Grandpa's doing Damage Control - LIVE on MSNBC

[npincus]

He's challenging Obama to do a series of joint-townhall meetings around the country... and he's got a live (very white) audience in front of the BIG GREEN WALL...

I think that his advisors recognized how deadly dull he was last night, and desperately want to get him infront of a live audience where he (alledgedly) does much better than on a podium.


Making a great fuss over his "invitation" to Obama. Just watch out for what you wish for! :rofl:

[Lex]

1. Obama will crush him in ANY format

town hall, debate, you name it.

[spanone]

2. dear grandpa, obama will clean your clock

[Doityourself]

3. yeah...he and his supporters know he sucked hairy balls dipped in shit last night..lol

[gatorboy]

4. It's a ploy to put Obama on the defensive which could backfire.

Obama should agree, then challenge McCain to do a series of townhall meetings in poor inner cities around the country and see how he holds up.

[smoogatz]

Yep. Let's do the first one in the 9th Ward.

Open to the public, of course.

[gatorboy]

12. That would be a brilliant move!

[oregonjen]

15. With that, be sure to have a blown up pic of */McSame eating cake

That will say it all.

[smoogatz]

23. Hey, it's McCain's new slogan: "Let us eat cake."

And let those poor bastards in New Orleans drown.

[blondeatlast]

33. Oh, hell yes! nt

[lamp_shade]

25. Why "town hall"??

Why not "town stadium"? What's McCain afraid of?

[smoogatz]

28. Good point.

McCain has zero presence, so he doesn't do well in larger venues. On a big stage next to Obama, McCain would completely disappear.

[Mz Pip]

5. Won't matter

Can you imagine a Town Hall metting with Obama? The room would be packed with people. Standing room only. 20,000 people outside the dooors. McCain would faint dead away.

[npincus]

22. Good point!

It would be a frickin' stampede.

[smoogatz]

6. Town hall, or Republican town hall?

I think Obama should take him up on it, frankly, with clear ground rules: each side gets to distribute equal numbers of tickets, etc. Obama would, in short order, have the entire audience chanting "yes we can."

[Chimichurri]

13. under his terms, you know limited crowds, limited media etc.

that way they can fill the room with their jokers. Take the footage, chop it up to distort the context to then run it 24 hours a day on the tee vee. That's all he's got and he know it.

[Rosemary2205]

7. I hope he makes GREEN the centerpiece of his media sets

geesh it really makes him look sickly.

[Lex]

8. The wandering around on the stage & off the camera & saying "uhhhh"

isn't looking too good.

[Frustratedlady]

9. Well, he's certainly different than he was last night.

Awake or sober comes to mind.

This morning, he can't spew the words out fast enough.

[Gabi Hayes]

10. he just said this, and I QUOTE:

"Nuclear power, my friends is SAFE.
Nuclear power, my friends is CHEAP.
Nuclear power, my friends is SAFE!!!!!!!!"

[ljm2002]

41. Someone needs to ask him a series of questions...

...to wit:

1 - You are a proponent of private enterprise over government wherever possible, right? (the answer will be yes)

2 - The reason you are a proponent of private enterprise is that private enterprise is almost always more efficient and better at achieving their stated goals, right? (presumably his answer will be yes)

3 - For example, you would agree that private insurance companies are the best at assessing risk, right? (he may see where you're going with this, so who knows what the answer will be)

4 - So why do the private insurance companies decline to insure nuclear power plants, if they're SO safe?

[Avalux]

11. They're still using that green wall? Excellent.

The combination of that, his ghostly white skin and yellow teeth can only be tolerated for a minute or two.

[snacker]

16. LOL! n/t

[Chimichurri]

18. i hope they keep putting him on television. He's a disaster!

[npincus]

19. LOL- so fucking ugly and a bit unusual, no?

Don't presidential candidates like to stick w/red and/or white and/or blue? Green reminds me of a golf course, or an Irish pub.

[LSK]

32. maybe they cant afford a better one

:rofl:

[npincus]

38. ..

[TeamsterDem]

14. I believe the phrase you were looking for is "attempting damage control"

"doing" seems to connote actually accomplishing that mission.

[lpbk2713]

17. If Obama is as wise as I think he is, he'll wait a while to debate the Old Fart.

Let the grind of working a desperate campaign wear down McLame
and he'll be a pushover in any debate under any conditions.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[smoogatz]

21. McCain's already behaving like the underdog

so clearly he's not buying the polling that shows him tied or at least in the ballpark in terms of electoral votes. That's interesting in itself. If Obama's the front-runner, then yes, he should act like it and keep the number of debates to a minimum and dictate as much as possible the venues, moderators, and terms.

[blondeatlast]

35. He's already a pushover. Besides the 2K R primary campaign, he hasn't faced any

real competition in, well, ever. He can't handle it (I'm a Zonie, I know).

Bring it, McMore--the sooner, the better.

[lpbk2713]

37. Certainly McLame is a pushover now but just wait till the campaign progresses in time.

McLame will be showing the effects of running a desperate campaign. He's got a tough road ahead of him. Even his own party doesn't like him, but they know he's all they've got. After the campaign grinds on it wouldn't surprise me to see him in public appearances with a glassy-eyed look, mumbling his words and maybe even drooling a little bit of saliva now and then.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

20. Yes, he's on MSNBC right now,

and that's what the "Mute" button is for.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........

[hokies4ever]

24. Obama is trying his best to imitate McCain

He's even wearing a bracelet now like Obama has been doing since around the Ohio primary or so. He's doing a lot of rambling at this town hall meeting. No doubt his advisors told him to work on his speaking skills some more. :rofl:

[Fireweed247]

26. McCain knows they will steal if for him

Otherwise he wouldn't be wanting to debate Obama. There is no way McCain will come out ahead after that, even with the fixed questions by the Corporate media.

[liberal N proud]

27. I would think that the contrast would make him shy away from

joint meetings with Obama.
Age is not an asset in this case.

[smoogatz]

29. You'd think.

It's an interesting moment, frankly. I wasn't paying much attention to the Republican primaries, but if the toughest contender other than McCain was Huckabee you have to wonder whether McCain's campaign apparatus has really been tested. It will be interesting indeed to see how they respond to a team that's as polished and professional as Obama's; I really don't think they understand what's coming at them yet.

[blondeatlast]

36. "...if McCain's campaign appratus has been tested." It hasn't, not here in AZ.

Here, it's okay to hire your cronies and big money guys and lobbyists and wife's corporate friends--it's still a walk in the park for a Republican. The major media in the market is absolutely for you and their market is so concentrated in one area that in the Tucson and outlying areas there's no need to break a sweat.

Even I, as a near-lifetime Arizonan, know that Obama's faced some seriously tough campaigning even as a Democrat (possibly/likely even moreso). Until 2K, McCain faced virtually no competition and even then he was really advised very badly.

I've been waiting for his epic fail for 30 years.

[ProgressiveFool]

30. Agree, agree! Obama'd clean his clock (and going by last night, it needs cleaning)

Also, I think it's a mistake for McCain to do more appearances next to Obama than he absolutely has to. It's hard to get Repubs to agree to debates because they can be so unpredictable.

[Iggo]

31. Why should Obama raise crowds for Grampy?

Let McSame fill his own halls...if he can. (I can hear the crickets now...lol.)

[stillcool]

34. Yes!!

I am so looking forward to these debates. It would be great if Obama could have a debate with Bush as well...just for entertainment value.

[MiniMe]

39. If he is speaking, he isn't doing much damage control

:rofl:

[BrotherBuzz]

40. Big green wall?

Isn't that a Hollywood trick thing where they can add something later, like say, people of color?