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Phil Graham Follows Wesley Clark and Jesse Jackson Into Political Oblivion
Another example of a surrogate uttering impolitic remarks.
Clark's remarks were at least true, but nonetheless were suicidal.
Jesse Jackson's remark oozed jealousy and hypocricy, coming from a purported religious figure.
Graham's remarks were untrue, arrogant to the extreme, contemptuous of the vast majority of the voting public, ignorant in the extreme regarding the state of the economy, and politically suicidal.
O's best surrogate: Joe Biden (altho I am not sure Joe's accepted that role quite yet.)
McCain's best surrogate: To be determined.
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Clark's remarks were at least true, but nonetheless were suicidal.
Jesse Jackson's remark oozed jealousy and hypocricy, coming from a purported religious figure.
Graham's remarks were untrue, arrogant to the extreme, contemptuous of the vast majority of the voting public, ignorant in the extreme regarding the state of the economy, and politically suicidal.
O's best surrogate: Joe Biden (altho I am not sure Joe's accepted that role quite yet.)
McCain's best surrogate: To be determined.
MyBlog: htpp://ProteanPerspectives.blogspot.com
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Jesse Jackson? Political oblivion? I don't think he's necessarily running to play the lock stock and sound-bite Washington game.... you've clearly been too engrossed in the Mainstream Media recently. Political oblivion for the next 72 hours perhaps. Which in MSM terms is an eternity.
July 10, 2008 11:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
TTGZ,
Jesse is done as a figure of any consequence beyond his narrow hardcore following.
The MSM has zero influence on me.
If anything, I may influence them more than them me. (Gross exaggeration, of course.)
FB
July 11, 2008 12:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
I've seen more than once on the cable news that the talking heads are inaccurately giving equal weight to the comments of Phil Gramm and Jesse Jackson, painting it as a surrogates gone wild story.
McCain has been friends with Gramm for more than two decades, supported him during his brief run for president in 1996, and has publicly called Graham his financial guru. Gramm is listed as McCain's National Campaign co-chair and economic advisor, yet according to a MSNBC report, "Gramm only stopped lobbying for international banking giant UBS officially on April 18, 2008, well after McCain clinched the GOP nod -- but also well after Gramm had written and shaped the McCain campaign's banking policies in response to the subprime mortgage crisis...in which UBS is also embroiled, and for whom Gramm continues to be employed as a UBS vice chairman regarding investment banking."
Jesse Jackson on the other hand has no part of the Obama campaign, nor is a surrogate for Obama or the Democratic party. Jackson is, and has always been, a surrogate for Jesse Jackson.
July 11, 2008 7:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Link:
http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/28/mccains-cronies-phil-gramm-r-enron-and-his-ubs-lobbying-problem/
July 11, 2008 7:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
He needs to be put in economic Gitmo.
July 11, 2008 10:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
Post has interesting slant - states Jackson's remarks were meant to be broadcast - it was not a 'misstep'.
I had the same thought.
July 11, 2008 10:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Who is "Phil Graham"?
July 11, 2008 10:51 AM | Reply | Permalink