Those two days represented a great opportunity to the McCain campaign. Late in the election they had two precious days where they would have the news media essentially to themselves. They could get their message out with no real competition, perhaps even seize the initiative in the campaign finally. Friday in particular was crucial, as more people are generally paying attention on weekdays. This was a rare and precious gift.
So how did they use their time alone in the spotlight? To make themselves look foolish. Here's an abbreviated list of what the media reported the McCain campaign doing on Friday.
- Reports that their VP spent $150,000 of campaign funds on clothes.
- Reports that their highest paid staffer is their VP's hairstylist
- Their VP testified to a grand jury looking into her abuse of power.
- Their VP gave a speech outlining her support for "special needs" children and their families (good thing) while taking a swipe at research into the causes of autism (WTF?). In the same speech! Usually politicians at least make you hunt around a bit to find their hypocrisy.
- Their Ohio campaign faked a racial incident and got caught.
- Bush's press secretary for nearly half of his administration endorsed Obama.
- A lot of talk about Obama being way ahead in the polls.
- All kinds of stories about supporters dumping on the campaign, the candidates, Bush, the party in general, etc.
- Stories about the VP herself dumping on the campaign.
To give you some idea of the condensed effect of all this, check out this video from Talkingpointsmemo; October 24, 2008: The Day in More Than 100 Seconds:
The really sad part about this is that the boobs running this horrible campaign could indeed still win. Could you imagine the country being run this way?
Remeber, one of the best things you can do right now is request an absentee ballot. Fill out the form and fax it in today.
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