Are Some of McCain's Media Falling Out of Love?

[sharshur]

Man, I like these pundits today. I'm starting to like this whole not wanting to vomit when I hear talking heads on TV. I could get used to it.

[sharshur]

they should have played the 30 seconds prior to that clip of McCain so we could see how he forgot a question that had just been asked of him. I hope we get some of that forgetting of questions in the debates. Putting aside his positions, which are demonstrably bad, the man is not doing well, mentally. It's freaking scary.

[gypsyearthspirit]

Once the debates begin, and with Joe Liebermann unable to have his hand of his back, it will be all over for McCain. You heard it here first No-o-o-o-o-o contest!!! lol.

[gypsyearthspirit]

What I meant to say was...

with Joe Liebermann unable to have his hand UP his back(!).

lol

[lamouchemorte]

"...he's on the short side of it"

[covertone81]

John McCain's jokes are not funny. Jokes about "bomb bomb bombing Iran" or killing Iranians with cigarettes would I'm sure be really funny if he were sitting with his pals in a Mississippi trailer park after getting off work from his job at 7-11 but not as a person presuming to be qualified for the job as president.

[infernosilver]

McCain's pathetic & occasionally repugnant notions of "humor" should be pushing him towards the crazy house, not the White House...

[mmm413]

I can't believe the MSM is finally catching on to McCain.

[dennisthapa]

i like how you have been adding more and more hardball! keep it up videocafeblog!

[boundless1986]

agreed

[gobigorange99]

McCain did well at the urban league? The crowd politely listen to McCain but he didn't do that well.

[joshuaspetter]

Yeah Videocafe! More Hardball please!

[CHOZENVEZL]

Andrea Michell and Ron Brownstein both hit the nail on the head. The McCain camp is executing a cold and calculated smear campaign against Obama while accusing him of using the race card.

[brawnymike]

My take is McCain's contempt for Obama mirrors his base's comtempt for ANY black man, frankly. Therefore, McCain's tone (and that of his ads/campaign) probably DO NOT offend his base, sadly.

[PussycatGoGo]

McCain had the same contempt for Romney. So I would argue that it isn't race related. When he's losing to someone he makes it personal. He's incapable of not making everything personal. And why would he want to focus on the issues? He's weak on everything. He wants to be President far more than he wants to hold onto the image he crafted (thanks in no small part to the media talking heads that enjoyed his company) of the "Maverick."

[zndprophet]

both very good points....

its probably a little of both.

McCain knows as long as he stays PC with it, he can pretty much say "you really want to elect this uppity negro?" and unfortunately, people will respond to that.

Also, he is just weak on issues, especially the deeper into the issue you go...so he definitely wants to keep this campaign on the surface.

I don't view it as them both being immature.

It's just McCain being immature and Obama responding so America won't count him out

[widgetbrain]

brawnymike : I dont see it as a reflection of any real racist feeling on the side of the McCain camp. Its just cold-blooded (and effective) distraction politics. Unfortunately many swing voters the campaigns are fighting for are incapable of having a real discussion on racism and see ANY mention of race in most any context to be "playing the race card". McCain can scare those folks away from Obama just by starting a dumbed-down argument about race.

We know the Rove disciples have gone to work