Pfotenhauer on McCain: MSNBC 10/21/08

Nancy Pfotenhauer on John McCain
"MSNBC Live" 1:36
Interview

TOPIC: Gaffes, RoboCalls

TRANSCRIPT: MITCHELL: I think we played the whole thing, as best I can tell we played the whole thing. We've been playing it all day, we had it on Morning Joe, believe me it's been getting a lot of airing on msnbc. let me ask you about robocalls though. now youve got Olympia Snowe, of Maine, joining Susan Collins, joining Norm Coleman, some moderate senators, and at least two of them are up for re-election, are calling on the campaign to stop the robocalls, robocalls which are similar, sponsored by the same organization that went after John McCain in the year 2000 in South Carolina. is the McCain campaign prepared to stop the robo calls?
PFOTENHAUER: Well, you know, I don't know what the Obama campaign has said about it, but I think Senator McCain, our approach is while they may not be the most pleasant thing to listen on the other end, they convey vital information, information that needs to be heard by voters before they make the decision two weeks from today, and that it is a tried and true method of reaching people. And so, while I can understand while some people may not enjoy getting them, I certainly think the do not call law or reg. that the FDC put through, was probably the most popular in my lifetime that any regulatory agency had ever done. These robo calls do play a role. that's why I think you saw Governor Palin saying point blank that she would not request them to be turned off.
MITCHELL: But at the same time she said she wouldn't use them. She wouldn't have chosen them
PFOTENHAUER: She said no, i think what she said was, again, if you go through the entire exchange
MITCHELL: If she had her druthers.
PFOTENHAUER: That everybody wishes they lived in a world where it was easy enough to reach people to have a genuine conversation along the lines of what senator McCain was trying to accomplish with Senator Obama when he asked him to do those town hall meetings, travel across the country, meet with real Americans, have it be unscripted, give them the opportunity to ask questions, ask follow ups. That was the kind of conversation that I think our campaign wanted to have. Senator Obama chose not to engage in it, and now we're kinda all trying to go reach as many voters as possible and shed a light on Senator Obama's positions that are very far to the left. I was listening to your earlier guest, and thought it was interesting, because, Senator Obama, are you saying it's hard to win if you're far left or right? Senator Obama is clearly far left, no matter how he tries to obfuscate it, that's why he's got the most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate.
MITCHELL: Okay. by the way, what joe biden said was "generated crisis" not generated attack. two different things we can leave it there, but believe me we have played that tape




LABEL: NP JM MSNBC 10-21-08 13.36 (LAD#40) S

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Robo
• Calls
• Pfotenhauer
• McCain
• Obama
• Presidential
• Race

[habstrak]

I just like I hypocritical she looks with that stupid smile up to her ears all the time! I can't stand Nancy. What the hell is all that pro-america and anti-america bull**** anyways! Those people think they are better than everybody.

Go Obama!!!

Play the whole thing! Play that robo-call!! What a disgrace. What a shame!

[SwimCharSwim]

less than two weeks and this constant migraine after listening to all this sht will be over!! i can't wait!!!

OBAMA '08!!

[darkchocosinger]

silver lining job creation????? What job creation

[hwebb5454]

Good lord...Andrea Mitchell can't hide her bias worth a crap. I think her credibility on asking economic questions is shot to hell considering who she is married to. Also can you see how she never wants to talk about the "Democrats gaffes" but really gets enthusiastic about asking about anything that hurts Republicans.

[GBTRU]

Clear desperation through out the video, yes. She even herself called South Virgina, Real Virgina, insinuating divisiveness. Also, her desperation in trying to spin all the fuckups her campaign has done over the last two days. It is just a joke, and quite sad I might say also.

[Hackney08001]

Can you hear the desperation in her voice!! Clapping her hands. Did you play the whole tape please please! This is such a non-story. So what if Joe Biden said that. It doesn't mean there will be a crisis, it just means hes aware of the possibility

[Cashmakessense]

wow...the republicans are getting desperate. These last two weeks are gonna be great. I'm just waiting for that classic youtube clip because i know one of McCain's supporters/surrogates is gonna lose it sooner or later!!

Obama 08!