McCain's Very Bad Day

McCain's campaign has been all over the place today - from the economy, to his criticism of morning show anchors, to whether he invented the BlackBerry and on Sarah Palin's inability to run a company. And to make matters worse, conservative pundits are turning against McCain.

The biggest flub came this morning when McCain slammed Wall Street "fat cats" even though his single biggest donor is Merrill Lynch. After denouncing the very people that help pay for his campaign, McCain suggested the government set up a commission to look into what went wrong. Barack Obama criticized McCain for "passing the buck" on the economy:

Democratic candidate Barack Obama says he will take regulatory oversight seriously as president and accuses his Republican opponent, John McCain, of wanting to "pass the buck."

McCain proposed Tuesday to create a commission to study how the economic crisis came about. McCain compared it to the Sept. 11 commission established to investigate the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Katharine Zaleski is the Senior News Editor of HuffingtonPost.com. She can be reached at [e-mail]

Comments

[SCCavie93]

MCCAIN is CLUELESS and really should STOP trying to pretend to understand anything with respect to ECONOMICS.

Judging from the last 8 years alone, I am still trying to understand the attraction to the GOP candidates PERIOD.

The Republicans with the assistance fickle voters seem to be determined to DESTROY the US. I smell Hoover all over again. (One would think that the people of the country would learn from past so as NOT to repeat the same silly mistakes.)

[dadw5boys]

WATCH FOR PALIN TO BE REPLACED BY JEB BUSH !!!!!

[lukebenward]

haha You're funny. If it weren't so damn scary, I'd actually like to say how much I'd like to see McCain tap dance his way out of this one. "Oh, he may be the brother of George W. Bush, but he isn't like him. Honest. I'm not vying for his third term. Honest. 'Read my lips...' Uh, okay, forget that one."

[troika]

As it is the McCain/Palin ticket is sinking. God forbid McCain/Bush ticket. Then Barbara Bush would be jumping with joy. How low can it sink before it vanishes without a trace?

[lukebenward]

Is that HP dolt thrown under the bus yet? Chris Matthews made it a point to say at least half a dozen times in the span of his hour, to say the girl w/ a $40 million dollar plus golden parachute, would retract that statement by Midnight _this_ day (6 hours ago).

[Free2Speak]

I just watched this Joe John on CNN "Keeping them honest".Well who keep CNN honest.CNN went all the way back when Obama said McCain wanted to keep troops in Iraq for a 100 years.It true,and he even gave an example of SKorea and Japan.Obama told the truth,Americans wants our troops home now,not only because they're are fighting but they dont believe out troops should be in that country no matter if they are fighting are not.

[MRb1000]

Yeah we all know why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRV8Q9IBDxk

[RFBorjal]

Just in from the Dissociated Press:

Fresh from the monumental success of his Blackberry, John McCain is now market-testing his newly developed, state-of-the-art Cranberry in Wasilla, Alaska and Little Diomede Island where caribous can see Russia on a clear day. The Cranberry is scheduled for roll-out in all 50 States and the Territories on Thanksgiving Day.

According to a senior aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the press on the matter, McCain stumbled on the concept of the Cranberry while trying to send an email on an IBM electric typewriter.

[babs101]

Very, very funny!

[troika]

Very funny and next week he will say he invented STRAWBERRY with the help of Fiorina. This is all giving a bad rap to the real BLACKBERRY which we all so revere.

[JiminNC]

Nice hat John.

[1differentdrummer]

All hat, no cattle.

[PaxChristi]

BREAKING NEWS

Social Security bankrupt due to failing markets... Oh ! Wait ! That never happened. The Democratic Party was in control of Congress due to the 2006 election and stopped the GOP, Bush and McCain from Changing our Social Security System.

Never mind.

[lukebenward]

I love this statement!

[dawlishgal]

Bravo! The thought crossed my mind while watching the Republican convention that a lot of the old people who were cheering and clapping --the same ones who waved their purple bandaids in their glee that the Republicans were getting away with sliming the military career of an honorable man to deflect attention from the cowardice of a combat-evader-- had no idea how close they came to being dependent on either social safety nets (if there any left after the Republicans get this way) or their grandchildren (if their grandchildren have any money left after paying for Bush's war).

[the964kid]

I've already changed my iPhone signature to:

sent from my iPhone (thanks to the inventor John McCain)

[veronicamutans]

remember when we all realized that geaorge w bush desiplayed all the symptoms of a dry drunk - someone who's brain is screwed up from years of being a heavy drinker?

now we're going for a guy who many people and professionals believe displays signs of alzheimer.

why do we choose these muddled thinkiner? thes epeople who view the world in black and white and as palin recently said, don't blink an eye - in other words, act without thinking.

we need people who are sane - my god! at the very least - to lead our country. bush, palin, mccain - crazy. CRAZy. in the clinical sense.

[Doik]

Get your More-Pain 2008 bumper stickers at the Newsifact blogspot website

[buckygreen]

Its really quite simple. If you want to allow the r e pu gg z to finish destroying whats left of your country,

vote mc cain/ p a in

[blackbirdpie]

Every day that John McCain shows his face is a very bad day.

[max]

MCCAIN IS WEAK ....SAME OLD CRAP

[mari2JJ]

Caught in a lie, what else can he do but CHANGE THE SUBJECT. I guess McCain knew he could not win on the issues so he has picked up the worst of the Bush habits to try to win this one. He is so sick and has no moral rudder at all. Very sad.

[stayinsouth1981]

So we want to elect this man to the office of president and risk him alienating the US because he doesn't know who his friends and allies are?

I said this before. I believe John Sidney McCain is showing signs of Alzheimer's. He has repeatedly said things that just don't make sense. How do we know he has all his faculties?

[truthynesslover]

they voted for bush didnt they and he didnt have a good excuse.

[twiggy2]

we don't know, that is just it. his medical records should be released. not only is alzheimer's a risk so is post traumatic stress disorder. the public deserves to know his medical history, he is running for the highest office in the land. the republicans are covering for him they need to get him the help he needs.

[stayinsouth1981]

Enabling?