Jim Johnson steps down from Obama campaign

[Doityourself]

Per MSNBC..Obama thanks him...and says he understands

[MonkeyFunk]

1. woah, really?

wow.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Did Phil Gramm drop out of McCain's campaign?

[TahitiNut]

9. That's like asking "did the turd drop out of the anus?"

There's few more corrupt folks than Phil and Wendy Gramm. They're at the very core of the Enron corruption and the current hedge fund speculation on oil pricing.

[ErinBerin84]

3. haha...I love that the MSM was all over Obama for the Jim Johnson thing

but they ignore the fact that McSame's POLICY is written by the morgage crisis people.

[slinkerwink]

7. that's our friendly media networks

[ErinBerin84]

16. Mika had on her best "I'm concerned" voice when talking to Howard Dean about Jim Johnson

Is she really supposed to be "the liberal voice" of the show?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

4. When is Phil Gramm going to step down from McCain's? nt

[TheDonkey]

5. unfortunate that rethugs were able to do this

we need to hit them hard for their ties with corruption.

[SuperTrouper]

6. The smear campaign has begun

it is a shame that Mr. Johnson stepped down due to pressure from McClone and his sleazy campaign. Mr. Johnson was a volunteer and not a paid lobbyist like those working in the McClone campaign. At any rate, I think that they found Obama's running mate and we will probably meet him/her in 1-2 weeks

[lovuian]

8. What did Jim Johnson say to the Bilderbergers Whoah

one visit and he is out of there

[newmajority]

10. Geezus... what's next?

Are they gonna trash Caroline Kennedy?

"Her father had an illicit affair with Marilyn Monroe 50 years ago you know!!!111!!!!"

[FrenchieCat]

11. Whatever......

since we don't need distraction, this is what it has to be.

[Politics_Guy25]

12. I think that about sums it up Frenchiecat-I agree with you

It does suck though that this had to be done.

[SuperTrouper]

13. Frenchie cat is correct

No distractions needed at this moment.

[Doityourself]

15. I agree. The MSM isn't going to treat the Obama camp as they do the McCain camp..

[slinkerwink]

25. exactly. IOKIYAR

[jefferson_dem]

17. Agreed.

We must pick our battles and this should not be one of them.

[SoFlaJet]

28. and hey, let's face it

this guy helped pick LIEberman in 2000 and John Edwards in '04 who I love and support still, but couldn't even get us North Carolina

[high density]

14. WTF??

That's just wrong. Unless the VP vetting is done already.

[Greyskye]

19. It's the Obama campaign taking the high road

And not letting this turn into an issue the pubbies can use against us.

And it's the kind of response that is going to win us the WH. :thumbsup:

[FrenchieCat]

18. How about a writing-in campaign in reference to Gramm's work

for McCain?

Maybe if we give the media hell, they'll do our bidding.


After all, we are in charge of kicking the shit out of the media when they are out of line like this, and don't have a compeling reason for it. We know that they are McSame's base, and because of that, we have to be very vocal.

It is fine that Mr. Johnson chose to step down, not fine that Gramm isn't getting the same kind of attention. Our job is to point this out to the media pronto. Now that Johnson has left, the media has no reason to justify the ties to big business that the "faux maverick"'s team has. None.

[Irishonly]

20. Strange you would say that

Early this morning I wrote to MSNBC and asked them why the discrepancy in the coverage.

[Cha]

27. Thank you,

Irishonly..that's what we need to do, like Frenchie pointed out..The US m$$m is mccain's base and we need to be vocal about holding them accountable here on the NET.

[redqueen]

26. Excellent idea.

:thumbsup:

[TexasObserver]

21. it shouldn't have been an issue, but it is a distraction, so it's the right move

There is no indication JJ did anything inappropriate at all, but there's not point in losing several days fighting it.

[ninja8590]

23. agree

I think it's good he stepped down...even the perception of a conflict of interest isn't good, I say keep people with these type of connections off the campaign.

[onetwo]

33. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

If Jim Johnson stayed, the McCain camp would have tried to taint Obama's VP pick. It makes sense to respond quickly -- things become old news almost instantly these days. JJ will be forgotten by Monday.

[my3boyz]

22. I had a feeling that would happen. McCain is PATHETIC!

I can't wait to see his face when his sorry @ss loses!

[BigDDem]

24. Wow, yesterday he was the best thing since sliced bread

now...
oh well, he's gotta go, ho hum...

[woolldog]

29. I don't like the way Obama caves on issues like this

and Samantha Power for example. Makes him look weak.

[nebula]

31. He corrected a mistake

Jim Johnson was a very poor choice to begin with.



but I agree he should have kept Samantha Power.

[nebula]

30. Correction in lapse of judgment

I can't believe that he would choose a former Fannie Mae CEO for his VP committee.

But also good to know Obama seems capable of correcting his mistakes in a timely manner.

[onetwo]

32. This is the equivalent of leaving the pitcher alone when he's throwing a no-hitter.

By the seventh inning, he's sitting alone on the bench because nobody wants to mess it up.

Jim Johnson didn't have to leave the committee, but he did in order to avoid messing things up.

[Marie26]

34. Good. nt