Quick Notes

Hey all! If I thought the campaign was picking up steam before, then it really is now. GOTV starts on wednesday and we're got so much to do to prepare! So my posts will be slightly more intermittent than usual. Thank you all so much for the support and positive feedback; it means a lot to me.


Quickly:


My fellow campaigner Conor Boylan was interviewed by the local NBC affiliate and they ran a segment on him. Conor is one of the 2 people I've been working most closely with the past 3 weeks and is a good friend of mine. Unfortunately I don't make an appearance in the segment, but you can check it out here:


http://www.wkyc.com/news/politics_govt/politics_article.aspx?storyid=99433&catid=130



Additionally, I saw John McCain's appearance on Meet the Press yesterday morning wanted to make a quick point. Early in the interview, Tom Brokaw asked McCain about his statement that" he "is not George Bush," and later about the relation between his tax plan and the Bush tax cuts. Brokaw played a couple clips that show McCain completely contradicting his current campaign positions. I thought it was awesome. Here's an excerpt from the transcript:


Resemblance to Bush:

MR. BROKAW: Senator, in the last of the presidential debates moderated by Bob Schieffer, you drew greater distinction between yourself and George Bush. You said, "I am not George Bush." And then this past week in The Washington Times, a newspaper in Washington, this was the account, "Senator John McCain blasted President Bush for building a mountain of debt for future generations, failing to pay for expanding Medicare, and abusing executive powers, leveling his strongest criticism to date of the administration whose unpopularity may be dragging the Republican Party to the brink of a massive electoral defeat."`We just let things get completely out of hand,' he said of his own party's rule in the last eight years." But then we have an account of you on MEET THE PRESS going back to June 2005.

SEN. McCAIN: Yes.

MR. BROKAW: And this is what you had to say about your relationship with President Bush at that time.

(Videotape, June 19, 2005):

SEN. McCAIN: The fact is that I'm different, but the fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I have been totally in agreement and support of President Bush. So I strongly disagree with any assertion that I've been more at odds with the president of the United States than I have been in agreement with.

(End videotape)

(Videotape, March 5, 2008):

SEN. McCAIN: Well, I'm very honored and humbled to have the opportunity to receive the endorsement of the president of the United States, a man who I have great admiration, respect and affection. I intend to have as much possible campaigning events and--together as--in keeping with the president's heavy schedule, and I look forward to that opportunity

(End videotape)

And the tax plan:

SEN. McCAIN: I believe the worst thing you can do is raise taxes.

MR. BROKAW: Can we share with the audience, then, a couple of...

SEN. McCAIN: Sure. Sure.

MR. BROKAW: ...your comments about taxing wealthy Americans?

SEN. McCAIN: Sure.MR. BROKAW:

This is from April 11th, 2004. It's MEET THE PRESS...

SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hmm.

MR. BROKAW: ...and this is what you had to say about wealthy Americans and taxes at that time.

(Videotape)

SEN. McCAIN: I voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportional amount that went to the wealthiest Americans.

(End videotape)

MR. BROKAW: And then this is what you had to say on "Hardball" back in 2000 to Chris Matthews.

(Videotape, October 12, 2000)

SEN. McCAIN: Here's what I, I, I really believe, that when you are--reach a certain level of comfort, there's nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.

(End videotape)

Here's a link to the full transcript of the show:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27388251/



Thanks again to everyone for the support. Stay vigilant! We must win!