McCain tried to cut and run from the debates in 1999 too

[kpete]

Friday, September 26, 2008
McCain tried to cut and run from the debates in 1999 too
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/26/2008 07:30:00 PM ET ·

Tonight isn't the first time John McCain tried to cut and run from a debate. He did the same thing when he was running for president back in 1999. Any of this sound familiar?

With new polls showing his campaign dead in the water among California Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain has pulled out of a long-scheduled debate with Texas Gov. George Bush, set for Thursday in Los Angeles.

McCain campaign officials tried desperately yesterday to put the best face on their withdrawal, even as a new Field Poll showed Bush far ahead among likely Republican voters in the winner-take-all race for the state's 162 GOP delegates.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/02/28/MN62687.DTL&hw=mccain+opinsky&sn=001&sc=1000
http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain-tried-to-cut-and-run-from.html

[ingac70]

1. good find! n/t

[marylanddem]

2. Wish there were some way to make that chicken sound

in the written word "Squawk, squawk, squawk..."

[annabanana]

3. Mr. Cut 'n Run did it before huh?

Why does this not surprise me. Now THAT'S what we want in a leader :eyes:

[Sparkly]

4. In the Hanoi Hilton they didn't have debates. (?)

Or, he was putting country before party. (?)

Or, it's part of being an unpredictable maverick. (?)

:shrug:

[Willo]

5. This shows the clear hypocrisy of McCain saying Obama wants to surrender

McCain talks tough but has a history of running away.

[eshfemme]

6. He just doesn't learn, does he?

I have no pity for someone like that. He took all the bad ideas from Bush to double down on the bad habits he already had. He deserves to lose. I don't want America to go down the drain with some fuck up like McCain. I want to go into the future with my fellow Americans with President Obama leading the way!

[LisaM]

7. He does deserve to lose

Truer words have not been set forth on DU today.