McCain campaign stiffs national media

Oh my. Such whining by the spoiled, elite, self-serving, self-absorbed national media. Gee, the local media got five (FIVE!!) questions. No way say the over-stuffed national media. "Let them eat cake." Come on, Swamp, don't lower the reputation of the national media any more than it already is, right down there with the single digit Congress.

Awww, poor babies. If it were an Obama event there would have been no media questions at all, local or national. Although he might've preaned for them a little bit.

Way to go, John!

So McCain likes to hit softballs out of the park from softball local reporters who no doubt will have stars in their eyes for getting this opportunity. It's unlikely they'd commit career suicide and ask tough questions that haven't been asked before.

Spoken truly like a liberal elite, Jackson. We really couldn't do it without you guys. Thanks for letting everyone know you think reporters who aren't from a major metropolis are starstruck yocals. Couldn't've scripted that one better, myself.

Jackson, Obama wont even take softballs. I'd love to see him in a townhall debate with McCain where Obama actually has to address issues and get off his talking points. I wont hold my breath. Obama is well schooled with surface knowledge on a vareity of issues from his advisors, but when you get into depth on any issue, he shows his ignorance. Thus, he wouldn't dare engage in multiple town hall meetings with McCain because he doesn't know the script.

Jeff,
Do you think the local reporters will be asking McCain difficult and probing questions?
PS I'm not saying anything about local reporters that Karl Rove hasn't said out loud. It's why they are used in the RNC campaign marketing strategy.

Jackson, I certainly think you wouldn't ever leave your hardcore leftist bubble to know what local reporters would ask, period. Maybe Obama should take some questions from local or national reporters. That'd be some change you can believe in.

"McCain campaign stiffs national media"

Now that's some "straight-talk" we can believe in.....NOT!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eejYoz3Nl0&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/
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"McCain campaign stiffs national media"
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Let's see, to "stiff" someone means: 1) to tip inadequately, or not at all, as for a service rendered; 2) to cheat someone of something owed; or, 3) to fail to give or provide something promised or expected.

So, what you are saying in this headline is that McCain denied the national media what was their due by ditching them in favor of the local media? By what right do the national media have to demand that McCain speak to them, if he speaks at all? I think the premise is arrogant at best.

For eight years we've watched as the Bush White House restricted information and limited access to the press in the interest of maintaining their message (and secrets), and now we see McCain adopting that same strategy.

In the aftermath of being implicated in the "Keating Five" scandal, John McCain wrote that he had decided to:

"...henceforth accept every single request for an interview from any source, prominent or obscure, and answer every question as completely and straightforwardly as I could...It is a public relations strategy that I have followed to this day, and while it has gotten me in trouble from time to time, it has on the whole served both my interest and that of the public well."
-JOHN MCCAIN

And now, after taking heat for his many public gaffs, and amidst the growing perception that his campaign is floundering, it seems that McCain is more concerned with maintaining message discipline than he is in serving the public interest...which of course is also just like George Bush.

What an elitist Mccain is. How DARE anyone question him! He is to be obeyed, blindly and without question.

He wants to command,not serve.

Actually, Jen, that's the Obama campaign's position you just outlined. How many questions has Obama taken from local reporters to this point? None. Zero. Zip. Zilch. McCain is the one who's allowed more voices into the process.
McCain also takes questions from the national media on his plane and previously on the bus. Obama has forbidden this on his trips. He will, however, occasionally prean for reporters.

Jeff, you're a liar thru and thru. And not a very good one at that.

"How many questions has Obama taken from local reporters to this point? None. Zero. Zip. Zilch."

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/on-the-road-obama-caters-to-small-town-media/

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/07/24/news/local/doc46a635f210af5541045687.txt

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/03/a_tiny_iowa_paper_and_one_very.html

http://queenofspainblog.com/2008/05/21/erin-kotecki-vest-meets-senator-barack-obama-part-two/

"McCain also takes questions from the national media on his plane and previously on the bus. Obama has forbidden this on his trips."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD91CC6MG0

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/17/obama_praises_former_clinton_c.html

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/06/UPI_NewsTrack_TopNews/UPI-48641215346113/

Good for McCain.