GOP official: McCain Michigan pullout a 'dumbass stunt' RAW STORY

Published: Sunday October 5, 2008





Print This Email This One Michigan official was not satisfied with the explanation the McCain campaign gave for the Thursday decision to pull out of his state, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico on Sunday.



"With 30 days before the election, the campaign must decide where it can best utilize its limited resources with the goal of winning nationally and ensuring John McCain is our next President," McCain's Michigan state director Al Ribeiro explained, while urging activists to keep working, adding that McCain "hadn't given up on the state."



"If you are going to end visits to the state by McCain/Palin, do it," Emmet County GOP Chairman Jack Waldvogel replied, copying a list of Michigan Republicans. "Just don't formally announce that you are 'pulling out' of Michigan, and then come back two days later asking the base core of support to 'keep working.' What a slap in the face to all the thousands of people who have been energized by the addition of Sarah Palin to the ticket. I've been involved in County Party politics and organization for 40 years, and this is the biggest dumbass stunt I have ever seen."



"He has given up on our State? What a total and complete crock of crap," Waldvogel added. "Again, I think McCain owes the Republicans and the People of Michigan a HUGE APOLOGY. SOON!...How on earth are we to get people to work for McCain here, when he has already, publicly, in the media, given up on Michigan? We feel abandoned, we are disappointed, and we are heartsick to know that we aren't important enough for him to fight for."



