I got this from McCain HQ:

Friends,

The CNN Network, affectionately known as the Clinton News Network, has stooped to an all-time low and is gratuitously attacking John McCain for not defending Hillary Clinton enough when a South Carolina voter used the 'B' word to describe her when John McCain stopped into a luncheon yesterday at the Trinity restaurant in Hilton Head, SC.

A voter used a word that I would not have used to describe Senator Hillary Clinton and asked the Senator how he was going to beat her. Senator McCain first responded by saying that he respected Senator Clinton, as he has said repeatedly throughout the campaign. Then, focusing on the question, he pointed to the new Rasmussen national poll showing that he is the only Republican candidate who can beat her in a general election. No other Republican candidate beat Clinton in the poll.

As an independent news agency, CNN owes John McCain an apology because of the outrageous behavior of their network host Rich Sanchez. Liberal bloggers and their friends at CNN went on the attack yesterday and continued their attacks through the night. They said the McCain campaign was over because of the statement of one, lone voter in South Carolina. Well friends, we are on a comeback, we are the only campaign that can defeat Hillary Clinton and CNN knows it. We are not going to let Senator Clinton's friends in the liberal blogosphere and on CNN try to destroy our campaign. Senator McCain is a fighter and he is not going to back down to CNN.

Please click here to watch how John McCain responded to the question.

Please click here to watch CNN's Rich Sanchez's biased and factually incorrect "reporting" try to end the McCain candidacy.

Why are they doing this?

Because John McCain is the only Republican who beats Hillary Clinton in recent national polling data and who will beat her in the general election. The Rasmussen poll shows that he leads Senator Hillary Clinton by two or three points while Rudy Giuliani loses to Hillary Clinton by six points. State-by-state polling shows that he can win important swing states in the general election whereas Rudy Giuliani loses those swing states. John McCain is now in a strong second place in most, if not all, recent national polling. These polls emphasize what CNN and their liberal friends are afraid of: John McCain is the best general election candidate.

John McCain is improving in primary polls. A poll released yesterday by CBS News shows that he is now in second place in New Hampshire. He won New Hampshire in 2000 and he will win New Hampshire in 2008. The McCain comeback is here and it is real.

John McCain displayed leadership on Iraq when others were silent. He was the only candidate who criticized the Rumsfeld strategy and argued for a new strategy in Iraq - a strategy that is now succeeding. The liberal media knows that if John McCain is nominated they can no longer try to use the War in Iraq for political gain.

The liberal media has figured out that John McCain is the only thing that stands between a Hillary Clinton presidency, and they are therefore trying to stop the McCain comeback. Simply put, CNN is scared that John McCain will beat Hillary Clinton. They are right to be scared. We are not going to back down.

We need your help. We need you to stand with John McCain, a man of honor, integrity and love of country, against the liberal media and liberal blogosphere that are trying to bring him down. We need you to stand with John McCain against Rick Sanchez and his friends at CNN and their biased reporting. We need you to stand with John McCain against Hillary Clinton's allies who will do anything to prevent him from winning the Republican nomination.

Can we count on you to stand up and support John McCain against these attacks?

Will you stand up and help strengthen the resurgence of our campaign as the best candidate to defeat Hillary Clinton?

We are asking you to help us fight Rick Sanchez and CNN and stand with John McCain.

Please make your most generous contribution from $25 up to the maximum limit of $2,300 to the only candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton.

 

With your help John McCain will fight back against this onslaught by CNN and their liberal friends in the blogosphere and the McCain comeback will continue, will strengthen and will earn the nomination and the right to defeat Hillary Clinton in November.

Sincerely,

Rick Davis, Campaign Manager

P.S. By contrast, I invite you to read this story from David Brooks that appeared in The New York Times. It is an excellent piece that is a must read for every voter.

P.S.S. Feel free to email Rick Sanchez at outintheopen@cnn.com and give him a piece of your mind.

I watched the footage and--so we're straight here--John McCain did not have to defend Hillary Clinton (though I can't figure out how you can pretend to appeal to the "moral core" of this nation without at least considering it). He did, however, have a great opportunity to demand a more productive "tone from the top" and show the qualities of leadership and honor he boasts of.

He missed it.

Early on in this interminable national election cycle, I toyed with backing McCain's election bid. However, his movement from moderate to evangelical conservative has had me a little dizzy. Besides, his campaign manager says "bitch" is "not have used to describe Senator Hillary Clinton." How about "bitch is not a word to describe any woman--not even when you disagree with her?" Oh, and the liberal bloggers didn't do this to you--you did.

Chickenshit.

...and we still have 11 more months of this stuff. I may need to start drinking.

Heavily.

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