# McCain suspends campaign, asks Obama to do the same. What?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 24, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040 "2008-09-24T19:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/221 "2008-09-25T00:18:02Z")
I think someone in the McCain campaign needs a quick lesson in how to use Outlook. [McCain campaign emails internal talking points to the the press.](http://coloradoindependent.com/9151/oops-colorado-mccain-camp-sends-internal-e-mail-to-reporters) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/222 "2008-09-25T00:21:22Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > I think someone in the McCain campaign needs a quick lesson in how to use Outlook. > > [McCain campaign emails internal talking points to the the press.](http://coloradoindependent.com/9151/oops-colorado-mccain-camp-sends-internal-e-mail-to-reporters) Hahaha! Love this bit: > [@](#): > > “Please do not proactively reach out to the media on this.” ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/223 "2008-09-25T00:23:58Z")
And this: “Told by a reporter that the e-mail had been sent to him and others in the media, Kise said, “F\*ck, tell me I didn’t send it to the wrong list.”” Yeah, ya did bucko. I guess “Evil Librul Media Elitists” and “Loyal and Fervent Supporters” does look kind of like the same group, if the font is real small, and you squint… ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/224 "2008-09-25T00:24:50Z")
CNN is still running their same spot about the debate Friday. This is going to be the last big speech Bush makes, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/225 "2008-09-25T00:30:19Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > I think someone in the McCain campaign needs a quick lesson in how to use Outlook. Why do you mock the disabled? ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/226 "2008-09-25T00:48:00Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > This is from [Drudge](http://drudgereport.com/flash3cbm.htm). If this first part is true, McCain is going to look very bad on Letterman tonight: > > Letterman apparently kept cutting into McCain throughout the show: A video with nine minutes of Letterman vs McCain is [on YouTube already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E), before the show has even aired. Edit: Nine minutes and eleven seconds to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/227 "2008-09-25T01:00:08Z")
I really, really, really hope this forks Mr. McCain for good. The world cannot afford another inept American president. If you guys could keep your troubles at home, the rest of us would shut up; but as it is, we suffer just the same as you and we don’t even get to vote. Mr. Obama at least has the sense not to start blathering and then have to back-pedal. He appears to be thoughtful, and maybe even willing to listen and learn before he makes a move. What a novel sight. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/228 "2008-09-25T01:00:51Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > All those who think that McCain and Obama should be back in washington demonstrating how well they can ‘reach across the aisle’, ask yourself this: how many Republicans want to contribute to the headline “Obama Leads Coalition in Fixing the Economy”? They’d chew their own arm off first! And the Democrats would be no better. If either of them went to washington and actually tried to influence legislation it would _polarize_ the issue - and if both of them went both sides would dig in break out the cannons! Maybe that’s exactly what we need. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/229 "2008-09-25T01:03:58Z")
Seems to me what you think of this move entirely depends on: 1. How bad you think the economy is doing, and 2. What you think of the bailout as it stands now. Since many conservatives oppose the current bailout plan, if McCain is going back to lend his voice in support of it, it might end up being a wash. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/230 "2008-09-25T01:20:09Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > McCain spokesman on MSNBC has just said, and I quote “We have a 9/11 style crisis here.” “Payrolls won’t be met. People will lose their houses!” > > They are trying to put the fear of Jesus into the electorate so that they can grab that last bit of cash on the way out the door. I was coming here to post the exact same thing. This is the “orange alert” of 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/231 "2008-09-25T01:25:47Z")
> [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > A video with nine minutes of Letterman vs McCain is [on YouTube already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E), before the show has even aired. > > Edit: Nine minutes and eleven seconds to be exact. Holy crud that was funny. “He’s just concluded his interview with Katie Couric, and is now on Rachael Ray’s show making veal piccata.” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/232 "2008-09-25T01:30:16Z")
Apparently McCain paid a visit to Katie Couric on account of Couric’s hatchet job on Palin. You _have_ to watch this. [I’ll bring em to ya.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg6hF0nShQ) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/233 "2008-09-25T01:33:31Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > This is brilliant. CNN is reporting that the McCain camp wants to move the president debate to when the VP debate is, and push back the VP debate indefinitely. The notion that this is anything but a cynical political ploy by the McCain camp just got decapitated, staked through the heart, wrapped in cloves of garlic, and buried at a crossroads. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/234 "2008-09-25T01:34:01Z")
Letterman should have guests suddenly cancel on him more often. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/235 "2008-09-25T01:39:05Z")
Jeezum crow. This woman is like steroids for media bubbleheads. Charlie Gibson? Katie Couric? Hard-hitting what now? What has happened to the world? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/236 "2008-09-25T01:40:02Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe I’m the only one who thinks that this is a very serious thing that’s going on…seems that way sometimes. And that at this moment the most important thing for the government (Dems AND 'Pubs) to be doing is figuring out what the fuck needs to be done and doing it fast before the whole things goes tits up. > > My respect for McCain has gone up a notch, whether this is a ‘scam’ or not (frankly, I don’t see why it would be…it’s only the Obama faithful who think it’s a slam dunk that he will wipe the floor with McCain…as Biden will with Palin). > > -XT There is 40 some days til the election. That is a serious thing too. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/237 "2008-09-25T01:40:17Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > Apparently McCain paid a visit to Katie Couric on account of Couric’s hatchet job on Palin. > > You _have_ to watch this. > > [I’ll bring em to ya.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg6hF0nShQ) Wow. Bit of an aside, why on earth does that woman sound like she’s from Duluth? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/238 "2008-09-25T01:40:30Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > Apparently McCain paid a visit to Katie Couric on account of Couric’s hatchet job on Palin. > > You _have_ to watch this. > > [I’ll bring em to ya.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg6hF0nShQ) Ouch!! :eek: “McCain has consistantly supported _less_ regulation for 26 years…” “Ummm… ‘Maverick!’?” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/239 "2008-09-25T01:41:00Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Letterman should have guests suddenly cancel on him more often. I was thinking the same thing. I just can’t get over this whole campaign. It has gone from absurd to surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040/240 "2008-09-25T01:41:38Z")
I am kind of flabbergasted by the Couric interview. She is as believable as a VP as Denise Richards was as a physicist in that crappy James Bond movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-suspends-campaign-asks-obama-to-do-the-same-what/465040.md?page=13)