McCain Reaching Out To Liberal Blogs

Washington Times:

Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is trying to tap a new audience of potential voters by taking his campaign message straight to liberal and nonpolitical issues-based blogs, which reach millions of readers but don't often delve into conservative politics.

The strategy was in full swing yesterday when Mr. McCain invited non-conservative bloggers to join his regular blogger conference call, just hours after he delivered a major speech previewing his war strategy and other priorities for a first presidential term.

Read the whole story: Washington Times

Comments

[seejake]

quote: "We hope to be the most accessible and transparent campaign in history,"

How does Cindy McCain refusing to release her tax returns count as being transparent?

Who does this old fart think he's fooling anyway?

[2351]

Now McCain has the republicans attacking Michelle Obama. Fox has really gone too far. So what happens if McCains wife starts getting trashed?

[Podewumun]

If you think McCain's nads are old and shriveled up now, after he takes on HuffPo, they'll turn to dust.

[realtalk]

MAYBE McCAIN COULD EXPLAIN TO US WHY HIS FOREIGN POLICY INCLUDES WAR WITH RUSSIA, AND CHINA:

On March 26, 2008, McCain gave a speech on FOREIGN POLICY in Los Angeles that was billed as his most comprehensive statement on the subject. It contained within it the most radical idea put forward by a major candidate for the presidency in 25 years. Yet almost no one noticed. BIG SURPRISE!!!

In his speech McCain proposed that the United States expel Russia from the G8, the group of advanced industrial countries. Moscow was included in this body in the 1990s to recognize and reward it for peacefully ending the cold war on Western terms, dismantling the Soviet empire and withdrawing from large chunks of the old Russian Empire as well. McCain also proposed that the United States EXCLUDED China from the councils of power.

What McCain has announced is momentous"that the United States should adopt a policy of active exclusion and hostility toward two major global powers. It would reverse a decades-old bipartisan American policy of integrating these two countries into the global order, a policy that began under Richard Nixon (with Beijing) and continued under Ronald Reagan (with Moscow). It is a policy that would alienate many countries in Europe and Asia who would see it as an attempt by Washington to begin a new cold war.


http://www.newsweek.com/id/134317

[Marlyn]

"a policy of active exclusion and hostility"

Yes, a continuation of the Bush doctrine.

[Americanium]

Says the the Liberal Blogger to another Liberal Blogger, " McCain has invited us to a bloggers conference, Ohhh we are so important ], we should go and be on our best behavior."

The other Liberal Blogger replied. "Yeah!! We must not say or write anything to piss him off or we won't be invited to anymore conferences or BBQs. We have hit the big times!!!!! Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!"

So much for terms liberal blogger and MSM. The lines have been blurred.

Politicians are smart. McCain knows that to just appeal to a person's inert selfishness and their sense of self-importance and they cave like an empty potato sack.

Liberal bloggers are no different from other members of the MSM. Just look at aHuffPo and the Bittergate saga.

[getoffmedz]

zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Podewumun]

Roll over, dear. lol

[Marlyn]

"Liberal bloggers are no different from other members of the MSM." ???

Liberal bloggers are NOT part of the MSM. Haven't you heard, there are no liberal voices in the MSM (Corporate controlled right wing TV networks).

[realtalk]

Maybe McCain can explain why he cooperated with the enemy when he was a prisoner of war, and received special treatment by the Vietnamese Government for it!! As a matter of PUBLIC GOVERNMENT RECORD (records that have been CLASSIFIED by the US government: how convenient!!! How about McCain tell us why he won't get the tapes UNCLASSIFIED so we can all see how he disrespected the USA)

McCain also made over 32 TAPES of PROPAGANDA for the Vietnamese Government, the enemy, and it seems he was one of the only prisoner of war in Veitnam to have cooperated with the enemy.

McCain also gave interviews to the Vietnamese communist news service, interviews that were NOT flattering to the USA, but were disrespectul to this country.

Why did you do that McCain?! I think the citizens if this country, as well as the soldiers who served with you, and did NOT betray their country like you did, would really like to know why you worked for the enemy during the Vietnam war, and why you don't want Americans to see what it was you said about this country to the Vietnamese government.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/02/17/in-1992-pows-accused-mccain-of-collaborating-with-vietnamese/

[debwarot]

Actually, whatever he did or didn't do many years ago under prolonged torture is not relevant at this point.

[Agentlady007]

This man is not a leader IMO. He will need an administration of pure genius to lead us as the President. If he is reading this, make sure you test the IQ of everyone you higher, and make sure they are smart, otherwise, this article is right.

[newshawk14]

First he was rattling Jerry Falwell's zipper, and now he's trying the same tactic on the liberals. I
don't think it will work, in any way, shape, or form. To paraphrase Will Rodgers, this man has
never met a principle, that he wouldn't be willing to compromise. When you try to fool all of the
people some of the time, it doesn't work, when you yourself are a fool.

[stonepier]

Fine - best of Irish luck to you.

[MarkyM]

Hey John, I just got back from 2013 and as predicted, Republicans are obsolete! Now, granted, some of them evolved and became functioning members of society but the majority were homeless and forced to learn how to survive with the help of others and give up their love of "THINGS" Some even STILL refused to have an opinion of their own! While regurgitating beliefs from the past without any questions they drove themselves to extinction. There was a quote from a EX top republican official, "We just didn't understand, that giving more money to stupid people means, they will do stupid things with it" "I myself went out and bought a 55" TV with the check George W. McCain sent me instead of saving it and I'm was never even home. I was have a Homosexual affair another official." Gas was 22.00 a gallon cause we cut off weapons to the Saudis and they cut off our oil supply for good.
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[robynuva]

OK, here is some unsolicited advice for the McCain campaign. Stay away from bloggers. They are mostly informed and engaged, and therefore have a very low tolerance for hypocrisy

[Ides]

Ha! Doesn't he realize we're the first ones to dig up his bullshit? Has he been to Digg lately?

[NYC80]

Ok I hear here that Barack Hussein Obama is the progressive candidate lol,

[Independent voter]

Can we stop with the petty, childish name calling? Do you have a point to make?

[bigbingtheory]

That would have been Edwards, Obama is just the Democratic nominee, nycoward80

[dtrain51]

When are we going to start sending E-mail to the news network aksing them to explain why they are not talking about the Larisa Alexandrovna story, I've already send this story to countdown and cafferty file, we need to send it to every news organizations in cluding the Daily Show, come we can do this.

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

He doesn't have the balls to come here.... he KNOWS Arianna has his number... adn so do WE.

[Marlyn]

I hope he doesn't come here. I have NOTHING to say to him.

[JudgeCrater]

"Democrats have had success with online fundraising, but conservative and liberal bloggers said Mr. McCain's outreach to them puts the Republican presidential nominee far ahead of his Democratic counterparts in getting out information."

Oh, yeah, BHO's campaign has REALLY suffered by not engaging bloggers every day. He's been out trying to get VOTES while McFlipFlop wastes his time in these piddly little endeavors.