Politico on GOP rage

Partial credit to McCain: Obama a "decent family man"

Dont Quote Me — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:17:15 GMT

So, John McCain has heeded his former chief strategist's advice and called out supporters who were

re: Politico on GOP rage

Adam Reilly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:37:36 GMT

PP: engaging with "a shrieker like that" is actually a *perfect* opportunity to engage with the other 1000 people--some of whom, judging from Martin's account, actually may agree with the shrieker in question.

It's simple: all McCain needs to do is take a few seconds to make the same point that Weaver--his former chief strategist, for God's sake!--makes.

Also, your comparison with the Atlantic, etc. doesn't hold up. C'mon--I'm not asking McCain to condemn Jay Severin here. I'm saying he shouldn't be silent when, in response to a question McCain himself poses, someone calls Obama a "terrorist." At the very least, that silence suggests a lack of disapproval.

re: Politico on GOP rage

Peter Porcupine — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:12:56 GMT

Adam - if McCain is personally responsible for random shouts by a crowd, why isn't Obama personally responsible for something like the repugnant melanoma commercial made by Howard Dean's brother?

To engage in debate with a shrieker like that is to forego the chance to speak to the OTHER 1,000 people who came to hear you - no amount of conversation will suffice with them. They aren't like the people from Slate's town meetings of yore.

His campaign repudiated the ranters in VERY strong terms. To date, Obama hasn't commented on the Atlantic Monthly commissioned photographs portraying McCain with blood flowing from his mouth, or the melanoma ad, or any of the other 527 and volunteer slime directed against McCain with anything other than short staements indicating that it's not his job.

How low IS the man's pay grade, I wonder.