Help Document the Trainwreck-Post your McCain Campaign WTF Moment Here

[BronxBoy]

While the day is still young and all the voted have yet to be counted, I think we can all safely say that the McCain-Palin campaign has probably been one of the most bizarre political exercises in modern history. I thought it might be fun to compile a list of all of the things that have transpired and had us scratch our heads and say :wtf:

Mine:

John McCain standing in front of a building at the RNC while giving his speech. The next day everyone was like "What the hell was that?" Turned out to be a picture of Walter Reade Middle School. It was probably meant to be Walter Reed Hospital but some moran googled the wrong image.

"Dear God" I thought to myself, "They can't even get the Powerpoint right"

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[WhollyHeretic]

1. McFail disappearing for 5 months after he wraps up the nomination

Thanks John!

[BronxBoy]

2. LOL

[SoonerPride]

20. That was mine too.

It set the tone for his lackluster attempt.

[liberalhistorian]

3. Picking Palin and then continuing

to insist that she was fully vetted, was not a last-minute rush pick, was not hurting the ticket, was more than qualified to be president, had more experience than Obama and Biden put together and, my favorite, had foreign policy experience due to Alaska's proximity to Russia, are my favorite moments. Also, his insistence that she was not a gimmick to get Hillary supporters and that she was picked because she was "the most popular governor in the country" (maybe to three people in AK who'd actually heard of her!) were also good ones.

[smoogatz]

4. Palin.

The one legitimate argument his campaign had going for it was McCain's significant advantage in experience. I think they looked at Obama's convention bounce and panicked. There was also the "suspension" of the campaign to "fix" the economic crisis; in any other country that humiliating fiasco would have been functionally the end of the campaign for McCain.

[ErinBerin84]

5. green speech from hell

The "That's n-n-not cchange we can believe in!" green background speech...that was intercepted to announce that Obama had enough delegates to be the democratic nominee. The speech was awful and the color green made McCain look sickly. Also, visiting the german restaurant and Fudge Hause while Obama was in Berlin. The McCain camp memo about how Obama likes nutrition bars and tea, or something.

[blondeatlast]

17. Definitely my favorite pre-Palin moment and the time I realized he was running this campaign just

like he did his senate campaigns; which I've observed as an active opposition volunteer for twnty-five years.

that was bloody wretched and painful to watch.

[FSogol]

6. How about suspending his campaign while channeling Mighty Mouse?

"Here I come to save the day!"

:rofl:

[BronxBoy]

9. And having Lieberman

meet him at the limo for his photo op

Priceless

[noiretextatique]

7. the "maverick" thing

a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.

John McCain runs for George Bush's third term
Based on his policies and the company he keeps, this year's Republican presidential candidate sounds a lot like the guy who ran in 2000 and 2004.

By Juan Cole

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/12/mccain/

[BronxBoy]

10. If I don' hear that word again in life

it would suit me fine

[noiretextatique]

14. agreed eom

[mcg]

8. The weird green screen botch ups,

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccains-weird-green-screen-it-was.html

green is not his color

[eshfemme]

11. When he went to a German sausage house out of spite

As if it one-upped Obama speaking to 200K people in Berlin. Seriously. WTF?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

12. Walter Reed Middle School backdrop.

That almost sums up the entire campaign.

[BronxBoy]

13. I know it's a cliche

but you can't make that stuff up

[LTR]

15. The 'suspension' of the campaign and the mortgage buy-back gimmick

Wanted to spend $300 billion to buy up bad loans. It seemed like he was just impulsively pulling ideas out of his ass. I knew then that was the beginning of the end for his campaign.

A week later, he started to call Obama a 'socialist.'

:eyes:

[tpi10d]

16. Palin, behavior during financial crisis, debates

Palin-self explanatory

Financial crisis- "fundamentals of the economy are strong," suspension of campaign, erratic behavior.

Debates- Debate two was the worst for him (wandering, irritable), but they all had the same effect. McCain and Obama were on the same stage and Obama appeared more presidential.

[TrogL]

18. Walking offstage after the debate

That wierd zombie tongue thing.

[SoonerPride]

19. Taking the entire summer off.

It preceded the Palin debacle, but set the stage for coming incompetence.

[Virginia Dare]

21. Picking Palin and hiring Tucker Eskew...

the very guy who smeared him in South Carolina. I knew then he was a total sell-out and he was going down.

[Political Heretic]

22. Iran, Sunnis, Iraq, Alqaeda (sp?) - with a little prompting from Joe

I don't try to bother to spell that too often.

[noiretextatique]

23. "that one"

and refusing to address comments to Obama during the debate. and refusing to look at him.

[Cosmic Charlie]

24. how about that Sarah Palin? (audio included)

http://www.felixmurillo.com/ehhhhh!.mp3