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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx</link><description>Using the fact that McCain's oil rig event had to be cancelled due to Hurricane Dolly, the&amp;nbsp;Washington Post takes a look at the fact that if it wasn't for bad luck, McCain wouldn't have any luck at all. “It seemed like a great way to counter Obamamania.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218872</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:30:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218872</guid><dc:creator>Cincy Charles, Forest Park, Ohio</dc:creator><description>Plus, the hurricane was caused by global warming, which started right after George Bush took office. Dick Cheney also had a hand in developing the evil weather machine the Republicans use to disrupt the global weather. Now it's backfiring on them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama/08</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218877</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218877</guid><dc:creator>iowan</dc:creator><description>These guys (the McCain 'team', if there is such a thing) are not late to the party, they don't even know where the party is or if there is one. &amp;nbsp;The fact that they have had six months to prepare to 'sell' their product suggests not so much that they are incompetent at what they are doing (although I would not rule that out), but that there is very obviously a product (not McCain so much---he really can be a pretty good guy, just not a great leader, but 'more patchwork of fixes Republicanism') which has any chance of being 'bought.' &amp;nbsp;I guess it's a nice honor for McCain to have a chance to play at being a presidential candidate, but all the signs coming from even within that campaign suggest they know there is no real shot and they are going through motions. &amp;nbsp;Things can change, but...</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218881</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:32:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218881</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>So, Uncle Fluffy's trying to tag Senator Obama with Fidel Castro...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/mccain-campaign-running-o_n_114657.html"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/mccain-campaign-running-o_n_114657.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So, when John Hagee endorsed Uncle Fluffy, he said, &amp;quot;It does not mean that I embrace everything that he stands for and believes.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But you then turn around and say that when Castro says something complimentary of Obama, the two MUST be hand-in-hand.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Never mind that Castro has been critical of Obama's position on Cuba...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/26/castro-criticizes-obama-p_n_103575.html"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/26/castro-criticizes-obama-p_n_103575.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;GOP Desperation...so much fun to watch!</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218882</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:33:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218882</guid><dc:creator>Patrick Day</dc:creator><description>FR: [The New York Times notes that Arizona isn’t necessarily a slam-dunk for McCain]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The New York Times revenue dropped 80% over the last year. Probably because of all the lies they've told.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218884</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:34:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218884</guid><dc:creator>sotiredofignorance</dc:creator><description>McCain can't catch a break or is that his campaign is poorly run, and out of touch with the cares of the normal Americans going to work each day and trying to pay the bills?</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218896</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:35:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218896</guid><dc:creator>cmaie</dc:creator><description>mccain is a loser and the events dictate that&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Video: McCains Daughter doesnt think mccains getting unfair media treatment, media party&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/media-unfair-to-mccain-meghan-mccain-seems-to-differ/"&gt;http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/media-unfair-to-mccain-meghan-mccain-seems-to-differ/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;or &lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://sensico2.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-blogs.html"&gt;http://sensico2.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-blogs.html&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218897</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:36:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218897</guid><dc:creator>John</dc:creator><description>McCain needs to stop gaffing. &amp;nbsp;They need to just run Huckabee at the last second. &amp;nbsp;They might actually have a shot then (they being the Republicans.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Several Polls show Huckabee as McCains best choice, though it doesnt seem the Media is reporting it. There is one poll at &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.hotpres.com"&gt;http://www.hotpres.com&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218898</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:36:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218898</guid><dc:creator>John</dc:creator><description>McCain needs to stop gaffing. &amp;nbsp;They need to just run Huckabee at the last second. &amp;nbsp;They might actually have a shot then (they being the Republicans.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Several Polls show Huckabee as McCains best choice, though it doesnt seem the Media is reporting it. There is one poll at &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.hotpres.com"&gt;http://www.hotpres.com&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218904</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218904</guid><dc:creator>jim</dc:creator><description>Maybe instead McCain could take a trip to the recent oil spill. That would be some really nice PR</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218936</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:47:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218936</guid><dc:creator>Billy, MI</dc:creator><description>Looks like God doesn't want McCain to be president either.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218937</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:47:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218937</guid><dc:creator>Linda. Boston, MA</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;And then, improbably, a 600-foot oil tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and causing diesel fumes to waft over the city's French Quarter.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tell us again, McCain, about that offshore drilling you want to start. Sounds like a wonderful idea. Moron...</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218963</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:52:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218963</guid><dc:creator>MI Chick</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Using the fact that McCain's oil rig event had to be cancelled due to Hurricane Dolly...&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hurricane Dolly caused that barge to run into that tanker? &amp;nbsp;Must have missed that...</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218964</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:52:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218964</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>McGoofy...just 4 more years of mistakes and blunders and disclaimers...here comes the &amp;quot;but I&amp;quot;'s again...&lt;br&gt;Vote for someone that knows your standards, puts them in practice...&lt;br&gt;Vote for truth...Vote for Obama'08</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218980</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218980</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>I'm believing McGoofy will keep his standard of making the wrong choice for his VP......&lt;br&gt;If he can't bomb it, it probably doesn't matter..&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218984</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:58:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218984</guid><dc:creator>Juanita, TX</dc:creator><description>McCain's problem is that he has always been more of a combatant than a leader. &amp;nbsp;His record shows someone who prefers to play devils advocate than to think ahead and come up with plans for the future.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He used to oppose the Republicans on issues and then would run to the media to bask in the spotlight saying he was a rebel that fought for America. &amp;nbsp;Instead of worrying about the future, he's been a glory seeker. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Reagans despised him because of this. &amp;nbsp;Nancy Reagan called him the most insincere man she ever met.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1218993</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1218993</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>Then came Hurricane Dolly, a Category 2 storm that made a helicopter ride impossible. And then, improbably, a 600-foot oil tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and causing diesel fumes to waft over the city's French Quarter. The trip was off. In this campaign, it seems, McCain just can't catch a break.” &lt;br&gt;***************************** -First Read&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Capt'n Smash,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I believe you are right. G-D is helping us. The angels are fighting on our side.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If Senator Obama is elected, he must remember that to whom much is given, much is required. I believe he will.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219004</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:04:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219004</guid><dc:creator>roger of merrimack nh</dc:creator><description>John McCain is an oil spill waiting to happen.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In any other field John McCain would have long retired and be collecting social security. However, if his country called him to service he'd be qualified to work as a Wal Mart greeter. John McCain is a loser, a desperate and &amp;quot;lonely&amp;quot; candidate whose team is marking time until this so-called campaign can thankfully come to an end on Nov 4, 2008. </description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219015</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:09:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219015</guid><dc:creator>Take away the teleprompter and what do you have left...</dc:creator><description>Clearly, McCain needs to take a cue from Obama and surround himself with hundreds of people to script his events and hide the fact that there's absolutely no substance to this man. &amp;nbsp;Watching Obama stumble through unscripted press conferences is excruciating. </description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219022</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:10:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219022</guid><dc:creator>Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA</dc:creator><description>It is a little ironic that an oil spill is now moving toward the Gulf of Mexico. It seems weather isn't the only thing working against McCain.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219050</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:17:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219050</guid><dc:creator>roger of merrimack nh</dc:creator><description>John McCain help use Mike Huckabee on the ticket. Mike Huckabee could hold a prayer meetin' for devine intervention, 'cause for John McCain to win, it will take something along the devine. Or voting machine tampering.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219064</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219064</guid><dc:creator>McSeuss</dc:creator><description>Don't you think the hurricane was worse &amp;quot;luck&amp;quot; for people who live on the Texas coast, and the oil spill was worse &amp;quot;luck&amp;quot; for the people who live in NO?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drill more drill now drill here drill there&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drill we will we will drill </description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219083</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219083</guid><dc:creator>Gary Schear, bozeman Montana</dc:creator><description>jim (Sent Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:37 AM)&lt;br&gt; Maybe instead McCain could take a trip to the recent oil spill. That would be some really nice PR&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now Jim, lets not talk about HOW the oil spilled lets just look to the future and figure out how to get out of the mess. &lt;br&gt;No one can disagree that McCain was right all along in his conviction that messes should be cleaned up. It is just counter productive to talk about the root cause of any situation. &lt;br&gt;Reaction is the key. &lt;br&gt;It's not like we can take the time to analyze past mistakes in order to prevent missteps. Thats sissy talk. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So heres to you McMister McMan of action who can't be held accountable for huge f**k ups cuz yer to busy trying to figure a way to surge yourself out of the swamp.&lt;br&gt;This Buds for you!&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219091</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:29:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219091</guid><dc:creator>Diane from Illinois</dc:creator><description>I think Teflon John should keep his date with Jindal and do a press conference On the oil rig, IN FRONT of the oil spill, to ENCOURAGE off shore drilling. If a picture speaks a thousand words than that would definitely sum up McCain's campaign.</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219094</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:31:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219094</guid><dc:creator>me, rural, PA</dc:creator><description>FR: [The New York Times notes that Arizona isn’t necessarily a slam-dunk for McCain] &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The New York Times revenue dropped 80% over the last year. Probably because of all the lies they've told.&lt;br&gt;____________________________________________________&lt;br&gt;McCain himself has classified Arizona as 'battleground'...</description></item><item><title>McCain: Can't catch a break?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/24/1218850.aspx#1219110</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:34:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1219110</guid><dc:creator>Gary Schear, bozeman Montana</dc:creator><description>Take away the teleprompter and what do you have left... (Sent Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:09 AM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Desperation usually is excruciating. &amp;nbsp;Just watch Morning Panic. I started counting how many times Joe said Obama and surge. I lost count when I was distracted by the glare reflected by the sweat on his forehead.</description></item></channel></rss>