McCain Accepts Media Environment

At the end of another adventuresome week on the trail, full of ups and downs and awkward developments, John McCain talked about campaigning without a net in today's insatiable media environment.

"Do I misspeak from time to time? Do I say something that I later have to correct? Sure," he said in an interview after his town hall meeting here Friday.

"If you talk for an hour and half, you're obviously going to have someone take a couple of words, or several words, out of context, and it goes back and forth on the blogs, and then it's on the cable (news), and that's fine, that's the way it is, I accept that," he said.

"But I'm not going to run a scripted, structured campaign," McCain declared, at the conclusion of a weeklong tour of six battleground states that was designed in part to produce a more "structured" campaign message.

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Comments

[Gatormouth]

That grin in the lead photo. So help me, it looks like a taxidermist 's work.

[Gma11]

Oh, my . . . from this article:

"It also featured at least one unwanted sound bite: on domestic drilling, McCain said, "I'll do everything in my power to get those offshore reserves exploited," then stopped and, drawing laughter, amended that last word to "explored.""

[edwarvir]

He doesn't have too the news media will look over anything he does or saids that
is wrong .

[research]

This is news, but Kucinich trying to bring to justice a criminal BushCo administration: not so much?

[larry278]

This is shaping up to become a very dull campaign unless both McCain & Obama don't get nominated. The vote on 11/4/08 will be absurd if both of them get dumped; but that could destroy the USA's farce of 2 parties but 1 policy system. I could also win the grand prize for Power Ball Lotto before 11/5/08 too.

[Liberoservative]

Isn't "structure" why they brought on the new guy? Schmidt, Schultz?

[harriscrl3]

Umm maybe thats the problem that he is going off script. I cant believe for a second that they scripted Bomb Iran tune to the Beach Boys Barabara Ann or that cigarette comment.

Stay on script buddy that way you dont come off as the Neocon war mongerer that you are.

Carol

[JiminNC]

I will agree that there seems to be little if any structure to his campaign.

[mnash]

So. If he makes mistakes, doesn't know what he is talking about, it is okay? Do I want this man as president? NOT!!!! He probably would not remember what he said yesterday!!!! Like his first marriage???

[jeffp26]

Can this old sob actually read? Or is he illiterate just like his twin/clone W?

[Viper]

Of course not.

McSaurus could not remember the script day to day anyway.

Regards

[DMW1]

McCain mispeaks constantly. How is that going to go over when he's having diplmatic talks with other nations? Or perhaps since he knows he's so bad at speaking that's why he'd rather just take military action...

Recent "mispeaks" by McCain:
http://www.StopThinkVote.com/quotes.html

[ObamAtomic]

McCain: I Won't Run "Scripted, Structured" Campaign,well you will dump the 3 telepromter?

[MizLiz]

No scripts or structures? Well, of course not. He would get hopelessly confused, and reading the TelePrompTer is SOOOOO hard.

Better to have his handlers follow along after him with shovels. Isn't that what people have to do with elephants?

[coba]

of course he accepts the media coverage and "environment" because the media loves mccain
sensico.wordpress.com

[Liberoservative]

"But I'm not going to run a scripted, structured campaign," McCain declared,

Good grief, how are you going to run our country then?? McClueless!!!