received from Obama for America at
7:16 p.m.
TO: Interested Parties
FR: Bill Burton, National Press Secretary
RE: Suspending disbelief, not the McCain campaign
DA: Thursday, September 25, 2008
John McCain sought to change the subject from his out-of-touch response
to the economic crisis with a big announcement that he was "suspending"
his campaign. But the only thing McCain really wants suspended is
the American people's disbelief. In fact, he's been in full
campaign mode the entire time.
Instead of heading to Washington right away, Senator McCain stuck
around in New York to do TV interviews, spend the night, and give a
scheduled speech. Though the McCain campaign announced yesterday
that they were also "suspending" their attack ads, they continued to
run Thursday.
When McCain finally arrived in Washington, almost twenty-four hours
after his announcement - and after Congressional leadership announced a
deal in principle - he huddled with his lobbyist campaign advisors
while his running mate held a political rally and his political
spokesmen and surrogates were out in full force, continuing to attack
Barack Obama.
So make no mistake: John McCain did not "suspend" his campaign.
He just turned a national crisis into an occasion to promote his
campaign. It's become just another political stunt, aimed more at
shoring up the Senator's aimed more at shoring up the Senator's
political fortunes than the nation's economy. And it does nothing
to help advance this critical legislation to protect the American
people during this time of economic crisis.
THE FOLLOWING CLIPS TELL THE STORY:
ed. continued with 18 news clips...