In Loose Style, McCain Leads a Camp Divided

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Source: NY Times

Out of his hearing, Mr. McCain is called the White Tornado by some people who have worked for him over the years. Throughout his presidential campaign, he has been the overseer of a kingdom of dissenting camps, unclear lines of command and an unsettled atmosphere that keeps aides constantly on edge.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/us/politics/10mccain.html

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THIS guy claims he's commander in chief material

Look what a bum start he got his campaign off to, before he was rescued by lobbyists IMHO.

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1. Wow, reports of disarray in the McCain camp!

Now here's a mystery:

"Two weeks ago, he publicly disagreed with his own spokeswoman, Jill Hazelbaker, after she used a line of attack against Senator Barack Obama that he had approved after careful strategizing within his campaign. Ms. Hazelbaker raced out of the Virginia campaign headquarters and refused to take Mr. McCain’s calls of apology, aides said, and a plan to have Republican members of Congress use the same critical line about Mr. Obama’s foreign trip fell apart."

Can anyone figure out what the "critical line" was? It's bizarre that the article doesn't report that key fact!

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3. Wow, here's the answer, from Wonkette!

http://wonkette.com/401223/mccain-spokeswoman-gets-in-twoooouble-with-the-boss

with video

Here’s a Fox News clip from today of John McCain’s communications director Jill Hazelbaker, a.k.a. “the poor man’s Dana Perino.” She said that Barack Obama is not going to the Middle East to learn anything about the situation On The Ground — a stark contrast to avid listener John McCain, who learned about the two kinds of Muslims during his last trip to the region.

Hazelbaker added that Obama’s trip will be a “first-of-its-kind campaign rally overseas,” presumably replete with bottle service for all Iranian illicit arms-dealing VIPs. Her remark was so stupid that John McCain — not exactly the greatest “filterer” in politics himself — has disagreed with her and will speak with her about their talking points. He’ll tell her to include this great joke he once heard about a gorilla.

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2. We're going to be talking about this for days btw