, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Penalty! 15 minutes in the kitty litter box.
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:22 PM
This Greta interview is AWFUL! I’m sorry, Palin’s answers are static. Why am I battling liberals day in and day out for this? Whoever here voted for McCain in the primaries can go to hell. We’d better win, dammit.
Levinite on October 8, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Obama has ties to ACORN, Obama liked subprime mortgages, Obama took more money than anyone in the Senate excepting Chris Dodd. Obama and his party have ruined the economy.
Argue against the whole ticket.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:22 PM
I see that I am talking to myself, at least I addressed my post that way. I will take that a sign that I have had enough cheap wine and go to bed now.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Took more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac**
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Save up for some champagne in November!
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:25 PM
John:
And McCain said all those things time and again in speeches and in ads. That does not mean that people will blame him for any of this. He was one of many.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Jesus, Palin couldn’t answer the “what’s the most difficult thing…” style of question. Truly annoying. I would be jobless if I didn’t answer those questions or deflected them in interviews. Our politicians are a joke.
Levinite on October 8, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I couldn’t agree more… Bill Clinton should never have been elected… got 43% in 92. If it wasn’t for Perot and Bush’s “no new taxes” failure, he never would have been elected. The 3rd party is what I have feared in this election since the beginning, but it appears to be off the table. Hillary would have needed it because her negatives were in the high 40s and could not have gotten 50% of the vote. Along these lines, the last info I saw was that 48% thought Obama was experienced enough to be President but 47% did not, so his negatives are awfully high to actually be elected. I really don’t think he has much a chance unless he can get that number into the 30s or less.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Haven’t read all the posts here,, some may have already mentioned this,, but the author of “Obama Nation” called into Hannity’s show today from London, will be presenting evidence on Hannity and Colmes show Monday night, that Obama assisted this Odinga guy in Kenya,,, the author said he has copies of emails and cell records from Obama’s senate office, that he assisted and planned strategy for Odinga’s campaign and also for riots after he lost. Lots of calls,, even from the campaign trail during primaries,, he was planning strategy on how to stir up trouble in aiding Odinga in Kenya.
JellyToast on October 8, 2008 at 10:27 PM
By blame him I mean Obama. Dodd took more and John Kerry took almost as much.
Terrye on October 8, 2008 at 10:28 PM
You are never going to get the answer you want. Get over it. They released a copy. I couldn’t give you my original. It was lost years ago in a move. But the copy that the State of Hawaii gave to me looks exactly like the one that Obama released. Like it or not that’s as good as it’s going to get. Move on. There are other issues to nit pick at him over.
mauioriginal on October 8, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Not quite. They ran the House, but not the Senate, even with a majority, where it takes SIXTY Rep. senators to overcome any Dem. fillibuster, or even threatened one.
This helped defeat McCain-Kennedy “comprehensive immigration reform”, though, so I’m not complaining.
I DO complain that Bush never used his bully pulpit in the past 6 years to warn of this mess – every Saturday radio talk. Every damn week, if need be.
A little history on this:
1. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/16/whose-policies-led-to-the-credit-crisis/
2. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/mccains-attempt-to-fix-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-in-2005/
fred5678 on October 8, 2008 at 10:32 PM
It’s not up to me. This is a court case.
scrubjay on October 8, 2008 at 10:32 PM
McCain has maybe one ad about this, and has said it three times so far as I can count. Twice in speeches, and once, fleetingly, in the debate last night. He’s got nothing else to lose.
John_Locke on October 8, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Along these lines, the last info I saw was that 48% thought
That may be why McCain adopted the “steady hand at the wheel” or whatever as his theme last night. He also kept repeating that he has years of experience dealing with tough issues like __________. And he did hit the dems on the financial meltdown last night early in the debate.
funky chicken on October 8, 2008 at 10:34 PM
JiangxiDad on October 8, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I hope you’re right. I really think the polls are not reflecting the common sense voters who are afraid of an Obama administration. We just need to make sure they go out and vote.
Y-not on October 8, 2008 at 10:36 PM
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