McCain to counterprogram Obama in Germany with visit to Gulf Coast oil rig

[kskiska]

Source: Politico

While Barack Obama is speaking about international affairs in Germany before thousands of fans tomorrow, John McCain will be talking about a pressing domestic issue with an equally striking if very different backdrop.

Weather permitting, McCain will helicopter from Louisiana to an oil rig in the Gulf Coast to make the case for expanded off-shore drilling, says a McCain aide.

The GOP nominee will be joined by a small press pool of reporters and photographers on a trek sure to offer memorable images. Because of space constraints, Louisiana Gov. and veep prospect Bobby Jindal will not make the trip.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0708/McCain_to_counterprogram_Obama_in_Germany_with_visit_to_Gulf_Coast_oil_rig.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. DRAMATIC!! EXCITING!!! HISTORIC!!!!

BTW, please be sure to wear the oversized hard-hat, goggles and safety harness that they'll offer you...and then make sure to have your picture taken in them.

[hatrack]

8. Bwa-hah-hah-hah-hah!!!

:rofl: That's just a PERFECT response post!

:toast:

[wryter2000]

12. LOL

I wonder if a tank will fit on a drilling rig. He'd look really cool in a hard hat in a tank.

[meegbear]

2. Oooooh! I wonder if Chris Matthews will haw over McCain's bulge?

[Ian David]

17. It's not nice to make fun of McCain's face. n/t

[sutz12]

3. Yeah, Johnny, cozy up to big oil...that'll win some votes for you. nt

[uppityperson]

4. Just in time for the fuel oil spill!

[stray cat]

5. Perfect - McCain=Big Oil Profits while NO drowns economically

[stray cat]

6. Is this for real? McCain is campaigning with Big Oil?

[MUAD_DIB]

7. The McCain message just gets more Fu*ked up with the passing

of each day. I would almost feel sorry for him had he not been a Keating Five criminal, hot head, and a crass Bush supporter.

[hatrack]

10. If this is the rate of increase in the Fucked-Uppedness Factor to date . ..

Can you imagine the state of his campaign by mid-October?

They'll be handwriting campaign flyers on parchment before dropping them from dirigibles!

They'll be demanding an end to the menace of these new-fangled "Motor-Cars" on their wireless broadcasts!

They'll be handing out free bottles of Jack Daniels and squares of fiberglass insulation when McCain drops in at a day-care center!

[snooper2]

9. So the Repuke Gov. of Louisiana won't be there..

due to space constraints?


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DS1]

11. Helicoptering douchebags around is exactly the kind of crap we need to cut down

[MasonJar]

13. Now he can go look at the 12 mile spill on the Gulf in New Orleans.

That should put the skids to one more of his innumerable stupid and senseless ideas. I guess jerry falwell would say if he were still here that God is mad at McCain or is it Pat who will say it?

[Javaman]

14. Next up. mclame drinks a quart of oil to show it's nutritional value!!

:rofl:

[MadrasT]

29. "Light, sweet crude"

[sandyj999]

15. Maybe Dolly will swing around and give him a kiss! n/t

[Ian David]

16. McCain DOES know there's a hurricane coming, right? n/t

[Ian David]

18. REMINDER: Katrina oil spills may be among worst on record (113 offshore platforms destroyed)

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[libnnc]

19. The Oil Rig Express

Poetic.

Way to distance yourself from an oil baron administration, there Ace.

[Indenturedebtor]

20. Or maybe he should just go to the WH and dry hump Bush's leg for the cameras

[calimary]

21. Been there, done that.

Pathetic.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6530245

[Indenturedebtor]

23. Hah well I still haven't seen the photo op :( Not for a couple years anyays

Isn't Bush's leg getting lonely since their last loving "hug"? :shrug:

[Born_A_Truman]

22. Cancelled!

Hurricane Dolly caused cancellation. Guess McCain doesn't check weather either.

[tanyev]

24. Hurricane? What hurricane?

[Kelvin Mace]

25. McCain to Visit GOP Religious Shrine

and pray to the source of his cash for more wisdom (there last being, drill EVERYWHERE!)

[0rganism]

26. "Puppet Show and Spinal Tap"

"I told them once, I told them a hundred times: put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last."

[mikeytherat]

28. We got the big dressing room, though.

What? Bigger than the puppets'?

mikey_the_rat

[Political Heretic]

27. CANCELLED BWAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA Aa

[SKKY]

30. Who in the world is advising this ass-clown???

Do we have a Dem planted in the campaign that's secretly working for us? It sure seems that way.

[SOS]

31. Louisiana?

He should get an ice-fishing auger and start drilling on Miami Beach.

For 18 years he agreed with the Bush 41 executive order banning OCS drilling.
In June he decided he was for it.
He's a mega-flip-flopper.