Did McCain Cheat At Saddleback Forum?

The spin from Obama apologists has McCain doing better than The One at the Saddleback forum because McCain got to hear all the questions while Obama was out on stage.
The truth? McCain didn’t hear anything, and the Obama campaign is just trying to spin Obama’s poor performance.
From Byron York:

As far as the McCain side is concerned, I spoke to [McCain staffer] Charlie Black a few minutes ago. He told me McCain’s motorcade left his hotel at 5 p.m. Saturday — that’s the time Obama went on stage at Saddleback. Black told me the trip took 35 minutes, and that McCain was in the car with the Secret Service guys, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and press aide Brooke Buchanan. (Black was in another car.) Black says that McCain did not hear any of Warren’s questions or Obama’s answers during the car ride. Then: “We arrived at Saddleback and went into a holding room, which is a separate building from the main church. In the room there were four or five staff people, plus McCain, and there was no TV, no audio, no nothing. We talked through a few of the topics. We had spent time in the afternoon preparing, doing Q&A, and we did a few more questions to warm him up. At about ten til six, the advance guys came to get McCain to take him to the stage, because the handshake with Obama was a few minutes before 6 p.m. McCain never heard any of this stuff.”

These claims about cheating sound more like sour grapes from a campaign that knows they just got thumped in the first major “debate” skirmish of the campaign.
I mean, the Obama campaign knew how the forum was structured. They knew Obama was going on first. If they were worried about McCain hearing the questions maybe they should have asked for him to be sequestered? We know McCain didn’t hear anything before he went on stage, but if Obama was so concerned about it why didn’t he ask for a more formal arrangement before the forum took place?
Besides, even if McCain heard the questions while Obama was on stage that still doesn’t explain how poorly Obama did in general.

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  • http://Array Hannitized

    Funny,

    Only Rob and company think Obama did worse. Hell, even Pastor Warren thinks they both did marvelously, and that neither one came across better than the other, just different.

    He gave Obama credit for answering in his way a thoughtful consensus builder, and gave McCain credit for answering his way, as a happy straight forward warrior.

    Pastor Warren said that both did and outstanding job, both came across who love America and one did not come across as having more integrity over the other.

    There you have it. That is from the host, the one who would know best.

  • Mickey

    The old dog kicked barryO’s punk ass. barryO pontificated like a tenured professor and McCain delivered like a Comander and Chief.

    barryO has “Paralysis by Analysis”.

    He will never be able to deal with the tough questions that a President must face. barryO is better suited to be a social worker in Harlem.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

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  • Texan Across the Pond

    Obama’s spinmisters remind me of schoolyard twits that resort to namecalling when handed their lunch.

  • Mickey

    The old dog kicked barryO’s punk ass. barryO pontificated like a tenured professor and McCain delivered like a Commander and Chief.

    barryO has a fatal case of “Paralysis by Analysis”.

    He’ll never be able to deal with the tough questions of leadership. He is better suited to be a social worker in Harlem.

  • carrick

    Newsflash: Even if McCain did cheat (and there’s no evidence that he did) that doesn’t explain Obama’s lame answers that he came up with all by himself.

    Note that the questions were that difficult to start with.

    Had they been on say… the 14th century capital of Assyria, we might be talking about a need to cheat.

    McCain in my mind only cheated because 1) he came prepared, and 2) he can talk without using a teleprompter.

    It just hasn’t occurred to the lefties that their guy really is just that lame.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/white_folks_greed_runs_a_world_in_ Joel

    Just imagine the apoplectic shrieks and contorted paroxysms we’ll have to endure when “THE ONE” loses the general election…….or just m a y b e … the nomination….

    Racism, racism, racism…they cheated…they stole…they played on our fears….

  • David

    How in the hell is it cheating if you knew the questions before hand,they both did, questions about morality and personal responsibility cannot be cheated on, only lied about.

    Do I have this right ?
    Hussein Obama’s answers about morality and personal responsibility would have been different if he had known McCains answers ?
    Or is McCain racist because he answered from the heart and not from the ways the polls said he should answer ?

  • David

    How in the hell is it cheating if you knew the questions before hand,they both did, questions about morality and personal responsibility cannot be cheated on, only lied about.

    Do I have this right ?
    Hussein Obama’s answers about morality and personal responsibility would have been different if he had known McCains answers ?
    Or is McCain racist because he answered from the heart and not from the ways the polls said he should answer ?

  • carrick

    Kind of like how Bush is supposed to be as dumb as a chimp and a diabolical genius capable of duping an entire Congress full of Democrats about the war at the same time.

    To the democratic mind, these are entirely consistent. They know their congressmen are dumber than chimps.

  • 2Hotel9

    David, that is how I have understood this. Read several articles and it appears that BOTH of them already knew what was going to be asked. How is that cheating?

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Speaking of lame: Thanks, rbb, for the pointless picture in lieu of argument!

  • David

    How in the hell is it cheating if you knew the questions before hand,they both did, questions about morality and personal responsibility cannot be cheated on, only lied about.

    Do I have this right ?
    Hussein Obama’s answers about morality and personal responsibility would have been different if he had known McCains answers ?
    Or is McCain racist because he answered from the heart and not from the ways the polls said he should answer ?

  • http://www.malice420.com/ Joe Pane

    Surprise, surprise, What did the Obama supporters think was going to happen when he didn’t have a teleprompter in his face. The guys a loser, a disgrace to the black community that waited 234 years for the proud moment when a black candidate for President emerged. This clown, as in “clown shoes” from malicious disorder on cd baby, is empty suit and will collapse when the debates expose him, his racist wife , and racist posse of twenty years.

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    I don’t know how anyone can make these charges, they are silly and make one scratch their head. Wait till the debates and BHO has his lunch handed to him, I wonder what that moron Andrea Mitchell will say then?

  • http://www.wethepeopleforum.com/forum/forums.asp golfmann

    I find it interesting the DNC plants have nothing to say..

    Obama may not recover from this one….

    One more performance like this and it the same old close but you lose race we’ve seen for years now.

  • Jay

    MCCAIN: Could I — are we going to get back to the importance of Supreme Court Justices or should I mention –

    WARREN: We will get to that.

    MCCAIN:

    WARREN: You’re jumping ahead (inaudible).

    The only problem is John hadn’t been asked that question yet. And unless he had heard the ones asked of Obama, he would have no idea it would be an issue. He tried to cover by saying it was something related to Abortion, but it was obvious.

    I love how you guys are already covering for him with the “it would’ve even matter if he DID know the questions” shit. Priceless.

  • Sluggo

    In the military when someone lost and whined about it we would say they had “sand in their pu**y”

    In the Army we laugh at a guy and tell him that he has sand in his man-gina

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  • Sluggo

    In the military when someone lost and whined about it we would say they had “sand in their pu**y”

    Actually, in the Army we say to guys who whine: “What’s wrong? You have sand in your Man-gina.”

  • nuking

    I thought he was senile and had lost his bearings? Now he remembers 30 minutes worth of questions?

  • Sluggo

    In the military when someone lost and whined about it we would say they had “sand in their pu**y”

    In the Army we laugh at the guy and tell him that he has sand in his man-gina

  • Mickey

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  • Hannitized

    So does that mean that FOXNews is not fair and balanced if the majority of them think McCain did better?

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    Proof,

    It’s one of the few things “blackwater”boob does semi-competently…

  • Jay

    My favorite part.

    If they were worried about McCain hearing the questions maybe they should have asked for him to be sequestered? We know McCain didn’t hear anything before he went on stage, but if Obama was so concerned about it why didn’t he ask for a more formal arrangement before the forum took place?

    Priceless Rob. Obama was told numerous times that McCain wouldn’t be able to hear anything. But the crux of your arguement is that, despite theses assurances by the host, if John McCain can’t compete without cheating, it’s Obama’s fault for trusting McCain to be honest. I get it.

    You guys blast Obama for not accepting John McCain’s bullshit “Town Hall Meeting” structure. Gee…I wonder why.

  • RebTex

    Do you think Warrens wants to skew national politics?
    I would suggest that if he was to offer a preferrence, he might lose a tax exempt status that he cherishes.

  • RebTex

    Do you think Warrens wants to skew national politics?
    I would suggest that if he was to offer a preferrence, he might lose a tax exempt status that he cherishes.

  • FlyOnTheWall

    I thought he was senile and had lost his bearings?

    Ooooh, I was gonna go for the ‘old and deaf’ route. Your application of senility was genius.

    I would think that as the ‘Annointed One’ he had full access to the questions from the beginning of time.

  • http://www.dequalss.com/ Buffoon

    In the military when someone lost and whined about it we would say they had “sand in their pu**y”

  • RebTex

    Do you think Warrens wants to skew national politics?
    I would suggest that if he was to offer a preferrence, he might lose a tax exempt status that he cherishes.

  • Jack

    This guy Obama is a born loser who should be selling used Cadillacs to pimps on the south side of Chicago..not running the United states of America!!! He can’t string four words together to make sense without his teleprompter. Bad enough the hate mongers from KOS and Huffington are saying McCain cheated, now they are making fun of what McCain went through at the Hanoi Hilton!! What he endured during that 5+ years took extreme courage and will power, but Obama lacks the courage and will power just to quit smoking!! Surely his “Pay Grade” can afford this expensive habit, but he may fear putting pounds on his skinny Zulu frame and ruin his left handed jump shot! I hate to say this…but its true…Everything that Jesse Jackson said on the open mic was right on the money!!!

  • Mickey

    robb

    there is something wrong with your post system. It keeps putting up error mesages

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Somebody call a wah-mbulance! Obama can’t walk and chew gum. McCain shows up and speaks coherently (something beyond the talents of O’blurry), therefore: McCain cheated!

    Newsflash: Even if McCain did cheat (and there’s no evidence that he did) that doesn’t explain Obama’s lame answers that he came up with all by himself.

    Unless, of course, Karl Rove was speaking into his ultra-wave transmitter:

    It’s above my pay grade!

    Particularly cloying was Obama’s use of Matthew 25:

    Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

    Still, we can understand his fondness for it. We now learn that nothing is more halt or lame than Obama’s answers! Heh.

  • Mickey

    The old dog kicked barryO’s punk ass. barryO pontificated like a tenured professor and McCain delivered like a Comander and Chief.

    barryO has “Paralysis by Analysis”.

    He will never be able to deal with the tough questions that a President must face. barryO is better suited to be a social worker in Harlem.

  • RebTex

    DANG IT!
    Sorry…….

  • WOOFX

    That was the deal.

    If they were worried about McCain hearing the questions maybe they should have asked for him to be sequestered?

    Pastor Rick confirms Mack not in cone of silence.
    CNN catches it.
    Cars Have Radios Now? In My Day Our Dumont Was Bigger Than The Refigerator

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    I love how you guys are already covering for him with the “it would’ve even matter if he DID know the questions” shit. Priceless.

    Well it’s true. Even if McCain did know the questions, it wouldn’t have changed Obama’s stupid answers.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Kind of like how Bush is supposed to be as dumb as a chimp and a diabolical genius capable of duping an entire Congress full of Democrats about the war at the same time.

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