So When You Say "Suspending..."
by Todd Beeton, Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 05:02:59 PM EDT
As Jonathan noted earlier, John McCain's suspension of his campaign is a complete sham. Cribbing from Scout Finch:
- Surrogates and advisors on the teevee attacking Obama? Check.
- Campaign ads still on the air? Check.
- Online fundraising still operational? Check.
- Still meeting with campaign manager? Check.
- Campaign offices open for business? Check.
- VP running mate still out campaigning? Check. Check.
The Obama campaign is on it. This from a campaign memo:
So make no mistake: John McCain did not "suspend" his campaign. He just turned a national crisis into an occasion to promote his campaign. It's become just another political stunt, aimed more at shoring up the Senator's aimed more at shoring up the Senator's political fortunes than the nation's economy. And it does nothing to help advance this critical legislation to protect the American people during this time of economic crisis.
A pretty obvious conclusion to make, right? Now if only the press would report on it.
In fairness, not everyone is AWOL on this. The Politico's Jonathan Martin observes:
But it's increasingly implausible to think that what he's doing is anything different than he'd be doing on the campaign trail, except he's in person now instead of on his cell phone.
The New York Times' Caucus blog asks in an update:
Has the McCain-Palin campaign really been put on hold?
And even FoxNews seems to register some cognitive dissonance when they report that:
John McCain may have suspended his presidential campaign as of Thursday morning, but an appearance at President Clinton's Global Initiative forum and his campaign's releasing its daily note to reporters gave the Republican candidate a few remaining opportunities to weigh in politically on a proposed Wall Street bailout."
Are you seeing coverage of this anywhere else?
Tags: Barack Obama, campaign suspended, John McCain (all tags)
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