"McCain back where it began; On N.H. visit, he again asks rival for joint appearances" by Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff | June 13, 2008
NASHUA - John McCain returned yesterday to the state that launched his primary-season comeback to host a town hall gathering where he lampooned economists, called Bono a "cool guy," and patiently pressured one attendee to wrap up his brief history of the United States and just ask his question already....
Did he get mad, MSM?
Backed by a large banner reading "Straight Talk Town Hall," McCain used his appearance in the state where he performed 101 primary-season town hall meetings to make the case that the open-ended question-and-answer format was a moral test for presidential candidates.
"That in my view is the essence of the process," he said. "Not only do you hear from me, but I hear from you."
A multicandidate town hall meeting is a possible salve for a superficial media culture overwhelmed by sound-bite exchanges and preening journalists, McCain told his Nashua supporters, an alternative to "political campaigns that are not very informing of the American people."
WTF? Biting the hand and that selected you, Johnny?
I mean, tell me something I don't already know!
In defending his support for a summer gas-tax holiday, McCain adopted a favorite argument of Clinton's for the same policy: The academics who opposed the idea were out of touch, and had failed to foresee the housing crisis and dot-com meltdown.
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"You know these economists?" McCain asked. "They're the same ones who didn't predict the inflation that's staring us in the face today."
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McCain described his return to New Hampshire as a "wonderful, nostalgic experience," and many of those who rose to question him told of having met the Arizona senator on a previous campaign swing. As is his style, McCain invited several people to engage in detailed exchanges, but was tested at times when some took the opportunity to drone on.
How come you AREN'T REPORTING THOSE then?
"I really feel that this is also my home because I've had the honor and privilege of spending so much time - 'Live Free or Die' - in the great state of New Hampshire, where presidents are made," McCain said."
You didn't gag when they shot the jism down your throat, did they, Johnny?
