Babalu Blog: Miserable ingrate, part 2

December 14, 2008

Miserable ingrate, part 2

This is why we lost:

In a surprising rebuke to the warriors who fought for him through tough times, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the Illinois corruption scandal.
On ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked: “The chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mike Duncan, has been highly critical of the way President- elect Obama has dealt with this.

"He's had a statement every single day, saying that the Obama team should reveal all contacts they've had with Governor [Rod] Blagojevich. He says that Obama's promise of transparency to the American people is now being tested. Do you agree with that?”

McCain replied: “I think that the Obama campaign should and will give all information necessary. You know, in all due respect to the Republican National Committee and anybody — right now, I think we should try to be working constructively together, not only on an issue such as this, but on the economy stimulus package, reforms that are necessary. And so, I don't know all the details of the relationship between President-elect Obama's campaign or his people and the governor of Illinois, but I have some confidence that all the information will come out. It always does, it seems to me.”

Just this morning, the Republican National Committee released a Web video called “Questions Remain.”

“The video highlights the evolving explanations delivered by President-elect Obama and his advisers concerning their contact with the embattled and scandal-plagued Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich despite Obama’s promises to instill greater transparency and confidence in government,” the party’s announcement said.

Posted by George Moneo at December 14, 2008 07:12 PM

Comments

Once again, the liberal media is twisting the information (especially headlines) to fit its agenda. It doesn't appear to me that McCain is "scolding" the GOP, he's just being a limpdick Republican and asking us to 'move on' to what he considers to be more important issues. I'll agree his attitude is the wrong one to take if we're going to recover from this, and that he was a weak standard-bearer for the Republican message. However, be careful of the liberal/left media, they will work overtime in the next four years to ensure the Democrats hold on to power, and this type of manipulation of words is a key weapon.

Posted by: Mambi at December 14, 2008 07:41 PM

I hate to admit this but Obama did the GOP a huge favor by winning. Having McCain as president would have taken our party to the edge of the abyss and over it. As it is we have our work cut out for us but can come back. The wing of the party that says we need to accommodate has been discredited.

Posted by: Henry Louis Gomez at December 14, 2008 08:47 PM

I think I may move to Arizona so I can vote against McCain in the GOP primary.

Posted by: Ken Hahn at December 14, 2008 09:11 PM

After reading McCain's comments, I agree with Henry: my reaction was the same, he deserved to lose. Nuances and language manipulation aside, McCain keeps playing the politically correct card and doesn't kick butt as he should.

When Harry Reid goes up for re-election, I plan to visit NV and join the forces against him. If there's a similar movement afoot in AZ to get rid of McCain, just shoot me an email - I'd love to join the ride. When are we going to get rid of these RINOS who do us more harm than good??

Posted by: Gigi at December 14, 2008 10:47 PM

The Obama people will "reveal" only what they absolutely have to if it's even remotely compromising to Obama, period.

Posted by: asombra at December 15, 2008 10:08 AM