McCain Campaign Emails Out Youtube Clip of McCain Bashing Own Economic Adviser

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/defensive-mccai.html

This is how you know a campaign is having a bad day: when it feels the need to email out to reporters a Youtube clip of its own candidate bashing his own top economic adviser.

In Belleville, Mich., this afternoon, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., distanced himself from comments made by his top economic adviser, former Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, who called the U.S. "sort of" a "nation of whiners" in a kind of "mental recession."

"I don't agree with Senator Gramm," he said. "I believe that the person here in Michigan that just lost his job isn't suffering from a mental recession. I believe the mother here in Michigan and around America that is trying to get enough money to educate their children isn't whining. America's in great difficulty and we are experiencing enormous economic challenges as well as others. Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak for me, so I strongly disagree, go ahead and follow-up."

Asked about Obama's comments today -- in which Obama noted that McCain had said that part of the recession are psychological and that some of McCain's energy plan will have "psychological", adding that the nation doesn't need another Dr. Phil -- McCain said that when it comes to ideas about energy independence, Obama is "Dr. No."

:rofl:

[bunnies]

1. Someone should send them this...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6aHJT1Ol0iE&v3

[anonymous171]

2. McCain is fucking nuts.

I can't wait for the debates. :evilgrin:

[NYC_SKP]

3. Barack's campaign doesn't need to work very hard, it seems...

...to take out John McCain.

He's doing a great job of it all on his own.

Obama should take Michelle and the girls down to the US Virgin Islands or someplace else nice and just come back in late October.

:hi:

[NatBurner]

4. I bet they closed the comments for it

johnny's taking a beating on the CNN ticker