McCain and Bush Staffs Talk “Everyday”

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/2008electionblog/blog_index/mccain-and-bush-staffs-talk-everyday/931/

A senior adviser to John McCain says the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign is now talking with senior White House staff. A senior adviser to John McCain says the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign is now talking with senior White House staff everyday.

President Bush and McCain, former GOP rivals, “have an excellent relationship,” Charlie Black said at a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

Black said McCain is “not a protégé” of President Bush and would not be an extension of Bush’s presidency as Democrats have claimed. He cited McCain’s differences with Bush on federal spending and the initial war strategy, but was clear that Bush’s White House team is helping the presumptive Republican nominee at every turn of the campaign.

Black said the White House got a “head’s up” earlier this week before McCain called out Bush for his poor handling of hurricane Katrina in 2005.everyday.
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Disgusting, but no surprise.

[Olney Blue]

1. Sounds like an inside track to hell. We need to use this against McSame.

[rwheeler31]

2. Well well what a maverick.

Make sure the propaganda continues.

[bemildred]

3. Mullen Cites U.S. 'Vulnerability'

I was wondering what this was about.

The nation's top military officer warned yesterday that the transition to a new American president will mark a "time of vulnerability" as the United States fights two wars, and he said military leaders are already actively preparing for the changing of the guard.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, said the U.S. political transition will be "extraordinarily challenging," particularly as the military is engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan and faces interference in both countries from Iran.

"Iran is not going away," Mullen said. "We need to be strong and really in the deterrent mode, to not be very predictable" regarding Iran, he said in a meeting with editors and reporters at The Washington Post.

Mullen spoke on a day when Pentagon officials announced that a second U.S. aircraft carrier group, the USS Lincoln, had arrived in the Persian Gulf for a brief overlap with another carrier. Having two carriers in the Gulf will provide additional air power for strikes and reconnaissance in the combat zone, giving commanders added flexibility, said Lt. Gen. Carter F. Ham, the Joint Staff operations chief. "It allows us, also, to demonstrate to our friends and allies in the region a commitment to security in the region," he said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/30/ST2008043003416.html?hpid=topnews

[spanone]

4. karl rove is very hard at work....we must not let our guard down for one moment

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. I wish I had cartoon drawing ability

I'd like to see a political cartoon with the caption "The Maverick". McCain would have a plow horse's body and his head through a harness on which the letters "GOP" appear. Behind him would be a particularly chimp-like Bush at the plow, cracking his whip and wearing a farmer's overalls.