By GottaLaff
Help yourself to a big, heaping spoonful of Gramm-pa McCain's withering campaign:
The plane taxied to a halt only 100 metres away from the crowd gathered at an airport outside the city of Cedar Rapids. They cheered wildly as McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, descended from the aircraft and trooped through the throng, smiling and shaking hands.H/t: Chris
Then things started to go wrong. 'Thank you so much, Iowa. It's great to be here in Grand Rapids,' Palin said as she took the stage, naming a completely different city in the far-off state of Michigan. 'CEDAR Rapids!' came shouts from the crowd. Palin ignored her gaffe and ploughed on with a speech that was quickly interrupted by anti-war protesters. For several minutes the hangar was filled with shouts and chants, drowning out the Alaska governor's words. Then McCain took the stage, and the same thing happened to him, forcing him off his script to address an unruly scrimmage as security hauled out the shouting demonstrators. 'The one thing Americans want us to do is stop yelling at each other,' McCain said in exasperation.
Suddenly, after hauling his campaign back into contention for the White House, the wheels are starting to come off McCain's fabled Straight Talk Express. The gaffe-ridden rally in Cedar Rapids was only one indication. In a week of almost unprecedented economic crisis, when Wall Street seemed on the brink of meltdown, McCain's presidential bid was hit by mistake after mistake, varying from the serious to the surreal. [...]
At the same time the remarkable surge of support inspired by Palin seems to be ebbing. Polls show women voters drifting back to Obama, who has established a slim lead again. Palin is increasingly mired in the 'Troopergate' scandal related to allegations that she fired a senior official out of a personal grudge against her sister's former partner. Palin's star, which shone so brightly for two weeks and reinvigorated the Republican base, is showing every sign of dimming.
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11 comments:
Wheels coming off, gaffes, terrible policies, forgetfulness, being out of touch... The Fake Talk Express is having a breakdown.
Ha! I love this story.
Oh lord - Rachel's saying that Todd is Sarah Lou's de facto chief of staff. Welcome to America run by Todd fucking Palin!
but they have bought Palin new clothes
I wonder if they will let her keep them when they lose?
Or like most spokesmodels will she have to give them back to wardrobe?
I started to type that Toad and Sarah are the creepiest couple, but then I remembered the Cheneys.
How come there wasn't any network coverage of McCain & Palin being drowned out by protesters? This is coming from the UK. Why are they doing a better job covering the campaign than the US media is? Rhetoical...
Which is why Greg Palast works there instead of here.
Yeah, the lights are finally diming on that Wacko!!
The Fake Talk Express is now the Into-the-Sunset Limited.
Would that be the Sunset Retirement Home? Palin could get a job as a bed-pan person...
chris, the American Media wants its citizens to think that the McCain/Palin "wrong turn, off the road, into-the-ditch" express is still doing well!
And that Palin's still as popular
as "a pit bull with lipstick"
That would be George Bush with lipstick (and a lower IQ!)
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