Joe the Plumber: McCain "Appalled Me," Made Me Feel "Dirty"

The monster turns against Frankenstein : you created my character, I'll retaliate with character assassination.

Politico reports that Joe Wurzelbacher isn't a huge fan of the man who made him famous. He told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt "dirty" after "being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place."
"I honestly felt even more dirty after I had been on the campaign trail and seen some things that take place. It was scary, man," Wurzelbacher said. He told Beck he asked McCain "some pretty direct questions" about the bailout, and wasn't pleased with the response. "They appalled me, absolutely. You know, I was angry. In fact, I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him.

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Obama and McCain Meet in Chicago

'President-elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain agreed on Monday, in their first meeting since the election, to work together on some of the nation’s most pressing challenges, from the financial crisis to national security problems.'

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Commentary: Can McCain be Obama's friend in Congress?

PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain will meet for the first time on Monday since the election.
The meeting comes at an important time for McCain, who must decide what to do with remainder of his career in the Senate.
With his reputation severely harmed as a result of the campaign -- some Republicans furious at him for having lost the White House with a poor campaign and some Democrats furious with the negative tone that his campaign embraced in September and October -- he will have an interest in building a positive legacy.
McCain's best bet would be to form a bipartisan alliance with Obama on as many issues as possible -- perhaps with an economic stimulus bill, immigration reform, exiting Iraq and new regulations on Wall Street.
Doing so would help the president secure bipartisan support while McCain would go down in the record books for helping the nation, through legislation, in a time of grave crisis.

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Obama and McCain to Meet on Monday.

This shows the desire of President-elect Obama to heal the divide between Blue & Red America...
Former presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain will have their first face-to-face meeting Monday at President-elect Obama’s transition office in Chicago.
“It’s well known that they share an important belief that Americans want and deserve a more effective and efficient government, and will discuss ways to work together to make that a reality,” Obama-Biden transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said in a statement.
Also attending the meeting is Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of McCain’s closest friends and political allies, and recently named White House Chief of Staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois. The two men have worked well together before on behalf of their candidates—Emanuel and Graham were the rival campaigns’ debate proxies tasked with negotiating the terms of the presidential debates earlier this year. Graham also praised Obama’s selection of Emanuel as a “wise choice” for chief of staff.

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McCain or Obama? Irrelevant Celebrity Endorsements

For the undecided voter that might be swayed by Scarlett Johansson's opinion. Here are some popular celebrities and the candidates they are backing.

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McCain Supporter Denies Candy To Children Of Obama Supporter

Kids in this suburban Detroit neighborhood cried foul after a McCain supporter refused to give them candy because they were the children of Obama supporters. Whatever your politics, I think we can all agree it's beyond the pale to deny children candy on Halloween. [WATCH]



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McCain Losing 2010 Senate Reelection

John McCain's unpopularity is also rising in his home state. A new poll has McCain losing his bid for reelection to the Senate in 2010. The poll has McCain trailing Gov. Janet Napolitano by 8 percentage points in the possible Arizona match up.

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Obama admired McCain when he ran a clean campaign - in 2000

Barack Obama said he respected the unsuccessful 2000 primary campaign McCain waged against George W. Bush.

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McCain and Israel's Bombing of the USS Liberty

2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader discusses John McCain and Israel's bombing in the U.S.S. Liberty. From The Forum Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, October 30, 2008



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McCain org gave 10 times Obama's gave to Khalidi Center

While Giuliani criticizes Obama and Woods Foundation for giving 70 or 80k to Rashid Khalidi's Center for Palestinian Research--while McCain was chair of its board, the international Republican Institute gave $448,873.00.

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McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work

Jason Rosenbaum points to a CNN interview but provides analysis (including the following):Another admission from the McCain campaign that their health care plan is nothing more than a bunch of right-wing platitudes thrown together without any real serious thought as to how to solve the health care crisis

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FACT CHECK: McCain misreads 2001 Obama interview - TIME

Republican John McCain is misreading seven-year-old comments by rival Barack Obama about "redistributive change" to argue that the Democrat's tax policy is built on "taking your money and giving it to someone else."

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Could McCain Lose His Home State?

A poll suggests John McCain, having trouble all over the map, might not win his home state: Democrats are circulating a poll showing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) losing ground in his own state, an ominous sign for his beleaguered campaign as state after state turns blues. Project New West, which aims to build the Democratic Party in the Intermountain West, says McCain leads Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the Grand Canyon State.

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Fake attack story by McCain volunteer spirals out of control

McCain should get Joe The Plumber to clean up the septic tank that has become his campaign from its vile racist undertone.
A John McCain campaign volunteer admitted she made up a racially and politically charged story of being robbed and having the letter "B" carved into her cheek by an assailant who saw a McCain sticker on her car, police said Friday...
Ashley Todd, who is white, is being charged with filing a false police report after telling police she was assaulted by a large black man as she was withdrawing money from an automatic teller machine in an area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to the city's assistant chief of police investigations division, Maurita Bryant

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McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." ... "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else."

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McCain rocks the house - video

Warning: X-Rated language

 

When reality is more bizarre than anything you can make up

What's more bizarre these days?

This video or reality.

I vote for reality.

Me too!!!

McCain rocks the house

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America's election | The tat factor

THE reliability of opinion polls is doubtful but an alternative means exists for predicting the outcome of America's election. Purveyors of Halloween masks of presidential candidates take a ghoulish glee in claiming that they have accurately predicted the winner of the past seven elections: he who sells most, wins. Luckily for Barack Obama...

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Obama lead on McCain grows to 12 points

By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain has grown to 12 points in the U.S. presidential race, with crucial independent and women voters increasingly moving to his side, according to a...

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McCain Camp Tells NYT: Lay Off Cindy, Find Obama's "Dealer"

The Nation -- Wow, the McCain campaign really hated that New York Times profile of Cindy McCain.
O.K., Cindy did come off as slightly vapid and, well, weird -- especially the Princess Diana obsession.
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GOP Controlled Voting Machines Switch Obama Votes To McCain

In two counties, electronic vote for "Barack Obama" kept flipping to "John McCain". In both counties, Republicans are responsible for overseeing elections.

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