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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:56 am Post subject: McCain back embracing straight talk |
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McCain back embracing straight talk By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer
53 minutes ago
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain (news, bio, voting record) is back in New Hampshire and back embracing straight talk. And talk. And talk. And talk.
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Aboard his campaign bus, the Arizona senator entertains reporters with stories, answers their questions and heckles bloggers. He's by far the most accessible of the candidates, Republican or Democratic. But McCain acknowledges there's a risk to full days on the record, without breaks to vent, decompress or even eat in private.
"I hope there's a statute of limitations on saying stupid things," McCain said on his bus last weekend between stops in Nashua and Milford.
There isn't.
Online video sites and blogs have made this cycle's campaign gaffes instantly available. Every error and every stutter that changes a meaning is now magnified � and preserved as fodder for rivals during the 10 months before the first primaries and 20 months to the general election.
"One of the reasons Republicans lost the war � excuse me, lost the election," he said in Ames, Iowa. Then, in Milford, N.H., he said, "My friends, we lost the war � we lost the election, we lost the election because of spending."
[Somehow I like McCain. I wish he was chosen. Had he been I doubt Gore would have won the popular vote.]
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