Look quickly! It's Bush and McCain together ever so briefly
President Bush, he of the toxic public approval ratings, was in Phoenix tonight as the star attraction of a Republican National Committee fundraiser to benefit the presidential campaign of Arizona Sen. John McCain.
It was at a private residence and closed to the public and press.
That way, see, there's fewer photos and less film footage for the Democrats to use to prove that a McCain presidency would be Bush III.
But McCain needs the money Bush can still harvest from loyal Republicans.
Here's the press pool report's closing paragraph on the president's departure:
"The two men were seen together in public for a total of 47 seconds, according to a review of the video. They were on the tarmac together for a total of 26 seconds."
They did, however, wave to each other.
--Andrew Malcolm
Photo Credit: AP
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Posted by: Jim | May 27, 2008 at 09:06 PM
This comes as no surprise. Anybody with half a brain already know that putting McCain into office is virtually putting Bush back into office. These two are strategizing to keep blue bloods and elites in the White House. I say no more !1 Here's a bit of news. According to the Huffington Post, McCain when he bothered to show up and vote in the Senate, which was not very often, voted exactly as Bush voted, 100 per cent of the time in 2008 and 95 per cent of the time in 2007. McCain and Bush believe the same thing on virtually every issue and the list of their agreements goes on for pages. That is why McCain and Bush look the same and sound the same. Do not let them fool you America because behind closed doors they have collaberated to keep Bush in the White House vicariously through McCain. It is a set up people!!!No more Bushes, McCains or any other elites and bluebloods for that matter!!! It's truly time for a "Change". Let's make it happen America!!!!!!
Posted by: Patricia | May 27, 2008 at 09:55 PM
dont post crude lang
Oh my, not Phil Gramm! His dirty wife, Wendy Lee Gramm, was one of the Enron board members who, ironically, was appointed to the futures commission that was supposed to oversee people like Enron.
Don't these old cronies ever just quit and go away?
To be fair to McCain on the fundraiser, there are just as many closed events as there are cameras at these kinds of events.
The real question is how does McCain spend a whopping $8M last month raising just $18M doing full-time fundraising?! That is the most inefficient economic operation I've ever heard of. No wonder his primary campaign went through $25M and he couldn't account for any of it. The straightest talk he ever gave us is that he doesn't know anything about economics.
And Romney is no prize fix -- he spent $55M of his own money on top of another $45M he raised to what effect?
The really great thing about campaigns is that if you are used to pissing taxpayer money away on your favorite cronies, who are way overpaid and basically ineffective, then you just keep doing the same thing in the election, and then you lose. Ask Hillary how that works.
Posted by: Ronald Loui | May 27, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Are you people kidding me? McCain has been wonking up or sabotaging conservative initiatives for years. In fact, he's known as "the least repulsive Democrat" (or "maverick," to the leftist media).
You'll never be satisfied until all property is owned and administered by the state, will you?
Posted by: Joe | May 28, 2008 at 06:23 AM