Is it me or is McLame on the verge of losing his mind? Does he seem crazy to anyone this morning?

[Jennicut]

The comments towards Mika, the Today interview. The man realizes the media is calling him out on his lies and his comments about the fundamentals of the economy being strong. The media has kissed his ass for years and now he seems to be losing his temper with them. Looks like he is gonna blow any minute. Not what we need in a leader. Contrast to Obama and Biden.

[TechBear_Seattle]

No more so than usual n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Compared to what?

[Jennicut]

5. I don't know, he just seems even crazier than usual.

[billyoc]

2. He has good days and bad days.

Unfortunately, on his good days he sucks.

[saltpoint]

3. I don't think McCain will inspire anyone with his television personna.

His language was plain at best and sunk frequently this morning into half-sentences and malformed phrases. He was more interested in keying in on the political affiliations of his interviewers than on any given issue of concern to voters.

This guy is no president.

[CrispyQ]

11. It's interesting, isn't it?

For all his 'mis-speaks' or Bushisms as we call them, Bush resonated with the people better than McCain. Or perhaps it's because of his Bushism that they related to him? Bush never left a sentence or thought unfinished. He never dwindled into silence. Even when he wasn't sure of exactly what word to use or exactly where his original thought was going, he would manage to finish his sentence or thought, even if it was with a ridiculous flourish. But many people liked that! Painful as it was for lots of us to listen to, at least he brought things to completion.

[saltpoint]

18. Yes. The modern-day Republican party suffers from whatever it's

called -- Expressive Language Disorder -- not sure the actual label.

[Oak2004]

31. expressive dysphasia?

Hey, that's my disability!

Umm... well... I am an ex- Republican.

Maybe that's where I caught it.

[hisownpetard]

17. What a personality he needs.

[saltpoint]

19. : )

:hi: :thumbsup:

[hisownpetard]

22. He sounds like he's had a shot of mental Botox.

:hug:

[shadowknows69]

4. Be nice if he could do it on national tv

Maybe lunge at a reporter of get caught staring at Palin's tits.

[rurallib]

6. Once you start lying and you have to lie to cover lies and then more lies

to cover the lies that covered the original lies it eventually gets hard to keep track of.
McCain has been going around in circles for months. Even to the point of directly contradicting something he said just hours before.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. Wow, he needs to get it over with and the Rapture needs to come take Palin. n/t

[bushisanidiot]

8. I think Rove told him to try to "look tough" this morning and smack the media

down. That strategy seemed to work pretty effectively after the Palin pick was announced and all the commentators started asking questions about her. The McCain campain immediately starting defending her by attacking the media and refusing to do interviews with stations who didn't bow down to the McCain campaign.

I'm sure the freepers are loving it because they hate all news stations other than Fox..where McCain also yammered on this morning. I only listened for a couple seconds, but he didn't sound mad at them at all. Imagine that. :P

[CoffeeCat]

9. It must be some kind of ploy...

I've only seen a bit of the Mika thing, and McCain was a petulant ass. He looked
like a bitter, sour old man. Really bad.

With that said, did you hear Jay Carney's revelation about how McCain was treating the media?
It's riveting. Carney is "Time" Magazine's DC bureau chief, and he has had a friendly relationship
with McCain for years. McCain did Carney favors and gave him amazing access to Congressional
meetings, when Carney was getting started. Two weeks ago, Carney boarded McCain's campaign bus,
and Carney later described McCain's behavior as "something out of 'The Body Snatchers.'" He
said McCain was like a different person. When Carney began asking McCain friendly questions,
McCain snapped, "Go read my book! I'm not going to answer these questions." Carney looked
at McCain and said, "Do I know you?". Then Carney left.

I am guessing that McCain is being poorly advised by the same nutjobs who advised George Bush.
Bush's modus operandi was always--be a demanding jerk to the media and if they don't capitulate,
control them by denying access. Then, pretty soon, you have sheeple-reporters who kow tow to your every whim
and rarely ask challenging questions--because they fear losing access.

The problem is--this model doesn't work in the throes of a Presidential campaign. McCain needs the media.
Being an ass only makes him look imbalanced--and also like Bush.

That's what I think is happening. He's trying to corral the media, and he's only demonstrating what
a complete asshole he is. He looks demented, and mentally imbalanced.

Also, did you see--in the middle of Morning Joe, that Mika said, "Oh, I'm getting an email here. The
McCain camp is saying that the 'Obama sex education' ad is factually accurate." The McCain camp
watches and immediately emails them ON AIR. They are attempting to micro-control and manage the
media--in real time.

Man, it's disgusting.

I think this is more than McCain being a jerk. It's a strategy. A Bush strategy. Does John McCain
EVER have any original, big ideas? Does he just follow Bush's template, like a little lemming? It's pretty sad
that John McCain is oblivious to how freakish he looks.

McCain looks like the stereotypical mean, old man in a nursing home--the one who yells at the nurses aid because
his apple crisp isn't warm enough.

[Jennicut]

10. It does not work because McLame is just coming off as a nasty old man

Bush knew how to manipulate people in spite of his stupidity. The nicknames, the joking around with the press. He knew how to charm them and then he denied them access so they begged for more. I hate saying this because I hate Bush but it is true. McLame, on the other hand, got the press to like him years ago because of his maverick style and outspokeness. McLame not speaking to the press and denying access is not like McLame and he has no great personality to pull anyone in. He is pissing the media off and its going to backfire on him.

[goclark]

12. I thought the Sex Ed was a Lie?

I recall something about Kindergarten? ? ?

Didn't they fact check it in Obama's favor?

Mc Mean is one mean old man.

[Peacetrain]

13. He really looked delusional this morning.. seriously

[barack the house]

14. I wouldn't go as far as crazy but he looked like a man that was plagued by his conscience, he's->

proved himself a less worthy nominee by his actions alone and he knows it.

[asjr]

15. Not just you. This is a man who

really believes in his "maverick" image. He feels omnipotent. A pathological liar. A con man who believes his own rhetoric. If the media ever wake up and show us these flaws people might just realize he is his own straw man.

[lib2DaBone]

16. He really seems confused and "not all there"

I would say he may have an Alzheimers problem? Maybe had a mini-stroke and he didn't know it. He seems agitated and not coping very well.

[Marsala]

20. Let's be fair

It can't be easy trying to keep all those lies straight. The cognitive dissonance alone must be overwhelming.

[vanderBeth]

21. Well, he's been sounding like that for awhile

but, yes today he seemed like he was about to implode or something.

[DeepModem Mom]

23. To put the kindest interpretation on this, I wonder if he's ashamed of himself.

As someone in another thread speculated, it looks like the Palin bubble may not be enough to win the election for him, and he may have seen polls now to that effect. So if all the evil he's done-- the embrace of Bush after what Bush did to his family in SC, the embrace of Rove's people, the hard turn to the Right, the suck-up to fundamentalists he so bravely fought in the past, the lying ads, the treasonous irresponsibility of the Palin nomination -- hasn't won for him, then he's sold his soul for nothing. He was a hero, and now he's not. And he knows it.

[kskiska]

24. And now Palin is stealing his spotlight

and he's stuck with her.

[DeepModem Mom]

25. Good point -- that, too! nt

[Jennicut]

30. Yes, that is it. He sold his soul for what? If he does not win then his reputation is done

He is now so nasty and mean spirited that he is turning everyone off as well. He just had a crazy glint in his eye this morning, I think he is on the edge and could go off any moment.

[Zech Marquis The 2nd]

26. could be approaching his breaking point

from what I saw this morning, old man McCain is flat out attacking EVERYBODY--he was real nasty at poor Mika on MSNBC, and she's been a big time supporter of Sarah The Moosekiller. I really think we're going to see him snap in public real soon...

[JSK]

32. Oh please, please, please...

n/t

[polichick]

27. He hasn't seemed all there for a long time - imo it was obvious when Lieberman whispered in his ear.

[dgibby]

28. It ain't you!

He's crazier than an outhouse rat! His appearance on CNN was just as weird, but he didn't attack the interviewer (although he did look like he was ready to order some Chianti and fava beans), but he wasn't making too much sense and seemed really irritable. :rofl:

[rvablue]

29. It's perfect timing....

especially with the media and then the new "Honor" ad put out by Obama (which, I've actually only seen on the news, but have yet to see as a commercial here in central VA).
Obama just needs to keep it mellow, keep running the "honor" ad, and wait for the first debate when McCain goes apeshit with 10 million voters watching.
I mean, seriously, if he lost it on Joe Scar's show, what's going to happen when Obama confronts him directly.
Cannot wait!

[crazylikafox]

33. he'll be medicated when he does the debates...

Question is, will they get the dose right?