Ian Faith: The Boston gig has been cancelled…
David St. Hubbins: What?
Ian Faith: Yeah. I wouldn’t worry about it though, it’s not a big college town.
This has to be disturbing:
A Tuesday fundraiser headlined by President Bush for U.S. Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign is being moved out of the Phoenix Convention Center.
Sources familiar with the situation said the Bush-McCain event was not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space, and that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside.
Another source said there were concerns about the media covering the event.
Bush’s Arizona fundraising effort for McCain is being moved to private residences in the Phoenix area. A White House official said the event was being moved because the McCain campaign prefers private fundraisers and it is Bush administration policy to have events in public venues open to the media. The White House official said to reconcile that the Tuesday event will be held at a private venue and not the Convention Center.
So they’ve gone from a catered event at the Convention Center to John McCain grilling up some burgers in somebody’s back yard while George Bush sets up the Slip ‘n Slide. Obviously if the McCain committee could have landed the Decemberists his campaign would be playing the big halls instead of doing living room gigs….
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Word going around is that McCain ran into the Decemberists and their manager at a downtown Phoenix hotel. The manager didn’t have time to talk, however, as the band had to immediately depart to the hotel lobby to wait for their limo.
Maybe they shouldn’t have accepted all of those donations from anti-war protesters, then…oh, wait a sec…
Umm if you can get money from big donors, and nobody on your staff can even turn a computer on, you better hope your criminal pals at the 527s you so despise are lethal this cycle.
This is really pathetic. If you cannot do any better than this in your home state…. Of course the know him pretty well there, don’t they?
McCain missed a golden opportunity. His campaign would have cleaned up if they’d solicited donations for Bush to have not appeared in Phoenix. “If we don’t get a million dollars, George W. Bush will speak.”
What’s scary is McCain is still polling good.
A W. C. Fields!
First prize is a week in the Lincoln bedroom at the Bush White House.
Second prize is two weeks.
McCain couln’t afford to pay for the Convention Center, and given his donor base all of them fit in a backyard.
I wonder if McBush’s last “fund raiser” will be mimes passing the hat at the Childrens Puppet Theater in a Seattle park?
where the puppets had a bigger dressing room!
where the hell is my handkerchief?
Hunh. Last I knew, the Convention Center was being re-built and nobody can even get close to it. I have to drive half a mile out of my way in order to get to work to a building two blocks away – all the roads are closed off.
Strange place to think of booking just now … everybody coming into town has either been using the AZ Biltmore or the Veterans Auditorium.
“Welcome to McCain, Mark 2! We hope you like our new direction!”
But this one goes to Iran…
On the other hand, the debates will be comedy gold.
There’s a direct correlation between McCain and the Decemberists, as I see it.
When the Decemberists play their hometown, they draw 75,000 people.
When McCain plays his hometown, he draws, uh. . . um, uh. . .
Never mind.
I’m sure McCain is a big Kid ‘N Play fan and just wants to pay tribute to them…
Yeah, right. Is that so they can examine the bumper stickers on everyone’s car, and throwing out those who have “inappropriate” ones?
Yep, and don’t worry about questions for your preznint. Bush handlers will provide the questions to be spontaneously asked.
Sample: “Is it true you walk on water or are you just the greatest president ever?”
We interrupt this thread to bring you the news that Mitt Romney is apparently moving to La Jolla, CA. Increased proximity to Casa TBogg is eagerly anticipated.
We now return you to This Is Spinal Tap
McCain: I want you to kick my ass…
I thought that would be Charlie Blacks line.
We interrupt this thread to bring you the news that Mitt Romney is apparently moving to La Jolla, CA.
Great another place he can claim as his “home state” and where his “heart belongs”
Damn’ straight, Dr Dick! We know McCain well enough, all right. As popular as Bush is these days, and as fast as Republicans are running away from him and his misbegotten party, they’ll be able to fit all their donors into an outhouse.
The Mittster will allegedly be living practically in my backyard. I’m sure hearts are all atwitter at what my little nephew used to refer to as the “Disneyland Church”
I am not, however, looking forward to seeing his campaign hacks in my local coffee shop. PLEASE God, let them be Starbucks junkies….
Link icon didn’t work. Let’s try the old-fashioned link thingy.
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/sandiego/