PHILADELPHIA - Republican presidential candidate John McCain cut short his first public appearance without running-mate Sarah Palin after chanting supporters of Democratic rival Barack Obama interrupted his speech.
After lunching with a roundtable of women at Philadelphia’s Down Home Diner, McCain shook hands with supporters and strode up to a podium to deliver a statement. But as he spoke, chants of “Obama, Obama, Obama” filled the room.
Reporters craned forward trying to hear the Arizona senator. Unfortunately for McCain — and possibly overlooked by aides who planned the event — a section of the diner opened up to a market where a crowd had gathered behind a cordon.
A large contingent of Obama supporters showed up, mixed with some who had bumper stickers reading “Democrats for McCain”.
“It’s time to leave the talk behind and start shaking up Washington and fixing our economy, taking care of the problems facing our families. We’re going to give a tax cut to every family with a child,” he said.
His words were barely audible.
McCain’s supporters shouted “John McCain”, “John McCain,” “John McCain”. The duelling chants nearly drowned out the presidential hopeful’s voice.
“Pennsylvania is a battleground state as we can tell,” McCain said.
Meanwhile Palin, the Alaska governor, was on a flight back to her state.
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Sarah Palin is not being smeared.
If you think Sarah needs help against the critical focus on her since her nomination, how can you believe in your heart that she can handle the job of VP or possibly president?
(Many) Months ago, McCain acknowledged that Americans wanted an honorable campaign, and repeatedly stated that he was committed to running one.
Later, fearing he was in a losing track, chose to try to win a campaign the dirty way over possibly losing one the respectable way.
Since he hired a Karl Rove disciple, his campaign has:
-run ads solely attacking personality
-relied on ridicule instead of actual debate (tire pressure guages, anyone?)
-run ads that lie ridiculously that a bill in Illinois was meant to teach sex-ed to kindergarteners (stranger danger, anyone?)
-has his VP lying about killing the bridge to nowhere (she was all for it before she was against it)
America is the greatest country on earth. *This behavior is not a path to greatness*. The way McCain is running his campaign is a disservice to America.
A much bigger disservice would be to elect McCain *if he continues to campaign this way.*
Tell McCain you expect better of him and of your fellow Americans.
If you don’t like this kind of politics, then *TELL THAT TO POLLSTERS*
If you only dislike this kind of politics only when the other guy does it, please consider moving to another country. I love America too much not to ask you to leave.
- Posted by Jose in AZAll of your dribble could not be farther from the truth. You Liberals are destroying this nation with your Godless beliefs.
- Posted by Steveeverytime the mccain/palin team are confronted with their lies, instead of backing up their allegations with FACTS the just continue on with their same old speeches - ones that haven proven to be flat out lies and/or “truth-stretching”/manipulative/baseless stories. as a last resort they try to change the subject and talk about poor palin and her inability to deal with being on the national stage (like every politician before her).
give me a break.
i used to like mccain - the old mccain - but this new one is a marionette, not a maverick.
http://www.boycottpalin.com
- Posted by boycottpalinSP is the draw in the McCain camp.
Why aren’t more people calling her out about her support of the “Bridge to Nowhere” a $400M bridge to an island with a population of 50?
Why aren’t people acknowledging the fact that until she had a child with special needs, she shows a record of NOT supporting children with special needs?
When is this oh-so-wonderful-strong-independent-think ing woman going to put on her lipstick and Face the Nation without a pre-written script? The Republicans need to let her show the world whether or not she can take the heat. I am not impressed…..anybody can take a community college speech class and read a teleprompter as well as she did at the NRC……when will see her on her own? Do you really feel this mayor of ~9,000 is ready to run this country?
- Posted by JanWhat… the Republicans can heckle and we can’t??
- Posted by A.P.So McCain will give a tax break to all people with kids.
So what happens to those of us that don’t? WHY oh WHY do we base this on kids?
- Posted by canyIn a truly free society, everyone gets a say, yes even John McCain. Barack Obama gets to do the same, as do the VP candidates. I beleive in the right to protest, but what can it mean when you are interrupting an election year speech (no matter how repugnant you may find it or the speaker) at such a time as this? Only that you are fearful of the person speaking. Let’s hear what they all have to say. Dont be afraid;let them say it. They’re good enough at sticking there own foot in their own mouth. If you feel YOUR message is the right one, don’t fear the opposition, counter it intelligently. Note to Rick Davis: This campaign IS about issues. Please revise. Or you will lose.
And Sarah: Is this “media” you’re speaking of the same one that tried to promulgate Senator Obama’s ‘muslim faith’ and his lack of patriotism and experience? I hope not. “Vetted” is not the word, they “shredded” him. All americans, republicans and dems alike should take home a good message: the guy has spirit. He’s not P***ing back at them, he won’t relent and stays on message.But he’s not the ‘great white hope’ nor is Senator McCain; the mess is bigger than we all know about, trust me.
Did I say ‘great white hope’?!?! No, it’s just a figure of speech! Really!!!!!
- Posted by Phox NooseI think there is so much frustration from both sides for a varierty of reasons but from my perspective my frustration is very simple:
If McCain and Obama are the best this country has to offer, in my opinion, this country is in deep doo doo.
Niether one seems to have the best interest of our country in mind.
One wants a socialist government with cradle to grave entitlements and they both want to give amnesty to about 30 million illegals and change the face of the USA forever. BTW: I wouldn’t believe the 12 million illegal number for a second. They have been using that number for years and the porous borders are being infiltrated by countless numbers of illegals 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Wish we had better choices.
- Posted by SteveNo Jane, our country hasn’t become that. You’re taking an isolated incident to help support a very important decision.
I do agree we have too many people in our country who are easily duped, persuaded, live by soundbites, and cannot formulate a rational thought for themselves.
“It is just prove that Obama and his click should not get anywhere near any kind of power, if that is how they conduct themselves.”
Was Obama there doing this himself?
I’m confused.
For the record, I am a democrat and I see negatives and positives on both sides. However, I rather stick to the important issues at hand.
- Posted by DWoodThis stuff has been done by the Republicans for years every time I go see a Democratic candidate there are people protesting I have put up with flip flop chants been spit on even watched as police hauled republicans to jail for attacking people. This is not news just the conservative media spouting off for there favorite candidate.
- Posted by DavidMcCain is telling the truth and Obama melting down is prove that the truth hurts.
How noble is this smear campaign against Sarah and her children? The media refused to vet Obama, yet they are all over Sarah?
Biden thinks Sarah’s 4 month old baby is fair game and you accuse Republicans of dirty politics?
I thought the children of candidates were off limits.
- Posted by JaneDemocrats are just acting like the hipocrites that we all know they are.
They probably weren’t missing much, anyway. Stump speeches are virtually identical no matter where the candidates speak them.
So, to conclude, McCain is back to trying to fill cafeterias again without the RVPN. Palin: all celebrity, no substance.
Kind of ironic given the GOP smear tactics, isn’t it?
- Posted by Christian Leftistclick = clique, I presume?
This is a reflection not of rudeness, but of bottled anger over 8 years under the disastrous republican rule. People are being misled by ads and headlines that have nothing to do with the real issues, campaign managers trying to steer our attention away from the fact that McCain’s policies are much the same as Bush’s.
- Posted by SLAWESOME!
Since the media won’t do their da*n jobs, somebody has got to stop John McCain and Sarah Palin from LYING from coast to coast!
- Posted by Nashville_fanmccain supporter’s? which one… without palin he barely draws a crowd…
he reaps what he sows… with his double speak of running a clean campaign and then coming out with the most outrageous ’say it enough and it’s true’ ads… and hypocritical uses of pig lipstick… boo hoo…
cast your vote… not baseless aspersions…
- Posted by jdI just want to add my two cents; how is McCain now handling the attention being taken from him and unto his running mate now that she has gone to attend to family duties….. Do you think this will sit with him in a positive light — concerning, We the People, are not fawning over him?
- Posted by ConnieMcCain’s campaign is shamelessly lying and creating false contorversies. Calling Obama supporters rude, is just more of the same Republican nonsense, grow up.
- Posted by BobToday in America the wealthiest 1% owns more than everyone in the bottom 95% combined. Income inequality is at its greatest level since the 1920s - right before the great depression. Though the US has continued to make big gains in productivity over the last decade, nearly all of the benefit of those gains has gone to the wealthy, not the workers. American CEOs earned 411 times as much as average workers in 2005, up from 107 times in 1990. In the economic expansion of 2002-2006, the top 1% captured nearly three quarters of income growth.
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-USto pincomes-2006prel.pdf
This condition is not an accident, but is instead the deliberate goal of Republican economic policy. The rich write the rules! McCain’s proposals will accelerate this trend further by using a tried and true method - fill the campaign dialogue with talk about social issues, personal stories, vague statements (”tax cuts”), and the trickle-down myth, and hope that middle and lower income voters do not read the details. It worked twice with Bush. While they talk about gay marriage to your face, they are literally picking your pocket from behind - systematically redistributing wealth from poor to rich. And here’s the kicker - they don’t think there is anything wrong with the situation! And if you vote for McCain, you are again telling them that you don’t think there is anything wrong with the situation either! The high unemployment level, housing crisis, credit crunch, lower value of the dollar, high gas prices, and increasing national debt are all related to these failed policies. Standards of living in the US have continued to rise only because in most families both people work, and people work longer hours and more days per year (all for lower benefits). Something has to give…
These are the proposed tax plans for the two candidates. You can see that McCain intends to further reduce the tax burden of the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle and lower income families. Obama’s plan increases taxes on the wealthy, especially that top 1%, to the benefit of working americans - a first step in reversing the rich-get-richer trend and toward re-building a real middle class. In fact, Obama has offered to actually raise his own taxes for the benefit of the country as a whole. Where are you in this table?
……………… MCCAIN …………. OBAMA
Income ……. Avg tax bill ……. Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M …. -$269,364 (-4.4%)… +$701,885 (+11.5%)
$603K and up…. -$45,361 (-3.4%)… +$115,974 (+8.7%)
$227K-$603K…… -$7,871 (-3.1%)…….. +$12 (+0.0%)
$161K-$227K…… -$4,380 (-3.0%)….. -$2,789 (-1.9%)
$112K-$161K…… -$2,614 (-2.5%)….. -$2,204 (-2.1%)
$66K-$112K …… -$1,009 (-1.4%)….. -$1,290 (-1.8%)
$38K-$66K …….. -$319 (-0.7%)….. -$1,042 (-2.4%)
$19K-$38K …….. -$113 (-0.5%)……. -$892 (-3.6%)
Under $19K ……… -$19 (-0.2%)……. -$567 (-5.5%)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/eco nomy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc/?postve rsion=2008061113
- Posted by DSHow come no one was shouting USA USA USA USA?
- Posted by SFBXIs that what our country has become.
Obama’s supporters are all over the place rudely interupting events. It is a bad reflection on Obama and the new politics he promised.
It is just prove that Obama and his click should not get anywhere near any kind of power, if that is how they conduct themselves.
Where is the respect? You won’t see that kind of behaviour by McCain’s supporters.
- Posted by Jane