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McCain Site Goes For Laugh, Bloggers See Potential Gaffe
In this game show on John McCain's website, Question No. 7 asks who would be the best general election candidate for the Republicans to nominate. The answer choices are McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul. If you answer Giuliani, the "audience" groans and you are told: "The nomination of Rudy Giuliani would likely lead to the formation of a third party made up of social conservatives. He would also likely get 'swift boated' by firemen, police officers and even victims of 9/11 who are upset with his performance. . . . Giuliani changes the electoral map in a way that makes it very difficult for the GOP nominee to win."
On a conference call with bloggers yesterday, McCain was asked if this was just kidding around or was this a serious assertion by him? He answered that he's "trying to inject a little humor" into the campaign, allowing that it's "a little juvenile." He said he was not predicting the third-party reaction or swiftboating of Giuliani. "I think it's kind of a clever thing for the website," he said.
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Concord Monitor's Primary Monitor Blog | Ari Richter | November 15, 2007 12:09 AM