Obama Camp: McCain Not Suspending Campaign

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from Washington Independent: http://washingtonindependent.com/7603/obama-camp-mccain-not-suspending-campaign


9/25/08 1:18 PM

The Obama campaign is calling out Sen. John McCain on his professed suspension of campaign activities.

On Thursday afternoon, the Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan emailed reporters about the McCain campaign’s suspension — in scare quotes — noting that “despite ’suspension,’” Gov. Sarah Palin was still attending a rally and holding a press availability. He pointed toward the “key point” in a new AP story: (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN?SITE=VTBRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

Although the McCain campaign said Palin was suspending her activities - McCain on Wednesday called a halt to his campaign to deal with the financial markets rescue plan being negotiated by Congress and the Bush administration - Palin was heading to Philadelphia for a rally at the airport.


from The Swamp: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/sarah_palin_answers_questions.html

September 25, 2008 12:50 PM

On this "suspended'' day of John McCain's presidential campaign, running mate Sarah Palin took a 20-minute tour of the "Tribute WTC 9/11" museum in New York, took in a firefighters memorial, spent 25 minutes in a center for families of victims of the terrorist attacks, then met with New York City firefighters in a nearby fire house that lost many of its firefighters during the attack.

And then, after delivering a brief statement to the press pool following her on the lessons of 9/11, Palin fielded four questions from reporters in what amounts to her first media availability since her nomination as the GOP's vice presidential candidate.


from TPM: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09...

"McCain's suspension of his campaign apparently doesn't apply to his own advisers.

Despite McCain's claim that he's put his campaign on hold, two of them directly attacked Barack Obama in political terms on television this morning."

[grantcart]

1. tks

[louis-t]

2. Surprise, surprise.

She knows the "lessons of 9/11"?

[KansDem]

3. Another detour for the "Straight Talk Express?"

Here's McCain's campaign strategy for debating the issues:

[Warpy]

4. The dirtballs are still runing their lying TV commercials

He's just too frigging lazy to keep making campaign stops and he's sick of shaking hands with peasants.

[NJmaverick]

5. Throw in his campaign people working the news and talk shows

his never stopped commericials and we have lie 6549 by McLiar

[NJmaverick]

6. Throw in his campaign people working the news and talk shows

his never stopped commericials and we have lie 6549 by McLiar

[TwilightGardener]

7. They're just plain and simple lying, right out in the open before our eyes.

Where's the media outrage?

[bigtree]

10. I've noticed a few more weighing in

Boston Globe: Depends on your defintion of suspend
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/depends_on_your.html

[radfringe]

8. mccain ads were running last night after smirk-boy opened his pie hole

and there were ads running this morning during local news...

I live in northeast corner of PA

others on the DU have reported the same - the campaign ads are still running

[uppityperson]

9. Simple.Tell tv stations to not run ads, get all sorts of free media coverage=save yourself$$