This morning, Senator John McCain called into the Don Imus Show to mix it up a bit… just like old times. He seemed to have alot of fun with Imus but also defended running mate Sarah Palin against her ‘elitist critics.’ Read more about it, see photos and a video below.
Senator John McCain was pretty animated this morning when question by Don Imus on his radio show about running mate Governor Sarah Palin’s qualifications. McCain vigorously defended Palin as “the most qualified” vice presidential candidate in recent years citing her experience as a small-town mayor and Alaska governor.
“My question is, what’s their problem?” asked McCain, responding to an Imus question about the recent criticisms of Palin from former Secretary of State Colin Powell and some other Republicans.
McCain made it very clear to Imus how he felt about Palin and all her critics:
“Which is better, serve 35 years in the United States Senate and say you got to divide Iraq into three different countries — or is it better to have been governor of a state and a reformer who gave people their tax dollars back?” referring to Senator Joe Biden’s goofy 2006 op-ed arguing that Iraq be divided into three largely autonomous regions with a Baghdad-based “central government in charge of common interests.’
“Which is better?” he asked. “I think its pretty obvious … she hasn’t been in the Georgetown cocktail party, or maybe some in Manhattan. I think she’s most qualified of any that has run recently for vice president, tell you the truth, and she has ignited our crowds.”
“I am frankly entertained at the elitist attitude towards … a person who’s a proven leader,” McCain concluded.
That pretty much says it all doesn’t it? You can listen to the full interview by going here.
John McCain ‘Is Palin a plus or a drag on McCain?’ Video
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I only saw the part of the interview on Fox News on 10/22. Did anyone else notice how many times the CNN interviewer said “hard on” while interviewing Sarah Palin?
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I saw/heard McCain on Imus this morning. He was good. He usually is when ppl don’t censor him.
I really hope we don’t become a country in which the main stream media is given free license to censor as they see fit. Its maddening to watch them doing that now.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 am
Did they call any black women basketball players hos?
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:24 am
john is getting quite charismatic these last weeks…keep it up john!
October 25th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The mccain mailing I just got was pretty strident and negative frankly, and no I don’t even read the democrat party ones which want umpteethn amounts of money. Also he is sticking to the same narrow set of talking points and Palin is forced to muzzle herself way too much. It says to me an intolerance of some of the handlers to any free comments on the part of palin and I assume mccain. Clearly Palin, while she has that good middle class charm, lacks deep thoughts on much of anything, but then she started as a sports reporter after majoring in journalism and went into insular alaskan politics after that. Ted Stevens is another product of alaska. There are problems with obama too, and michelle isn’t nearly as charming as cindy. Whomever wins will inherit the office in a time of a fairly rapid moving economic crises. The damage to confidence done by wallstreet to our and the global finanical system is unbelievable. Jimmy carter faced a crises of confidence as well after the arab oil embargo. The same problems keep recurring in different clothing, yet our government is lacking in vision to deal with it once and for all.