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To: TimF who wrote (419945)	9/25/2008 4:01:10 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 1574150

Bill Clinton lavishes praise on McCain Posted: 01:41 PM ET Clinton had kinds words for John McCain Thursday. (CNN) – Bill Clinton has long pointed out he has enjoyed a good relationship with John McCain, but for a moment the former president almost sounded like a surrogate for the Republican presidential nominee Thursday morning. Appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, Clinton said McCain's move to suspend his campaign and request a delay in the first presidential debate was a move done in "good faith," rather than as a stunt to halt falling poll numbers as several Democrats have alleged. "I presume he did that in good faith since I know he wanted — I remember he asked for more debates to go all around the country and so I don't think we ought to overly parse that," Clinton said, sounding a familiar McCain Campaign talking point. A few hours later Clinton lavished praise on McCain as he introduced him at the Clinton Global Initiative forum, saying Republican presidential nominee had taken the lead in his party when it comes to climate change. "When most people in his party were thinking that global warming was overstated and maybe even a myth — he decided to look into it," he said. The former president also described the two trips that McCain took with his wife Hillary Clinton, “the junior senator from New York," to look into the issue. But Clinton has also been effusive in his praise for Obama in recent days, telling CBS earlier this week the Illinois senator is better-suited than McCain to bring the country out of the economic crisis. Clinton's praise of McCain also came days after he told CNN's Larry King Live he was looking forward to campaigning on behalf of Barack Obama, but was not planning on "dumping" on McCain. Watch: Bill Clinton praises Obama, Palin on Larry King Read the rest of this entry » Filed under: Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • John McCain 281 Comments \| Permalink Has McCain read the bailout bill? Posted: 01:00 PM ET From CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand CNN's Dana Bash was on Capitol Hill with Sen. McCain Thursday. CNN's Dana Bash was on Capitol Hill with Sen. McCain Thursday. (CNN) – As John McCain returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to support the passage of a package to address the nation’s financial crisis, Democrats spent the morning gleefully directing reporters to a statement from the Republican nominee Tuesday – three days after the bailout bill was introduced – that he had not read the text of the administration’s proposal. "I have not had a chance to see it in writing. I have to examine it,” he told a Cleveland television station. The McCain campaign said Thursday the Arizona senator had immediately been briefed on the elements of the plan – but could not say whether or not he had since read the three-page proposal, pointing instead to his meetings with congressional leaders and briefings with top officials. They also said the question was less relevant because final text was likely to be different than the original proposal.

To: TimF who wrote (419945)	9/25/2008 4:11:24 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574150

re: It’s a smear by association. It attempts to paint such as her beliefs. A "smear by association", Jeez that seems vaguely familiar. I don't suppose anyone has done that to Obama, even with TV ads.

To: TimF who wrote (419945)	9/25/2008 4:39:27 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574150

Tim, this is what I love about the mainstream media. Since they get to control the context, they can portray Palin as a politician who believes in "witchcraft." People who refuse to take what the mainstream media says with a healthy dose of skepticism will fall for it. Every. Single. Time. Tenchusatsu