Subject: [big campaign] Re: Media Monitoring Report - Morning 04/22/08
From: "Cammie Croft" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sara Du Bois" <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:26:58 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

A friendly reminder -- if you'd like the video clip of any of these
transcripts, just email me at [email-masked].

Best,

Cammie

-- 
Cammie L. Croft
Tracking/Media Monitoring Director
Progressive Media USA
[email-masked]
202-609-7679 (office)
206-999-3064 (cell)

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Sara Du Bois <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> *Main Topics: Clinton on McCain, Giuliani on McCain, Gas prises rising,
> Late Night hosts poke fun at McCain
> *
> Summary of Shift:
>  Networks split coverage between Earth Day segments and the Democratic
> race as polls open in PA this morning.  With gas prices reaching a new
> record overnight, PA primary coverage focuses on the economy as a deciding
> factor and single women as this cycle's target demographic. McCain, on Day 2
> of his "Time for Action" tour today in Ohio, receives little media
> attention.
> In the second day of the North American Summit, Bush and Canadian and
> Mexican leaders will focus on expanding commerce. Laura Bush co-hosts NBC's
> "Today Show," where she and the twins discuss their new children's book,
> Bush family life and green tips.  Al Qaeda #2 Zawahri releases a new audio
> message urging Muslims to support Al Qaeda in Iraq. Coverage continues of
> Army and Marine Corps recruiting convicted felons, and of Defense.
> Secretary. Robert Gates's comments yesterday that Iran is determined to get
> nukes but that another war in the Middle East would be "disastrous."
>
> Highlights:
> 1)    McCain dances awkwardly with 'forgotten America'
> 2)    Clinton says her administration would utilize McCain's experience
> 3)    Giuliani discusses purpose of 'Time for Action' tour and talks
> economics
> 4)    CNN says gas prices rising faster than expected, almost a penny per
> day
> 5)    Late-night shows hit McCain for being really, really old
>
> a.     Kimmel airs fake McCain youth outreach ad
> b.     Leno: McCain is old, Bush is dumb, and Rumsfeld's war is endless
>
> 6)    Hillary tells Olbermann she'd be willing to use nuclear weapons if
> Iran launched nuclear attack on Israel [no clip]
> 7)    New USA Today/Gallup poll shows both Democrats would beat McCain,
> Hillary by 6 points and Obama by 3 [no clip]
>
> Clips:
>
> Highlights #1 and #2
> *HRC Administration Would be Friendly to McCain; McCain Dances Awkwardly
> in Selma *(CNN 04/22/08 07:03 am)
> HILLARY CLINTON: "When I am president I am going to ask him (John McCain)
> to come over to the White House quite often and take trips with me because
> he has a perspective, I don't agree with it, and I think he is the wrong
> person to be president at this time, but we are friends and we will remain
> friends."
>
> KYRA PHILLIPS: "For his part, John McCain will campaign in working class
> Youngstown, OH today, part of the tour that takes him off the beaten path
> for most Republican candidates actually."
>
> PHILLIPS: "McCain met with a group of gospel singers in Selma, Alabama
> yesterday. And visited landmarks of the civil rights struggle"
>
> PHILLIPS: (Clip of McCain attempting to dance) "this is the part I like to
> watch, John, ok he is trying to get the moves there"
>
>
> Highlight #3
> *Giuliani: McCain Tour Shows He Cares, McCain Economic Plan Better Than
> Democrats' *(CNN 04/22/08 07:55 am)
> RUDY GIULIANI: "I think the reason they were selected are these are parts
> of the country that are suffering more than some others. Suffering from
> transition, maybe from steel or maybe from mining, other situations*.* He
> wants to show people there I care about you, you're going to be part of my
> planning, you're very much a part of the America John McCain wants to lead."
>
> KYRA PHILLIPS: "Well, he has also pledged to extend president Bush's tax
> cuts. Let's take a look at what the "Wall Street Journal," a conservative
> paper of course, had to say about his tax plan. *McCain is proposing tax
> cuts that would cause the deficit to explode or would require unprecedented
> spending cuts equal to one-third of federal spending on domestic programs.
> * How do you respond to that?"
>
> GIULIANI: "A large number of those I proposed myself. I think those are
> the tax cuts that will spur the economy. You look at what the Democrats want
> to do, it would be a disaster for the economy. The capital gains rate would
> go from 15% to double or triple. The tax on dividends would go from double
> to triple."
>
> GIULIANI: "I think that the Democratic candidates have a very poor
> understanding of our economy at the kind of stage it is at right now."
>
>
> Highlight #4
> *Gas Prices Rising by a Penny Per Day* (CNN 04/22/08 6:09am)
> ALI VELSHI: "It's almost been a penny a day. A new record for the price of
> unleaded gasoline. National average now $3.51 a gallon. These increases are
> moving faster than we expected them to."
>
>
> Highlight #5
> *Jimmy Kimmel Airs Fake McCain Youth Outreach Ad* (ABC 04/22/08 12:14am)
> JIMMY KIMMEL: Arizona's senator John McCain has pulled ahead now of
> Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, in several recent polls. If elected, you
> know, he will be 105 years old when he takes office. Which would make him
> the oldest president ever. It makes sense that he doesn't have a lot of
> support from younger voters, but he's not giving up on the youth vote. In
> fact, he has a new ad running that I guess is designed specifically to show
> young people that he's still with it.
>
> [Begin video clip]
> FAKE MCCAIN: Hey, America's youth, John McCain is down with you. Whether
> I'm listening to chubby checker on my hi-fi or sneaking liquor into a
> drive-in movie or stuffing myself into a phone booth with 20 of my frat
> brothers John McCain is far out. So vote for cool cat John McCain. I'll
> share my drugs with you!
> JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain, and I approve this message. [End video clip]
>
> *Leno: McCain is Old, Bush is Dumb, Rumsfeld's War is Endless *(NBC
> 04/21/08 11:37pm)
> JAY LENO: "According to some of the political blogs, Democratic operatives
> have been looking for dirt on John McCain since February. You know what you
> call someone who digs up dirt on John McCain? An archaeologist."
>
> LENO: "And earlier this evening, President Bush made an appearance on the
> tv show "Deal or No Deal." President Bush was on "Deal or No Deal." I guess
> he got turned down for "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?" He couldn't
> get on that one… And in an interview, First Lady Laura Bush, who used to be
> a librarian, by the way, said she cannot fall asleep without reading. That's
> what she says. She can't fall asleep without reading. As opposed to her
> husband, who can't read without falling asleep. That's the whole difference.
>
> LENO: "Speaking of reading, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld now
> working on a book about his strategy for the war in Iraq. It will be a while
> before it goes to the publisher 'cause he just doesn't know how to end it.
> Can't come up with an ending. See, much like his real life."
>
> --
> Sara L. DuBois
> Progressive Media USA
> [email-masked]
> 202-609-7681 (office)
> 410-967-7306 (cell)
> >
>

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