Just say the word, Mr. McCain
Posted on May 16th, 2008 – 11:47 PMBy Michael Rand
We’re not accustomed to posting at midnight on a Friday, but we couldn’t resist after scagmajor passed along this nugget from the Washington Times. John McCain, eager to broaden his reach, apparently isn’t courting the Buzz Bissinger vote. To wit:
Those who follow blogging said the McCain campaign will have to pick and choose whom to invite to conference calls, arguing that some sites won’t treat Mr. McCain fairly.
“I don’t think the people at DailyKos are going to treat John McCain mercifully, but I think the fact that people get their question heard makes them dial it back a bit,” said Soren Dayton, a blogger who worked briefly for the McCain campaign and now works at a public affairs company, New Media Strategies.
Going forward, Mr. Hynes said, the campaign would like to have Mr. McCain talk to sports bloggers, too, as a way to “humanize John McCain as something other than a carbon-copy politician running for office, delivering talking points.”
Every presidential candidate interviewed on RandBall gets a free T-shirt. Enticed, sir?
7 Responses to "Just say the word, Mr. McCain"
Writing blog posts at midnight on Friday night? Who do you think you are, me?
I’m not sure, but I think John McCain’s Balls Deep premieres next Thursday on Deadspin.
The currently disenchanted Sports Guy was supposed to have Barack Obama on his podcast a few weeks back, but that got shot down (poor choice of words?) before it happened. Me, I’m waiting for Hillary on With Leather.
Me, I’m waiting for Hillary on With Leather
I don’t think swapping out bikinis for sensible pantsuits is going to help WL’s pageviews.
Oh the irony of offering a long promised but never delivered Randball shirt to politicians.
I’m trying to picture one of McCain’s Young Republicans trying to explain blogging to the old man.
“Ummm… sir… DailyKos? Appeasers sir.”
“Yep, gotcha. DailyKos. Appeasers.”
“Little Green Footballs sir.”
“What the (redacted) is a little green football?”
“Trust me sir.”
I think he’ll respond, since Minnesota is a swing state, especially if Pawlenty is the VP pick. And as a finder’s fee, if this interview takes place, I demand a bumper sticker.
