McCain's T-Shirts marked half price at Texas GOP convention-He was a no-show

[Ichingcarpenter]

McCain absence annoys some at GOP gathering

HOUSTON -- John McCain is ignoring 7,000 Texas Republicans this weekend.

Some of them are returning the favor.

Instead of speaking to the state party convention this weekend, McCain will come to Texas on Monday to raise money at a Dallas barbecue.

"Where is he?" asked Sara Fischer, 31, of Mansfield, brushing past a volunteer futilely trying to pass out McCain lapel stickers."I didn't support McCain," she said. "But I have to now. He's our candidate. It seems like he should be here."


Inside the exhibit hall, the McCain T-shirts at one souvenir stand were marked down from $15 to $8 -- two for $15.


Fischer, the conventioneer who didn't want a McCain sticker, said she supported Huckabee.

"Huckabee is funny," she said. "He's seems like my dad. McCain seems like the old uncle that you have to bring to holiday parties."

Her biggest complaint is that she hasn't seen enough of McCain. The extended Democratic campaign has resulted in two months of free publicity for Obama.

"Obama is a much more appealing candidate to people my age," she said. "He has better ads and better music. ... McCain hasn't been on TV at all. I really don't know anything about him, except that he was in Vietnam."

And that he wasn't in Texas.

http://www.star-telegram.com/275/story/699891.html

[Colobo]

1. Great!

[glowing]

2. Funny...

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. "McCain seems like the old uncle that you HAVE TO bring to holiday parties."

They even get it!

LOL! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[glowing]

13. my 80yr old granparents think he's old... they actually do look and act

younger than he.... and Poppa has early on-set alzheimers....LOL

[SwampG8r]

17. i dont mean this in a bad way

as my wifes late father at 83 was diagnosed with early onset alzhiemers also
but
how in the hell is 83 "early onset"?

[LiberalFighter]

24. I think she meant he is in the early stages

[SwampG8r]

30. well crap

i AM as dumb as my wife has told me i am

[1Hippiechick]

37. "i AM as dumb as my wife has told me i am" No, you're not. You were right on the money

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers/AZ00009

Early-onset Alzheimer's has been known to develop between ages 30 and 40, but that's exceedingly rare. It is more common to see someone in their 50s who has the disease. The poster probably meant early stages...you read her post correctly and responded to what she wrote.....

:toast:

[SwampG8r]

48. will you explain it to my wife?

the whole "i was right"thing doesnt usually play well from me

[1Hippiechick]

49. LOL - tell her to read my post. :)

[SwampG8r]

53. right that will work

for you
you are outside the blast zone

[glowing]

31. It does mean early stages.. basically he gets names mixed up and

is forgetful of where he has placed things.... I'd call it old age, but I guess with tests they can determine these things... He's on medication to slow the mushing of his brain...

[SwampG8r]

33. you my friend have a tough road ahead

we refused to warehouse my wifes dad and kept him at his own home
he passed in his sleep peacefully last month

i do not envy your journey and i will include you as much as i can in my prayers

[1Hippiechick]

39. As will I. My father-in-law had Parkinson's, but in the end, all the brain degenerative diseases

seem to have symptoms that are very similar. My heart goes out to you. It will be hard on your grandmom, too, and they both will need a lot of support. If it is like my husband's family, the older spouse caregiver loses perspective and has unrealistic expectations. My mother-in-law was in denial. My husband finally had to step in and take the carkeys away from his dad because his mom wouldn't do it. And we ultimately had to have assistance. One thing to be aware of that we didn't know (and I know all this should probably in another post/thread, so sorry)is to ask your Grandfather's doctor to recommend something called home health care. At no cost to your grandparents, a whole team of professionals will be dispatched to assess your grandparents on an ongoing basis. In our case, there was a male who came in to bathe my father-in-law; physical therapists who observe and make recommendations, they will question the couple to help in the assessment. It truly is a wonderful service that I wish we had known about earlier in another family situation.

It's hard to lose someone little by little, and my husband was not prepared the first time his Dad did not know him. It is a heartwrenching experience. I would recommend reading about the disease to see what to expect, and to look for support groups. Peace.

[SwampG8r]

47. yes on home health care

we would not have made it through without them

[1Hippiechick]

36. That's what's so amazing! People OLDER than McLame say he is TOO OLD! ROFL

:rofl: Kinda sad, isn't it?

[glowing]

51. So, it may not be ok for the younger people to say it out loud.. but when

people older than him think he's too old and not fit for the job... well, perhaps we should listen to the their wisdom.. Poppa also says because he was a POW, he's mentally unfit to lead this country.

[YDogg]

3. [Obama] "has better ads and better music"

Good to see the voters are so friggin' engaged.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Really engaged with those ads... She should get engaged by researching McCain's miltary past

[tekisui]

52. That one was a self identified pubbie.

[Oceansaway]

4. musta been taking a nappy-poo...n/t....

[blondeatlast]

5. He snubbed RNCs in TEXAS? Uh-oh...

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[dana_b]

20. stupid, stupid, stupid!!

good for us! but boy, he's making some big blunders here.

2 for $15?? haha, they probably had a lot leftover too.

[1Hippiechick]

40. "2 for $15?? haha, they probably had a lot leftover too." ROFL

:rofl:

[grilled onions]

7. What A Quote

"I don't support McCain..but I have to now". :crazy: Take our advice "go with the better music!"

[blondeatlast]

8. Rep. Phil King-Asshat, TX, makes a damn good case for Obama!

King went over the case for McCain: "He's very strongly pro-life. He's strong on defense. I feel confident in his Supreme Court nominees. But he's not as strong on immigration as I want and not the fiscal conservative we need."

[blondeatlast]

9. Need laughs? Read the whole article. Thanks, Iching--this is great!

:rofl:

[napi21]

10. Is that because he thinks Tx is a lock and he doesn't have to care, or

is it because he has no money? Hmmmm

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. It's nice to see the MSM reporting on the rifts in the Republican Party.

Instead of fixating on the deadender Dems who refuse to vote for Obama.

[CanonRay]

12. Why should he bother to show? Texas is automatic red anyway.

[blogslut]

21. Is it?

Let's hope that's what the repubs keep thinking. Let's hope they keep taking Texas for granted all the way to November.

[blondeatlast]

25. See post 19--that's not the case if Barr or Paul is on the ballot.

He blew it big time.

[texanwitch]

34. Don't be so sure.

I worked early voting during the primary and on election day.

Many more democrats showed up to vote then republicans.

[TexasObserver]

14. Old man yells at clouds, puts shirts on half price

Bob Barr could hurt McCain in Texas.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. That's what my brother in Austin said

Texas is GOP country outside of the major cities, however Ron Paul, Huckabee and Bob Barr
are the candidates republican Texans really like and they all hate McCain.

I wished Ron Paul and Bob Barr would get together and split the vote in Texas.

[TexasObserver]

19. If Barr and Paul both ran on third party tickets, they'd pull 15-20% of the vote.

in Texas

And almost all of it would be from McCain's column.

[blondeatlast]

22. That's 34 EVs too and WELL beyond the margin of error.

It's reasonable to think if only one of them ran that they'd still pull off mopre than the MOE.

McCain made a huge boo-boo, it appears.

[LiberalFighter]

27. What is the population split with the major cities vs the rest of the state?

[tanyev]

46. My county went 72% for Bush in 2004.

I have not seen ONE McCain bumper sticker on a car yet. It's astonishing.

[blondeatlast]

16. Interesting. I think McCain really blew this. I would think it would have been a money

machine if nothing else and it'll really hurt him with the rank-and-file.

[TexasObserver]

32. I think Obama could win Texas, particularly with Barr running Libertarian

There's a good 5-10% of real Republicans who detest McCain and don't want to vote for him, but don't want to vote for Obama.

[blondeatlast]

44. If he weren't our guy, I think with a strong GOTV AZ would go

pretty blue this year.

Alas, old habits live in Sun City and Apache Junction and love the guy...

[libnnc]

18. oooh...he's in the marked down bin already?

*ouch*

[Eric J in MN]

23. Obama doesn't go to every state convention, either.

Obama wasn't at the Democratic-Farmer-Labor convention in Rochester, Minnesota earlier this month.

But Obama held a big rally in Minneapolis early this year and a big rally in St. Paul on the night he clinched it, and so he's not ignoring us.

[dana_b]

38. true, he doesn't

but as you pointed out, Obama isn't ignoring your state. I wonder how often McCain gets to Texas? That's a huge electorate to be ignoring. Not that Obama has a chance there, but you'd think that McCain would want to court them. God forbid he wins the election, he'll need to be on their good side in 2012.

[Eric J in MN]

41. The OP says, "McCain will come to Texas on Monday to raise money at a Dallas barbecue."

That isn't the same as a rally like Obama has, but I don't know if McCain could attract a crowd like Obama had in St. Paul (17,000 inside plus 15,000 outside) even if McCain wanted to.

[Ichingcarpenter]

42. This is the same one he had to just now cancel so he blew this one too

t-shirts are now 3 for $12!


I picked this one!




Just kidding

[Eric J in MN]

43. OK, thanks for the correction...

...that McCain won't be having a barbecue in TX on Monday, unless they find another location between now and then.

[Overseas]

28. John Sidney McCain III doesn't hang out with riff raff

Catch him at the exclusive Dallas big bucks bbq.

[stevedeshazer]

29. My Mom is 80, she hates McCain and says he's too old to be president.

She's voting for Obama.

[1Hippiechick]

35. That (telephone town hall mtg.) could originate anywhere. They have phones now in Houston."

:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

45. Contupers, too! Wait'll they find out 'bout THOSE!" nt

[ashling]

50. That's funny

The extended Democratic campaign has resulted in two months of free publicity for Obama.


During the "extended" Dem primary campaign all you heard was that McGrumpy had a free ride.

:rofl: