Democrats calling McCain campaign to volunteer against Obama.

[Carrieyazel]

In an interview with a pool of reporters today, including reporters covering the McCain campaign for ABC Radio, Sen. John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis talked about an unusually high number of callers to the campaign's offices who identify themselves as Democrats who would like to volunteer to help McCain.

Asked about Democrats who are not yet sold on Obama, Davis offered an intriguing comment: We have seen significant uptick in calls from states that have those voters. "A number of them say that they rarely vote Republican, and expected to vote for the Democratic nominee this year. But they say that they are unlikely to vote for Sen. Obama. There are a lot of people who want to play with us." Later in the conversation, asked if he could be certain these individuals would really vote for McCain, Davis responded, "they're talking about helping us, so I think they'll vote for us." Asked which states they were getting the calls from, they said all over, but specifically mentioned Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maryland. "In almost every state, there's a core that's starting to build, and we're putting names on paper."


Some ominous signs here. What do you think is going on?

[silverojo]

1. Republican-lites who are pro-war are choosing second best

There's no way any real Democrat would vote for someone who is as conservative as McCain.

[Catherina]

26. My thoughts exactly. It's the obliterate Iran crowd n/t

[cliffordu]

2. Sounds like people trying to create a news story to keep the churn

going until November.

Expect more pastorbating, Rezko, Ayers, bitter sexism Hamas bullshit.

[Stephanie]

3. Bullshit Lies

Next question?

[featherman]

4. Believe Republican press releases at your own risk

Propaganda game... trying to keep the split going

[NotThisTime]

37. Exactly, it's all propaganda, don't believe otherwise... If they are receiving call's it is very low

from former Dem's... like in the double digit range....

[newmajority]

5. I think it's a DLC propaganda trick

Trying to pressure Obama into adding Hillary to the ticket. Or worse yet a lame attempt to get delegates to stab the party in the back and fuck up the convention. Which would in turn fuck up the GE.

And either way, they're wasting their time.

[YDogg]

39. ding, ding, ding!

i would not be surprised.

[jgraz]

6. Bitter dead-enders whose votes will be drowned in an influx of indie and former Repugs

Let them go help McSame. Hopefully, they'll have the same effect on his campaign that they did on Hillary's.

[grantcart]

7. Ominous signs? where have you been for 8 years - these are the people that

lie about nuclear weapons development and you think that they are telling the truth about volunteers calling them?

[NanceGreggs]

11. Well, it COULD happen ...

:rofl:

[Scooter24]

8. Total BS... they just want to keep the divisiveness in our party

because it's McCain's only hope for an edge in this election. These "Democrats" are made up to create news pieces to try and sway those supporting Hillary to come to McCain's side.

[terrya]

34. Exactly right. Pure, grade-A bullshit.

I don't believe this for a second.

[FrenchieCat]

9. I'll be glad in a few days, when you will be gone.

really, really happy about that development.

[featherman]

19. Second that notion, Frenchie.

[mcctatas]

10. OK, then we'll just bogart the evangelicals....

"If one third of white evangelicals voted for Bill Clinton the second time, at the height of Monica Lewinsky mess--that's a statistic I didn't believe at first but I double and triple checked it--I would not be surprised if that many or more voted for Barack Obama in this election. You're seeing some movement among evangelicals as the term has become more pejorative. There's a reaction among some evangelicals to swing out to the left in an effort to prove that evangelicals are really not that right wing. There's some concern that maybe Republicans haven't done that well. And there's this fascination with Barack Obama. So I will not be surprised if he gets one third of the evangelical vote. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 40-percent."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/06/religious-right-figure-ge_n_105667.html

[VolcanoJen]

17. Not to nitpick the writer of that post... but didn't the Lewinsky news break in early 1998...

.... two years after Bill Clinton's reelection?

:shrug:

[mcctatas]

20. It's a quote from this guy

"With clients like Focus on the Family, Franklin Graham, and Campus Crusade for Christ, Mark DeMoss may be the most prominent public relations executive in the evangelical world. A former chief of staff to Jerry Falwell, DeMoss became then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney's chief liaison to evangelical leaders."

Reality is not big on their list of places to visit;)

[VolcanoJen]

22. The sentiment is encouraging...

... but he's basing his entire hypothesis on a falsehood. Sounds kind of like... oh, I dunno, intelligent design? :-)

[Emit]

12. Traitors in the ranks

that's what's going on

[sufrommich]

43. I'm sure the McCain campaign will be pleased at your

willingness to play Joe McCarthy with your fellow Dems as opposed to directing your anger at the republicans.

[Emit]

47. I've heard the calls in to Rush and Hannity

I know that some Hillary supporters are so angry that they have joined with Republicans in an effort to defeat Obama. It makes no sense to me, and is selfish and spiteful. It would not surprise me to hear that some are contacting their local Republican party offices to offer their services.

[sufrommich]

52. I'm sure Rush and Hannity would not lie to us.

What possible motive would they have for splitting the democrats?

[Emit]

53. I was referring to the callers

who, ironically, often have the same desperate talking points as long-time DUers, DUers who I have respected over the years, who went off the deep end for HRC. And like these DUers, these callers found a friend in Fox News, Hannity and Rush -- it's sad and unsettling to hear the calls. What's the old saying, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'?

I realize your point -- Repugs will play the dirty games -- but it is quite apparent that some HRC supporters have lost all perspective and are willing to side with Repugs in order to defeat HRC's perceived number one enemy, Obama. It is what it is -- not everything anti-Dem is a Repug conspiracy, you know.

[cynatnite]

13. They're trying to pass the lie that the Dem Party is tearing itself apart...

which is SO not true.

:rofl: Idiots.

[EFerrari]

14. This is b#llshit. They're going to lose big and they know it.

All they have is this disinfo cr@p.

[geek tragedy]

15. It would be unlike Republicans to lie.

There are some nutjobs who think th entire planet should be punished for the sins of those who dared deny Clinton the nomination. But they're not plentiful--just loud.

[Captain Angry]

16. Take a step back.

Can you think of any reason any person with three braincells would vote for McCain after what Bush did to this country?

The McCain team knows this. The media knows this.

If they don't perpetuate this story, the media has nothing to talk and McCain sits around waiting for his town hall meetings.

[lxlxlxl]

18. COMPLETELY UNVERIFIABLE. DO NOT BUY THIS.

I dont buy it. It's manipulation pure and simple

[gristy]

24. Exactly. Need independent verification and the numbers involved.

How many "calls" from "Democrats" do they usually get, and how may "Democrats" are calling now? As it is, this is strictly "anecdotal". They're just getting a meme out there.

[RiverStone]

25. I agree...

Come on. How many Dems are so damn soft that they want 4 more years of that war mongering puke McBush. I know not one.

Yes, this is nothing but puke propaganda.

[SoCalDem]

21. Vanquished Victimized Vindictive Vixens for Grandpa

the Vee-Vees are on the prowl for Grandpa-votes.. Good for them.. he'll need all the help he can get :)

[PFunk]

23. This could kill two birds w/one stone.

It could help wreck Obama's chances for winning the GE in '08, AND ruin Clinton's chances in '12. Either way it's not good.

[Peace Patriot]

28. "...not good"? Oh, I think it's great. Puke lies always tell you what they fear--

in this case, the "great sucking sound" of former Puke voters flocking to Obama and the Democrats. Obama's already ahead in the polls, and he hasn't even started his campaign. All polls point to a blowout year for the Democrats.

Rule of thumb when listening to Bushites: Whatever they assert, the opposite is true. Are Democrats calling the McCain campaign to help out? Nope. Their phones are dead. Not even Pukes are calling!

This rule also works as to their crimes: Whatever crimes they accuse others of, they are doing. Obama unpatriotic? They are the traitors! (--sold this country to China and Saudi Arabia! outed CIA agents! broke our laws! shredded our Constitution! bankrupted our government! ridiculed war heroes Kerry and Cleland! let Americans die in Katrina! destroyed our "commons"! privatized everything! TRAITORS!). Hugo Chavez is a "dictator"? They are the dictators (--torturing prisoners, suspending habeas corpus, "unitary executive," stolen elections, the Patriot Act, unjust war!).

You get my drift. You can figure out their crimes, their fears, their devious plots, their personal degeneracy and corruption, and everything about them, by listening to what they say and reversing it.

Sily you--believing them! Where've you been these last eight years?

[PFunk]

30. Good points. On the whole I agree with you...

but still I like to think on the bad side of things. Helps perdict how the other side will react.

[unapatriciated]

35. I have to agree

I find the same applies to Walmart commercials-whatever they are promoting( such as more women in management) you will find that there is a large class action lawsuit against them on the same issue.
It's called spin and damage control.

[uppityperson]

27. Only person I've talked with that say will vote McC over Obama are "thinking indepents"

who think McCain is preferable because, after all, he's not a "real" conservative and he has Experience(tm). All Democrats I've talked with are either ecstatic over Obama being the candidate, or sad that Clinton isn't but will vote Obama anyway because McCain is more of the same nutzoid lying assholery that we've put up with for the last long time.

[NotThisTime]

41. DH is an Egghead Independent, he's voting Obama on issues ie. foreign policy

[Kahuna]

29. I wouldn't doubt that some rabid hillbots are carryout their threats to

vote for McSame. They are some sick women to give up all that we as a party has fought for because of hillary. Thanks Hillary.

[and-justice-for-all]

31. I am not buying this bullshit at all...

there might be a very small number who are doing this, but I highly doubt their Dem credentials.

It is more than likely just a repig trick.

[quaker bill]

32. No candidate ever

gets 100% support from his/her party. McCain can tout whatever he will, whether made up or true, he will still lose badly.

He was chosen to run against Hillary as the democratic nominee, a task for which he was reasonably well suited, given the available options. He has more "experience" and P.O.W. "toughness". His resume / portfolio was chosen as the best match against Hillary's campaign frame.

McCain, as most Republicans would, will have an extremely tough time coming across as a "change agent". His experience and long partisan ties work against him in this frame. Mitt Romney would have been a better choice to run against Barack, a lame choice that would have failed as well, but not as poorly. He at least had a non-Washington resume, and less obvious connections to the current regime.

George W will finally get a successful "regime change" under his belt, what will seem curious to him, is that he is the head of the regime that will be changed. But then, as the bumper sticker said "regime change begins at home".

[AllentownJake]

33. McCain is just surprised

He wasn't getting any calls for volunteering before the few angry Hillary supporters.

Remember McCain is actually less popular in his own party than Obama is even with the Angry Hillary supporters.

One trip to Free Republic and you'll see they actually have been bashing McCain more than we have in the past 2 months.

[WinkyDink]

36. "who identify themselves as Democrats" ~~~ Uh-huh.

[mamalone]

38. Well, I don't know now...

I mean it's not like the Repubs would ever lie about something like this, now would they?:eyes:


seriously, I think this is more about McCain's camp's wishful thinking and hype-hope than anything else.

[Joe the Revelator]

40. Its the 200 or so idiots at HCF.net

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=15296

[sufrommich]

42. Gosh,you don't suppose this could be a republican lie

designed to sow discord within the Democratic party,do you?They wouldn't stoop that low,would they?:think:

[Tippy]

44. these people are mostly Republicans who changed their registration to vote for Hillary....

Now they are going home and getting some getting excellent media coverage....on the way..

[opihimoimoi]

45. Operation Chaos...prolly led by Rush...

[Fla Dem]

46. Lies, Lies, and more Lies.........

So typical of the Repugs...just more misdirection and misinformation. If a true Dem in all honesty cannot get behind Obama, THEY WOULD NOT WORK TO GET A REPUBLICAN ELECTED. Period, end of story. After 8 disastrous years of the Bush debacle, no real Dem would work for McBush.

[Danger Mouse]

48. I wouldn't trust a Rescumlican if they told me the sky is blue.

[last1standing]

49. I think there's a concern troll at DU trying to create fear in Democrats.

Do you have any idea who that could be? :shrug:

[POAS]

50. "Trust but Verify"--------here's how

"Follow the money"!

If democrats in significant numbers are moving to McCain his list of donors and overall dollars will go up while his average $ per donation will go down.

[JerseygirlCT]

51. Two people called instead of one

That's 100% increase!

I don't think that many who really were Democrats are going to jump on the campaign bus for Bush's 3rd term.

[Thrill]

54. Bush wasn't enough. They're thirsty for more

[Overseas]

55. Of course we believe everything Rick Davis says !

As McDrain's campaign manager he would surely tell us the truth and of course ABC isn't biased at all.

[stevietheman]

56. We'll see many Republicans and Independents volunteering for Obama as well.

This is clearly going to be a realignment election!