McCain Stacks Fox News 'Town Hall' With Supporters

[cbc5g]

Good thing Obama didn't agree to these...taken right out of Bush's playbook.

McCain is only 'good' in town halls with supporters only. With independents and democrats, he would get creamed.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12/mccain-stacks-fox-news-to_n_106881.html

Tonight was the first in a much-hyped series of 'town hall' forums scheduled by John McCain's campaign, in which Barack Obama had been challenged to show up to discuss the issues directly with the GOP nominee.

Except, as Fox News reported, McCain's campaign misled the public about the nature of the event. The forum was "billed by the McCain campaign as a town hall with independent and Democratic voters," but Fox News noted at the end that the audience was actually "made up of invited guests and supporters," the Democratic National Committee said in a statement.

Here is FNC's Shepard Smith breaking the news:

SMITH: "I reported at the top of this hour that the campaign had told us at Fox News that the audience would be made up of Republicans, Democrats, and independents. We have now received a clarification from the campaign and I feel I should pass it along to you. The McCain campaign distributed tickets to supporters, Mayor Bloomberg, who of course is a registered Republican, and other independent groups."

DNC Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement:

"Once again John McCain's campaign is trying to mislead the American people. Senator McCain should understand that after seven years of a President who has divided Americans and pursued a scorched earth policy full of misleading propaganda campaigns, we need a leader who understands he is the President for all Americans not just his supporters. Copying the Bush campaign model of stacking events with his prescreened supporters is not the transparency Americans are looking for. If that is Senator McCain's idea of straight talk, the American people are in for a long and disappointing campaign season."

[DFW]

1. Howard ALWAYS finds the right thing to say

Howard is the one with the straight talk.

McCain's talk is about as straight as a freshly boiled spaghetti noodle.

Once again: Democrats talk, Republicans read from a script.

[Selatius]

2. A shame that there is only one Howard Dean. We need a clone-o-max or something nt

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Wow, FOX News actually reporting this? Good for them!

[Youphemism]

5. Don't get too excited -- it was Shepard Smith, their token moderate. /nt

[opihimoimoi]

4. Wha hoppen to the straight shooter??? This is Bull Shit...How Embarrassing

for McClone to fool us intoi thinking is was a reg town hall meeting...when it was a photo op...make believe TH Meeting....

Shameful and despicable...whad a yoyo/////

[JI7]

6. wow, even felt the need to fill a "Fox News" event with supporters

isn't that already a given for him and other pukes .

[babylonsister]

7. Yep, shades of the dimson. I hope this gives Obama pause before

agreeing to anything.

[NotThisTime]

11. You know if Obama agrees to anything it will be on terms that the audience is NOT stacked, but open

[thoughtcrime1984]

8. Senator McCain is full of McShit. McStraight talk my McAss! Mc nt

[40ozDonkey]

9. I. Fucking. Knew it.

The second that McCain suggested town hall meetings I knew it wasn't because he wanted to "talk to the American people". Republicans are so fucking worthless that they can't achieve anything without cheating, whenever they suggest anything Obama needs to read the fine print.

[Olney Blue]

10. I love Dr. Dean.