McCain's brother lets loose on the McCain campaign. Talk about drama.

[kpete]

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
McCain's brother lets loose on the McCain campaign. Talk about drama.
Joe Sudbay (DC) · 10/14/2008 06:30:00 PM ET ·

Earlier this week, Bill Kristol smacked the McCain campaign. Tucker Bounds attacked Kristol, which resulted in Kristol fighting back. It was a big intra-GOP cat fight.

Get ready for another round of intra-GOP battles. This time, it's family. How long before Tucker Bounds gets on t.v. to attack the latest GOPer to let loose on the McCain campaign? It might get a little dicey, because the latest McCain campaign basher is McCain's brother, Joe:

In a new shot across the bow of Arizona Sen. John McCain's lagging campaign, the Republican candidate's younger brother is blasting the campaign's top management and desperately pleading for a change of course.

Joe McCain, in an e-mail sent late Monday night, called on top campaign aides to allow more press access to those who know the presidential nominee best. He said loosening the tight message control was needed because it had become "counter-productive" and was "causing gangrene."

Reflecting apparent unhappiness with the way his brother is being portrayed, Joe McCain also said the campaign needs to make new "ads that show John not as crank and curmudgeon but as a great leader for his time."

"Let John McCain be John McCain," he wrote, criticizing unnamed campaign managers for slamming the door shut to reporters eager to interview those who know the candidate best.

more at:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/mccains-brother-lets-loose-on-mccain.html

[Bicoastal]

1. Hello-o-o-o Billy Carter.

:)

[rucky]

3. They always have a brother.

and in our current situation, "the brother" actually became President.

[Cha]

9. Brwawawawa! Leave to the corporatemediaWhore$ and

the insane wing to get only the very best.

[TheDonkey]

2. The McTroll campaign is officially in shambles

when the brother is now pubically lashing out.

Maybe it is time for Bush to hit the stump???

[faithfulcitizen]

5. "Maybe it is time for Bush to hit the stump???" LOL!

[Oak2004]

12. Oh please, yes! Throw that Hail Mary out there

I want to see Bush out there on the campaign trail.

Obama would be looking at the first ever fifty state sweep.

[TheDonkey]

14. Time to unleash Plan Hail Mary X, McCain!

Please oh Please have our heroic incumbents Bush/Cheney Barnstorm across battleground states. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Unleash Bush!!!
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[political_Dem]

4. Too Late. We've seen McCain be himself too many times during this long election season.

And a lot of people have found a lot not to like about the man, especially when it comes to his bigoted, nasty ways.

[trof]

6. If they let John be John it's a lock for Barack.

[Cha]

7. Nothing from joe mccain on the hate, lies, and smears?

Only how mccain is seen as a curmudgeony old crank?

Btw, what did kristol say back to tucker bounds?}(

[1Hippiechick]

8. His "handlers" have painted themselves into a corner by bashing the press and portraying them as NOT

to be believed. Can't have it both ways. I LOVE it. Has the word "implode" occurred to anyone? I've been thinking that word for days now, and loving every minute of it.

[Cha]

10. That's right! Excellent point, Hippiechick~

They're now blaming the "media" for them losing.

[CakeGrrl]

11. Will that work as well as "Let Sarah be Sarah?"

and if we aren't seeing "The Real John McCain", why the hell haven't we?

[wileedog]

13. Hey, the guy's right

McCain let the Rove handlers in, let them shut down the supposed "Straight Talk Express" and encouraged McCain to do the absolutely unthinkable - alienate and piss off his "base" - the media.

Everything about the McCain campaign that resurrected him from the dead in the primaries was thrown out to run a conventional Repug smear campaign. They took away everything remotely appealing to Independents about McCain and threw it in the slime. Then added Palin as the dysfunctional cherry on top.

They have made Mark Penn look like a political God in comparison.

[stillcool]

17. isn't Charlie Black still running..

McCain's campaign?

[cynatnite]

15. Proof that the repukes are looking to the old TV show, West Wing..

:rofl:

[nomaco-10]

16. Isn't he the same bro that said parts of va were comminist? n/t