McCain Swings at Barack Over Lindsay

Posted Sep 17th 2008 1:06PM by TMZ Staff

John McCainJohn McCain has weighed in over Barack Obama's reported slap in the face to Lindsay Lohan. The Chicago Sun-Times quotes an unnamed high-level Barack source who says they rejected Lohan's offer to host an event because she "is not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us."

Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for the McCain campaign tells TMZ, "So let me get this straight -- they turned away Lindsay Lohan, but Barack Obama has friends like unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers and convicted felon Tony Rezko? Maybe LiLo is just too upstanding for Barack Obama."

UPDATE: Tommy Vietor, Obama's spokesperson, just told TMZ, "Glad to see they're focused on the important issues over in McCain HQ."





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1. Swing...and a miss!!! Too bad, so sad. McCain needs a retirement home, not the White House. Toodles.

Posted at 1:11PM on Sep 17th 2008 by Rich

2. Obama is a snobbama!

Posted at 1:11PM on Sep 17th 2008 by Ron Paul

3. Just goes to show you the true face of Barack "will never win" Obama.

Posted at 1:12PM on Sep 17th 2008 by pc

4. I wouldn't want Lindsey either!

Posted at 1:13PM on Sep 17th 2008 by truth be told

5. That's REAL mature.

Posted at 1:13PM on Sep 17th 2008 by No Country for Old MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. Are you kidding me? Why would Obama want Lindsey of all people to host a fundraiser? I bet if she wanted to do a fundraiser for him she would have said the same thing.

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 17th 2008 by cheese925

7. McCain is such a greaseball.

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 17th 2008 by Bren

8. Um, McCain has friends like John Hagee "Hagee has voiced extreme anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish and anti-homosexual views. In a September 2006 interview on National Public Radio, Hagee reaffirmed his view that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment against New Orleans for hosting a homosexual parade. Hagee has also said that the Jews brought the Holocaust upon themselves by "turning away from the true God." He referred to Catholicism as a "false cult," and said the religion contributed to Hitler's anti-semitic views. When Hagee endorsed him, McCain said he was "proud" to have the pastor's support." So if I was McCain I'd be VERY careful about throwing stones when I lived in such a rickity glass house.

Posted at 1:15PM on Sep 17th 2008 by Devon

9. I'm so sick of this old fart....

Posted at 1:17PM on Sep 17th 2008 by obama voter

10. HAHAHAHAHHAHA!!! Go McCain!!!!

Posted at 1:17PM on Sep 17th 2008 by Lana

11. How many fundraisers does Obama need? If the candidates are so worried about the economy, wouldn't it be wise and helpful to take all hundred of millions of dollars in contributions from fundraisers and give them to the government, instead of all the silly commercials?

Posted at 1:17PM on Sep 17th 2008 by Shelley

12. Tell Tucker Bounds I said he is a Moron, and since McCain sent someone with the name Tucker to represent him I don't respect him. Vice Versa because you support McCain and his utter nonsense including inventing the blackberry I think you are a Moron.

Thanks
The undersigned

Posted at 1:18PM on Sep 17th 2008 by that guy

13. Mc Cain should focus on the dirty lobbiest he keeps as his close pal. John Munger and his brother have profitted at the expense of every taxpayer in Arizona. Perhaps Cindy should discuss her theft ofprescription medication from her charities and the subsequent rehab she attended. Model American....I think not.

Posted at 1:19PM on Sep 17th 2008 by StopBernardini

14. Apparently, nothing else needs to be said because Devon hit the nail on the head. Let's hear it for Devon!

Posted at 1:20PM on Sep 17th 2008 by yvetterene

15. Glad to see they're focused on the important issues over in McCain HQ....Agreed

Posted at 1:20PM on Sep 17th 2008 by rd

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