Lashing Out: McCain Flack Turns On Bill Kristol

[katty]

-But leading that particular pack of wolves is Kristol, who says that the "McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic."


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Lashing Out: McCain Flack Turns On Bill Kristol
October 13, 2008 12:48 PM


The state of the McCain campaign is drawing fire from its own ostensible allies. At the head of the line of Republicans looking to be the first to flick dirt on McCain's grave is Bill Kristol, who says in today's New York Times, that if "the race continues over the next three weeks to be a conventional one, McCain is doomed." Since that's coming from a guy who, through his own bad advice, has contributed mightily to the grave McCain is measuring, it makes sense that he be given the first shovel of dirt.

But didn't Kristol get the message? Today, the key line of John McCain's rebooted stump speech is directed at his rival, Barack Obama, and it goes a little something like, "We have him right where we want him." That was the plan, all along, you see! Be down double digits in the polls, possessed of the necessity of campaigning in West Virginia, and in need of tempering your supporters' passions because they have suddenly veered wildly in the direction of psychosis. I love it when a plan comes together, even if that plan is only indicative of the fact that McCain's moved to the "denial" stage of grief. Brace yourself, because anger and depression are still to come!

Amid this turmoil, McCain's attempts to relaunch his campaign have encountered a new obstacle: his fellow Republicans, who, like Kristol, are prepping themselves for an old-fashioned circular firing squad. Over the weekend, the New York Times noted that party leaders "were worried Mr. McCain was heading for defeat unless he brought stability to his presidential candidacy and settled on a clear message" for his campaign. And in today's edition of The Hill, a chorus of disapproval weighs in on McCain's muffed punt of the Paulson bailout package.


But leading that particular pack of wolves is Kristol, who says that the "McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic."

[KharmaTrain]

1. Can't They Wait Until AFTER They Lose???

Ah, the knives are already out, so are the liferafts as the rats jump ship...the "who lost the election" and "whose a Repugnican" debates have already begun. I've long predicted a day of reckoning following this election as the various factions blame one another for their fall from power and it won't be pretty. Gramps will be the ultimate loser in both reputation and will become an almost non-person in GOOP circles. Then watch the "big tent" of Ronnie Raygun finally shread away as neo-cons blame fundies who blame "fiscal conservatives" who blame moderates who blame Paulbots. The thought just makes one want to beat them harder on election day.

[gratuitous]

2. Kristol spinning so hard, he's screwed himself into the ground

Wasn't Kristol one of the original Love Children of Sarah Palin, practically creaming himself in joy over McCain's unexpected choice of the "popular" "unknown" (yeah, it's self-contradictory, are you looking for logic out of Bill Kristol?) Alaska governor. You'd think poor Bill would get whiplash. Look for him in a cervical collar near you.

[katty]

4. Kristol was for Palin and Newt G...BK also a flip flopper

let them eat their own.

[Elidor]

3. Bill's a helluva guy

He pressures them into accepting Palin as Veep and then, as she's dragging the ticket down, starts giving out advanced post-mortems on what went wrong.

Thanks again, Bill. You're one of the best campaign operatives the democrats have.

[pennylane100]

5. Message to Billy Kristol,

Karma's a bitch.